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Approaches to Debussy: An Interview with Pianist Jean-Efflam Bavouzet

May 01, 2008; Clarke, Colin ... My meeting with Jean-Efflam Bavouzet is to take place at the Solti Studios, set in a comfortable suburb of North London. The place is a haven of peace and tranquility, and as I am early I get a chance to quaff coffee while looking around: a marked-up copy of the Bach Saint Matthew Passion with ...

Letters

May 01, 2008; Anonymous ... Thank you for the thoughtful, perceptive, and fair-minded review of the Beethoven complete edition from am@do [Fanfare 31:3]. Jerry Dubins has done an excellent job of detailing some of its strengths and weaknesses. I purchased the set as soon as it was available, and I am in complete agreement ...

Ballade. Valse romantique. Tarantelle styrienne (Danse). Images oubliées. Estampes. Pour le piano. Masques. L'isle joyeuse. D'un cahier d'esquisses

May 01, 2008; Anonymous ... DEBUSSY Ballade. Valse romantique. Tarantelle styrienne (Danse). Images oubliées. Estampes. Pour le piano. Masques. L'isle joyeuse. D'un cahier d'esquisses * Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (pn) * CHANDOS 10443 (65:49) This is Volume 2 of Bavouzet's unfolding Debussy series for Chandos; Volume 1 ...

JoAnn Falletta Revisted, Four Years Later

May 01, 2008; Dubins, Jerry ... Hard to believe though it is, the last time JoAnn Falletta and I spoke was four years ago for an interview and feature piece in 27:4. If her schedule was hectic then-shuttling between Buffalo and Virginia in her dual capacity as conductor of both the Buffalo Philharmonic and the Virginia ...

Piano Concerto No. 1.1 Capriccio in d, op. 116/1. Intermezzo in a, op. 116/2. Ballade in B, op. 10/4

May 01, 2008; Anonymous ... BRAHMS Piano Concerto No. 1.1 Capriccio in d, op. 116/1. Intermezzo in a, op. 116/2. Ballade in B, op. 10/4 * JoAnn Falletta, cond; Norman Krieger (pn); Virginia SO * ARTESIE 4 (63:10) Live: Norfolk, Virginia 2/2007(1) My initial reaction upon receiving this CD was one of skepticism ....

Scottish Fantasy/Thaïs: Meditation

May 01, 2008; Anonymous ... BRUCH Scottish Fantasy. MASSENET Thaïs: Meditation * JoAnn Falletta, cond; Michael Ludwig (vn); Virginia SO * HAMPTON ROAD 5 (35:35) Live: 1/2007 Ready the rack, for I confess to apostasy. There are those for whom Heifetz reigns supreme and can do no wrong. For them, latter day ...

Church Windows. Brazilian Impressions. Rossiniana

May 01, 2008; Anonymous ... RESPIGHI Church Windows. Brazilian Impressions. Rossiniana * JoAnn Falletta, cond; Buffalo PO * NAXOS 8557711 (65:26) My reference recording for Respighi's Church Windows has long been the Reference recording with Keith Clark conducting the Pacific Symphony Orchestra. And while I'm not ...

Parables.1 Souvenirs.2 Café Music3

May 01, 2008; Anonymous ... SCHOENFIELD Parables.1 Souvenirs.2 Café Music3 * JoAnn Falletta, cond;1 Prague Philharmonia;1 James Russo (pn);1,2,3 James Ehnes (vn);2,3 Edward Arron (vc)3 * BLACK BOX 1109 (53:46) This one is a bit tough for me to deal with. Not being one of Fanfare's modern-music mavens, I can't ...

BORROWED TREASURES: Works for Flute, Clarinet, and Guitar

May 01, 2008; Anonymous ... BORROWED TREASURES: Works for Flute, Clarinet, and Guitar * Debra Wendells Cross (fl); Robert Alemany (cl); JoAnn Falletta (gtr) * VIRGINIA ARTS FESTIVAL 901 (68:00) GRANADOS (trans. Rivoal/Lambert) Danzas espagñolas: Oriental; Arabesca. PIAZZOLLA (trans. Falletta) Oblivion. DEBUSSY ...

Livia Sohn Recreates the Excitement of a Bygone Violinistic Era

May 01, 2008; Maxham, Robert ... Violinist Livia Sohn's collection of operatic fantasies, ranging from simple (and not so simple) arrangements of tunes to complex pastiches and virtuosic sets of variations, hearkens back to an era when violinists composed and played such works for eagerly receptive audiences. Assuming that ...

OPERA FANTASIES FOR VIOLIN

May 01, 2008; Anonymous ... OPERA FANTASIES FOR VIOLIN * Livia Sohn (vn); Benjamin Loeb (pn); Geoff Nuttall (vn,1 va2) * NAXOS 8.570202 (66:15) HUBAY Fantaisie brillante on Bizet's "Carmen." RAFF Duo on Themes from Wagner's "Lohengrin." STRAVINSKY (arr. Dushkin) Mavra: Parasha's Aria. GOLIJOV (arr ....

Cyprien Katsaris and Piano 21-"Attracted like a Magnet"

May 01, 2008; Rabinowitz, Peter J ... "I remember very precisely," says pianist Cyprien Katsaris. "When I was three and a half, my parents bought a piano for my sister, who is a little bit older than me. I have a mental image of when the transportation guys brought it and put it in the living room-I was attracted like a magnet and ...

Retrospections: A Conversation with Wayne Peterson

May 01, 2008; Schulslaper, Robert ... Wayne Peterson, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Music in 1992, has had a distinguished career as a composer and has written more than 60 scores for orchestra, chamber ensemble, and chorus. Both Peterson and the Alexander String Quartet teach at San Francisco State University and it is there ...

String Quartets: No. 1; No. 2; No. 3, "Pop Sweet"

May 01, 2008; Anonymous ... PETERSON String Quartets: No. 1; No. 2; No. 3, "Pop Sweet" * Alexander Str Qrt * FOGHORN 1994 (60:55) Wayne Peterson, as mentioned above, has had a close relationship with the Alexander String Quartet for many years-they're the dedicatees of his Scond Quartet-so it's natural that he ...

Philip Ficsor on American Double and "The Bolcom Project"

May 01, 2008; Dubins, Jerry ... A word on how this interview and feature piece came to be. Robert Maxham, Fanfare's regular contributor of interviews with violinists and reviews of violin repertoire releases, was first in line to receive this assignment. Unfortunately, due to personal family matters he was unable to accept the ...

Violin Sonatas: No. 1; No. 2; No. 3, "Sonata Stramba"; No. 4. Sonatina. Duo Fantasy. Pastorale. Fancy Tales. Suite for Solo Violin. Ghost Rags: Graceful Ghost Rag

May 01, 2008; Anonymous ... BOLCOM Violin Sonatas: No. 1; No. 2; No. 3, "Sonata Stramba"; No. 4. Sonatina. Duo Fantasy. Pastorale. Fancy Tales. Suite for Solo Violin. Ghost Rags: Graceful Ghost Rag * Philip Ficsor (vn); Constantine Finehouse (pn) * ALBANY 959 (2 CDs: 132:40) Those readers who are not newcomers to ...

Symphony No. 1. Divertimento.1 Sinfonietta

May 01, 2008; Lange, Art ... KOMEI ABE Symphony No. 1. Divertimento.1 Sinfonietta * Dmitry Yablonsky, cond; Alexey Volkov (alto sax);1 Russian PO * NAXOS 8.557987 (64:35) Morihide Katayama's extensive program notes detail the influence of the German symphonic tradition-primarily via Klaus Pringsheim, a student of ...

Recuerdos de viaje. Espagne (Souvenirs). Azulejos. La vega. Navarra

May 01, 2008; Scott, Phillip ... ALBÉNIZ Recuerdos de viaje. Espagne (Souvenirs). Azulejos. La vega. Navarra * Guillermo González (pn) * NAXOS 8.570553 (72:35) Guillermo González, born in Tenerife, is a distinguished pianist who has been recording Spanish repertoire for Naxos; I greatly enjoyed his recent two-CD set of ...

Mass in d. Nun danket alle Gott. Befiehl du deine Wege. Sanctus (2 versions)

May 01, 2008; Carter, Michael; Weber, J F ... ALTNICKOL Mass in d. Nun danket alle Gott. Befiehl du deine Wege. Sanctus (2 versions) * Jörg Straube, cond; Norddeutscher Figuralchor; Musica alta ripa (period instruments) * CARDS 83.168 (50:33 *) In 1748, two years before his death, Sebastian Bach wrote to his cousin, Elias, regarding ...

Symphonies: No. 4; No. 5

May 01, 2008; Brenesal, Barry ... ARNELL Symphonies: No. 4; No. 5 * Martin Yates, cond; Royal Scottish Natl O * DUTTON 7194 (63:49) The career of Richard Arnell (b. 1917) initially promised much. After training under Ireland at the RCM, he moved to the U.S., where his overture The New Age was performed at Carnegie Hall, ...