Friday, November 29, 2013

Dargomyzhsky, Rusalka, Vladimir Fedoseyev

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None but the most pronounced of Russophiles here in the States are likely to know composer Alexander Dargomyzhsky (1813-1869) and his oper...
Wednesday, November 27, 2013

Perceptions: Points of View for Small Ensemble

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Modern chamber music is something that tends to please by most being itself. Partially because of the way larger ensemble concert situatio...
Tuesday, November 26, 2013

Tchaikovsky, Ellington/Strayhorn, Nutcracker Suites, Harmonie Ensemble, New York, Steven Richman

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When I was but a lad, with visions of sugar plums dancing in my head (well actually, no, even in my halcyon days sugar plums were not in t...
Monday, November 25, 2013

Joy to the World, An American Christmas, Harry Christophers, Handel and Haydn Society

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Those who came across from Europe to America brought their Christmas carols with them. In the years that followed composers and hymnists c...
Friday, November 22, 2013

Niels W. Gade, Piano Works, Christina Bjorkoe

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There are composers that at least Stateside many have heard little of. We don't always have the chance to hear them. They are names wh...
Thursday, November 21, 2013

George Enescu, Ouverture de Concert, Op. 32, Symphony No. 3, Op. 21, Hannu Lintu, Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra

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Like many of my generation I first encountered the music of George Enescu (1881-1955) on Ravi Shankar and Yehudi Menuhin's ground-brea...
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Wednesday, November 20, 2013

Ligeti, Violin Concerto, Lontano, Atmospheres, etc., Benjamin Schmid, Finnish Radio Symphony, Hannu Lintu

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There are times when I realize that I have not paid enough attention to a particular composer. This is one of those times. Gyorgy Ligeti (...