Hymns & Prayers

Posted on 2011/09/28 by Soloist
This is a beautifully-recorded album from master violinist Gidon Kremer and his Kremerata, Baltica, spanning a wide range of music, from the spirited to the spiritual, all of it broached with conviction. Intensity and concentration, differently calibrated, are the watchwords here. At the centre of the disc is César Franck’s massive piano quintet, the work in which the Belgian-French composer is perhaps at his most impassioned and melodically inventive. Georgian pianist Khatia Buniatishvili (b 1…
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Symphonies 1-9

Posted on 2011/09/28 by Soloist
It’s hard to listen to zillions of recordings of the same music without becoming jaded. It’s a problem that every classical music critic faces, and so it’s understandable that there is always a tendency to welcome a new version of some standard repertoire with open arms just because it sounds different–even if the difference is musically dubious at best. Add to this general problem a healthy dose of provincial nationalism, plus a cozy relationship with both the performers and their record label…
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Il Poverello: Medieval and Renaissance Music for Saint Francis of Assisi

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A delightful collection of over 300 years of vocal and instrumental music highlighting the life and legacy of Saint Francis of Assisi. The result of three years of scholarly research, this recording features a generous helping of medieval Italian instrumental dances (played on bagpipes, rebec, vielle, harp, recorder, pipe, and several percussion instruments), as well as early Italian-language spiritual and processional songs, lush choral motets from the Venetian School and soaring plainchant wri…
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Cannabich: Orchestral Works Reviews

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When on his grand tour of Europe, Leopold Mozart visited the electoral residence with his children and had the opportunity to experience the Mannheim Hofkapelle. Shortly thereafter, Leopold related his impressions to his friend Lorenz Hagenauer in Salzburg. This expert on the European music scene, who was anything but lavish with his praise, wrote, “This orchestra is beyond dispute the best in Germany.” Director of this first-class ensemble was the 31-year old Christian Cannabich. No one else’s …
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Early Symphonies 1 Reviews

Posted on 2011/09/28 by Soloist
Mendelssohn was the most amazing child prodigy that ever lived. Most people think this was Mozart, but it isn’t true if you consider not just quantity of music composed, but quality. The comparison ends there, however, because as Mozart got older, he got better. Mendelssohn got worse–or at best hit a plateau and more or less stayed there. These string symphonies, composed when he was 11, are not only delightful, they’re better than a lot of stuff that came later. Though not at all well-known, …
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Laurel Zucker, Virtuoso Flutist

Posted on 2011/09/28 by Soloist
This Cd includes performances by Laurel Zucker, extraordinaire flutist, and Robin Sutherland, outstanding pianist of the San Francisco Symphony, of the Prokofiev Sonata, Poulenc Sonata, Debussy’s Syrinx, and Chaminades Concertino….
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Creston: Symphonies 1-3

Posted on 2011/09/28 by Soloist
Paul Creston (1906-1985) was a younger participant in the “flowering” of American classical music in the 1930s and 1940s. But rather than aligning himself with the nostalgic, lyrical Romanticism of Aaron Copland, Roy Harris, and Howard Hanson, Creston aligned himself with the rugged, more dynamic aspects of Modernism found in the music of Walter Piston, Peter Mennin, and Samuel Barber. These three symphonies contain none of American Romanticism’s melancholia or homesickness, for example, but the…
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Schubert: Schwanengesang Reviews

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“[Gerhaher's] voice, reminiscent of Fischer-Dieskau’s, also exhibits many of that master-singer’s stylistic virtues … this is interpretation of Lieder at the highest level.” – GRAMOPHONE Schubert’s “Swan Song” cycle of fourteen Lieder, written at the very end of his tragically brief life, contains some of his most perfect and moving songs, including “Liebesbotschaft,” “Ständchen,” “Abschied,” and “Der Doppelgänger”. The album is rounded out with an additional four Schubert songs o…
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Symphonies 44 & 77 ” Trauer “

Posted on 2011/09/27 by Soloist
1. Symphony In E Minor, H.I No.44 – ”Mourning” – 1. Allegro Con Brio 6:22
2. Symphony In E Minor, H.I No.44 – ”Mourning” – 2. Menuetto (Allegretto) – Canone In Diapason 5:27
3. Symphony In E Minor, H.I No.44 – ”Mourning” – 3. Adagio 8:00
4. Symphony In E Minor, H.I No.44 – ”Mourning” – 4. Finale (Presto) 3:23
5. Symphony In B Flat, H.I No.77 – 1. Vivace 6:22
6. Symphony In B Flat, H.I No.77 – 2. Andante Sostenuto 7:12
7. Symphony In B Flat, H.I No.77 – 3. Menuetto 2:33
8. Symp…
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Guitar Heartsongs

Posted on 2011/09/27 by Soloist
Guitar Heartsongs was Stevan Pasero’s first annual recording of symphonic transcriptions (plus 4 original songs as well) that gained critical acclaim worldwide and helped launch his impressive career as one of the most dynamic classical-crossover musicians of our time. This CD features unparalleled transcriptions of Tchaikovsky’s Sleeping Beauty, Swan Lake and Romeo & Juliet, the Mozart Symphony No. 25 (theme from the movie Amadeus), Clare de Lune by Debussy and more. This collection of transcri…
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