Sibelius : The Tempest : Incidental music to Shakespeare's play.
Performers : Lahti Symphony Orchestra conducted by Osmo Vanska. Lahti Opera Chorus directed by Anna-Clara Groundstroem. Lilli Paasikivi mezzo, Kirsi Tiihonen soprano, Anssi Hirvonen tenor, Heikki Keinonen baritone, Paavo Kerola tenor.
I saw a concert performance conducted by Vanska at the Festival Hall but that had narration by Simon Callow and only the songs of Ariel by a mezzo.
Saturday, 23 July 2016
Friday, 22 July 2016
Soviet Jazz
Nikolai Kapustin Piano Music.
Performer : Steven Osborne piano.
Sonatas nos 1 and 2 plus 24 preludes in jazz style. Notated jazz influenced pieces with a classical bedrock. Idiomatically played by Steven Osborne.
Performer : Steven Osborne piano.
Sonatas nos 1 and 2 plus 24 preludes in jazz style. Notated jazz influenced pieces with a classical bedrock. Idiomatically played by Steven Osborne.
For The Library
Two CD set of piano trio music by Schubert, performed by Trio Wanderer. Top choice on BBC Radio 3 Building a library feature.
Piano Trio Nos 1 and 2, Notturno and Sonatensatz.
Piano Trio Nos 1 and 2, Notturno and Sonatensatz.
Monday, 16 May 2016
Repairing A Reputation
BBC Music magazine going heavy on Mendelssohn this month for no particular reason other than rehabilitation of his reputation. Free cover disc consequently featuring the 4th symphony ( Italian ) which I already have a recording of and the 1st symphony which I don't.
Performers : BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra conducted by Matthias Pintscher ( No 4 ) and Otto Tausk ( No 1 )
Performers : BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra conducted by Matthias Pintscher ( No 4 ) and Otto Tausk ( No 1 )
Monday, 2 May 2016
Crystalline Miniaturism
Volodos plays Mompou
Performer : Arcadi Volodos piano.
Obviously of the time and place of Debussy, Ravel, Satie, de Falla. But distinctively Mompou and an original voice none the less.
Performer : Arcadi Volodos piano.
Obviously of the time and place of Debussy, Ravel, Satie, de Falla. But distinctively Mompou and an original voice none the less.
Mass With Operatic Touches
Schubert Mass in E flat major D950.
Performers : Collegium Musicum 90 conducted by Richard Hickox.
Susan Gritton soprano, Pamela Helen Stephen mezzo, Mark Padmore tenor, James Gilchrist tenor, Matthew Rose bass.
Fine mass setting, illuminated by gloriously songful Et incarnatus est.
Performers : Collegium Musicum 90 conducted by Richard Hickox.
Susan Gritton soprano, Pamela Helen Stephen mezzo, Mark Padmore tenor, James Gilchrist tenor, Matthew Rose bass.
Fine mass setting, illuminated by gloriously songful Et incarnatus est.
Russian Show Pieces Shown Off
Prokofiev piano concerto no 2, Tchaikovsky piano concerto no 1.
Performers : Beatrice Rana piano, Orchestra Dell'Academia Nazionale Di Santa Cecilia conducted by Antonio Pappano.
Purchased for the Prokofiev, which is excellent. Did not really need another version of Tchaikovsky war horse but it is played with a fine chamber music sensitivity by soloist and orchestra.
Performers : Beatrice Rana piano, Orchestra Dell'Academia Nazionale Di Santa Cecilia conducted by Antonio Pappano.
Purchased for the Prokofiev, which is excellent. Did not really need another version of Tchaikovsky war horse but it is played with a fine chamber music sensitivity by soloist and orchestra.
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