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A Roundup of Recent Releases (CD Reviews)
[…] of the Earth. The final selection, by composer Philippe Hersant, is a fantasy based on musical themes by Mahler. This is a truly stimulating collection that really digs into the heart of Mahler’s inspirations. If you are a fan of Mahler, you really ought to hear it; however, you need not be a Mahler fan to enjoy some truly fascinating chamber music. Assuming you have the time, of course…La traversée: Matthieu Bordenave, tenor saxophone; Patrice Moret, double bass; Florian Weber, piano. ECM 2683 088 2928.The ECM label has long featured music that has often been referred to as “chamber jazz,” a term that depending on the source has served over the years both as criticism or compliment. On La traversée (“The Crossing”) the trio led by saxophonist Matthieu Bordenave plays music that truly does sound like a blend of chamber music and jazz, with the absence of drums contributing to the chamber-music ambience. […]
2018-09-22 19:51:00
Harmonia Mundi continues its comprehensive series of the works of Claude Debussy with this new 2 CD set of Debussy's songs for voice and piano, Harmonie du soir, featuring two pairs of performers, Sophie Karthäuser and Eugene Asti, with Stéphane Degout and Alain Planès. Of the hundred Mélodies which Debussy completed, forty are included here, interspersed like refreshments between courses by individual sections from Images oubliées, which Planès included in his recording of Debussy's complete works for piano earlier this year.Nuit d'étoiles has received so many glorious performances that they would be hard to eclipse, but Karthäuser and Asti give a good account. In Mandoline, the clarity of Karthäuser's diction and the agility of Asti's, playing makes the song shine. The two books of Fêtes galantes are divided between the two pairs of performers. Dégout and Planès are impressive in the second set. A wonderful Les Ingénues, which captures the […]
2018-08-03 08:30:08
Prom 26: Late night Baroque queens at the Royal Albert Hall
[…] of musicians, and this same group accompanied Prohaska in Dido's aria 'Il mio marito' from Francescao Cavalli's Dido, which was written for Venice in 1641. Preceded by an expressive recitative, this was a lovely aria, with a plangently expressive vocal line over a dance form in the accompaniment.Johann Adolf Hasse's serenata Mark Antony and Cleopatra was premiered near Naples in 1725, and it has remained one of Hasse's most enduring works. Prohaska sang Cleopatra's aria 'Moret col fiero aspetto', a fast and vivid piece which was taken at quite a fast tempo. The result was a bravura performance into which Prohaska really projected the emotions of the words.The final sequence in the concert returned to Purcell. First the 'Chaconne: Dance for Chinese Man and Woman' from The Fairy Queen (1692), in a performance with a delightful bounce and swing to it, again full of contrasts. And then a pair of […]
2016-03-27 13:00:18
[…] considered to be one of the great cellists of the 20th century. In addition to his interpretations and technique, he was well known for both inspiring and commissioning new works, which enlarged the cello repertoire more than any cellist before or since. He gave the premieres of over 100 pieces, forming long-standing friendships and artistic partnerships with composers including Dmitri Shostakovich, Sergei Prokofiev, Henri Dutilleux, Witold Lutosławski,Olivier Messiaen, Luciano Berio, Krzysztof Penderecki, Alfred Schnittke, Norbert Moret, Andreas Makris and Benjamin Britten. Rostropovich was internationally recognized as a staunch advocate of human rights, and was awarded the 1974 Award of the International League of Human Rights. He was married to the soprano Galina Vishnevskaya and had two daughters, Olga and Elena Rostropovich. 2 Maria Ewing Happy birthday Maria Ewing. Born in Detroit, Michigan, she is the youngest of four daughters. Her mother, Hermina M. (née Veraar), was Dutch, and her […]
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