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2024-03-14 03:30:00
Recent Releases No. 72 (CD Reviews)
by Karl Nehring Mahler: Symphony No. 8. Carolyn Sampson/Jacquelyn Wagner, sopranos; Sasha Cooke/Jess Dandy, altos; Barry Banks, tenor; Julian Orishausen, baritone; Christian Immler, bass; Minnesota Chorale; National Lutheran Choir; Minnesota Boychoir; Angelica Cantanti Youth Choir; Minnesota Symphony; Osmo Vänskä, conductor. BIS-2496 SACD This recording of Mahler’s Symphony No. 8, a work for which to provoke public interest the organizer of the first public performances, an impresario named Emil Gutman dubbed “Symphony of a Thousand,” was made at the occasion of the final concert in the 19-year tenure of Finnish conductor Osmo Vänskä (b. 1953) as music director of the Minnesota Orchestra. He is now music director laureate, with Danish conductor Thomas Søndergård (b. 1969) succeeding him as music director. At Minnesota, Vänskä has recorded for BIS all of Mahler’s numbered symphonies except for No. 3; the following links will direct you to our reviews of Symphony No.1, Symphony No. 7, and Symphony No. 10. Those reviews were all positive, […]
2024-02-20 08:43:00
Knowing no boundaries: on Circus Dinograd contemporary & period performers move between styles & genres without embarrassment
Circus Dinograd; traditional, Jean-Luc Ponty, Purcell, Ravel, Jarmo Ramponen, David Faber, Hilary Summers, Maarten Ornstein, Mike Fentross, Marie-Louise de Jong, Marleen Wester, Judith van Driel, Byrd, John Dowland; Hilary Summers, Maarten Ornstein, Mike Fentross, Dudok Quartet Amsterdam; Zefir RecordsReviewed 14 February 2024Sui generis, a disc that moves between genre and style without embarrassment as the ensemble of contemporary and period performers cross from the historical to the contemporary to the improvisedCircus Dinograd on Zefir Records is an intriguing new cross-genre collaboration between contralto Hilary Summers, the bass clarinet and theorbo/vihuela duet of Maarten Ornstein and Mike Fentross, and the Dudok Quartet Amsterdam (Judith van Driel, Marleen Wester, Marie-Louise de Jong, David Faber). The idea behind the disc seems to be that there are no boundaries, so we have reimaginations of Byrd, Purcell, and Dowland alongside folksong, Ravel and pieces by the different members of the ensemble, notably a set of Seven […]
2024-01-03 21:20:00
Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los AngelesPhoto by Lisa HirschThe Los Angeles Philharmonic has performances of Wagner's Das Rheingold later this month, and gosh, the cast looks great. (Which of these singers will be in the next San Francisco Opera Ring bring-up? Place your bets now.) There was a point when I would have said "this is in advance of a Paris Opera Ring, but we can't know whether any future Paris Ring productions will be conducted by Dudamel, who is no longer the music director there.)I can't get there, but presumably others can. Scenic design by Frank Gehry should be interesting!DUDAMEL LEADS DAS RHEINGOLDThursday, January 18, at 8:00 PMSaturday, January 20, at 8:00 PMSunday, January 21, at 2:00 PMLos Angeles PhilharmonicGustavo Dudamel, conductorAlberto Arvelo, directorRodrigo Prieto, lighting designerRyan Speedo Green, WotanBarry Banks, MimePeixin Chen, FafnerAlexandria Shiner,WellgundeJohn Matthew Myers,FrohFrank Gehry, scenic designCori Ellison, dramaturgRaehann Bryce-Davis,FrickaJochen Schmeckenbecher,AlberichJessica Faselt, FreiaTaylor Raven, FlosshildeKyle Albertson, DonnerCindy Figueroa, costumedesignerSimon O’Neill, LogeMorris Robinson, FasoltAnn Toomey, WoglindeTamara Mumford, Erda
2024-01-03 19:01:22
INTERVIEW | Steven Banks Talks About The Saxophone, Classical Music, And His Upcoming Debut With The Toronto Symphony Orchestra
Steven Banks will be in Toronto January 17 to 21 to make his debut with the TSO, and perform the Canadian première of John Adams Concerto for Saxophone.
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