Giannina Russ News
singer (1873-1951)
- soprano
- opera
- Italy, Kingdom of Italy
- opera singer
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2023-09-27 22:45:30
Russ Lossing and King Vulture (CD Review)
Russ Lossing and King Vulture Alternate Side Parking Music Aqua Piazza Records Russ Lossing, piano, keyboards; Adam Kolker, soprano and tenor saxophone, bass clarinet; Matt Pavolka, bass; Dayeon Seok, drums Photo: Marie Bissétt Pianist Russ Lossing has been a fixture on the New York jazz scene for over thirty-five years. His latest recording, Alternate […]
2023-09-25 03:30:00
Recent Releases No. 59 (CD Reviews)
[…] in my hands the text by Fernando Pessoa and asked him to create a piece for a concert tour with my choir,” Kaljuste writes. “This album reflects upon our collaboration over the years. It is the first album that I have recorded since Veljo Tormis passed away.” It’s a labor of love, a lovingly performed and beautifully recorded labor of love.Dream Box. Pat Metheny: The Waves Are Not the Ocean; From the Mountains; Ole & Gard; Trust Your Angels; Russ Long: Never Was Love; Styne/Cohn: I Fall in Love Too Easily; Metheny: P.C. of Belgium; Bonfa/Maria: Morning of the Carnival; Metheny: Clouds Can’t Change the Sky. Pat Metheny, electric guitar, baritone guitar. Modern Recordings 538891672 A couple of years ago, we reviewed an album titled Road to the Sun (you can see that review here) by guitarist Pat Metheny (b. 1954) that featured him as a composer rather than a guitarist, although he did do some playing on the album, including a […]
2022-03-29 19:43:00
San Francisco Symphony 2022-23
[…] a Chorus of Inconvenient Statistics. E-PS conducts Sibelius 5, unfortunately the other half of the program doesn't interest me much. E-PS conducts a new work by Samuel Adams, unfortunately on a program with Bruckner 6. Herbert Blomstedt conducts Dvorak 8, which I love, and a symphony by Jan Vaclav Vorisek. E-PS, Yuja Wang; Gabriella Smith Tumblebird Contrails, Salonen Nyx, Rach 3 Cristian Macelaru leads a program of Marsalis, Tarkiainen, and Shostakovich, and the soloist is Russ de Luna, English horn. The press release says that the big English horn piece is a world premiere. Dalia Stasevka makes her debut with a program of Anna Meredith, Sibelius 2, and Sibelius Violin Concerto (Joshua Bell) Thomas Wilkins makes his orchestral series debut conducting a program on which Branford Marsalis is the saxophone soloist. Philippe Jordan conducts Britten's War Requiem, with Ian Bostridge and Iain Patterson. Giancarlo Guerrero leads a program with a […]
2021-05-29 04:39:00
Classical Music News of the Week, May 29, 2021
[…] https://roco.org/--Andrew Ousley, Unison MediaMusic Institute Chorale Performs Carmina BuranaThe Music Institute of Chicago Chorale, conducted by Daniel Wallenberg, concludes a season of free virtual performances with Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana, in an arrangement for two pianos and percussion, Sunday, June 6 at 3 p.m. CDT.Soloists include voice faculty Angela De Venuto, soprano and Leo Radosavljevic, baritone, as well as guest tenor Peder Reiff; Chorale pianist Gregory Shifrin; percussion faculty Deborah Katz Knowles, timpani; and percussionists Russ Knutson, Sean Kopp, and Andre Cierney. Joining the Chorale are special guests The Carmina Burana Children’s Choir.“Since the pandemic began, we have performed several virtual concerts,” said Wallenberg. “We rehearsed on Zoom, singers recorded their individual parts, and we mixed the recordings in a studio to create a choir. It proved to be the best alternative to singing in person because it gave the singers the feeling they were still part of a musical […]
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