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Scott Brothers Duo - Rossini, Guilmant, Debussy, Franck, Saint-Saëns, Gounod, Scott, and Dukas, 26 November 2019
[…] Tom Scott (piano) It is not every day one hears a recital for piano and harmonium duo; still less often, I suspect, might one hear such a recital in which novelty of combination and sonority takes second place to captivating quality of performance. Here with arrangements and no fewer than four pieces written originally for the combination were the Scott Brothers Duo, Tom on piano and Jonathan on harmonium, the latter a new Mustel instrument acquired by the Staatsoper Unter den Linden. A Rossini overture will always prove, performance permitting, a sparkling way to open a concert. Performance here permitted—and it proved an excellent choice in accustoming our ears and, more generally, expectations. The introduction alternated between piano and harmonium playing in concert, sometimes doubled and sometimes complementary, and antiphonal writing, Jonathan Scott’s arrangement here as elsewhere skilful, catching, indeed beguiling. His registration choices proved imaginative […]
The Boston Musical Intelligencer
2016-04-18 20:38:22
Unbeatable Choices from BAE
[…] the violins outlined with delightful simplicity. In the fourth Bagatelle, ears were drawn to a canon between the first violin and cello where Dimitriades and Miller became a close sister and brother, inflecting then reflecting the imitative play. Leventhal joined for a close-knit family of three with the harmonium of Baksys droning on in fatherly fashion. BAE realized the true folkish esprit in the tuneful couplets of the concluding Poco allegro. Baksys kept the Paris-made Mustel harmonium in tow by a mostly richly melding with the strings. When Dvořák writes an opening or window for the instrument, Baksys evinced a magical reedy nasality in the vernacular. Signs, Games, and Messages for String Trio by the Hungarian composer György Kurtág comprise compact miniatures lasting circa 10 minutes. It was quite clever of Miller and colleagues to tell a little about each one—yes, they kept their word by talking some 10 minutes—and […]
2015-03-03 01:00:00
The Great Composer Alexandre Guilmant
[…] - organistLabel: Clairon CL 2104Recorded in 2003 and 2004 If you cannot see the audio controls, listen/download the audio file hereCavaillé-Coll, 1846 - IV/P/66 (Madeleine, Paris)Cavaillé-Coll, 1874 - III/P/49 (Cathédrale St. Pierre, Lisieux)[Flacs & scans]Download A. GuilmantSymphonie de "Ariane" Opus 53 Pastorale Opus 26, Scherzo Opus 36 Finale alla Schumann Opus 83 Fugue Opus 44/2, Prière Opus 16 March Opus 34, Final Opus 40/4 Ernst Breidenbach - piano Joh. Matthias Michel - Harmonium (Mustel, 1913)Label: Signum SIG X112-00 Recorded February 2000Courtesy of member DaffyIf you cannot see the audio controls, listen/download the audio file here[Flacs & scans]Download A. GuilmantSymphonie No 1 in d minor, Opus 42Symphonie No 2 in A major, Opus 91Marche Élégiaque Opus 74 No 1 Bamberger SymphonikerVladimir Fedoseyev / Seb. Weigle - directionEdgar Krapp - organist (Jann 1993, IV/P/74)Label: Arts 47662-2Recorded in 2001, 2002 If you cannot see the audio controls, listen/download the […]
The Boston Musical Intelligencer
2014-11-24 20:13:11
Odyssey Opera Extends Winning Streak
[…] (Rose served as stage as well as music director, so presumably he gets some of the credit as well). Buck is no stranger to singing Argento; in fact, she appeared under Rose’s direction in the early three-character opera The Boor with Monadnock Music in 2012. We loved her singing here, and we loved Argento’s ingenious orchestration, although in the confines of the Modern Theater, it necessitated putting the harp, contrabass and keyboards (notably the wonderful Mustel harmonium, played by Kevin Galié) in the loges to the side of the stage rather than in the pit. We’d have more individualized things to say about the excellent musical performances, but with the lights down to zero it was impossible to take notes. The stage setting was perforce restrained, though effective to suggest the clutter of a Victorian drawing room. The screen, needed for Water Bird, was effectively used to rear-project images, most […]
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