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2024-01-26 05:00:00
Charles Groves (and others) conducts
[…] Cat *18 Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov: Procession of the Sirdar, op.1019 Hermann Necke: Csikos Post20 Leroy Anderson: A Trumpeter's Lullaby21 Aram Khachaturian: Sabre Dance from 'Gayane' *Total time: 72'50.Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Charles GrovesDenon CO-73674 [recorded August and November * 1988; CD issued 1989, digital download 2009][digital download; flacs, cover and (poor) inlay scans - no booklet]Recording venues: Henry Wood Hall and EMI Abbey Road Studios *, LondonRecording engineers: Michael Sheady and Mark Vigars *; Producers: Shigakazu Tanaka and Roy Emerson *Sir Charles' Precious Music Box I (Denon CO-73534), with music by Elgar, Kabalevsky, Saint-Saens and Vaughan Williams, was also issued on CD in 1989 but never seems to have made it to digital download. I have never seen the CD but if anybody should have it and could make a download available, I would be most grateful.Malcolm Williamson:01 Santiago de Espada. Overture for Orchestra (1957) [6'33]02 - 04 Symphony No. 1 […]
2023-12-25 05:03:45
The title “Epilogues” refers to the fact that Brahms, Saint-Saëns, and Poulenc wrote clarinet sonatas at the end of their composing careers. More importantly, clarinetist Maksim Shtrykov and pianist Misuzu Tanaka serve up world-class performances of these works that yield nothing to competing catalog versions. One could argue that the piano’s slightly twangy patina seems […]
2021-11-10 09:26:00
Recycle, re-use, re-think: Dai Fujikura's latest disc Glorious Clouds
Dai Fujikura Glorious Clouds; Minabel Reviewed by Robert Hugill on 10 November 2021 Star rating: 4.0 (★★★★) From microorganisms to the philosophy of Kierkegaard, from a concerto for a traditional Japanese instrument to a contrabass clarinet solo, the inspirations of Japanese-born, UK-based composer Dai Fujikura are fascinating and dazzlingDai Fujikura's latest album, Glorious Clouds might almost have the subtitle, 'recycle, re-use, re-think', as many of the works on the disc seem to evolve from Fujikura's other pieces. The disc also represents the composer's continuing engagement with Japanese traditional instruments, instruments that he didn't really listen to or know much about when growing up in Japan. Glorious Clouds from Minabel / New Focus Recordings features Fujikura's Shamisen Concerto from Hidejiro Honjoh (shamisen), Ensemble Nomad, Norio Sato, new orchestral pieces from Nagoya Philharmonic Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins, and Chubu Philharmonic Orchestra, Yuko Tanaka, as well as solo and chamber pieces for a wide variety […]
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