twentieth-century Archive
AUBERBACH: Tatiana ballet, Blu-ray (2016)
AUERBACH: Tatiana (ballet), Blu-ray (2016) Auerbach is nothing if not ecelctic. . . even polystylistic. Players: Hamburg State Opera Ballet: Helene Bouchet, Edvin Revazov, Leslie Heylmann, Alexandr Trusch, Carsten Jung Conductor: Simon Hewett; Choreography: John Neumeier. Studio: C Major 737504 [7/8/16] Video: for 16:9 screens, color HD Audio: DTS-HD 5.1, PCM stereo Subtitles: English, German, French Extras: Tatiana – Back to Pushkin Length: 167 min. Ratings: Audio: **** ½ Video: ***** Tatiana is a ballet by John Neumeier with music by Lera Auerbach, a Soviet-Russian-born American composer. While its narrative origins lie with Alexander Pushkin’s longish poem Eugene Onegin, its musical technique and style can’t be pinned down like a PBS production of Léo Delibes’ Coppélia or indeed like Intuitive Momentum by the Bill T. Jones Dance Company. Auerbach is nothing if not eclectic or, in the words used to describe her countryman Alfred Schnittke, even ‘polystylistic.’ The same holds true of Neumeier, dancewise. The ballet begins pleasantly enough, with a sweet dream sequence of the young Tatiana, the germination of many hours reading romantic novels. The music is almost Tchaikovskian, with its fat melodic lines and gushy intonations. Soon it takes on a dark aura, as Auerbach […]
Yevgeny Mravinsky, cond. = BARTOK: Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta; HONEGGER: Symphony No. 3 “Liturgique”; STRAVINSKY: Agon – Leningrad Philharmonic Orch./ Yevgeny Mravinsky – Praga Digitals
Three archive recordings conducted by Yevgeny Mravinsky during the second half of the ’60s, remastered to stereo SACD.
ALLAN PETTERSSON: Symphony No. 9 – Norrköping Symphony Orch./Christian Lindberg – BIS
This is essential for a study of twentieth century music!
“Piers Lane Goes to Town” = Short piano pieces of DOHENY, IRELAND, BACH, DELIBES, RACHMANINOV, CONFREY, POULENC, TEMPLETON, BENJAMIN, MOORE, GRAINGER & Others – Hyperion
Piers Lane shares a collection of Twentieth Century encores that offer grace, wit, and exquisite charm, each played by a brilliant technician who has the poet’s touch.
LIGETI: String Quartets = String Quartets Nos. 1 & 2; BARBER: Adagio – Keller Quartet – ECM New Series
Hungarian twentieth century master Gyorgy Ligeti’s two string quartets are given performances by the Keller Quartet that are worthy of their verve and significance.
KARL AMADEUS HARTMANN: Das Klavierwerk = Kleine Suite I; Kleine Suite II; Toccata; Fugue; Sonatina; First Sonata; Sonata “27 April 1945” – Benedikt Koehlen, piano – Telos Music
Koehlen has the ability to address Hartmann’s steeliest and rapidest passages with a fearless concentration that is commendable, nor does he slight the dark brooding of Hartmann’s slow movements.
Stereotypes Audio
Cembal d’amour
Pure Pleasure / Speakers Corner
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