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2024-03-18 03:33:52
Tyler Hay relates to John Field’s Nocturnes much as Claudio Arrau did to those of Chopin. In contrast to Benjamin Frith’s lightness and transparency or John O’ Conor’s charm and lyricism, Hay’s largeness of scale transports Field’s Nocturnes from the salon to the stage. To cite one example, Frith floats the C minor No. 2’s […]
2024-03-16 05:07:00
Benjamin Frith’s survey of John Field’s piano concertos makes a fine impression with Nos. 5 and 6. The former, “L’incendie par l’Orage” (“Fire by Lightning”–a title probably suggested by the incendiary political events of 1812), offers tremendous scope for bravura pianism, and Frith’s account meets its challenges admirably. The drama and ferocity of his playing […]
2023-07-26 06:50:00
I know nothing about music but I know what I like...
'People say, sometimes, timidly: I know nothing about music but I know what I like. But the important questions are answered by not liking only but disliking and accepting equally what one likes and dislikes. Otherwise there is no access to the dark night of the soul... Silence; Lectures and Writings by John CageRecent listening and reading:Edmund Rubbra: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 4 - BBCSO, Sir Adrian Boult & Edmund RubbraCircling the Sacred Mountain, Robert Thurman & Tad WiseOregon in Performance - OregonTales of Protection - Erik Fosnes HansenThat Which Colors the Mind - Ali Akbar Khan, Zakir Hussain, Indranil BhattacharyaNo Place to Hide, Edward Snowden, the NSA & the Surveillance State - Glenn GreenwaldOriente Lux - Orpheus 21, Hesperion XXI, Jordi SavallZen Roots - Red PineMalcolm Arnold, Complete Music for Solo Piano - Benjamin Frith
2023-06-09 00:00:00
Strauss, Delage, Elgar, Joubert & Chausson: Songs and Elgar: Chamber Works (Felicity Lott, Neeme Jarvi, Armin Jordan, et al
[…] booklet]Recording venue: Radio-France Studios, Paris, FranceRecording engineer: Pierre Lavoix; Producer: Michel GarcinEdward Elgar: Elgar in Sussex01 - 03 Piano Quintet in A minor, op.84 * [37:56]04 - 09 Seven Songs ^ [17'51]10 - 12 Three Movements for Pianoforte Trio ~ [18'28]Felicity Lott- soprano and Joseph Middleton- piano^; The Schubert Ensemble [Simon Blendis and Ursula Gough- violins, Douglas Paterson- viola, Jane Salmon- cello, William Howard- piano]*; Gould Piano Trio [Lucy Gould- violin, Alice Neary- cello, Benjamin Frith- piano]~Champs Hill Records CHRCD027 [recorded November 2001*, November 2010^ and October 2010~; issued 2011][digital download; flacs, cover, booklet and inlay scans]Recording venue: Music Room, Champs Hill, West Sussex, UKRecording engineers and Producers: Alexander Van Ingen^, Chris Craker* and Andrew Mellor~Download from Mega.
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