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2024-04-18 03:30:00
Rachmaninoff/Gershwin Transcriptions by Earl Wild (CD Review)
by Karl NehringRachmaninoff: Songs transcribed for the piano by Earl Wild - Dreams Op. 38 No. 5; The Little Island Op. 14 No. 2; Midsummer Nights Op. 14 No. 5; O, Cease Thy Singing Op. 4 No. 4; On the Death of a Linnet Op. 21 No. 8; Do Not Grieve Op. 14 No. 8; George Gershwin: Three Preludes; Earl Wild: Fantasy on Porgy and Bess. John Wilson, piano. AVIE Records AV2635Sadly enough, Earl Wild (1915-2010) has become somewhat a forgotten figure among followers of classical music. Perhaps Bill Heck and I are a bit more tuned into his name than most, because for many years, Wild made his residence resided in Columbus, Ohio, where Bill and I both attended graduate school and where we both live today. In addition, we are both quite fond of his recordings of the Rachmaninoff piano concertos, which he originally made for Reader’s Digest with Jascha Horenstein conducting the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and have subsequently been […]
2024-04-17 22:29:43
Boulder Opera’s “Operatizers,” Boulder and Longmont symphonies’ Beethoven 3 and 9 By Peter Alexander April 17 at 4:30 p.m. The Boulder Symphony will present Beethoven’s Symphony No. 3—known as the “Eroica”—along with Grieg’s Piano Concerto and the “Lullaby” for string orchestra by George Gershwin Friday evening (7:30 p.m. April 19; details below). Devin Patrick Hughes […]
2024-04-12 10:29:00
Turkey's leading orchestra, the German national youth orchestra plus ensembles from Tokyo, Prague, Vienna, Buenos Aires: 2024/25 Zurich International Orchestra Series at Cadogan Hall
[…] Japanese composer Akira Ifukube (1914-2006), known also for his film scores including the 1954 Godzilla; Nuremberg Symphony Orchestra with its British chief conductor Jonathan Darlington; Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra in Rachmaninov, Beethoven and Liszt.Moving to 2025, however, and we get some real highlights. First off, the German National Orchestra which, rather confusingly, is actually a youth orchestra, founded in 1969 and with players aged 14 to 19. Wayne Marshall conducts and plays the piano in Gershwin, Britten and Holst. The Prague Symphony Orchestra is next. The orchestra was founded in 1934 and originally played for Czech films but Václav Smetáček was chief conductor for 30 years, and later Jiří Bělohlávek was. Now that role is taken by Tomáš Brauner and he conducts a programme of Dvorak and Prokofiev. The visit from Turkey's leading the orchestra, the Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra must be regarded as a real highlight [I heard them live […]
2024-04-12 04:00:00
Peter Donohoe from 1978 to 2017
[…] Goldstone- piano & Royal Philharmonic Orchestra *; conducted by Norman Del MarBBC Radio Classics (IMP) BBCRD 9110 [recorded August 1982 and July 1981*; issued 1995][CD-rip; flacs, cover and inlay scans - booklet sourced from internet]Recorded in concert at Royal Albert Hall, London. Recordings from BBC Sound Archives.Recording engineers: not given; Producers: Anthony Sargent and CB Samuelson* As with the Rachmaninov, this is the only recording of a Beethoven Concerto by Donohoe that I know of.George Gershwin:01 Rhapsody in Blue (original version, orch F Grofe) * [16'14]02 - 19 George Gershwin's Songbook [19'10]20 - 22 Piano Concerto in F major ^ [31'53]Peter Donohoe- piano; London Sinfonietta* and City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra^ conducted by Simon RattleEMI CDC754280-2 [recorded December 1986 & January 1987* and December & October^ 1990; first issued 1991 [CD-rip; flacs, cover and inlay scans - booklet sourced from internet]Recording venues: CTS Studios, Wembley*, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London […]
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