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Faces of classical music
2019-05-27 19:13:00
The best new classical albums: May 2019
[…] of this piano duo create a special artistic unity that is seldom to be found. For the Concerto for two pianos and orchestra, Op.48, the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, conducted by Markus Poschner and Ferhan & Ferzan Önder, work together in a convincing musical understanding and make this album a listening experience.Source: winterandwinter.com Chiaroscuro – Johann Sebastian Bach, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Felix Mendelssohn, Philip Glass, Dimitri Shostakovich, Anton Webern, Leoš Janáček, Georg GershwinSchumann Quartett:Erik Schumann, violinKen Schumann, violinLiisa Randalu, violaMark Schumann, celloRecorded 2019 in Bauer Studios LudwigsburgReleased on May 10, 2019, by Berlin ClassicsWe are standing in a picture gallery of music. All around us we can hear snippets of the great works for string quartets, along with unfamiliar things to delight the ear; it is truly a music-lover's paradise. "Chiaroscuro" forms the conclusion of a rather special trilogy of albums by the Schumann Quartett and at the same time marks a journey's end.After […]
2018-08-22 23:00:00
Musik für Bläser (8 CD's) [Mi Colección Vol. 2]
[…] in A major Op- 83 Wind Octet in B-flat major Op. 216 Wind Sextet in B-flat major Op. 271 Label: MDG 304 478-2 (1994) Recorded: 1992/94 Download Flac & Scans Ensemble Villa Musica Jean Claude Gérard, Flute Ingo Goritzki, Oboe Ulf Rodenhäuser & Manfred Preis, Clarinets Marie-Luise Neunecker & Georg Schreckenberger, Horns Klaus Thunemann & Sergio Azzolini, Bassoons Thomas Brands & Julia Becker, Violins Enrique Santiago, Viola Martin Ostertag, Violoncello Kalle Randalu, Piano Joseph Haydn (1732 - 1809) Divertimento in B-flat major Hob. II/46 Franz Danzi (1763 - 1826) Wind Quintet in B-flat major Op. 56 No. 1 Eugène Bozza (1905 - 1991) Scherzo pour instruments à vent Op. 48 Jacques Ibert (1890 - 1962) Trois pièces brèves pour Quintet à vent Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887 - 1959) Quintette "En forme de Chôros" Ensemble Wien-Berlin Wolfgang Schulz, Flute Hansjörg Schellenberger, […]
2018-02-24 09:12:25
A varied career: our interview with violinist Thomas Gould finds him in a thoughtful mood
[…] Max Baillie (viola), Oliver Coates (cello) at Kings Place on 28 February 2018 in a programme called Time Line, music for strings, electronics and tape by Michel van der Aa, Nico Muhly, Michael Gordon and Mark Bowden, in which past and present are brought into riveting focus, culminating in Steve Reich'sDifferent Trains.Then on 3 April 2018, Thomas continues his jazz series at Kings Place, Gould Standard, with a concert From The New World with Kristjan Randalu (piano) and Stephan Braun (cello) which includes music from Kristjan Randalu’s album Desde Manhattan and Stephan Brauns’s album The Raid, and classical arrangements including the Largo from Dvořák’s Symphony No. 9, which Thomas assures me works very well.The finale of Beethoven’s Kreutzer Sonata with the Thomas Gould and pianist Julien Quentin, live on German television in 2015Thomas Gould on disc Live in Riga - Beethoven Violin Concerto, RVW The Lark Ascending: Thomas Gould, Sinfonietta […]
2018-01-04 13:39:22
Wigmore Hall, LondonThe German quartet were marvellously engaging in this all-Haydn programme featuring some of the composer’s most striking works Originally hailing from Cologne, the Schumann Quartet consists of three brothers – violinists Erik and Ken, and cellist Mark Schumann – and the Estonian-born violist Liisa Randalu. They recently held a residency at Schloss Esterházy in Eisenstadt, Austria, where Haydn was the Esterházy’s kapellmeister. Four of the composer’s quartets formed the programme for this captivating concert, which emphasised the often startling originality of Haydn’s contribution to the genre and the freshness and immediacy of the Schumanns’ playing. This was music-making of the highest order. They opened with the Quartet in G, Op 33, No 5. Haydn wrote it in 1781 after an intense period of operatic composition, and an air of theatricality hovers over its successive solos and ensembles. The slow movement is, in essence, an aria of lamentation for the […]