Monthly Archive: November 2010
GOTTFRIED VON EINEM: ‘Danton’s Tod’ – Orchestral Suite; Wandlungen; Konzert fur Klavier un Orchester; Nachtstuck; Medusa Suite – Konstantin Lifschitz, p./ Radio Sym. of Vienna/ Cornelius Meister – Orfeo
Excellent introduction to this enigmatic composer.
BEETHOVEN: Seven Overtures – Orchestre des Concerts Lamoureux/Igor Markevitch – IDI
Markevitch was a the Ukrainian, Italian, and French composer and performer whom Paris once hailed as “the second Igor,” the first having been Stravinsky.
Raúl Jaurena & his Tango Orchestra – Fuerza Milonguera – Soundbrush
On his newest project, Fuerza Milonguera, premiere bandeonist Raúl Jaurena showcases why he is considered a master of tango and of his chosen instrument, the bandoneón.
Marilyn Crispell/David Rothenberg – One Night I Left My Quiet House – ECM
Pianist releases stylized improvisational project.
The Nature of Existence, Special Edition 2-Disc Set (2010)
Nygard has a very open-minded and well-balanced attitude for finding really incredible and even insane characters and putting the most interesting and unplanned encounters with them on film.
JOHAN HALVORSEN Orchestral Works: Suite ancienne; 3 Norwegian Dances; Air norvegien; Chant de la Veslemoy; Symphony No. 2 “Fatum” in d minor – Marianne Thorsen, vioilin/ Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra/ Neeme Järvi – Chandos
These works will appeal to anyone partial to the music of Grieg and Svensen.
JEANNE-LOUISE FARRENC: Nonette; Clarinet Trio – Consortium Classicum/ Dieter Klocker, clarinet/ Peter Horr, cello/ Werner Genuit, piano – Divox
An exuberant disc of chamber music by the unjustly neglected French composer Jean-Louise Farrenc.
KENNY WERNER: No Beginning No End; Visitation – Half Note
A magnum opus of creatively composed and improvised music similar in feeling to Mahler’s “Kindertotenlieder.”
Reissue of Six Titles from Charles Gerhardt's Classic Film Scores Series = Casablanca, Gone With the Wind, Lost Horizon, Captain from Castile, Captain Blood, The Sea Hawk – Nat. Philharmonic Orch./Charles Gerhardt – RCA Red Seal
A look back at some sumptuous films scores by top Hollywood composers – with matrix surround to boot.
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis; PURCELL: Dido’s Lament from Dido and Aeneas (orch. Stokowski); DVORAK: Serenade for Strings in E Major, Op. 22 – Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/ Leopold Stokowski – Newton Classics
A swan-song disc from the 93-year-old Leopold Stokowski, performing with the brilliantly responsive Royal Philharmonic string section.
InFocus SP8602 Video Projector SRP: $5000
For those who prefer the look of single-chip DLP the SP8602 has a competitive advantage.
Dohnanyi in London = DOHNANYI: Variations on a Nursery Tune; Ruralia Hungarica; Hiszekegy; MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 17 in G Major; LISZT: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 1; BERLIOZ: Hungarian March; EGRESSY: Szozat – Pristine
The seamless splicing of the 78 rpm sides would entirely make us forget the antiquity of this inscription.
ERNEST BLOCH: From Jewish Life – Cello Works = Nigun; Méditation Hébraïque; From Jewish Life; Voice In The Wilderness; Visions And Prophecies; Suite No. 3 for solo cello – Michal Kaňka (cello) / Miguel Borges Coelho (piano) – Praga
Admirers of Bloch’s Schelomo may well wish to investigate this fine new release of Bloch’s music for cello and piano from Praga.
ERICH WOLFGANG KORNGOLD: Symphony in F sharp, Op. 40; Incidental Music from Much Ado About Nothing – Orchestre Philharmonique de Strabourg/ Marc Albrecht – PentaTone
Korngold dedicated his F sharp Symphony to Franklin D. Roosevelt.
RACHMANINOV: Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18; Piano Concerto No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 30 = Shura Cherkassky, piano/Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra/ Sergiu Comissiona (Op. 18)/Sten Frykberg (Op. 30) – Cembal d’amour
Keyboardist Shura Cherkassky finds a new resource for his fascinating legacy in two of Rachmaninov’s concertos captured from live concerts in Gothenburg, Sweden.
Audio News for November 12, 2010
DGG Celebrates 112th Birthday With 56-CD Box Set; Apple and Google to Clash in Music Space; Mozart Stops Violence; Software Predicts If a Song Will Be a Hit; Soft and Flexible Earpieces Make Difference in New Earphones; CEA Launches Tech Enthusiast Membership Category
Dorothee Munyaneza – Dorothee Munyaneza – Luminary Records (CD + DVD-A)
Dorothee Munyaneza defines the essence of World Music and its global imperative.
Agora (2010)
This is a wonderfully thoughtful and intelligent feature that seems head and shoulders above every Hollywood Egyptian epic.
Jason Robinson – The Two Faces Of Janus – Cuneiform Records Rune
West Coast meets East Coast in modern jazz foray
Univers Zéro – Hérésie – Cuneiform Rune
Univers Zéro creates darkly atmospheric music that melds rock and classical, medieval strains with modern tonalities, and beauty with nervous tension.
RACHMANINOV: Symphony No. 3 in A Minor, Op. 44; Vocalise, Op. 34, No. 14 (orch. Rachmaninov) – National Philharmonic Orchestra/Leopold Stokowski – Newton Classics
Stokowski makes amends for years of neglect of this score which he had premiered, compensating with a potent expression of belated love and passion.
Gerry Gibbs and the Electric Thrasher Orchestra – Play the Music of Miles Davis 1967-1975 – Whaling City Sound (2 discs)
This isn’t a “run of the mill” two-CD set of Miles Davis covers.
Stereotypes Audio
Cembal d’amour
Pure Pleasure / Speakers Corner
Cedille
