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2022-03-30 15:30:18
Ian Clarke: The Great Train Race Context Ian Clarke is known as being a leading figure in the flute world. A composer and performer, Clarke has performed and has had his works performed across the world. His wide-range of published works have established themselves into the core repertoire of flute […] The post appeared first on Classicalexburns.
2022-01-03 06:14:00
[…] Kiesling, Adrian Symphony Orchestra. Naturally Sharp Records.To read the review, click here:https://classicalcandor.blogspot.com/2021/10/gershwin-rhapsody-in-blue-cd-review.htmlJuilliard String Quartet: Beethoven, Bartok, DvorakJuilliard String Quartet. Sony.To read the review, click here:https://classicalcandor.blogspot.com/2021/05/juilliard-string-quartet-beethoven.htmlMassenet: Ballet MusicLouis Fremaux, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Klavier/JVC.To read the review, click here:https://classicalcandor.blogspot.com/2021/09/massenet-ballet-music-xrcd24k2-review.htmlSowerby: The Paul Whiteman CommissionsAndy Baker Orchestra; Avalon String Quartet. Cedille.To read the review, click here:https://classicalcandor.blogspot.com/2021/09/leo-sowerby-paul-whiteman-commissions.htmlTelemann: PolonoiseAisslinn Nosky, violin; Holland Baroque. Pentatone.To read the review, click here:https://classicalcandor.blogspot.com/2021/03/telemann-polonoise-sacd-review.html Vivaldi: The Four SeasonsAlso, La Folia. Francisco Fullana and Alan Choo, violins; Jeannette Sorrell, Apollo’s Fire. Avie.To read the review, click here:https://classicalcandor.blogspot.com/2021/11/vivaldi-four-seasons-cd-review.htmlJJP
2021-11-22 05:53:00
Vivaldi: The Four Seasons (CD review)
Also, La Folia. Francisco Fullana and Alan Choo, violins; Jeannette Sorrell, Apollo’s Fire. Avie AV2485.By John J. PuccioOh, no! Not another Four Seasons! Does one really need another Four Seasons? Probably as much as you need another Beethoven Fifth Symphony, right? But this one is a little different being a historically informed performance by a period-instruments band. Which narrows down the field at least a little bit in that there aren’t that many period-instrument ensembles around anymore. Still, conductor and harpsichordist Jeannette Sorrell founded Apollo’s Fire, also known as the Cleveland Baroque Orchestra, in 1992, and it has proved its worth ever since.I’ve reviewed a number of recordings from Ms. Sorrell and Apollo’s Fire over the years, and the thing that has always struck me is how sensibly they all unfold. There is nothing ostentatious, gung-ho, overboard, or gratuitous about the performances. Soloist Francisco Fullana’s violin tone is sweet and beguiling; […]
2021-03-28 12:14:13
A Life On-Line: Spring is in the air! NCEM, Leeds Lieder, Wigmore Hall, Jayson Gillham, Juliana Koch
Joseph Middleton and Ashley Riches at the Wigmore Hall (photo taken from live stream) This seems to be a week of festivals, what with Sunday 21 March being Early Music Day, and Leeds Lieder and National Centre for Early Music having Spring festivals this weekend. For Early Music Day, with dropped in on the National Centre for Early Music (NCEM) in York, where the Gesualdo Six gave us a lovely exploration of the music of Josquin and the composers who were inspired by him in After Josquin [NCEM] Spring continued to be in the air at the Wigmore Hall on Wednesday, when Ashley Riches (bass baritone) and Joseph Middleton (piano) gave a programme themed around Winter turning into Spring, which moved, from Schubert, to Britten's Winter Words to Brahms to Finzi. We began with Schubert, a lovely account of Strophe aus 'Die Götter Griechenlands' in which time seemed to […]
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