folksong Archive
From the Attic of My Mind – Sam Most, flute – Xanadu/ Elemental
A 1978 session with one of the top jazz flutists around. From the Attic of My Mind – Sam Most, flute – Xanadu Master Edition 906074 (digitally remastered by Elemental Music) [6/30/15] ****: (Sam Most, flute; Kenny Barron, piano; George Mraz, bass; Warren Smith, percussion; Walter Bolden, drums) The late Most (died in 2013) really […]
Shen Lu: Watercolor = PEIXUN: Autumn Moon on a Calm Lake; RAVEL: Miroirs; RACHMANINOV: Etudes Tableaux; DUN: Eight Memories in Watercolor – Shen Lu, p. – Steinway & Sons
Chinese virtuoso Shen Lu offers a series of watercolors cut from Hunan and Western sensibilities.
Chris Campbell / Grant Cutler – Schooldays Over – Innova (45 rpm vinyl)
A 45 rpm 12″ effort, but not necessarily appealing to all audiophiles with good turntables.
MOERAN: Cello Concerto; Serenade in G; Lonely Waters; Whythorne’s Shadow Guy Johnston, cello/ Rebekah Coffey, sop./ Ulster Orch./ JoAnn Falletta – Naxos
Composer Edward Moeran emerges as more than “a singular success” in this fine assortment of concert works.
GRIEG: String Quartet No. 1; SVENDSEN: String Octet – Kocian Quartet & M. Nostitz Quartet – Praga Digitals
I’m used to hearing a more genial rendering of the Svendsen, but the playing and sound are both top-notch. If this pairing appeals, I say go for it.