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Classical Music News of the Week, June 11, 2022
Duo Piano Fest Returns In PersonThe Music Institute of Chicago presents the 34th season of its Chicago Duo Piano Festival featuring four public events July 8–17, 2022 at Nichols Concert Hall, 1490 Chicago Avenue, Evanston. In addition, pianists age eight and older will participate in the education program of the 10-day festival, which includes coachings, lectures, master classes, and recitals, directed by Festival Co-Founders and Artistic Directors Claire Aebersold and Ralph Neiweem and Music Institute piano faculty Katherine Lee.The schedule of events taking place at Nichols Concert Hall follows:Friday, July 8 at 7:30 p.m.Gala Opening Concert – Claire Aebersold and Ralph NeiweemTuesday, July 12 at 7:30 p.m.Faculty Extravaganza IFriday, July 15 at 7:30 p.m.Faculty Extravaganza IISunday, July 16 at 10 a.m.Master classThe Chicago Duo Piano Festival takes place July 8–17, 2022, with four public events at Nichols Concert Hall, 1490 Chicago Ave., Evanston, Illinois. Admission to all events is free. […]
2016-11-13 20:42:39
Since our big announcement at the end of October, we've been busy reviewing and cataloguing the next batch of LPs from our incredible, newly-acquired collection.Our new catalogue, published today, adds some rare and highly collectable LPs with pianists Emil Gilels, Artur Rubinstein, Byron Janis, Sviatoslav Richter, Hans Richter-Haaser, Maurizio Pollini and Shura Cherkassky; the violinist Oscar Shumsky and chamber collections with the Amadeus Quartet, the Hollywood String Quartet and the Melos Qu [...]
2016-01-13 01:30:00
Felix Slatkin - Symphonic Dances
01. Tchaikovsky: Waltz from 'The Sleeping Beauty' [4.24] 02. Kabalevsky: Galop from 'The Comedians' [1'33] 03. Grieg: Norwegian Dance No.2 [2'21] 04. Weinberger: Polka from 'Schwanda the bagpiper' [2'22] 05. Gliere: Russian Sailors' Dance from 'The Red Poppy' [3'32] 06. Bizet: Farandole from 'L'Arlesienne' [3'13] 07. Delibes: Pizzicato Polka from 'Sylvia' [1'37] 08. Khachaturian: Sabre Dance from 'Gayaneh' [2'20] 09. Saint-Saëns: Bacchanale from 'Samson et Delila' [6'52] 10. Mendelssohn: Scherzo from 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' [4'23] 11. Ravel: Bolero [14'28] 12. Albeniz: Triana from 'Iberia' [4'42] 13. Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio Espagnol [14'45] 14. Waldteufel: Espana [5'49] Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra conducted by Felix Slatkin Disky Royal ROY6464 (EMI/Angel recordings; tracks 1-9 recorded September & October 1956; others late 1950s; this CD issued 1994) (flac and scans) Recording venue, engineer and producer: Not disclosed Here's an excellent light music collection for the New Year (although I guess […]
2015-05-11 21:43:16
I suppose this could be seen as a followup to my pop music post , although a draft of this has been sitting around for quite some time. For the aficionado of classical music, there is an added layer involved in record-browsing that is not often present in other genres: the question isn’t just, “which composers/compositions” should I listen to, but also, “which recordings of those pieces should I pick up?” Different conductors, musicians and orchestras can have different styles and sounds. This can be both fun (listen to multiple takes on your favourite symphony!) and vexing (if you’re low on funds and want to make a good choice). Over the years, I’ve slowly amassed a decent collection of classical recordings. So I thought I’d cobble together a list of ten that have stuck out as being particularly exceptional. Keep in mind that this is a list of recordings, rather […]
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