Monthly Archive: July 2007
SUNLEIF RASMUSSEN: Symphony No. 1 “Oceanic Days”; Saxophone Concerto “Dem Licht entgegen” – Jeanette Balland, saxophone/Danish National Symphony Orchestra/Hannu Lintu – DaCapo
A background in rock and jazz influences his writing, and he attempts to portray the sounds of nature of his islands
The Page Turner (2007)
A deliberately-plotted revenge on a classical pianist who figured in an unfortunate experience for the protagonist as a child
Audio News for July 7, 2007
Double-sided Warner Bros. Hi-Def DVD Delayed; Yet Another Digital Audio Content Protection Technology; Blu-ray Disc Promotion; Dolby Home Theater Added to Acer Laptops
FRANK MARTIN: Die Weise von Liebe und Tod des Cornets Christoph Rilke – Christianne Stotijn, contralto/ Orchester Musikkollegium Winterthur/ Jac van Steen, conductor – MDG
A brilliant recording of a masterpiece that often goes unnoticed
Devin Phillips, sax – Wade in the Water – DevinPhillips.com
Phillips observes that due to Katrina, the album’s title song “took on a meaning of its own.”
BACH: Partita No. 4 in D Major, BWV 828; French Suite No. 1 in D Minor, BWV 812; BOULEZ: 12 Notations for Piano; Incises – David Fray, piano – Virgin Classics
The longest D Major Partita on record that I know, offering up an Allemande of the better part of 12 minutes.
BRAHMS: Sonata for Piano & Cello in E minor Op. 38 (1865); Sonata for Piano & Cello in D Major Op. 78 (Arr. of the Violin Sonata in G Major); Sonata for Piano & Cello in F minor Op. 120, No. 1 – Pieter Wispelway, cello/Dejan Lazic, p. – Channel Classics
The early actual cello sonata is an unconventional work with several surprises.
Paths of Grace – Devotional Collection – Gloriae Del Cantores/ Elizabeth Patterson, conductor – GDCD
The ensemble Gloriae Dei Cantores celebrates choral masterpieces from the 11th to the 21st Century
Nils Landgren & Joe Sample – Creole Love Call – Act Music
Landgren was exposed to original New Orleans jazz by his father, who said “Listen to this music, son. It’s the real stuff.”
POULENC: Concerto in D Minor for 2 Pianos; MILHAUD: Second Concerto for 2 Pianos and Percussion; BARTOK: Concerto for 2 Pianos, Percussion and Orch. – Susan Grace and Alice Rybak, pianos/ John Kinzie and David Colson, percussion/ Scott Yoo, cond. – Bridge
(In Poulenc:) Stravinsky and French cabaret style merge in an alternately percussive and lyrical color mix, tinted by echoes of the Balinese gamelan and the arioso of Massenet.
Audio News for July 4, 2007
HD DVD Offers Web Surfing; Changes in Pops Concert Programming; Beverly Sills Dies at 78; Beware Failure of Entertainment PC Hard Drives
The Return (2003)
I found the film’s overall acting and cinematography style close to that of Bergman.
The Ninth Gate (1999)
This was a love it or hate it film with many viewers, and mainly the latter with critics.
BLOCH: Baal Shem Suite; Suite hebraique; Suite No. 1 for Solo Violin; Suite No. 2 for Solo Violin; BEN-HAIM: Sonata in G Minor for Solo Violin; Berceuse sfaradite; Improvisation and Dance – Hagai Shaham, violin/ Arnon Erez, piano – Hyperion
Shaham reveals a penetrating intensity, exalted and colorful at once.
JOAN TOWER: Made in America; Tambor; Concerto for Orchestra – Nashville Symphony/Leonard Slatkin – Naxos American Classics
Its bold sort of sound fits in well with the “American” sonic palette of Copland, Ives and others, without sounding like any of them.
Kenny Burrell, guitar/vocals – 75th Birthday Bash Live! – Blue Note /EMI
A joy of an album in every way
Chick Corea and Bela Fleck (piano & banjo) – The Enchantment – Concord Records
Both performers are super-open-minded and enjoy breaking down genre categories in their music.
Casanova, Blu-ray
Starring Heath Ledger, Sienna Miller, Jeremy Irons, Oliver Platt
Friedemann – The Concert (2005)
Instrumental blend of folk, jazz, pop & chamber music
Editorial for July 2007
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