Monthly Archive: October 2017
Jeff DINGLER: In Transit
Jeff DINGLER: In Transit – 41:43 (9/4/17) ****; (Jeff Dingler; bass/ Brad Shepik; guitar/ Lou Rainone; piano/ Gusten Rudolph/ Josh Bailey; percussion) Ethiopian inflected jazz, both buoyant and brainy. From the title of this new release—In Transit—as well as the cover, which shows a murmuration of swallows against an orange desert sky, we gather we […]
The Great Harry Hillman – Tilt – Cuneiform
The Great Harry Hillman – Tilt [TrackList follows] – Cuneiform, Rune 433, 43:07 [5/26/17] ****: (Nils Fischer – reeds; David Koch – guitar, effects; Samuel Huwyler – bass; Dominik Mahnig – drums) The Great Harry Hillman: Swiss post-jazz ready for discovery. There’s something slightly off-kilter about this Lucerne, Switzerland quartet. And that’s the point. This […]
Harold Mabern – To Love And Be Loved – Smoke Sessions Records
Harold Mabern – To Love And Be Loved – Smoke Sessions Records SSR-1706 64:40**** For a taste of old fashioned musical goodness this is it. ( Harold Mabern – piano; Eric Alexander – tenor saxophone; Nat Reeves – bass; Jimmy Cobb – drums; Freddie Hendrix – trumpet # 3, 4, 7; Cyro Baptista – percussion […]
Streams and Podcasts for 8 October 2017
This week, The Music Treasury presents the noted conductor Hans Knappertsbusch. Featured will be works by Johann Strauss, Richard Wagner, concluding with Bruckner’s Symphony #3 in D Minor. The show is hosted by Dr. Gary Lemco, who has generously provided an overview of the life and music of Knappersbusch, appended below. The show can be […]
DVORAK: String Quartet Op. 105, String Quintet Op. 97 – Takacs Quartet/ Lawrence Foster, viola – Hyperion
DVORAK: String Quartet in A-flat Major, Op. 105; String Quintet in E-flat Major, Op. 97 – Takacs Quartet/ Lawrence Foster, viola – Hyperion CDA68142, 64:59 (9/29/17) [Distr. By Harmonia mundi/PIAS] ****: Splendid readings of to late Dvorak chamber music staples provide a lush hour of listening pleasure. Antonin Dvorak, while enjoying his position as […]
Easy Rider Soundtrack – Dunhill Records
Easy Rider Soundtrack – Dunhill Records DSX 50063 (1969)/MVD Audio MVD8151LP (2017) – stereo vinyl, 37:38 ****: (Featuring the music of Steppenwolf; Smith; The Birds; The Holy Modal Rounders; Fraternity Of Man; The Jimi Hendrix Experience; The Electric Prunes; and Roger McGuinn) As the 1960’s cinema evolved, the anti-hero dominated the narratives. Movies like Butch […]
BRAHMS: The Complete Piano Trios – Emanuel Ax, piano/ Leonidas Kavakos, violin/ Yo-Yo Ma, cello – Sony
BRAHMS: The Piano Trios = Piano Trio No. 2 in C Major, Op. 87; Piano Trio No. 3 in c minor, Op. 101; Piano Trio No. 1 in B Major, Op. 8 – Emanuel Ax, piano/ Leonidas Kavakos, violin/ Yo-Yo Ma, cello – Sony 88985 40729 2 (2 CDs) 29:00; 56:00 (9/15/17) ****: The three […]
Handel Goes Wild – L’Arpeggiata, dir. Christina Pluhar — Erato
Handel Goes Wild – L’Arpeggiata, dir. Christina Pluhar — Erato 019295811693, 75:33, **** (9/30/17) (Valer Sabaus, countertenor, Nuria Rial, soprano, Gianluigi Trovesi, clarinet, Boris Schmidt, double bass, Francesco Turrisi, piano, Dorn David Sherwin, cornetto) Soon I will be at Carnegie Hall to see L’Arpeggiata again. “What kind of group is that?” a friend asked. That’s […]
Leonard BERNSTEIN: The Complete Solo Piano Works—Leann Osterkamp, piano—Steinway & Sons
The Complete Solo Piano Works of LEONARD BERNSTEIN: Seven Anniversaries—Five Anniversaries—Sonata for Piano—Four Anniversaries—Thirteen Anniversaries—Bridal Suite—and many others, previously unrecorded and unpublished—Leann Osterkamp, piano—Steinway & Sons 30076, 47:20, 45:21, ****: The intimacy and variety of Bernstein’s solo piano works burst forth passionately. When the Bernstein household wheeled in a sad looking, brown upright piano that […]
Russian Symphonies = RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Symphony; STRAVINSKY: Symphony, Scherzo Fantastique – Moscow Radio Symphony/ Boris Khaikin/ Columbia Symphony Orchestra/ CBS Symphony/Igor Stravinsky – Praga Digitals
Russian Symphonies = RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Symphony No. 1; STRAVINSKY: Symphony Op. 1, Scherzo Fantastique – Moscow Radio Symphony/ Boris Khaikin/ Columbia Symphony Orchestra/ CBS Symphony – Praga Digitals PRD 250 341, 79:55 (9/22/17) [Distr. by Harmonia mundi/PIAS] ****: Two Russian symphonies in a strong Romantic tradition complement each other on this sonically alert disc. The name […]
Editorial for October 2017
Eighty Trips Around the Sun: Music by and for Terry Riley is a celebration of that great composer-pianist Terry Riley, bringing together a collection of his compositions for solo and duo piano spanning fifty years, from his twelve-tone Two Pieces to his free-wheeling Be Kind to One Another. This set also includes eight tribute pieces […]
The Verdehr Trio, “International Connections 2” = Violin, Clarinet, Piano trios by Nicolas BACRI; Yang LIQING; Peter DICKINSON; Jonathan HARVEY; Wolfram WAGNER; Kam Kee YONG; Guido Lopez GAVILAN; Peter SCULTHORPE – Verdehr Trio – Crystal Records
The Verdehr Trio, “International Connections 2” = Nicolas BACRI: A Smiling Suite; Yang LIQING: Trio; Peter DICKINSON: Celebration Trio; Jonathon HARVEY: Clarinet Trio; Wolfram WAGNER: Trio for Violin, Clarinet and Piano; Kam Kee YONG: And the Fallen Petals; Guido Lopez GAVILAN: Como un antiguo bolero; Peter SCULTHORPE: Reef Singing – Walter Veredehr, violin/Elsa Ludwig-Verdehr, clarinet/Silvia Roederer, piano – […]
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