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2024-02-16 00:00:00
Some lesser-known 20th century Cello Concertos
Hungarian Cello Concertos:01 - 03 Mátyás Seiber: Tre Pezzi for cello & orchestra (1956) [19'57]04 - 06 Antal Dorati: Cello Concerto (1977) [33'42]07 - 09 Béla Bartók (arr. Tibor Serly): Viola Concerto (1945) [23'49]Raphael Wallfisch- cello, BBC National Orchestra of Wales conducted by Gábor Takács-NagyNimbus NI 5919 [recorded January 2014; issued 2014][digital download; flacs, cover, booklet and inlay scans]Recording venue: Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff, WalesRecording engineer: Huw Thomas; Producer: Adrian FarmerBritish Cello Concertos:01 - 02 John Joubert: Cello Concerto, op.171 (2012) [23'02]03 - 06 Robert Simpson: Cello Concerto (1991) [28'40]07 - 09 Christopher Wright: Cello Concerto (2011) [18'56]Raphael Wallfisch- cello, BBC National Orchestra of Wales conducted by William BoughtonLyrita SRCD344 [recorded December 2013; issued 2014][digital download; flacs, cover, booklet and inlay scans]Recording venue: Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff, WalesRecording engineer: Huw Thomas; Producer: Adrian FarmerSainsbury and Foulds:01 - 03 Lionel Sainsbury: Cello Concerto, op.27 (1999) * [33'22]04 - 06 John Foulds: Cello Concerto in […]
2023-04-07 01:00:00
Bliss, Rubbra, Seiber, Stravinsky: Orchestral Works (Hugo Rignold, Endre Wolf, John Dankworth et al)
Arthur Bliss: 01 - 03 Music for Strings, F.123 [26'36]04 - 11 Meditations on a Theme by John Blow, F.118 [33'39]12 A Prayer to the Infant Jesus, F.48 * [5'38]Ambrosian Singers conducted by Philip Ledger*; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra conducted by Hugo RignoldLyrita SRCD254 [recorded 1971* and January 1966; issued 2007][digital download; flacs, cover, booklet and inlay scans]Recording venue: Kingsway Hall, London, UK and not stated*Recording engineers and Producers: not stated; Digital remastering by Simon GibsonEdmund Rubbra:01 - 03 Sinfonia concertante, op.38 (1936 rev. 1943) ~ [29'59]04 Prelude and Fugue on a Theme by Cyril Scott, op.69 (1949) * [4'44]05 Cyril Scott: Consolation (1918) * [6'34]06 - 08 Violin Concerto, op.103 (1959) ^ [31'30]City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra conducted by Hugo Rignold~; Edmund Rubbra- piano*; Endre Wolf- violin, BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Rudolf Schwarz^Lyrita 'Itter Broadcast Collection' REAM1134 [BBC broadcasts May 1967~, August 1967^ and February 1960; […]
2021-03-24 20:14:00
Music is the best way to travel
[…] Sukanya.) The compositions of the two Mayers most definitely do not fall into this trap; which is understandable as both have had the rigorous schooling in the Western tradition which Pandit Shankar lacked. The Mayer's concertos do not sound like fashionable 'fusion', nor do they sound like the soundtrack for a Netflix Raj period drama. Both father and son have written music which totally justifies the label 'new'. Mayer senior studied composition with the Hungarian exile Mátyás Seiber who encouraged him to explore serial composition in both Indian and Western classical contexts, and this influence is evident in the compositions of both generations of Mayers: music video samples via this link. The Mayers have composed unashamedly challenging music which swims against a tide that is sweeping the classical genre towards the doldrums of 'comfort music'. In 2008 Jonathan Mayer collaborated with me in an appreciation of his father, and this is republished below […]
2019-10-12 10:28:25
Voices in the Wilderness: cellist Raphael Wallfisch on his series of cello concertos by exiled Jewish composers
Raphael Wallfisch (Photo Benjamin Ealovega) When we meet up, cellist Raphael Wallfisch is in the middle of a very busy week, with the start of his Trio Shaham Erez Wallfisch's residency at the Wigmore Hall (beginning their cycle Beethoven piano trios as part of the hall's Beethoven 250 celebrations) and performances of his programme which explores the music of Rebecca Clarke and Ernest Bloch. Whilst I am there to talk about another project, his cycle of recordings of neglected Jewish composers on the German record label cpo, of which four CDs have been issued and a fifth, devoted to the music of Mieczysław Weinberg, is due out later this year. Whilst these fascinating works are the focus of our conversation, though we also touch on Raphael's Rebecca Clarke / Ernest Bloch programme, the influence of Raphael's teacher the great Gregor Piatigorsky, and Raphael's own family. Under the title Voices […]
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