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2023-12-15 00:00:00
Another miscellany of orchestral and vocal music (Bostock, Corp, Davan Wetton, DePaul Wind Ensemble, Dreier, Elder, Pesek, The Albion Ensemble)
Ralph Vaughan Williams:Incidental Music to a satirical production of Aristophanes' comedy, The Wasps1.01 - 1.13 Overture and Act One [44'07]2.01 - 2.15 Act Two and Act Three [61'30]Henry Goodman- narrator, Hallé Choir and Orchestra conducted by Mark ElderHallé CD HLD 7510 [recorded July 2005; issued 2008][digital download; flacs, cover, booklet and inlay scans]Recording venue: The Albert Halls, Bolton, UKRecording engineer: Simon Eadon; Producer: Andrew KeenerFlowers of the Field:01 George Butterworth: A Shropshire Lad. Rhapsody for Orchestra [10'22]02 - 05 Gerald Finzi (edited & completed C. Alexander): Requiem da Camera ^ [22'29]06 Ivor Gurney (edited & orchestrated P. Lancaster): The Trumpet # [5'45]Ralph Vaughan Williams: An Oxford Elegy * [22'01]Jeremy Irons- speaker*, Roderick Williams- baritone^, City of London Chorus^*#, London Mozart Players conducted by Hilary Davan WettonNaxos 8.573426 [recorded July 2014; issued 2014][digital download; flacs, cover, booklet and inlay scans]Recording venue: Henry Wood Hall, LondonRecording engineer: Mike Clements; Producer: Andrew WaltonRagtimes & […]
2023-12-01 03:27:00
Sondheim Slanted Evening
Hopefully the post title is reason enough to be wary of where we're headed here. Just two years and one day ago, I was writing a tribute to the remarkable creative force behind Company, Sweeney Todd, and Into the Woods, and here I am presenting a couple of silly distortions of his exquisite musical/lyrical ideas. But it certainly comes from a place of affection.First up, a couple of months ago, I mentioned seeing just a two-bar cadential figure shown in a question on a Facebook group and I knew at once I'd played this flourish.It took me a bit of time to realize it's the closing gesture (hear at 2:29 here) from On the Steps of the Palace, Cinderella's big number from Into the Woods. When I mentioned this to some friends online, one repeated a suggestion she'd made before about combining Sondheim's Steps with Borodin's lovely orchestral tone poem In the Steppes of […]
2023-11-10 04:31:19
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