Monthly Archive: June 2011
Editorial for June 2011
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Ambrose Akinmusire – When The Heart Emerges Glistening -Blue Note
Some tantalizing glimpses of promise.
Rose of Sharon – 100 Years of American Music 1770-1870 – Ensemble Phoenix Munich/ Joel Frederiksen – Harmonia mundi
This album is beautifully connected, taking on a large challenge across a hundred years, and succeeding at every turn.
CHOPIN: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 2 (arr. for piano and string quintet) – Gian Luisi, piano/ Ensemble Concertant Frankfurt – MDG
Chopin concertos for string quintet? Just because it can be done doesn’t mean it should…
LISZT: Sonata in B Minor; SCHUMANN: Humoreske in B-flat Major, Op. 20; KNUSSEN: Ophelia’s Last Dance – Kirill Gerstein, piano – Myrios Classic
Oliver Knussen’s Ophelia’s Last Dance derives from a 2010 commission specifically for pianist Gerstein.
Sound the Bells! American Premieres for Brass – The Bay Brass/ Guest Artists/ Alasdair Neale, Michael Tilson Thomas, Robert Ward, Jeffrey Budin, Bruce Broughton, Paul Welcome & Charles Floyd, conductors – Harmonia mundi
Never owned a brass ensemble disc before? This is a great place to start.
Psallat Ecclesia – Schola Solensis/ Halvor Osttveit, director – 2L
Despite the stingy length, these ladies turn in a beautifully performed and recorded series of sequence
RAVEL: The Complete Solo Piano Music – Steven Osborne, piano – Hyperion (2)
Osborne describes his traversal of the complete Ravel piano solo oeuvre as “a real labour of love,” a series of formal poses that reveal a love of dance and humanity.
Stereotypes Audio
Cembal d’amour
Pure Pleasure / Speakers Corner
Cedille
