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2024-03-08 00:00:00
Paavo Jarvi conducts
[…] Peter Mattei- baritone, Estonian National Male Choir, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Paavo JarviVirgin Classics 545292-2 [recorded March 1997; first issued in 1997][Digital download; flacs, cover, and inlay scans - no booklet]Recording venue: Konserthuset, StockholmRecording engineer: Mike Hatch; Producer: David R MurrayDiscs 2 & 31.01 Nightride and Sunrise. Tone poem, op.55 [14'41]1.02 Luonnotar. Tone poem for soprano & orchestra, op.70 * [9'18]1.03 - 1.06 Lemminkainen Suite, op.22 [49'23]2.01 - 2.09 The Maiden in the Tower. Opera in one act (1896) ^ [36'40]2.10 - 2.18 Pelléas and Mélisande Suite, op.46 [25'46]2.19 Valse triste, op.44 no.1 [4'47]Solveig Kringelborn- soprano *^; Lilli Paasikivi- mezzo, Lars-Erik Jonsson- tenor, Garry Magee- baritone, Ellerhein Girls' Choir, Estonian National Male Choir ^; Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra (disc 1) and Estonian National Symphony Orchestra (disc 2) conducted by Paavo JarviVirgin Classics 522055-2 [recorded February 1996 and March 2001; first issued in 1996 and 2002][CD-rip; flacs, cover, and inlay […]
2024-02-15 07:41:00
70th birthday celebrations for composer Richard Blackford continue with performances, publications & recordings
Richard BlackfordComposer Richard Blackford celebrated his 70th birthday last month, and the celebrations are spreading out across the year with performances, publications and recordings. His new cantata, Babel, based on the Biblical stories of Noah's flood and the Tower of Babel for choir, organ, piano duet and percussion has just been published and is being released on disc on Lyrita in March, with David Hill conducting the Ikon Singers, on a disc that also includes Blackford's La Sagrada Familia, his symphony inspired by Gaudi's masterpiece in Barcelona, with the composer conducting the BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Also recently published is Clarissa's Tango for violin and piano, which Clarissa Bevilacqua, violin [to whom I chatted last year, see my interview] and Thomas Hoppe, piano have released as a digital single.Also in March, Nimbus Records is releasing Blackford's Songs of Nadia Anjuman with soprano Elizabeth Watts and the Britten Sinfonia, which […]
The Boston Musical Intelligencer
2024-01-10 17:39:41
[…] as an immersive and compelling form of chamber music. We made our debuts as a string trio in Germany and New York last season, and have many more exciting concerts coming up, including this one at Jordan Hall in Boston, the Rockport Chamber Music Festival and the Ravinia Festival in Chicago this summer. We’re looking forward to expanding our presence in North America and abroad, and actually have commissions from Andreia Pinto Correia and Joan Tower planned for future seasons. The post appeared first on The Boston Musical Intelligencer.
2023-12-18 05:30:00
KN's Favorite Recordings of 2023
[…] Series ECM 2783. Partly because the album covers such a long period of time, partly because Kaljuste has taken some music originally written for choir and arranged it for orchestra, and partly because Tormis wrote music of varying styles and moods, there is an impressive variety of music to be found in this collection. Kaljuste and his players have an intimate connection with Tormis’s sound world; in fact, the oldest composition on the album, the opening The Tower Bell in My Village, resulted from a 1978 commission from Kaljuste. “I went to his door holding in my hands the text by Fernando Pessoa and asked him to create a piece for a concert tour with my choir,” Kaljuste writes. “This album reflects upon our collaboration over the years. It is the first album that I have recorded since Veljo Tormis passed away.” This album is a labor of love, a lovingly performed and […]
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