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Letters
Mar 01, 2009; ... Shame, shame, shame on you, Jerry Dubins. Your "review" of Dvorák's Ninth Symphony by the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Marin Alsop, conductor, presented two highly questionable comments-one gratuitously ugly and the other of a questionable provenance (see pp. 194-195, Fanfare 32:2): Mr ....
Organist Jane Parker-Smith-Mining Hidden Gems
Mar 01, 2009; ... The English organist Jane Parker-Smith is widely renowned for both her superb playing and her creative recital programming. A student of Jean Langlais and Nicolas Kynaston, Parker-Smith made her London debut at age 20 in Westminster Cathedral and has since played numerous organ recitals ...
ROMANTIC AND VIRTUOSO WORKS FOR ORGAN, VOL. 3
Mar 01, 2009; ... ROMANTIC AND VIRTUOSO WORKS FOR ORGAN, VOL. 3 * Jane Parker-Smith (org) * AVIE 2165 (77:04) WIEDERMANN Impetuoso. LANDMANN Variations on a Theme of Handel. BAIRSTOW Evening Song. PARRY Fantasia and Fugue in G. LISZT (arr. Guillou) Orpheus. GÁRDONYI Grand choeur. SAINT-SAËNS Deuxième ...
Glen Roger Davis
Mar 01, 2009; ... To enter the musical world of Glen Roger Davis, one must leave the exterior world of perceived reality or, more accurately, blend the exterior world of perceived reality with the interior world of an active, fertile imagination that sees and hears things differently. Davis's music is primarily ...
MUSIC FROM SIX CONTINENTS, 2006 SERIES
Mar 01, 2009; ... MUSIC FROM SIX CONTINENTS, 2006 SERIES * Ricardo F. Averbach, cond;1 Joel Lish, cond;2 Sofia SO;1 Church of the Painted Window O;2 Andreas Hèrm Baumgartner, cond; Moravian PO;3 Tsanko Delbosov, cond;4 Ruse PO;4 Michael Chertock (pn);1 Nina Stoyanova (vn)4 * VIENNA MODERN MASTERS ...
L'AMORE ITALIANO-THE LYRICAL OBOE IN OPERA AND CINEMA
Mar 01, 2009; ... L'AMORE ITALIANO-THE LYRICAL OBOE IN OPERA AND CINEMA * Andrea Jayne Ridilla (ob, oba); Ricardo Averbach, cond; Sofia PO * KLEOS 5151 (58:24) M. LOMBARDO Oboe Concerto in One Movement. MORRICONE The Mission: Gabriel's Oboe. La califfa: Nocturne. G. R. DAVIS Rhapsody on Gabriel's Oboe. Il ...
Jonathan Cohler's Ongaku Records-More than a "Clarinet Label"
Mar 01, 2009; ... I unfortunately did not get to meet face-to-face with Jonathan Cohler in preparing this article; we communicated via a flurry of e-mails and one lengthy telephone conversation. But between these, his CDs and publicity materials, and his Web sites (about which more below), I think I got a pretty ...
RHAPSODIE FRANÇAISE/MUSIC FOR WIND QUINTET
Mar 01, 2009; ... RHAPSODIE FRANÇAISE * Jonathan Cohler (cl); Rasa Vitkauskaite (pn) * ONGAKU 024-121 (64:03) SAINT-SAËNS Clarinet Sonata. MESSAGER Solo de concours. WIDOR Introduction et rondo. CHAUSSON Andante et allegro. RABAUD Solo de concours. DEBUSSY Première rhapsodie. BOZZA Bucolique. CAHUZAC ...
Romantic Interpretations: Pianist Alla Nikitskaya in America
Mar 01, 2009; ... Russian pianist Alla Nikitskaya has given many concerts throughout New England, has recorded two CDs, and is currently involved in producing a documentary about her life and music. As the steady influx of Russian musicians of high caliber has undoubtedly enriched the American musical scene and ...
ROMANTIC INTERPRETATIONS/EAST MEETS WEST
Mar 01, 2009; ... ROMANTIC INTERPRETATIONS * Alla Nikitskaya (pn) * NEW ENGLAND 3290 (45:00) CHOPIN Études: in c, "Revolutionary"; in A[musical flat] op. 25/1. Nocturne in D[musical flat]. LISZT Consolation, S 172/3. DEBUSSY Suite bergamasque: Clair de lune. La plus que lente. Children's Corner: ...
PARMA & Navona-Bob Lord's Startup Enterprises
Mar 01, 2009; ... If you read the fine print on CD packaging, and you're among the collectors who have surfed the waves of contemporary-music releases from the MMC label, you may recognize the name Bob Lord. He ran Thomas McKinley's MMC for three years before breaking away in 2008 to launch his own double-headed ...
Eloquence Celebrates its 10th Anniversary with the "Decca Ansermet Legacy"
Mar 01, 2009; ... It's hard to imagine that the Australian Eloquence label has already been in existence for 10 years. The label originated in France as a subsidiary of Universal; the story of its migration, reinvention, and development under the direction of Cyrus Mehcr-Homji, director of marketing at A & R ...
Symphonies: Nos. 1-4. Variations on a Theme by Haydn. Academic Festival Overture. Tragic Overture. Nänie.3 Alto Rhapsody.1,3 Ein deutsches Requiem 2,3/A Faust Symphony. 2 Episodes from Lenau's Faust; Symphony No. 3/Symphonies: No. 2; No. 4. Tapiola; Isle of the Dead1/Lohengrin: Prelude. Götterdämmerung: Siegfried's Funeral Music. Die Meistersinger: Prelude. Parsifal: Prelude and Good Friday Music/ROYAL BALLET GALA/Pictures at an Exhibition (orch. Ravel). Night on Bald Mountain. Khovanshchina: Prelude; Dance of the Persian Slaves. The Fair at Sorotchinsk: Gopak; Tamara/Antar. May Night: Overture. The Tale of Tsar Saltan: Suite; Flight of the Bumblebee. Capriccio espagnol. Russian Easter Festival Overture. Christmas Eve: Suite. Dubinushka. Sadko.The Snow Maiden: Suite/Scheherazade. Le coq d'or: Suite1
Mar 01, 2009; ... BRAHMS Symphonies: Nos. 1-4. Variations on a Theme by Haydn. Academic Festival Overture. Tragic Overture. Nänie.3 Alto Rhapsody.1,3 Ein deutsches Requiem 2,3 * Ernest Ansermet, cond; Helen Watts (alt),1 Agnes Giebel (sop),2 Hermann Prey (bar),2 Suisse Romande O & RCh;3 Ch Pro Arte de ...
Carol Greenley-the Brio in Con Brio
Mar 01, 2009; ... his portable recorders, and found recording train sounds a tremendous challenge that caught the interest of the owner of a model train store. He was encouraged to develop the series of CDs, and they have sold very well. He has put together a story with each CD that makes them very different from ...
Speaking with Glyndebourne Festival General Director David Pickard
Mar 01, 2009; ... Alas, the following, fascinating interview with David Pickard, the present general director of the Glyndebourne Festival Opera, took place over the telephone, with myself in East London and David in his office in Sussex. The option of escaping "the smoke," as London is often referred to, and ...
Concerti a quattro, op. 7: Nos. 1-12
Mar 01, 2009; ... ALBICASTRO Concerti a quattro, op. 7: Nos. 1-12 * Václav Luks (hpd), cond; Riccardo Masahide Minasi (vn); Collegium Marianum; Collegium 1704 * NEW PAN 10124 (2 CDs: 108:00) This Czech Republic production, recorded in 2000 in the Dvorák Hall of Prague's Rudolfinum, combines the forces of ...
South of New Jersey.1 Homage à Stravinsky.2 Calle de la Amargura.3 Theme, Variations, and Finale.3 3 Antarctic Songs.4 On Course.5 Come Dance with Me.6 States of Waiting1
Mar 01, 2009; ... ALTMAN South of New Jersey.1 Homage à Stravinsky.2 Calle de la Amargura.3 Theme, Variations, and Finale.3 3 Antarctic Songs.4 On Course.5 Come Dance with Me.6 States of Waiting1 * Ruth Ochs, cond;2 Carl Christian Bettendorf, cond;5 Vasselen Gellev (vn); Zach Brock (vn);1,6 Jesse Mills (vn);1,5,6 ...
Preludes. Hunter's Moon. 2 Irish Pieces. Homage to Paul Gauguin. Cinderella. Water Lilies. Night Thoughts. Movements
Mar 01, 2009; ... ALWYN Preludes. Hunter's Moon. 2 Irish Pieces. Homage to Paul Gauguin. Cinderella. Water Lilies. Night Thoughts. Movements * Ashley Wass (pn) * NAXOS 8.570464 (72:21) In Fanfare 31:6 I reviewed the first volume of piano music of William Alwyn, and now Naxos has given us a second. Alwyn ...
Irish Suite. Summer Skies. Scottish Suite. Blue Tango.1 Forgotten Dreams.1 Belle of the Ball.1,2 Alma mater. A Christmas Festival; (orch. Anderson) Woodland Sketches: To a Wild Rose
Mar 01, 2009; ... ANDERSON Irish Suite. Summer Skies. Scottish Suite. Blue Tango.1 Forgotten Dreams.1 Belle of the Ball.1,2 Alma mater. A Christmas Festival. MACDOWELL (orch. Anderson) Woodland Sketches: To a Wild Rose * Leonard Slatkin, cond; Kim Criswell (sop);1 William Dazeley (bar);2 BBC Concert O * NAXOS ...
The Great Detective. The Angels
Mar 01, 2009; ... ARNELL The Great Detective. The Angels * Martin Yates, cond; BBC Concert O * DUTTON 7208 (66:17) After returning to Great Britain in 1947, Richard Arnell became very active on the composing scene. The 1950s saw a succession of new works, including his String Quartet No. 4, Symphony No ....