Eli Jaffe News
Israeli composer
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2024-03-24
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2023-08-18 11:37:18
Daniel Jaffé discovers the best recordings of Borodin's Symphony No. 2, a bravely experimental and colourful work that changed the course of orchestral music
2023-08-07 19:15:36
The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra: A guide to Britten’s masterpiece and it’s best recordings
Did you know Britten's Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra was initially composed for a film? Daniel Jaffé enjoys instrumental inspiration from piccolo to double bass as he compares the best versions of Britten’s didactic masterpiece
2023-06-19 03:30:00
[…] them, it makes me connected to something that maybe I wasn’t familiar with before. And that’s an amazing feeling to try to step inside the hearts of the Syrian people.” Kudos to Cedille for bringing us such interesting music played by first-rank musicians and recorded by an engineering team who knows how to capture the sound of these musicians and their space so superbly. As a bonus, the notes on the music by musicologist Jane Vial Jaffe are also superb. In all respects, this is a release that classical music fans need to hear – Malek Jandali is an exciting new composer (well, maybe not all that new, he has other recordings out there that I am eager to seek out) who has brought us two new exciting, original, and highly rewarding concertos that are well worth seeking out.
2022-10-04 13:39:05
In this issue inspirational conductor Marin Alsop talks to Stephen Moss about her groundbreaking career thus far, and also speculates on what may lie just around the corner for her. Alsop also reveals more about the new space-themed symphony she’s recorded with the London Symphony Orchestra. Elsewhere, Rebecca Franks looks at how composers have conveyed the strange mystery of the nighttime hours – and leads us through some of music’s most atmospheric nocturnal evocations, from Beethoven to Birtwistle. We’ve also got a report from Daniel Jaffé on how Ukraine is fighting to keep its hard-won musical identity, while Charlotte Smith introduces us to Idaho’s rugged Sun Valley, home to an acclaimed music festival. This month’s BBC Music Magazine Interview, meanwhile, features a poignant conversation with pianist Lars Vogt, who so sadly passed away in September. Shortly before his death, Lars revealed to Jessica Duchen how he was grabbing every chance […]
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