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Italian violinist and composer (1782–1840)
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2024-04-04 03:30:00
Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini; Respighi: Toccata for Piano and Orchestra; Casella: Partita for Piano and Orchestra (CD Review)
by Ryan RossJoshua Pierce, piano; Anton Nanüt, conductor; RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra. MSR 1839 This disc’s program notes by Eric Salzman state that all the works on it are “modernist pieces with strong connections to tradition,” and “can be regarded as neo-classical.” While he qualifies the latter label for each in turn, these claims seem variably strained to me. Despite the fact that two of the pieces are by Italian contemporaries, it would be truer to acknowledge the heterogeneity of the music here and gladly stick to that. (As an aside, I am thoroughly exasperated by the looseness with which the term “modernism” is thrown around these days.) What really strikes me about this offering is not only how much each work should be considered on its own terms, but also how easily the familiarity and accessibility of the Rachmaninoff Paganini Rhapsody can impede fair […]
2024-02-20 10:00:00
From Harald en Italie to Le prophète in New York: 2024 Bard Summerscape focuses on Berlioz and his world
[…] not sure whether the opera has had a performance in the USA.In concert there is a chance to hear not only Berlioz' Symphonie Fantastique but the far rarer Lélio, ou Le retour à la vie: monodrame lyrique, plus songs, the Te Deum, selections from Les Troyens, Le mort d’Ophélie, Harold en Italie and La damnation de Faust, alongside music by Reicha, Weber, Le Sueur, Spontini, Thomas, Gluck, Auber, Meyerbeer, Rossini, Liszt, Wagner, Saint-Saens, Bizet, Faure, Viardot, Farrenc, Bertin, Grandval, Cherubini, Paganini, Halevy, Adam, Strauss, Ernst, Mendelssohn, Schumann, Hiller, Gottschalk, Raff, Rimsky-Korsakov, Debussy, Varese and Messiaen.Full details from the Fisher Center website.
2024-02-12 04:30:00
Marc-André Hamelin: New Works for Piano (CD Review)
by Karl NehringHamelin: Variations on a Theme of Paganini; My Feelings about Chocolate; Suite a l'ancienne (Suite in Old Form); Barcarolle; Variation diabellique sur des themes de Beethoven; Pavane variee; Chaconne; Meditation on Laura; Toccata on “L'homme armé”. Marc-André Hamelin, piano. Hyperion CDA68308 Canadian pianist and composer Marc-André Hamelin (b. 1961) is widely known both for his technical prowess and his willingness to perform and record music outside the classical keyboard mainstream. We have previously reviewed a couple of excellent releases that featured him as a performer. The first was of works from quite a ways out of the classical mainstream, the piano rags of the American composer William Bolcom (b.1938), a review that can be found here. The second CD featured Hamelin playing some piano music of a composer who, although his name is more familiar to most classical music fans, his piano music is still pretty much out of the classical piano music mainstream: the French composer Gabriel Fauré (1825-1924). Our […]
2024-02-05 02:23:53
Hello friends, and welcome to Classical Sunday at Song of the Day for Today. I feel so grateful for
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