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German American composer
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Recent Releases No. 67 (CD Reviews)
[…] in the CD booklet) are all based on scriptural, liturgical, or other traditional Christian texts. Although there are passages where the music exhibits some drama, it is for the most part reflective and inward-looking, very much in keeping with the spiritual focus of the texts. The sound quality is warm, spacious, and inviting. This is an album to treasure.Lise Davidsen: Christmas from Norway. Adolphe Adam: O Helge natt (O Holy Night in Swedish); Humperdinck: Weihnachten; Franz Xaver Gruber/Josef Mohr: Silent Night; Gustaf Nordqvist/Edvard Evers: Jul, jul, strålande jul; Deilig er Jorden (trad. folk tune, lyrics by Bernhard Severin Ingemann); Mitt Herte Alltid Vanker (trad. folk tune, lyrics by Hans Adolph Brorson); Julvisa (No. 4 from Viisi joululaulua Op. 1 by Sibelius, lyrics by Zachris Topelius); Bach: Jesu Joy of Man’s Desiring (lyrics by Martin Janus); Reger: Maria Wiegenlied (lyrics by Martin Boelitz); Bach/Gounod: Ave Maria; Hugo Wolf: Schlafendes Jesuskind (lyrics by Eduard Mörike); The First Noël(trad.); John Francis Wade: O Come All Ye Faithful; Adam: O Holy Night. Lise Davidsen, soprano; Norwegian Soloists’ […]
2023-10-27 12:22:57
Future plans for the music summer school and festival are under review, and artistic director Sara Mohr-Pietsch has stood down
2022-05-19 12:21:08
Kings Place, LondonFeaturing works by indisputably great figures from the last 100 years, the programme aimed to attract newcomers with a showcase of contemporary styles Turning Points is the London Sinfonietta’s occasional series at Kings Place, focusing on some the 20th century’s most important composers and their key works, and designed to bring newcomers to modern music. Certainly the audience for the latest concert, which was introduced by Sara Mohr-Pietsch, contained few of the familiar faces seen at the Sinfonietta’s Southbank Centre dates. But then the programme that Gerry Cornelius conducted, containing short pieces by four of the indisputably great figures of the last 100 years, was much more like the kind of concert that was once the orchestra’s bread and butter, and which it plays all too rarely nowadays. Mohr-Pietsch’s thought-provoking introduction talked of “listening rituals”, likening the modern concert hall to the sacred spaces of prehistoric cultures, though whether […]
2020-10-01 05:01:00
HDTT High Resolution Files
[…] the HDTT transfer. In keeping with my “easy job,” I do not have much to say about the Reiner/Chicago performance, not because the performance is unworthy of description, but because everything that I might write already has been written, and likely written multiple times. Suffice it to say that Bartok and Reiner were friends who surely communicated deeply about this music, and it showed in the performance. Moreover, the RCA recording team, with producer Richard Mohr and the legendary engineer Lewis Layton, was at the top of its game in this era, producing recordings that even today are considered masterpieces. That praise applies especially to the recordings of the Chicago Symphony under Fritz Reiner, and this recording, made in 1958, is perhaps one of their best. On to the second easy part of my easy job. As with other RCA classics, this performance has been released in a variety of […]
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