Monthly Archive: September 2017
Von HERZOGENBERG: Piano Trios – Vienna Piano Trio – SACD
Von HERZOGENBERG: Piano Trios op. 24 & 36 – Vienna Piano Trio – SACD MDG 942 2017-6, 65: 38, (5/17/17) ****; An exemplar of the the Brahmsian chamber school in two large-scale, absorbing piano trios. (David McCarroll; violin; Matthias Gredler; cello/ Stefan Mendl; piano) The portrait of Heinrich von Herzogenberg included in the notes of […]
Back Before Bach: Musical Journeys = Music by 16th & 17th century German and Franco-Flemish composers – Piffaro/ Joan Kimball /Robert Wiemken – Navona
Back Before Bach: Musical Journeys = Music by sixteenth and early seventeenth century German and Franco-Flemish composers – Piffaro/ Joan Kimball & Robert Wiemken, artistic co-directors – Navona Records NV6106, 61:03 (9/1/17) *****: The six members of Piffaro—the Philadelphia-based, self-styled “Renaissance band”—return with four guests in an all-instrumental album designed to show the musical precedents […]
The Passion Of Charlie Parker – Impulse
The Passion Of Charlie Parker – Impulse 574416-7 50:16**** An unorthodox consideration of a singular musician and the music he created. ( Donny McCaslin – tenor saxophone; Ben Monder – guitar; Mark Giuliana – drums track #3; Eric Harland – drums-all except #3, vibraphone track#6; Scott Colley – bass except tracks #1, 9, 11; Larry […]
Barbara HARBACH: Orchestra Music III, Portraits in Sound – London PO/ David Angus – MSR Classics
Barbara HARBACH: Orchestra Music III, Portraits in Sound – London Philharmonic Orchestra/ David Angus – MSR Classics MSR 1614, 62:54 [Distr. by Albany] ****: Volume 11 in this impressive series proves a winner This is the eleventh volume of MSR’s extraordinary commitment to Barbara Harbach, polyglot extraordinaire, by the looks of her resume one of […]
HAYDN: Cello Concertos 1 and 2; CPE BACH Cello Concerto in A major; BOCCHERINI Adagio; MOZART – Steven Isserlis, cello. Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen – Hyperion
Steven Isserlis = HAYDN Cello Concertos 1 and 2, Hob VIIb:1 and 2. CPE BACH Cello Concerto in A major Wq 172. MOZART “Geme la tortorella” from La finta giardiniera. BOCCHERINI Adagio from Cello Concerto G.480 – Steven Isserlis, cello. Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen – Hyperion CDA68162, 77:47 (9/1/17) *****: On an exceptionally well-filled disc, Isserlis […]
Bill Brovold and Jamie Saft – Serenity Knolls – RareNoise
Bill Brovold and Jamie Saft – Serenity Knolls [TrackList follows] – RareNoise RNR076, 76:28 [3/31/17] ****: Guitarists Bill Brovold and Jamie Saft expand their horizons. (Bill Brovold – electric guitar; Jamie Saft – Dobro, lap steel guitar) This instrumental duo project by guitarist Bill Brovold and multi-instrumentalist Jamie Saft is an unexpected venture. Anyone familiar […]
MOZART: Sonatas for Keyboard and Violin, Volume 4 – Alina Ibragimova (violin)/ Cédric Tiberghien (piano) – Hyperion
MOZART: Sonatas for Keyboard and Violin, Volume 4 – Alina Ibragimova (violin)/ Cédric Tiberghien (piano) – Hyperion CDA 68164 [2 CDs], 119:17 [Distr. by Harmonia mundi] *****: A tempting collection of an ongoing series. It’s a little strange that we received the video of Mozart’s String Quintets by Ibragimova and company, yet not one of […]
Streams and Podcasts for 2 September 2017
This week, The Music Treasury presents music performed by the Prazak Quartet. From (then) Czechoslovakia, this group grew out of the Prague conservatory in the 1970s. The show will feature two pieces by Dvorak, a Brahms quintet, and one of Beethoven’s Rasoumovsky quartets, No.1 in F Major. The show can be heard on Sunday, 3 […]
Stereotypes Audio
Cembal d’amour
Pure Pleasure / Speakers Corner
Cedille
