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Stokowski Spectacular! (CD mini-reviews) 

[…] methods for arranging the music into these symphonic forms. Furthermore, Maestro Serebrier offers a discussion of how Stokowski worked to obtain a specific kind of sound no matter which orchestra he might be conducting. In any event, if you are a fan of the music of Wagner, you really owe it to yourself to give this release an audition, for it is quite a luscious treat.The Stokowski Sound. Bach: Toccata & Fugue in d minor; Boccherini: Menuet; Bach: Little Fugue in g minor; Debussy: Clair de lune; Beethoven: Adagio Sostenuto from Moonlight Sonata; Albeniz: Fete-Dieu a Seville; Debussy: La cathedrale engloutie; Rachmaninoff; Prelude in c# minor; Moussorgsky: A Night on Bald Mountain. Erich Kunzel, Cincinnati Pops Orchestra. Telarc CD-80129.Although the Telarc label has gone away, this disc is still out there, not all that hard to track down. Hooray! Of all the CDs discussed here, this is the most exciting, […]

A new opera, an unperformed 19th century opera, plus Weber & Bellini: I chat to Richard Tegid Jones of Rugby-based Random Opera Company 

[…] age of 23 and stopped composing. Elena e Gerardo, written in 1822, was never performed. Ironically, the name by which she is known today is her married name, she was born Marianna Motroni-Andreozzi (daughter of a nobleman) and her husband was Marquis Lorenzo Bottini. Richard was looking at plans for the 2022 season and decided that they ought to do more varied repertoire. He Googled female composers and saw that Bottini's opera was unperformed. The Istituto Musicale Luigi Boccherini in Lucca had a manuscript score of the opera and sent him a copy. Before that Richard did not know anything about Bottini and it has been a fascinating  exercise digging out information and learning. The opera's libretto is based on a story by the 16th century writer Matteo Bandello who wrote the story on which Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet is ultimately based. Elena e Gerardo is similar, there are two families at odds […]

August Wenzinger, Schola Cantorum Basiliensis CD1 Fantasies by Gibbons, PurcellCD2 Works by Marais, F & L CouperinCD3 Sonatas by Kühnel, JS BachCD4 Cello concerto op34 & chamber music by Boccherini, Naumann, MozartRecorded 1950-1965, this release 2014DG Archiv 00289 479 2603 XLD rip     flac + cue, webcovers, booklet, tracklist (in CD1 folder)CD1+CD2   550 MB1fichier    https://1fichier.com/?wi2kce0dfq3wugp3yd1wWeTransfer (for 7 days)    https://we.tl/t-D5sGD4lDXuCD3+CD4   422 MB1fichier    https://1fichier.com/?mzghm2xn21uiwoklgbczWeTransfer (for 7 days)     https://we.tl/t-MBeHkubdbX

LIVE STREAM | Geneva Cello & Oboe Semi-Finals 2021 

The 75th Geneva International Music Competition is starting this Saturday! The 16 candidates qualified for the semi–finals will be performing in Geneva from 23–26 October. Cellists will have to perform a 60–minute program, which includes a Sonata by Boccherini or J.S. Bach, a solo contemporary piece and the remaining program at free choice. Oboists will [...]