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2023-12-07 04:30:00
Earthdrawn Skies (CD Review)
by Karl NehringHildegard von Bingen: Columba aspexit (arr. Alex Fortes); Eleanor Alberga: String Quartet No. 1; Komitas Vardapet: Armenian Folk Songs (arr. Sergei Aslamazian) - Yergink Ampel A (It’s Cloudy); Haprpan (Festive Song); Shoushigi (For Shoushing); Echmiadzni Bar (Dance from Echmiadznin); Kaqavik (The Partridge); Sibelius: String Quartet in D minor Op. 56, “Voces Intimae.” Aizuri Quartet (Emma Frucht and Miho Saegusa violins; Ayane Kozasa, viola; Karen Ouzounian, cello). Azica ACD-71359 Having never heard of the Aizuri Quartet before receiving this disc for review, I was not quite sure what to expect. The program seemed to be a bit unusual, too, what with music from Hildegard, Komitas, and Sibelius – familiar names, but not ones I would have expected to find together on the same program – plus a quartet from a composer whose name was unfamiliar to me, Eleanor Alberga. Opening the booklet that came with the CD, I found these words of explanation from Aizuri’s cellist, Karen Ouzounian: “Earthdrawn Skies explores […]
2023-12-01 00:00:00
Chamber Music for Strings (Coull, Dante, Duke, Goldner, Jean Sibelius, New Zealand String Quartets & Ironwood)
[…] (1963) [20'32]08 - 10 Cello Sonata in G minor, op.60 (1946) *^ [24'18]Dante Quartet (Krysia Osostowicz and Matthew Truscott- violins, Judith Busbridge- viola, Pierre Doumenge- cello *); Michael Dusek- piano ^Dutton Epoch CDLX 7123 [recorded April 2002; CD issued 2002][digital download; flacs, cover and inlay scans, booklet sourced from internet]Recording venue: Henry Wood Hall, LondonRecording engineer: Tony Faulkner; Producer: Mike PurtonJean Sibelius and Bedřich Smetana:01 - 05 Jean Sibelius: String Quartet in D minor, op.56 'Voces intimae' (1909) [31'01]06 - 09 Bedřich Smetana: String Quartet No. 1 in E minor 'From My Life' (1876) [28'01]10 - 13 Bedřich Smetana: String Quartet No. 2 in D minor (1882-3) [18'05]Dante Quartet (Krysia Osostowicz and Giles Francis- violins, Judith Busbridge- viola, Bernard Gregor-Smith- cello)Hyperion CDA67845 [recorded July 2010; CD issued 2011[digital download; flacs, cover, booklet and inlay scans]Recording venue: Potton Hall, Dunwich, Suffolk,UKRecording engineer: Ben Connellan; Producer: Jeremy HayesSamuel Barber, Antonin Dvořák and […]
2022-04-07 00:08:49
Montréal, March 22, 2022 – Voces Boreales presents, in collaboration with Le Vivier, the Orthodox masterpiece All-Night Vigil by Sergei Rachmaninov, followed by the world premiere performance of Triptych by Russian-Canadian composer Evgeny Shcherbakov, written especially for the ensemble. The evening will start with Holy God by Ukrainian-Canadian composer Larysa Kuzmenko. The concert takes place [...]
2022-03-17 07:32:56
This year's York Early Music Festival in July will be presenting nine days of concerts, talks and workshops under the title Connections. Alongside visiting ensembles such as The Sixteen, the Tallis Scholars and Gabrieli Consort & Players, the York International Young Artists Competition will be returning. The Sixteen will be performing their Choral Pilgrimage programme based around Parry's Songs of Farewell, whilst the Tallis Scholars look at connections between Josquin, Palestrina and Byrd, and Gabrieli Consort & Players present A Venetian Coronation, their recreation of the 1595 Coronation Mass of the Venetian Doge at St Mark’s. Other performers include gamba specialists Paolo Pandolfo & Amélie Chemin; The Gonzaga Band; The Rose Consort of Viols; the University of York Baroque Ensemble; Orí Harmelin; Profeti della Quinta; the Yorkshire Baroque Soloists; and Ensemble Voces Suaves. For the competition, ten groups from across Europe will give informal recitals at St Margaret's Church (home of […]