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2021-09-27 23:00:00
Vaughan Williams: A London Symphony & Chopin: Piano Concerto No.1 [Christopher Seaman & Ewa Kupiec]
01. - 04. Ralph Vaughan Williams - Symphony No.2 'A London Symphony' [45'51]05. - 07. Frederic Chopin - Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, op.11* [39'37]08. Paul Dukas - The Sorcerer's Apprentice [11'46]Ewa Kupiec- piano*; Melbourne Symphony Orchestra conducted by Christopher SeamanABC Classics 4768363 [recorded May 2005; digital download released [digital download; flacs, cover scan - no booklet]Recording venue: Hamer Hall, Melbourne Arts Centre, AustraliaRecording engineer and Producer: unknownHere is a complete concert given on 5 May 2005 but rather curiously presented in reverse order on this digital download. It's an earlier recording of A London Symphony than the studio recording with the Rochester Philharmonic that I posted here on MIMIC recently. Though in no way replacing the Rochester recording this is still a very well molded perforrnance of A London Symphony with a magical viola solo at the end of the Lento movement. The Polish pianist, Ewa Kupiec, […]
2021-09-14 00:00:00
Vaughan Williams: Anniversary Collector Edition & five more Serenades to Music
[…] these would be top recommendations. Ralph Vaughan Williams -A London Symphony & Serenade to Music01. -.04. Symphony No.2 'A London Symphony' [42'42]05. Serenade to Music * [12'33] Sopranos: Danielle Frink, Kathryn Lewek, Debra McKinney, Elena O’ConnorMezzos: Kathryn Cowdrick, Erin Gonzalez, Katie Hannigan Tabon, Constance WaddellTenors: Joshua Bouillon, Matthew Swensen, Robert Swensen, Matthew ValverdeBaritons/Basses: Thomas Lehman, Marc R. Webster, Jordan Wilson, Caleb Woo Wing Ching[Singers from Mercury Opera, Rochester] *, Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Christopher Seaman Harmonia Mundi HMU807567 [recorded March 2011; CD/digital download released 2012][digital-download, flac, booklet and cover scans]Recording venue: Kodak Hall, Eastman Theatre, Rochester, NYRecording engineer: Brad Michel; Producers: Robina G. Young & Brad MichelHere is a real sleeper and one of the finest recordings of Serenade to Music that I have heard. No star names in the soloist line-up but they make a superb ensemble and, in particular, the soprano singing the Isobel Baillie […]
2021-07-12 18:48:00
Bienen School of Music launches ‘Black Composer Showcase’ series with 'Chicago Connections' featuring Margaret Bonds and Florence Price
[…] “Minstrel Man” from “Three Dream Portraits,” "Summer Storm" and “Poème d’Automne” from “Songs of the Seasons” and Price’s “Hold Fast to Dreams” from “Five Art Songs” and “Song to the Dark Virgin.” “Poets of the Harlem Renaissance,” the second video in the series, features musical works based on the poems of Langston Hughes and other poets associated with the Harlem Renaissance. Performances include Cecil Cohen’s “Death of an Old Seaman,” Robert Lee Owens’s “Girl” from “Heart on the Wall,” Howard Swanson’s “A Death Song,” Florence Price’s “The Glory of the Day Was in Her Face” and William Grant Still’s “Grief.” Faculty contributors include Drew Davies and Ivy Wilson, associate professor of English at Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences. The final video in the series, “Chamber Music Highlights,” includes selections performed by Bienen instrumental students: Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s Clarinet Quintet, […]
2021-01-30 05:54:00
Classical Music News of the Week, January 30, 2021
Experiential Orchestra: New BeginningsExperiential Orchestra continues with some mid-winter meditations. This is from Kalun Leung: the view from a window of a frozen world.How do we un-freeze?What brings us warmth?What new beginnings do we feel as so much changes?View and listen here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZb7BkQfAWc--James Blachly, Music Director, Experiential OrchestraRochester Philharmonic Appoints Andreas Delfs as Music DirectorThe Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra (RPO) announces the appointment of Maestro Andreas Delfs as its thirteenth music director in the organization's 98-year history. Delfs follows in the footsteps of a long line of distinguished music directors including Erich Leinsdorf, David Zinman, Mark Elder, Christopher Seaman, and Ward Stare.A native of Flensburg, Germany, and graduate of the Hamburg Conservatory and Juilliard School of Music, Andreas Delfs has established himself as a pre-eminent force in the classical music world and one of the finest conductors of his generation. He has held chief artistic posts with orchestras in Europe and North […]
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