Argentinian Archive
BARTOK: Divertimento; Romanian Folk Dances; PIAZZOLLA: Les Cuatro Estaciones Portenas – Konzerthaus Ch. Orch. Berlin/ Sayako Kusaka – CuGate Classics
An interesting combination of composers on one disc. BARTOK: Divertimento for Strings; Romanian Folk Dances; PIAZZOLLA: Les Cuatro Estaciones Portenas (The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires) – Konzerthaus Ch. Orch. Berlin/ Sayako Kusaka – CuGate Classics multichannel SACD CGCO12-2 (3/4/16) ****: The main selection here for me was the string orchestra arrangement of the Romanian […]
Martha Argerich & Friends: Live from Lugano 2014 = MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 20; BEETHOVEN: Variations in E-flat Major; MILHAUD: La Creation du Monde; MENDELSSOHN (arr. Busoni): Symphony No. 1 in c minor; BORODIN: Piano Quintet in c minor; BRIDGE: Cello Sonata in d minor; POULENC: Piano Sonata; Cello Sonata; SCRIABIN: Fantasy in a minor; WEINBERG: Violin Sonata No. 5 – Martha Argerich, piano/Gidon Kremer, v./ Mischa Maisky, cello/ assisting artists/ Orch. della Svizzera Italiana/ Jacek Kaspszyk – Warner Classics (3 CDs)
Some ten days of music-making at Lugano 2014 have their founder Martha Argerich and her musical friends in top form.
R. STRAUSS: Ein Heldenleben – Philharmonic Sym. Orch./ Carlos Paita – (Lodia) Carlos Paita Edition
If the Strauss Ein Heldenleben warrants your full-dimensional sound reproduction, this live performance from Carlos Paita may fill the bill.
‘Together’ = MAXIMO DIEGO PUJAL: Suite Magica; XAVIER MONTSALVAGE: Fantasia; GARY SCHOCKER: Hypnotized; ALAN HOVHANESS: Sonata for Harp and Guitar, “Spirit of Trees”; KEITH FITCH: Knock on Wood – Yolanda Kondonassis, harp/ Jason Vieaux, guitar – Azica
A lovely collection of modern works for this appealing combination.
* “The Argentinian Album” = PIAZZOLLA: Four Seasons of Buenos Aires; GINASTERA: Concerto for Strings; GOLIJOV: Last Round – Amsterdam Sinfonietta/ Candia Thompson – Channel Classics
************ MULTICHANNEL DISC OF THE MONTH ************
Three important Argentinian composers, and works for strings in excellent surround.
“Remembranza” – Remembrance of Latin Sounds – Rosa Antonelli, piano – Albany
A collection of thoughtful and elegiac pieces by famous Latin and Spanish composers.
OSIAS WILENSKI: “La Leyenda del Kakuy” = Soloists/Tapestry East – Navona Records
Pretty abstract, though interesting in its own way.
Stereotypes Audio
Cembal d’amour
Pure Pleasure / Speakers Corner
Cedille
