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2023-10-13 00:00:00
Britten, Chausson, Debussy, Rachmaninov, Ravel, Rubbra, Schumann et al: Orchestral & Vocal Works (Malcolm Sargent et al)
01 - 03 Claude Debussy: La Mer. Three Symphonic Sketches* [22'57]04 - 07 Ernest Chausson: Poème de l'amour et de la mer, op.19^ [28'05]08 - 10 Maurice Ravel: Shéhérazade. Three Poems ~ [16'06]BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Malcolm Sargent *; Janet Baker- mezzo, London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Evgeny Svetlanov ^; Margaret Price- soprano, BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Malcolm Sargent ~Carlton Classics (originally BBC Radio Classics 1565691742) [recorded September 1963 *, April 1975 ^ and August 1965 ~; original CD release 1996, this download 2000][digital download; flacs, cover scan and poor-quality booklet from the original issue derived from internet]Recording venues: BBC Promenade Concerts, Royal Albert Hall *~ and Royal Festival Hall ^, LondonRecording engineers: BBC Transcription Service; Producers: Paul Reding *^ and James Burnett ~Carlton Classics originally issued this collection on their BBC Radio Classics CD label in 1996. Some how they appear to have retained rights to these […]
2022-04-18 14:01:36
Nicola Vicentino, 2022
This Week in Classical Music: April 18, 2022. Microtonal Renaissance: Nicola Vicentino. Sometime ago we presented an entry about Easley Blackwood, an American composer who wrote microtonal music, music for electronic instruments tuned to more than 12 half-tones to an octave – 13, for example, or 14. Blackwood actually tried 12 more tunings, dividing the octave up to 24 equal intervals. The results were interesting and the attempt pretty courageous, as not that many composers have tried to work in this field. Well, it turns out that Blackwood had a predecessor. Four centuries earlier there lived an audacious composer who also attempted to go beyond the usual 12 half-tone octave we are so used to hearing. His name is Nicola Vicentino. Vicentino was born, as his name suggests, in the city of Vicenza in 1511. He probably studied with Adrian Willaert in nearby Venice. Sometime between 1530 and 1540 he […]
2021-10-08 13:29:11
Lost and Found Blackwood (Jeff Reilly, bass clarinet; Peter-Antony Togni, piano) Sanctuary Concerts SCCD 006 ★★★★✩ They have been collaborating as musicians for more than 20 years, but this is the first time that pianist Peter-Anthony Togni and clarinetist Jeff Reilly have released a recording under the rubric of their duo Blackwood. With one exception [...]
2021-10-04 23:00:00
20th Century Violin Concertos by Szymanowski, Bartok, Frank Martin, Milhaud & Barber [Dene Olding & Xiao-Dong Wang] and more Barber
20th Century Violin Concertos1.01. Karel Szymanowski - Violin Concerto No.1, op.35 [24'09]1.02. - 1.04. Bela Bartok - Violin Concerto No.2, Sz.112 [38'09]Xiao-Dong Wang- violin, Adelaide Symphony Orchestra conducted by Omri Hadari2.01 - 2.03. Frank Martin - Violin Concerto [30'41]2.04. - 2.06. Darius Milhaud - Violin Concerto No. 2, op.263 [26'07]2.07. - 2.09. Samuel Barber - Violin Concerto, op.14 [23'08]Dene Olding- violin, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra conducted by Hiroyuki IwakiABC Classics 4764333 [recorded December 1988 [1] and May 1990 [2]; digital download released 2011] [digital download; flacs, booklet and cover scans] Recording venues: Adelaide Town Hall [1] & Robert Blackwood Hall, Monash University, Victoria [2]Recording engineers: Graham Milne [1] and Jim Atkins [1 & 2]; Producer: Maria Vandamme [1 & 2] This twofer release combines two separate CDs first issued in 1989 and 1991 respectively. My primary interest was in the second disc featuring two less well-known concertos plus the popular Barber […]
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