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Belgian organist, composer, and music educator
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2021-09-28 06:41:15
Fleur de mon âme: Karen Cargill and Simon Lepper in a terrific recital of 19th and 20th century French song
Fleur de mon âme - Hahn, Debussy, Jongen, Chausson, Duparc; Karen Cargill, Simon Lepper, RSNO Soloists; LINN Records Reviewed by Robert Hugill on 27 September 2021 Star rating: 5.0 (★★★★★) The Scottish mezzo-soprano in French mode with a recital notable for its warmth, subtlety and attention to the textScottish mezzo-soprano Karen Cargill took up the post of Head of Vocal Performance at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland this month, but certainly I hope this new position does not prevent her from producing further recital discs as her latest one from Linn Records is terrific. Fleur de mon âme features Karen Cargill and pianist Simon Lepper in a programme of French song, with music by Reynaldo Hahn, Claude Debussy, Ernest Chausson and Henri Duparc, plus an item by the Belgian composer Joseph Jongen and for this and a work by Chausson they are joined by RSNO soloists. […]
2021-07-23 12:47:16
Matthew Larkin plays the organ of St. Paul’s Anglican Church Music by Couperin, Bach, Mendelssohn, Franck, Reger, Howells, Willan, Duruflé, Messiaen, MacMillan, Jongen, Jarrett, Ager and Mallory ATMA Classique ACD2 2857 (two CDs) ★★★★✩ This two-disc recital by the British-born Ottawa organist Matthew Larkin covers a vast stylistic territory but sits you squarely in the [...]
2020-06-24 23:00:00
MEGA-POST: The Eduardo Mata Sessions (Complete DORIAN RECORDINGS [16 CD's] and 12 CD's from other labels); extra 6 CD's from another conductors
EDUARDO MATA (5/IX/1942 † 4/I/1995) On January 4, 1995, 52-year old mexican conductor Eduardo Mata was killed when the plane he was flying went down near Cuernavaca Airport, outside his home of Xochitepec, México. He was accompanied by dear friend and companion Marina Anaya who was also killed in the crash. Maestro Mata was a consummate musician, hailed internationally as a conductor of the first rank, and was deeply respected by colleagues, contemporaries and friends as a man of great elegance, warmth and generosity. As a music director of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra from 1977 to 1993, Eduardo Mata is credited as the driving force which led the orchestra to new standards of excellence, and world recognition. He was actively involved in the acoustic development of the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center, which opened in 1989 and is regarded as one of the finest concert venues in North America. […]
2018-04-13 23:00:00
Dvorak Stabat Mater - Herreweghe
[…] and flutes at the bottom of their range. The heavy brass are kept well in reserve for the truly climactic moments. Here the choral sound is warm and wide without any congestive blasting, with crisp enunciation.The solo quartet take over for the second movement, an E minor sarabande with a little Bachian lilt as well as an extraordinary passage of soft brass-writing (at ‘Pro peccatis suae gentis’) which seems to pre-echo a similar patch in Jongen’s Mass (written some 70 years later). The choral ‘Tui nati vulnerati’ movement (one of the few passages in a major key) is beautifully effective and makes an excellent ‘sample track’ for the unitiated. The Royal Flemish Philharmonic’s playing is beyond reproach save for a slightly eager double-bass player who comes in a bar early in the introduction to the ‘Fac, ut portem Christi mortem’ duet – a bizarre blemish that should surely have been […]
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