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Bischoff - Six Cello Sonatas (Claudio Ronco, Emanuela Vozza)
Johann Carl Bischoff (1747-1800)Six Sonatas for Cello & Bass (1779/82)Claudio Ronco, Emanuela Vozza, Cellos(Period Instruments)Urania LDV 14066 (2021) [Flac & Scans]
2016-07-14 23:30:22
(Leaf)There is not, it must be said, a glut of albums born out of improvising from within a 2 million gallon underground water tank. At least not yet. Perhaps next year, once Cistern’s influence has taken hold, a penchant for subterranean orchestral work will be all the rage. Jherek Bischoff certainly has a knack for helping his compositions to find a wider audience. Earlier this year, he found acclaim when, with Amanda Palmer, he put out mini tribute album Strung Out in Heaven, a collection of Bowie songs reconfigured for string quartet. Cistern is similarly string-drenched but often conveys a more foreboding atmosphere – one where the echo-laden drums of The Wolf threaten to pummel any briefly escaping melody. Elsewhere, Cistern can be more traditional sounding than its experimental beginnings suggest (perhaps it wasn’t possible to record in the tank) with tracks such as The Sea’s Son relying on simple motifs […]
2016-02-08 12:47:39
To mark the release of her EP of Bowie covers featuring a string quartet, the musician picks five of her favourite classical-leaning tracksIn the thick of making the minimal-leaning, string quartet David Bowie tribute that I just put out with Jherek Bischoff, I began thinking about strings and my more classical-leaning influences and about how strings can translate melody and music. When I first found Michael Nyman as a teenager, I made it the soundtrack to my life, and it was one of those beautiful backwards discovery experiences as I let his soundtracks lead me to the films of Peter Greenaway. I would probably never have come to appreciate Greenaway’s films if I hadn’t already fallen in love with the music. This is one of my all-time favourite Nyman arrangements, from my all-time favourite Greenaway movie, A Zed and Two Noughts. I love how, like classic Nyman, it just builds and […]
2015-03-31 18:14:00
[…] they went at the piece as though their lives depended on it, with thrilling results. Michael Desnoyers, whom I heard just a couple of weeks ago as the travesty nurse in La Cleopatra, sang Poliuto with heroic spirit and a sweet, well-projected lyric tenor. Another veteran of the same performance, bass-baritone Anders Froelich, made a warlike and passionate Severo. Tenor Michael Jankosky was a fine Nearco, the confidante who brings Poliuto to Christianity. John Bischoff was the sonorous, scheming high priest Callistene, who sets up the final disaster; Sigmund Seigel sang Paolina's father Felice. And Elizabeth Zharoff was simply spectacular as Paolina, singing in a dark, colorful soprano with hall-filling power and ample flexibility, not to mention a beautifully expressive line. Jonathan Khuner led the tiny band (a couple of strings and a clarinet) from the piano, with plenty of rubato and spirit. One performance remains, […]
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