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Shchedrin: Carmen Suite (Pletnev)
Rodion Shchedrin (1932)Carmen SuiteConcerto for Orchestra No. 1 "Naughty Limericks"Concerto for Orchestra No. 2 "The Chimes"Russian National OrchestraMikhail PletnevDeutsche Grammophon 471 136-2 (2001)[flac, cue, log, scans]
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2022-10-16 21:19:31
Rodion Shchedrin, who will be 90 this winter,... The post Three Russian composers attack Rachmaninov appeared first on Slippedisc.
2021-01-24 10:59:43
A Life On-Line: Mad King in the Netherlands, Mozart & Boulogne in Perth, Allegri in Sistine Chapel
[…] Mirima Monaghan, trumpet Chris Parsons, cello Miri Nohl and harpsichord Laurence Lyndon Jones in a lovely programme of theatre music by Purcell, Blow and William Croft, interweaved with instrumental works by Sammartini and Vivaldi. [Eboracum Baroque] We also managed to catch up on Vasily Petrenko and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic's December concert which is still available on-line. Petrenko and the orchestra gave us two, very different, 20th century orchestral showpieces, Ginastera's Variaciones Concertantes and Rhodion Shchedrin's Carmen Suite, and in between was Respighi's luscious Shelly setting, Il tramonto with mezzo-soprano Jennifer Johnson. Ginastera's 1953 work incorporates Argentinian folk elements but sublimated into Ginastera's style and the result is full of lovely moments for different parts of the orchestra, giving everyone a chance to shine and they certainly did here. The Respighi proved a lovely lush contrast, complex but without the occasional sharp edges of Ginastera. Finally Shchedrin's re-working of Bizet; […]
2020-09-19 09:35:04
Composing The Red Shoes: I chat to Terry Davies about creating the score for Matthew Bourne's ballet based on Bernard Herrmann's music
[…] disc), which led to a lot of work at the theatre. Matthew Bourne: The Car Man (Photo Johan Persson) His work in dance only happened by chance, as someone recommended him to Matthew Bourne when Bourne was looking for someone to create the score for his 2000 ballet The Car Man. With a story inspired by the 1946 Tay Garnett film The Postman always rings twice, the ballet used Rodion Shchedrin's 1967 Carmen Suite, which Shchedrin (born 1932) had created for his dancer wife, Maya Plisetskaya). But in order to create a full length ballet using Shchedrin's 30-minute suite, further music had to be created based on Bizet's original opera. Terry and Matthew Bourne met up and discovered that they had shared interests, were fascinated by film and theatre and the collaboration felt right. For The Car Man, Terry took Schehedrin's score, which filter's Bizet's […]
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