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2024-03-06 17:00:49
Squealing Sax and yowls give way to solemn songs in this self-titled album
2024-01-25 04:30:00
Recent Releases No. 69 (CD Reviews)
by Karl NehringMozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 19 and 25 (orchestra parts transcribed for string quartet and double bass by Ignaz Lachner). Alon Goldstein, piano; Fine Arts Quartet (Ralph Evans, violin I; Efim Boico, violin II; Gil Sharon, viola; Niklas Schmidt, cello); Lizzie Burns, double bass. Naxos 8.574477Pianist Alon Goldstein remarks of these two particular pieces that they are his personal favorites from among all of Mozart’s piano concertos, then goes on to explain about the arrangements in which they appear on this recording: “Rearrangement of music was very common in the 18th and 19th centuries. The composer and conductor Ignaz Lachner rearranged 19 Mozart concertos, including the two featured on this recording for piano and string quartet with double bass, most likely for the simple pleasure of domestic use m—having the opportunity to play these beloved works without the need of a full orchestra.” Surely the vast majority of those reading this review […]
2023-12-11 15:46:39
Trumpeter Mark Kavuma and a guest player added to the classy line-up at the alto Sax player’s London gig
The Boston Musical Intelligencer
2023-11-25 20:31:18
Showers of fanfares rang out Friday afternoon as if to announce what surely could become one of most memorable of subscription concerts…and the Sax abides. [] The post appeared first on The Boston Musical Intelligencer.
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