Artist: Simone Young and Philharmoniker Hamburg.
Title: Bruckner Symphony No. 0. in D minor, 1869, WAB 100.
Recording Studio: Oehms Classics.
Copyright: 2012.
Symphony No. 0:
1. Allegro.
2. Andante.
3. Scherzo Presto - Trio.
4. Finale. Moderato-Allegro vivace.
This is one of Anton Bruckner's first symphonies composed in 1869. He was 45 when he composed this. It didn't live up to his expectations. He wrote "Null" on the score and donated it to an Austrian Abbey who kept the original manuscript. Fortunately, we still have it. The result is gorgeous music.
Australian Simone Young and the Philharmoniker Hamburg are schooled in German Romantic music. This recording shows it. Recommended.
Sunday, April 3, 2016
Monday, March 21, 2016
Listening to more Bruckner...
I sampled Simone Young and Hamburg Philharmonic on their recording of Bruckner's Symphony No. 0. I'll put together a full review later this week.
Blake
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Wednesday, February 17, 2016
Been listerning to Bruckner....
I loaded the CD player with Bruckner's Symphonies No. 1, No. 3, No. 4, and No. 8. I've also listened to the Eroica Trio. Never beauty and talent ever come together like them.
Monday, February 1, 2016
Review of Bruckner Symphonie No.8 by Karl Bohm and the Wiener Philharmoniker
Artist: Karl Bohm and the Weiner Philharomiker.
Album: Bruckner Symphonie No. 8.
Recording House: Deutsche Gramophone.
Copyright: 1977.
Bruckner Symphonie No. 8.
1. Allergo moderato
2. Scherzo. Allegro moderato
3. Adiago. Feierlich langsam; doch nicht schleppend
4. Finale. Feierlich, nicht schnell
This disc is over 80 minutes long. It takes that long when performed live. It's usually the only work on a particular program. I fell in love with Bruckner by accident in the 1990s at Powell Hall. I had season tickets and I heard Bruckner for the first time.
Afterward, I was hooked. I bought 4 different Bruckner symphonies over New Years. I think about 19th century European armies clashing in thunderous duels when I hear this music. Bruckner, slave to the beast at Bayreuth, adored Wagner. However, Bruckner's music is all his own. He was middle age when he became a composer. That helped the maturity of his symphonic works. Bruckner was disparaged in his own lifetime as the "Austrian peasant composer." Some of his earlier works weren't taken seriously because of his simple, devote Catholicism.
The ten symphonies make up for his more simplistic "Tu Deums." Recommended.
Album: Bruckner Symphonie No. 8.
Recording House: Deutsche Gramophone.
Copyright: 1977.
Bruckner Symphonie No. 8.
1. Allergo moderato
2. Scherzo. Allegro moderato
3. Adiago. Feierlich langsam; doch nicht schleppend
4. Finale. Feierlich, nicht schnell
This disc is over 80 minutes long. It takes that long when performed live. It's usually the only work on a particular program. I fell in love with Bruckner by accident in the 1990s at Powell Hall. I had season tickets and I heard Bruckner for the first time.
Afterward, I was hooked. I bought 4 different Bruckner symphonies over New Years. I think about 19th century European armies clashing in thunderous duels when I hear this music. Bruckner, slave to the beast at Bayreuth, adored Wagner. However, Bruckner's music is all his own. He was middle age when he became a composer. That helped the maturity of his symphonic works. Bruckner was disparaged in his own lifetime as the "Austrian peasant composer." Some of his earlier works weren't taken seriously because of his simple, devote Catholicism.
The ten symphonies make up for his more simplistic "Tu Deums." Recommended.
Sunday, January 31, 2016
Bruckner!
I bought four different Bruckner symphonies: Symphonie No. 1; Symphonie No. 3; Symphonie No. 4; and Symphonie No. 8; over New Years. I've been listening to Bruckner since then. No. 4 is on my CD player. I'd like to get more Bruckner CDs.
Alas, I've run out of room to store my discs. I'll either have to get a new CD tower or get a CD book for my discs. I'm now over 110 CDs. I've download all my music digitally. It takes up several GB. I also have delved back into Joe Satriani. Have his latest, Shockwave Supernova and Unstoppable Momentum. I'll write more formal reviews, later. I just wanted to update my blog after a several month absence...
Alas, I've run out of room to store my discs. I'll either have to get a new CD tower or get a CD book for my discs. I'm now over 110 CDs. I've download all my music digitally. It takes up several GB. I also have delved back into Joe Satriani. Have his latest, Shockwave Supernova and Unstoppable Momentum. I'll write more formal reviews, later. I just wanted to update my blog after a several month absence...
Thursday, October 29, 2015
Review of Lang Lang: Live in Vienna
Artist: Lang Lang.
Album: Live in Vienna.
Recording Company: Sony Classical.
Copyright: 2010.
CD 1:
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 3, Op. 2
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 33, Op. 57 "Apassionata"
CD 2:
Albeniz: Iberia, Book I
Prokofiev: Piano Sonata No. 7, Op. 83
Chopin: Etude Op. 25, No. 1
Chopin: Polonaise No. 6, Op. 53 "Heroic"
Chopin: Grande Valse brillante No. 2, Op. 34 No. 1
I enjoyed hearing Lang Lang live in Vienna. My appreciation for piano music happened late for me. Though I can't play a piano to save my life, I love those who mastered it. Lang Lang has. Recommended.
Album: Live in Vienna.
Recording Company: Sony Classical.
Copyright: 2010.
CD 1:
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 3, Op. 2
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 33, Op. 57 "Apassionata"
CD 2:
Albeniz: Iberia, Book I
Prokofiev: Piano Sonata No. 7, Op. 83
Chopin: Etude Op. 25, No. 1
Chopin: Polonaise No. 6, Op. 53 "Heroic"
Chopin: Grande Valse brillante No. 2, Op. 34 No. 1
I enjoyed hearing Lang Lang live in Vienna. My appreciation for piano music happened late for me. Though I can't play a piano to save my life, I love those who mastered it. Lang Lang has. Recommended.
Saturday, August 15, 2015
Goal: Yamaha double barreled French horn
I still want to get back to the French horn. Being a writer is nice. But it's not my long term goal. That's still being able to play the French horn again.
In order to do that, I need to save up for a double barreled French horn. They are expensive. I should be able to set aside money for one. But it'll take about four years worth of savings before I can purchase one.
That's a long time. Maybe I can get published in the mean time and get some money to help make that purchase a reality...
In order to do that, I need to save up for a double barreled French horn. They are expensive. I should be able to set aside money for one. But it'll take about four years worth of savings before I can purchase one.
That's a long time. Maybe I can get published in the mean time and get some money to help make that purchase a reality...
Sunday, May 17, 2015
Review of Michael Collins Motion Picture Soundtrack
Album: Michael Collins Motion Picture Soundtrack.
Recording Company: Atlantic Classics.
Recording Date: 1996.
Soundtrack:
1) Easter Rebellion
2) Fire and Arms
3) Train Station Farewell
4) Winter Raid
5) Elegy for a Sunday
6) Football Match
7) On Cat's Feet
8) Defiance and Arrest
9) Train to Granard
10) Boland Returns
11) His Majesty's Finest
12) Boland's Death
13) Home to Cork
14) Civil War
15) Collins' Proposal
16) An Anthem Deferred
17) She Moved Through the Fair
18) Funeral/Coda
19) Macushla
Another soundtrack from an excellent movie about Ireland's bloody history. Recommended for the story it tells...
Recording Company: Atlantic Classics.
Recording Date: 1996.
Soundtrack:
1) Easter Rebellion
2) Fire and Arms
3) Train Station Farewell
4) Winter Raid
5) Elegy for a Sunday
6) Football Match
7) On Cat's Feet
8) Defiance and Arrest
9) Train to Granard
10) Boland Returns
11) His Majesty's Finest
12) Boland's Death
13) Home to Cork
14) Civil War
15) Collins' Proposal
16) An Anthem Deferred
17) She Moved Through the Fair
18) Funeral/Coda
19) Macushla
Another soundtrack from an excellent movie about Ireland's bloody history. Recommended for the story it tells...
Monday, February 23, 2015
Conan the Barbarian Soundtrack
Album: Conan the Barbarian Soundtrack.
Studio: Universal City Studios.
Copyright: 1982.
1 The Anvil of Crom
2 Riddle of Steel/Riders of Doom
3 Gift of Fury
4 Wheel of Pain
5 Atlantean Sword
6 Theology/Civilization
7 Wifeing
8 The Leaving/The Search
9 Mountain of Power Procession
10 The Tree of Woe
11 Recovery
12 The Kitchen/The Orgy
13 Funeral Pyre
14 Battle of the Mounds
15 Death of Rexor
16 Orphans of Doom/The Awakening
Overview:
Great soundtrack to an awesome movie. Recommended.
Studio: Universal City Studios.
Copyright: 1982.
1 The Anvil of Crom
2 Riddle of Steel/Riders of Doom
3 Gift of Fury
4 Wheel of Pain
5 Atlantean Sword
6 Theology/Civilization
7 Wifeing
8 The Leaving/The Search
9 Mountain of Power Procession
10 The Tree of Woe
11 Recovery
12 The Kitchen/The Orgy
13 Funeral Pyre
14 Battle of the Mounds
15 Death of Rexor
16 Orphans of Doom/The Awakening
Overview:
Great soundtrack to an awesome movie. Recommended.
Wednesday, January 14, 2015
Review of Opera Proibita
Artist: Cecilia Bartoli.
Title: Opera Proibita.
Recording Company: Decca.
Copyright: 20005.
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
Un pensiero nemico - Combo che fugge col vento
Lascia la spina, cogli la rosa Il Trionto del Tempo e del Disinganno
Disserratevi, o porte d'Averno - Notte funesta ... Ferma l'ali La Resurrezione
Alessandro Scarlattti (1660-1725)
All'arme si accesi guerrierii Cantata per la Notte del SS.mo Natale
Mentre io godo in dolce oblio - Ecco negl'orti tuoi
Che dolce simpatia Il Giadino di Rose
Caldo sangue - Ahi! qual cordoglio...Doppio affetto Sedecia, Re di Gerusalemme
Qui resta...L'alta Roma San Filippo Neri
Antonio Caldara (1670-1736)
Vanne pentita a piangere Il Trionfo dell'Inocenza
Sparga il senso lascivo veleno La Castita al Cimento
Si piangete pupille dolenti Santa Frascesca Romana
Ahi quanto cieca...Come foco alla sua sfera Il Martirio di Santa Caterina
Impressions:
This album is a screamer. Lots of 18th century Italian music by Handel, Scarlatti, and Caldara. I enjoyed it. Recommended
Title: Opera Proibita.
Recording Company: Decca.
Copyright: 20005.
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
Un pensiero nemico - Combo che fugge col vento
Lascia la spina, cogli la rosa Il Trionto del Tempo e del Disinganno
Disserratevi, o porte d'Averno - Notte funesta ... Ferma l'ali La Resurrezione
Alessandro Scarlattti (1660-1725)
All'arme si accesi guerrierii Cantata per la Notte del SS.mo Natale
Mentre io godo in dolce oblio - Ecco negl'orti tuoi
Che dolce simpatia Il Giadino di Rose
Caldo sangue - Ahi! qual cordoglio...Doppio affetto Sedecia, Re di Gerusalemme
Qui resta...L'alta Roma San Filippo Neri
Antonio Caldara (1670-1736)
Vanne pentita a piangere Il Trionfo dell'Inocenza
Sparga il senso lascivo veleno La Castita al Cimento
Si piangete pupille dolenti Santa Frascesca Romana
Ahi quanto cieca...Come foco alla sua sfera Il Martirio di Santa Caterina
Impressions:
This album is a screamer. Lots of 18th century Italian music by Handel, Scarlatti, and Caldara. I enjoyed it. Recommended
Monday, December 22, 2014
Review of Nicola Benedetti: Homecoming - A Scottish Fantasy
Artist: Nicola Benedetti.
Album: Homecoming - A Scottish Fantasy.
Recording Label: Decca.
Recording Date: 2014.
Homecoming - A Scottish Fantasy
1-4 Scottish Fantasy Bruch
5 Ae Fond Kiss Burns
6 Auld Lang Syne Variations Burns
7 My Love is Like a Red Red Rose Burns
8 Hurricane Set Skinner
9 The Dean Brig o'Edinburgh Skinner/Banks Hornpipes Trad.
10 Aberlady Cunningham
11 Mouth Music and Tunes Set Trad./Cunningham/MacDonald
12 The Gentle Light That Wakes Me Cunningham
13 Coisish a Ruin (Walk My Beloved) Trad.
14 Bonnie Banks of Loch Lomond Trad.
Impressions:
Nicola Benedetti is a Scottish violinist. She won Young British Classical Musician for 2011. I've listened to her on YouTube.com and see her perform. Benedetti is good. I bought her latest album, which is called Homecoming - A Scottish Fantasy. BBC Radio 3 and the Scottish BBC orchestra back her up. The various works sample different aspects of Scottish music. I enjoyed listening to it.
Recommended for Xmas.
Album: Homecoming - A Scottish Fantasy.
Recording Label: Decca.
Recording Date: 2014.
Homecoming - A Scottish Fantasy
1-4 Scottish Fantasy Bruch
5 Ae Fond Kiss Burns
6 Auld Lang Syne Variations Burns
7 My Love is Like a Red Red Rose Burns
8 Hurricane Set Skinner
9 The Dean Brig o'Edinburgh Skinner/Banks Hornpipes Trad.
10 Aberlady Cunningham
11 Mouth Music and Tunes Set Trad./Cunningham/MacDonald
12 The Gentle Light That Wakes Me Cunningham
13 Coisish a Ruin (Walk My Beloved) Trad.
14 Bonnie Banks of Loch Lomond Trad.
Impressions:
Nicola Benedetti is a Scottish violinist. She won Young British Classical Musician for 2011. I've listened to her on YouTube.com and see her perform. Benedetti is good. I bought her latest album, which is called Homecoming - A Scottish Fantasy. BBC Radio 3 and the Scottish BBC orchestra back her up. The various works sample different aspects of Scottish music. I enjoyed listening to it.
Recommended for Xmas.
Sunday, December 7, 2014
Review of The Last of the Mohicans Soundtrack
Album: The Last of the Mohicans Soundtrack.
Recording Studio: Morgan Creek Records.
Recording Date: 1992.
Soundtrack:
Main Title
Elk Hunt
The Kiss
The Glade Part II
Fort Battle
Promontory
Munro's Office/Stockade
Massacre/Canoes
Top of the World
The Courier
Cora
River Walk and Discovery
Parlay
The British Arrive
Pieces of a Story
I Will Find You
There aren't many movies about the Seven Years War or the French and Indian Wars. The Last of the Mohicans is one of them. Today's classical music is Hollywood soundtracks. I enjoyed this movie when it came out in theaters. I bought the soundtrack. It puts me in the mood for a Seven Years War game.
Recommended.
Recording Studio: Morgan Creek Records.
Recording Date: 1992.
Soundtrack:
Main Title
Elk Hunt
The Kiss
The Glade Part II
Fort Battle
Promontory
Munro's Office/Stockade
Massacre/Canoes
Top of the World
The Courier
Cora
River Walk and Discovery
Parlay
The British Arrive
Pieces of a Story
I Will Find You
There aren't many movies about the Seven Years War or the French and Indian Wars. The Last of the Mohicans is one of them. Today's classical music is Hollywood soundtracks. I enjoyed this movie when it came out in theaters. I bought the soundtrack. It puts me in the mood for a Seven Years War game.
Recommended.
Saturday, November 22, 2014
Review of Mahler Symphony No. 1 "Titan"
Artist: The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra.
Album: Mahler Symphony No. 1. "Titan."
Recording Company: Arch Media.
Recording Date: 1999.
Mahler Symphony No. 1. "Titan."
St. Louis Symphony with Hans Vonk.
I. Langsam, Schleppend
II. Kraftig Bewegt
III. Feierlich und Gemessen, Ohne Zu Schleppen
IV. Sturmisch Bewegt
Overview and Impressions:
The late Hans Vonk and the St. Louis Symphony did a workman like recording of Mahler's Symphony No. 1. "Titan." I don't listen to it often. But I enjoy hearing it when I do. But I'm not a big fan of Mahler. I'd rather listen to Bruckner all day. Or hear some Brahms.
Still, I recommend the album.
Album: Mahler Symphony No. 1. "Titan."
Recording Company: Arch Media.
Recording Date: 1999.
Mahler Symphony No. 1. "Titan."
St. Louis Symphony with Hans Vonk.
I. Langsam, Schleppend
II. Kraftig Bewegt
III. Feierlich und Gemessen, Ohne Zu Schleppen
IV. Sturmisch Bewegt
Overview and Impressions:
The late Hans Vonk and the St. Louis Symphony did a workman like recording of Mahler's Symphony No. 1. "Titan." I don't listen to it often. But I enjoy hearing it when I do. But I'm not a big fan of Mahler. I'd rather listen to Bruckner all day. Or hear some Brahms.
Still, I recommend the album.
Friday, July 25, 2014
Real life gets in the way of art...
My dream of getting a double barreled Yamaha French horn will have to remain a dream for the foreseeable future. My car was totaled last week. I need to buy another vehicle. So I can't afford to save for a French horn, if that's the case. It a case of being pragmatic. But I don't like the situation...
Thursday, May 1, 2014
The Vivaldi Album by Cecilia Bartoli
Artist: Cecilia Bartoli.
Album: The Vivaldi Album.
Recording Company: Decca.
Recording Date: 1999.
Dell'aura al susurrar Dorilla in Tempe
Dopo un'orrida procella Griselda
Di due rai languir costante Foa 28
Qual favellar? ... Andero, volero, gridero L'Orlando finto pazzo
Zeffiretti, che sussurrate Foa 28
Alma oppressa Dite, oime La fida ninfa
Sventurata navicella. Sorte, chem invitasti ... Ho nel petto un cor si forte Giustino
Tra le follie ... Siam navi all'onde algenti L'Olimpiade
Gelido in ogni vena Farnace
Anch'il mar par che sommerga Bajazet
Di trombe guerriere Tenzzone
These are selections of Vivaldi's lesser know operas. The album is worth listening to. Recommended.
Album: The Vivaldi Album.
Recording Company: Decca.
Recording Date: 1999.
Dell'aura al susurrar Dorilla in Tempe
Dopo un'orrida procella Griselda
Di due rai languir costante Foa 28
Qual favellar? ... Andero, volero, gridero L'Orlando finto pazzo
Zeffiretti, che sussurrate Foa 28
Alma oppressa Dite, oime La fida ninfa
Sventurata navicella. Sorte, chem invitasti ... Ho nel petto un cor si forte Giustino
Tra le follie ... Siam navi all'onde algenti L'Olimpiade
Gelido in ogni vena Farnace
Anch'il mar par che sommerga Bajazet
Di trombe guerriere Tenzzone
These are selections of Vivaldi's lesser know operas. The album is worth listening to. Recommended.
Saturday, April 5, 2014
Review of Twilight of the Gods: The Essential Wagner Collection
Artist: Richard Wagner.
Album: Twilight of the Gods - The Essential Wagner Collection.
Recording Studio: Deutsche Grammophone.
Copyright: 1998.
Disc One: Songs of Power, Conflict, and Death
Ride of the Valkyries from THE VALKYRIES
Siegfried's Funeral March from TWILIGHT OF THE GODS
Prelude to Act III from LOHENGRIN
Overture from THE FLYING DUTCHMAN
Sailors' Chorus from THE FLYING DUTCHMAN
Journey to Nibelheim from THE RHEINGOLD
Overture from THE MASTER SINGER OF NUREMBURG
Overture from TANNHAUSER
Entry of the Guests from TANNHAUSER
Tannhauser's Pilgrimage from TANNHAUSER
Act III Orchestral Interlude from SIEGFRIED
Siegfried's Rhine Journey from TWILIGHT OF THE GODS
Finale from TWILIGHT OF THE GODS
Entry of the Gods into Valhalla from THE RHEINGOLD
Disc Two: Music of Love, Ecstasy, & Redemption
Prelude to Act I from LOHENGRIN
Bridal Chorus from LOHENGRIN
Prelude to Act I from PARSIFAL
Good Friday Music from PARSIFAL
Transformation Scene from PARSIFAL
Venusburg Music from TANNHAUSER
Pilgrims' Chorus from TANNHAUSER
Prelude to Act III from THE MASTER SINGER OF NUREMBURG
Vision of Valhalla (Scene II Introduction) from THE RHEINGOLD
Siegfried Idyll
Brunnhilde's Awakening from SIEGFRIED
Prelude to Act III from TRISTAN AND ISOLDE
Death of Isolde from TRISTAN AND ISOLDE
Overview:
This is 2.5 hours of Richard Wagner, who is responsible for the death of the Romantic era in classical music. Aside from being an anti-Semite, Wagner was a musical genius. Composers either admired or hated his work.
Wagner wrote for the stage. Opera was his forte. Most of his stories revolve around lust, power, love, and murder. There are also tales of redemption and hope. If you want to hear most of Wagner's musical work without much of the operatic singing, this two disc collection is for you. Recommended.
Album: Twilight of the Gods - The Essential Wagner Collection.
Recording Studio: Deutsche Grammophone.
Copyright: 1998.
Disc One: Songs of Power, Conflict, and Death
Ride of the Valkyries from THE VALKYRIES
Siegfried's Funeral March from TWILIGHT OF THE GODS
Prelude to Act III from LOHENGRIN
Overture from THE FLYING DUTCHMAN
Sailors' Chorus from THE FLYING DUTCHMAN
Journey to Nibelheim from THE RHEINGOLD
Overture from THE MASTER SINGER OF NUREMBURG
Overture from TANNHAUSER
Entry of the Guests from TANNHAUSER
Tannhauser's Pilgrimage from TANNHAUSER
Act III Orchestral Interlude from SIEGFRIED
Siegfried's Rhine Journey from TWILIGHT OF THE GODS
Finale from TWILIGHT OF THE GODS
Entry of the Gods into Valhalla from THE RHEINGOLD
Disc Two: Music of Love, Ecstasy, & Redemption
Prelude to Act I from LOHENGRIN
Bridal Chorus from LOHENGRIN
Prelude to Act I from PARSIFAL
Good Friday Music from PARSIFAL
Transformation Scene from PARSIFAL
Venusburg Music from TANNHAUSER
Pilgrims' Chorus from TANNHAUSER
Prelude to Act III from THE MASTER SINGER OF NUREMBURG
Vision of Valhalla (Scene II Introduction) from THE RHEINGOLD
Siegfried Idyll
Brunnhilde's Awakening from SIEGFRIED
Prelude to Act III from TRISTAN AND ISOLDE
Death of Isolde from TRISTAN AND ISOLDE
Overview:
This is 2.5 hours of Richard Wagner, who is responsible for the death of the Romantic era in classical music. Aside from being an anti-Semite, Wagner was a musical genius. Composers either admired or hated his work.
Wagner wrote for the stage. Opera was his forte. Most of his stories revolve around lust, power, love, and murder. There are also tales of redemption and hope. If you want to hear most of Wagner's musical work without much of the operatic singing, this two disc collection is for you. Recommended.
Sunday, March 16, 2014
Review of Caroline Goulding
Artist: Caroline Goulding.
Album: Caroline Goulding.
Recording Company: Telarc.
Release Date: 2009.
Fritz Kreisler (1875-1962)
La Gitana
Gypsy Caprice
Berceuse Romantique
Syncopation
John Corigliano (b. 1938)
The Red Violin Caprices for Solo Violin
Paul Schoenfield (b. 1947)
Four Souvenirs for Violin and Piano
Henri Vieuxtemps (1820-1881)
Souvenir D'Amerique Variations on "Yankee Doodle"
George Gershwin (1898-1937)
Selections from Porgy and Bess
Traditional Cape Breton Island Fiddling:
Hector the Hero
Hey, Johnny Cope!; Tulllochgorum; Jean's Reel
I heard Caroline Goulding on NPR a while back. This was her debut album at age 16. She's moved onto touring in Europe after spending sometime at the New England Conservatory. Goulding's playing is amazing. Recommended.
Album: Caroline Goulding.
Recording Company: Telarc.
Release Date: 2009.
Fritz Kreisler (1875-1962)
La Gitana
Gypsy Caprice
Berceuse Romantique
Syncopation
John Corigliano (b. 1938)
The Red Violin Caprices for Solo Violin
Paul Schoenfield (b. 1947)
Four Souvenirs for Violin and Piano
Henri Vieuxtemps (1820-1881)
Souvenir D'Amerique Variations on "Yankee Doodle"
George Gershwin (1898-1937)
Selections from Porgy and Bess
Traditional Cape Breton Island Fiddling:
Hector the Hero
Hey, Johnny Cope!; Tulllochgorum; Jean's Reel
I heard Caroline Goulding on NPR a while back. This was her debut album at age 16. She's moved onto touring in Europe after spending sometime at the New England Conservatory. Goulding's playing is amazing. Recommended.
Saturday, February 22, 2014
Review of Hero Soundtrack
Album Name: Hero - Music From the Original Soundtrack.
Record Label: Sony Classical.
Recording Date: 2004.
Hero: Overture
For the World - Theme Music
Warriors
Gone with Leaves
Longing
At Emperor's Palace
In the Chess Court
Love in Distance
Spirit Fight
Swift Sword
Farewell, Hero
Sorrow in Desert
Above Water
Snow
Yearning for the Peace
Music composed and conducted by Tan Dun. China Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus. I liked the movie Hero. I enjoyed the soundtrack even more. Izkak Perlman is on this album. I wish it had been a straight up historical film, instead of a fantasy martial arts piece. But I still enjoyed the music. Recommend.
Record Label: Sony Classical.
Recording Date: 2004.
Hero: Overture
For the World - Theme Music
Warriors
Gone with Leaves
Longing
At Emperor's Palace
In the Chess Court
Love in Distance
Spirit Fight
Swift Sword
Farewell, Hero
Sorrow in Desert
Above Water
Snow
Yearning for the Peace
Music composed and conducted by Tan Dun. China Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus. I liked the movie Hero. I enjoyed the soundtrack even more. Izkak Perlman is on this album. I wish it had been a straight up historical film, instead of a fantasy martial arts piece. But I still enjoyed the music. Recommend.
Friday, February 7, 2014
Review of The Canadian Brass Plays the Pachelbel Canon
Artists: The Canadian Brass.
Album: The Canadian Brass Plays The Pachebel Canon.
Recording Studio: RCA Red Seal.
Recording Date: 1980.
J.S. Bach:
Toccata and Fugue in D minor
Sheep May Safely Graze
"Giggue" Fugue
"Little" Fugue
Wachet Auf
Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor
Handel:
Suite from "Water Music"
Frescobaldi:
Toccata
Pachelbel:
Canon
The Canadian Brass consists of Fredrick Mills, Ronald Romm, Graeme Page, Eugene Watts, and Charles Daellenbach. This is one of their earlier recordings on the RCA Red Seal label. It consists of the Pachelbel Canon, J.S. Bach's works, Handel's "Water Music," and Frescobaldi's Toccata all on one disc. This along with The Canadian Brass's other work, High, Bright, Light, and Clear: The Glory of Baroque Brass is recommended for those who like 17th century and early 18th century Baroque masters.
Album: The Canadian Brass Plays The Pachebel Canon.
Recording Studio: RCA Red Seal.
Recording Date: 1980.
J.S. Bach:
Toccata and Fugue in D minor
Sheep May Safely Graze
"Giggue" Fugue
"Little" Fugue
Wachet Auf
Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor
Handel:
Suite from "Water Music"
Frescobaldi:
Toccata
Pachelbel:
Canon
The Canadian Brass consists of Fredrick Mills, Ronald Romm, Graeme Page, Eugene Watts, and Charles Daellenbach. This is one of their earlier recordings on the RCA Red Seal label. It consists of the Pachelbel Canon, J.S. Bach's works, Handel's "Water Music," and Frescobaldi's Toccata all on one disc. This along with The Canadian Brass's other work, High, Bright, Light, and Clear: The Glory of Baroque Brass is recommended for those who like 17th century and early 18th century Baroque masters.
Monday, January 20, 2014
Review of Royal Brass by The Empire Brass Quintet
Artists: Empire Brass Quintet.
Album: Royal Brass - Music from the Renaissance and Baroque.
Recording House: Telarc.
Recording Date: 1990.
Mouret (1682-1738) - Rondeau
Holborne (d. 1602) - Five Pieces
- Elizabethan Dance Suite
Palestrina (1525-1594) - Riceracr del primo tuono
Scheidt (1586-1654) - Canzona bergamasca
Anonymous - Two 15th Century Fanfares
J.S. Bach (1685-1750) - March from Cantata 207a
- Trio Sonata in G major
- Fugue from Trio Sonata in C major
Albinoni (1671-1751) - Suite in G major
Handel (1685-1759) - Aria
Froberger (1616-1667) - Toccata
Pezel (1639 - 1694) - Sarabande
D. Scarlatti (1685-1757) - Sonata No. 49
Overview: This is a glorious CD of Baroque and Renaissance brass by the Dallas based Empire Brass Quintet. They are as good as the Canadian Brass CD I own. It's a good sampling of the Renaissance and Baroque composers. Highly recommended.
Album: Royal Brass - Music from the Renaissance and Baroque.
Recording House: Telarc.
Recording Date: 1990.
Mouret (1682-1738) - Rondeau
Holborne (d. 1602) - Five Pieces
- Elizabethan Dance Suite
Palestrina (1525-1594) - Riceracr del primo tuono
Scheidt (1586-1654) - Canzona bergamasca
Anonymous - Two 15th Century Fanfares
J.S. Bach (1685-1750) - March from Cantata 207a
- Trio Sonata in G major
- Fugue from Trio Sonata in C major
Albinoni (1671-1751) - Suite in G major
Handel (1685-1759) - Aria
Froberger (1616-1667) - Toccata
Pezel (1639 - 1694) - Sarabande
D. Scarlatti (1685-1757) - Sonata No. 49
Overview: This is a glorious CD of Baroque and Renaissance brass by the Dallas based Empire Brass Quintet. They are as good as the Canadian Brass CD I own. It's a good sampling of the Renaissance and Baroque composers. Highly recommended.
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