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American composer (1824-1880)
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Richard Rodney Bennett, Arthur Bliss, George Butterworth & Gustav Holst: The British Music Collections
George Butterworth: The British Music Collection01 - 06 Six Songs from A Shropshire Lad [15'06]07 - 11 Bredon Hill and Other Songs [14'29]12 A Shropshire Lad [10'21]13 Two English Idylls [9'44]14 The Banks Of Green Willow [6'06]Benjamin Luxon- baritone and David Willison- piano (01-11 [July 1975]); Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields conducted by Neville Marriner (12-14 [January 1976])Decca 468802-2 [recorded 1975 and 1976; the compilation first issued 2001][digital download; flacs, cover, booklet and inlay scans]Recording venues: Christ Church, Chelsea (01-11), St. John's, Smith Square (12-14), LondonRecording engineers: John Dunkerley (01-11), Stanley Goodall and Simon Eadon (12-14); Producer: Chris HazellThis was Benjamin Luxon and David Willison's first recording of the Butterworth song cycles - made for Argo in July 1975. They went on to re-record them for Chandos in November 1989; also here on MIMIC.Richard Rodney Bennett:The British Music Collection01 - 04 Piano Concerto No. 1 [24'10]05 - 07 Concerto for Stan […]
2022-06-25 04:08:00
Classical Music News of the Week, June 25, 2022
ICE & The New School’s College of Performing Arts Present “Ensemble Evolution”This summer, the International Contemporary Ensemble, in partnership with The New School’s College of Performing Arts, presents “Ensemble Evolution”--a hybrid summer intensive designed to foster a holistic understanding of the artist as a global citizen--from Saturday, June 25 to Saturday, July 2. Now in its sixth year, “Ensemble Evolution” brings together participants and faculty through music making, community building, and creative producing to explore and transform the ways that music is created and experienced. This summer, the weeklong intensive is offered both online and in-person at The New School’s Arnold Hall in New York City, and culminates in a large-scale online digital festival on Saturday, July 2 at 7:00pm ET featuring Ensemble Evolution participants alongside faculty members and special guests.Now celebrating its 20th anniversary season, the Ensemble brings together a roster of renowned faculty and guest presenters for “Ensemble […]
2022-02-08 04:35:55
St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, Minnesota Opera explore unusual repertoire By Peter Alexander Feb. 7 at 9:35 p.m. A weekend in St. Paul, Minn., provided the opportunity to hear some musical works that were completely new to me, and to most in the audience. On Friday (Feb. 4) the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra played music by […]
2022-01-08 06:10:00
SF Symphony Releases LIGETI: PARADIGMS on SFSymphony+On January 18, 2022, the San Francisco Symphony releases LIGETI: PARADIGMS, a new digital performance merging avant-garde classical music and Artificial Intelligence (AI), available for free, on-demand viewing on the SFSymphony+ streaming service.Led by Music Director Esa-Pekka Salonen and featuring members of the San Francisco Symphony and Chorus, LIGETI: PARADIGMS is a 35-minute audio and visual exploration of the shifting perspectives on three works of innovative composer György Ligeti, all recorded in early COVID-restricted environments.The release is one of Salonen and the Symphony’s key signature digital projects in the 2021–22 season aimed at expanding the possibilities of the orchestral experience through digital collaboration. In partnership with renowned media artist Refik Anadol and SF Symphony Collaborative Partner and Artificial Intelligence entrepreneur Carol Reiley, this unique presentation pairs SF Symphony and Chorus performances of Ligeti’s Lux Aeterna, Ramifications, and Clocks and Clouds with imagery generated by […]
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