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2020-05-23 09:27:11
Clouds, Clocks and Improvisation: I chat to composer & pianist Karol Beffa about the separate but related acts of improvisation & composition
[…] music, he will usually include some such as Debussy's preludes or La plus que lente, or some Ravel, followed by one or two of his own Etudes. And the second half would usually be devoted to improvisation. Karol Beffa on disc: Karol Beffa - De l'autre cote du miroir (improvisations) - INDE119 Indesens Karol Beffa - En blanc et noir (improvisations) - INDE115 Indesens Karol Beffa - Douze Études - Tristan Pfaff (piano) - AV180915 Ad Vitam Into the Dark - Karol Beffa: works for orchestra - Karin Deshayes, Karol Beffa, Ensemble Contrastes - AP108 Aparte Blow up - Karol Beffa: Musique de chambre avec vents (Chamber music with winds) - INDE082 Indesens Elsewhere on this blog Essential listening for anyone interested in Estonian music: Vox Clamantis' profoundly beautiful account of the music of Cyrillus Kreek, The suspended […]
2018-12-26 00:00:00
Christmas at Beuron Abbey
Grigorian Christmas at Beuron Abbey The Monks' Choir of the Benedictine Abbey of St. Martin, BeuronConductor: Dr. Maurus Pfaff, O.S.B.Pristine Classical PACO066 Transfers from DGG 2535 345, Archiv 14110 APM, Archiv 198 036 Recorded 1957 and 1959, [P] 2011FLAC files, texts, translations, artwork The origins of the festival marking the Nativity of the Lord are not to be found in Old Testament tradition; their impulse springs rather from Hellenistic culture. Both the Greeks and the Romans celebrated the birthdays of monarchs and other important men. The day chosen was not always the actual anniversary of birth, even if that was known, but was often a day of some other significance in connection with the personage being remembered. It was therefore natural for the early Christians to celebrate the birthday of their master; and as the real date of the Lord's birth is unknown, a […]
The Boston Musical Intelligencer
2016-02-12 20:54:30
Themed Programs? Play On!
[…] no apparent reason after this complete success, had been previously absent from this stage. Sheena wrote that the idea for this commission began as “James Levine and BSO Artistic Administrator Tony Fogg ingeniously tied it to the Shakespeare anniversary. . . . few BSO members have a new work commissioned on their behalf.” This is a serious understatement. Sheena has actually had works by four other composers written for him (Daniel Pinkham, Gabriel Gould, William Pfaff, and Marti Epstein), while his instrument, once among the least well-represented in the wind family, has been attracting an interesting array of composers again lately; Aaron Jay Kerness, Ned Rorem, Bruno Madera, Vincent Persichetti, and others, have raised the profile of this beguiling instrument, which Sheena plays absolutely wonderfully. Tsontakis, who teaches at Bard and who has won large clutch of important awards, has written a piece that is not just eloquent for the […]
2013-10-07 01:00:00
Listening to the World: Bartók's Voices #4
[…] 2 (1994)Béla Bartók Violin Concerto No. 2 Sz. 112Rhapsody for Violin and Orchestra No. 1 Sz. 87Rhapsody for Violin and Orchestra No. 2 Sz. 90 Gil Shaham, Violin Chicago Symphony OrchestraPierre Boulez DGG 459 639-2 (1999)Béla BartókRhapsody for Violin and Orchestra No. 1 Sz. 87Rhapsody for Violin and Orchestra No. 2 Sz. 90Rhapsody for Piano and Orchestra Sz. 26The Wooden Prince (Suite) Sz. 60 Gérard Poulet, ViolinNoël Lee, Piano Orchestra Sinfonica della RAI di TorinoLuca Pfaff Arion 68250 (1994) Béla BartókPiano Concerto No. 1 Sz. 83Rhapsody for Piano and Orchestra Sz. 26 Pascal Rogé, PianoLondon Symphony OrchestraWalter WellerLP Rip - Decca SXL 6815 (1977)Béla Bartók Piano Concerto No. 1 Sz. 83Piano Concerto No. 3 Sz. 119 Peter Serkin, Piano Chicago Symphony OrchestraSeiji Ozawa LP Rip - RCA GL 43644 (1965)Béla Bartók Piano Concerto No. 2 Sz. 95Piano Concerto No. 3 Sz. 119 Edith Farnadi, PianoOrchester der Wiener StaatsoperHermann Scherchen […]
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