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American composer (1925-2008)
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2024-01-08 04:30:00
Miloš Baroque (CD Review)
by Karl NehringScarlatti: Sonata in D Minor, K. 32 (arr. for Guitar by Michael Lewin); Vivaldi: Concerto No. 2 in G Minor, RV 439 “La Notte”: VI. Allegro (arr. for Guitar & Baroque Ensemble by Michael Lewin)*; Rameau: The Arts and the Hours (arr. for Guitar by Michael Lewin); Handel: Suite in B‐Flat Major, HWV 434: IV. Menuet (arr. for Guitar by Michael Lewin); Vivaldi: Concerto in B Minor, RV 580: I. Allegro (arr. for Guitar & Baroque Ensemble by Michael Lewin)*; Silvius Leopold Weiss: Passacaglia; Scarlatti: Sonata in F Minor, K. 466 (arr. for Guitar by Michael Lewin); Vivaldi: Concerto in B Minor, RV 580: III. Allegro (arr. for Guitar by Michael Lewin)*; Bach: Partita No. 2 in D Major, BWV 1004: Chaconne (arr. for Guitar); Alessandro Marcello: Concerto in D Minor: II. Adagio (arr. for Guitar & Baroque Ensemble by Michael Lewin)*; Boccherini: Quintet No. 4 in D Major, G 448: IV. Fandango (arr. for Guitar & Baroque Ensemble by Michael […]
2021-12-02 07:37:45
Unsung Heroine: The Telling in music of Hildegard of Bingen and troubadour songs
[…] an unexpected legacy, and so they have now been released on disc, partly as a memorial to Prüssner who sings in both works. Issued on First Hand Records, the disc features performances of the music from Unsung Heroine: The Imagined Life and Love of Beatriz de Dia and Vision: The Imagined Testimony of Hildegard of Bingen performed by The Telling - Clare Norburn and Ariane Prüssner (voice), Jean Kelly (medieval harp), Joy Smith (medieval harp, percussion), Giles Lewin (vielle, bagpipes). It should be emphasised that these are not the concert plays themselves, but the musical aspect. For Vision we have a series of sacred works by Hildegard of Bingen, including ten pieces from Symphonia armoniae celestrium revelationum (Symphony of the Harmony of Celestial Revelations) her cycle of over 70 liturgical songs. These are performed by Prüssner and Norburn with just the harp of Jean Kelly. For Unsung Heroine we have songs by troubadours both […]
2021-07-29 04:54:00
Recent Releases, No. 13 (CD Reviews)
[…] along. The music is much more nuanced than that, much more interesting and refined. At just over 34 minutes in length, the quantity of music on this release may leave something to be desired, but for those with adventurous ears, the originality and musical quality to be found in those 34 minutes will prove satisfying indeed. Milos: The Moon and the Forest. Jody Talbot: Ink Dark Moon; Ludovico Einaudi: Full Moon (arr. solo guitar by Michael Lewin); Howard Shore: The Forest; Robert Schumann: Traumerei (arr. solo guitar by Michael Lewin). Miloṥ Karadaglić. Guitar; Ben Gernon, BBC Symphony Orchestra; Alexander Shelley, Canada’s National Art’s Center Orchestra. Decca 485 1525.Classical music lovers who have been longing to find a recording of concertos for guitar and orchestra they can enjoy as wholeheartedly as they have enjoyed recordings of Rodrigo’s Concierto de Aranjuez over the years now have reason to rejoice, for this new release by the […]
2021-04-28 06:25:34
From Beverley to Budleigh Salterton: festivals coming back to life
[…] in numbers (due to social distancing) and the festival honouring the bookings of all those from last year's cancelled festival. However all the concerts will be available via a special digital festival in June. The festival opens with Stile Antico in Toward the Dawn, a programme that moves from Allegri to Nico Muhly, sung in the splendour of Beverley Minster [where my eldest two uncles were christened]. Other performers include Alva (Vivien Ellis voice, Giles Lewin fiddles, bagpipes, Leah Stuttard medieval harps) in Angels in Architecture, La Serenissima with recorder player Tabea Debus, solo violinist Kati Debretzeni in Through the Eye of a Lense, a virtual tour of Europe through the “lens” of a violin, and Ex Corde, director Paul Gameson, in Heaven on Earth: Thomas More’s Utopian Dream, with music by Robert Fayrfax and Josquin des Prez, plus the premiere of a commission by Christopher Fox inspired by Thomas […]
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