Artista: Anne Azema, recorder) Kit Higginson (psaltery, Shira Kammen (medieval fiddle), har Margaret Tindemans (medieval fiddle, Laurence Brisset, Catherine Joussellin, Annelies Coene, Pasquale Mourey
Compositore:
Casa discografica: Apex
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: set 2006 Mia valutazione: 2
Durata:
Riassunto: 12th and 13th Century meldoies and texts from Southern France and Spain, by Peire Cardenal, Guilhem Figueira, Peire Espanhol, Alfonso el Sabio and others.
Compositore:
Casa discografica: Apex
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: set 2006 Mia valutazione: 2
Durata:
Riassunto: 12th and 13th Century meldoies and texts from Southern France and Spain, by Peire Cardenal, Guilhem Figueira, Peire Espanhol, Alfonso el Sabio and others.
Artista:
Compositore:
Casa discografica: Alpha
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: apr 2007 Mia valutazione: 3
Durata:
Riassunto:
Compositore:
Casa discografica: Alpha
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: apr 2007 Mia valutazione: 3
Durata:
Riassunto:
Artista:
Compositore:
Casa discografica: Alpha
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: apr 2007 Mia valutazione: 4
Durata:
Riassunto:
Compositore:
Casa discografica: Alpha
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: apr 2007 Mia valutazione: 4
Durata:
Riassunto:
Artista: Le Poème harmonique, Vincent Dumestre (direction), Claire Lefilliâtre (Chant), Serge Goubioud (Chant), Marco Horvat, Sylvie Moquet, Christophe Tellart, Joël Grare
Compositore:
Casa discografica: Alpha
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: apr 2007 Mia valutazione: 5
Durata:
Riassunto: Dans un brillant texte de présentation, Vincent Dumestre s'interroge : "Comment juger au XXIe siècle d'une musique qui parle à la fois à notre sensibilité de mélomane et à notre âme d'enfant ?" Cette musique, dont parle Vincent Dumestre, c'est celle qui plonge ses racines au cœur du XVe siècle et se prolonge jusqu'au milieu du XVIIIe , ces romances et complaintes d'autrefois auxquelles le Poème harmonique offre une nouvelle vie, après les avoir exhumées une à une. De "J'ai vu le loup, le renard et le lièvre" au non moins réputé "En passant par la Lorraine", tout un pan d'un art musical populaire en son temps, mi-badin mi-bucolique, resurgit à nos oreilles modernes et non moins curieuses. Un patrimoine culturel que l'on a eu tort de classer au second plan de nos redécouvertes maniaques et incessantes d'un passé oublié. "--Pierre Guillaume"
Compositore:
Casa discografica: Alpha
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: apr 2007 Mia valutazione: 5
Durata:
Riassunto: Dans un brillant texte de présentation, Vincent Dumestre s'interroge : "Comment juger au XXIe siècle d'une musique qui parle à la fois à notre sensibilité de mélomane et à notre âme d'enfant ?" Cette musique, dont parle Vincent Dumestre, c'est celle qui plonge ses racines au cœur du XVe siècle et se prolonge jusqu'au milieu du XVIIIe , ces romances et complaintes d'autrefois auxquelles le Poème harmonique offre une nouvelle vie, après les avoir exhumées une à une. De "J'ai vu le loup, le renard et le lièvre" au non moins réputé "En passant par la Lorraine", tout un pan d'un art musical populaire en son temps, mi-badin mi-bucolique, resurgit à nos oreilles modernes et non moins curieuses. Un patrimoine culturel que l'on a eu tort de classer au second plan de nos redécouvertes maniaques et incessantes d'un passé oublié. "--Pierre Guillaume"
Artista:
Compositore:
Casa discografica: Alpha
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: apr 2007 Mia valutazione: 5
Durata:
Riassunto:
Compositore:
Casa discografica: Alpha
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: apr 2007 Mia valutazione: 5
Durata:
Riassunto:
Artista: Michèle Claude, L'Ensemble Aromates
Compositore:
Casa discografica: Alpha
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: apr 2007 Mia valutazione: 5
Durata:
Riassunto:
Compositore:
Casa discografica: Alpha
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: apr 2007 Mia valutazione: 5
Durata:
Riassunto:
Artista:
Compositore:
Casa discografica: Harmonia Mundi
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: ago 1996 Mia valutazione: 4
Durata:
Riassunto:
Compositore:
Casa discografica: Harmonia Mundi
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: ago 1996 Mia valutazione: 4
Durata:
Riassunto:
Artista: The Hilliard Ensemble
Compositore: Vari
Casa discografica: Harmonia Mundi
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: Mia valutazione: 3
Durata: 56
Riassunto:
Compositore: Vari
Casa discografica: Harmonia Mundi
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: Mia valutazione: 3
Durata: 56
Riassunto:
Artista: Atrium Musicae de Madrid
Compositore:
Casa discografica: Harmonia Mundi
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: apr 2000 Mia valutazione: 3
Durata:
Riassunto:
Compositore:
Casa discografica: Harmonia Mundi
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: apr 2000 Mia valutazione: 3
Durata:
Riassunto:
Artista: Pro cantione antiqua
Compositore: Tomas Luis da Victoria
Casa discografica: Deutsche Harmonia
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: Mia valutazione: 4
Durata:
Riassunto:
Compositore: Tomas Luis da Victoria
Casa discografica: Deutsche Harmonia
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: Mia valutazione: 4
Durata:
Riassunto:
Artista: Philip Glass
Compositore:
Casa discografica: Sony
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: mar 2003 Mia valutazione: 4
Durata:
Riassunto:
Compositore:
Casa discografica: Sony
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: mar 2003 Mia valutazione: 4
Durata:
Riassunto:
Artista: Philip Glass
Compositore:
Casa discografica: Sony Bmg Europe
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: apr 2001 Mia valutazione: 4
Durata:
Riassunto:
Compositore:
Casa discografica: Sony Bmg Europe
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: apr 2001 Mia valutazione: 4
Durata:
Riassunto:
Artista: Philip Glass
Compositore:
Casa discografica: Sony
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: mar 2003 Mia valutazione: 4
Durata:
Riassunto:
Compositore:
Casa discografica: Sony
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: mar 2003 Mia valutazione: 4
Durata:
Riassunto:
Artista: Compositeurs divers
Compositore:
Casa discografica: Glossa
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: gen 1996 Mia valutazione: 4
Durata:
Riassunto:
Compositore:
Casa discografica: Glossa
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: gen 1996 Mia valutazione: 4
Durata:
Riassunto:
Artista: Ensemble Alamire
Compositore: Pietro Sammartini
Casa discografica: Florentia Musicae
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: Mia valutazione: 2
Durata:
Riassunto:
Compositore: Pietro Sammartini
Casa discografica: Florentia Musicae
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: Mia valutazione: 2
Durata:
Riassunto:
Artista: Camerata nova
Compositore: Vari
Casa discografica: New sounds
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: Mia valutazione: 3
Durata:
Riassunto:
Compositore: Vari
Casa discografica: New sounds
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: Mia valutazione: 3
Durata:
Riassunto:
Artista: Arc Cantica
Compositore: Orlando Lasso
Casa discografica: Classic Voice
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: Mia valutazione: 3
Durata:
Riassunto:
Compositore: Orlando Lasso
Casa discografica: Classic Voice
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: Mia valutazione: 3
Durata:
Riassunto:
Artista: Trio Tchaikovsky
Compositore:
Casa discografica: Amadeus
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: Mia valutazione: 4
Durata:
Riassunto:
Compositore:
Casa discografica: Amadeus
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: Mia valutazione: 4
Durata:
Riassunto:
Artista: Orchestra Rai
Compositore: M. Nyman, P. Daugherty
Casa discografica: Amadeus
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: Mia valutazione: 2
Durata:
Riassunto:
Compositore: M. Nyman, P. Daugherty
Casa discografica: Amadeus
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: Mia valutazione: 2
Durata:
Riassunto:
Artista: A. Carbonare
Compositore: W. A. Mozart
Casa discografica:
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: Mia valutazione: 3
Durata:
Riassunto:
Compositore: W. A. Mozart
Casa discografica:
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: Mia valutazione: 3
Durata:
Riassunto:
Artista: Nuovo contrappunto
Compositore: Manuel de Falla
Casa discografica: Amadeus
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: Mia valutazione: 4
Durata:
Riassunto:
Compositore: Manuel de Falla
Casa discografica: Amadeus
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: Mia valutazione: 4
Durata:
Riassunto:
Artista: The Philadelphia Orchestra
Compositore: A. Dvòrak
Casa discografica: Redline
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: Mia valutazione: 2
Durata:
Riassunto:
Compositore: A. Dvòrak
Casa discografica: Redline
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: Mia valutazione: 2
Durata:
Riassunto:
Artista: Muti, Philadelphia Orchestra
Compositore: Tchaikovsky
Casa discografica: Redline
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: Mia valutazione: 2
Durata:
Riassunto:
Compositore: Tchaikovsky
Casa discografica: Redline
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: Mia valutazione: 2
Durata:
Riassunto:
Artista: Vari
Compositore: Vari
Casa discografica: Philips
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: gen 2000 Mia valutazione: 3
Durata:
Riassunto:
Compositore: Vari
Casa discografica: Philips
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: gen 2000 Mia valutazione: 3
Durata:
Riassunto:
Artista: Berliner Philarmoniker
Compositore: Claude Debussy
Casa discografica: Deutsche Grammophon
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: mar 1993 Mia valutazione: 3
Durata:
Riassunto: Il n’est pas d’usage de placer Karajan dans le quarteron des chefs doués pour la musique française. Et pourtant il nous offre une leçon éblouissante d’orchestre. Le philharmonique de Berlin est en grande forme. La variété et la richesse des timbres instrumentaux est stupéfiante. Certes, on pourra trouver ici et là un manque de narration musicale, de poésie, voire de fantasque. Münch reste un modèle du genre, mais il n’a disposé ni de la qualité orchestrale ni de la plus value technologique de la prise de son. Karajan manque peut-être un peu de transparence, mais jamais sa virtuosité ne s’appesantit : la tenue de la danse générale de Daphnis est superbe et les Jeux de vagues sont merveilleux de brio. La Pavane s’offre le luxe d’une nostalgie sombre aux accents corsetés à la mode hispanique. La surprise est de taille… Karajan n’est peut-être pas dionysiaque, mais il est ensorceleur en diable !
Compositore: Claude Debussy
Casa discografica: Deutsche Grammophon
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: mar 1993 Mia valutazione: 3
Durata:
Riassunto: Il n’est pas d’usage de placer Karajan dans le quarteron des chefs doués pour la musique française. Et pourtant il nous offre une leçon éblouissante d’orchestre. Le philharmonique de Berlin est en grande forme. La variété et la richesse des timbres instrumentaux est stupéfiante. Certes, on pourra trouver ici et là un manque de narration musicale, de poésie, voire de fantasque. Münch reste un modèle du genre, mais il n’a disposé ni de la qualité orchestrale ni de la plus value technologique de la prise de son. Karajan manque peut-être un peu de transparence, mais jamais sa virtuosité ne s’appesantit : la tenue de la danse générale de Daphnis est superbe et les Jeux de vagues sont merveilleux de brio. La Pavane s’offre le luxe d’une nostalgie sombre aux accents corsetés à la mode hispanique. La surprise est de taille… Karajan n’est peut-être pas dionysiaque, mais il est ensorceleur en diable !
Artista: Berliner Philarmoniker
Compositore: Richard Strauss
Casa discografica: Deutsche Grammophon
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: giu 2001 Mia valutazione: 3
Durata:
Riassunto: Herbert von Karajan était un fervent admirateur du travail de Richard Strauss compositeur mais aussi chef d'orchestre. Il enregistra durant toute sa carrière beaucoup de programmes straussiens. Particulièrement à l'aise dans ces partitions où l'opulence sonore n'a d'égale que la finesse de l'orchestration. L'autre caractéristique de la musique de Richard Strauss qui intéressa tout particulièrement Karajan est sans doute toute la palette sonore évoquée dans les nombreux contrastes réclamés par le compositeur. Une terre de prédilection pour la baguette spectaculaire de Karajan ! Dans cet "Ainsi Parlait Zarathoustra", symbole de cet art orchestral, Karajan reste inégalé. Il conduit l'orchestre comme il pilote son jet privé ou ses nombreuses voitures de course, toujours avec une science très développée de la matière et de l'outil mais souvent sur le fil du rasoir. Le lyrisme de cette interprétation est, à chaque écoute, toujours plus impressionnant. Un disque spectaculaire où le compositeur et l'interprète partagent la même vision musicale et esthétique. "--Jeanne Semprin"
Compositore: Richard Strauss
Casa discografica: Deutsche Grammophon
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: giu 2001 Mia valutazione: 3
Durata:
Riassunto: Herbert von Karajan était un fervent admirateur du travail de Richard Strauss compositeur mais aussi chef d'orchestre. Il enregistra durant toute sa carrière beaucoup de programmes straussiens. Particulièrement à l'aise dans ces partitions où l'opulence sonore n'a d'égale que la finesse de l'orchestration. L'autre caractéristique de la musique de Richard Strauss qui intéressa tout particulièrement Karajan est sans doute toute la palette sonore évoquée dans les nombreux contrastes réclamés par le compositeur. Une terre de prédilection pour la baguette spectaculaire de Karajan ! Dans cet "Ainsi Parlait Zarathoustra", symbole de cet art orchestral, Karajan reste inégalé. Il conduit l'orchestre comme il pilote son jet privé ou ses nombreuses voitures de course, toujours avec une science très développée de la matière et de l'outil mais souvent sur le fil du rasoir. Le lyrisme de cette interprétation est, à chaque écoute, toujours plus impressionnant. Un disque spectaculaire où le compositeur et l'interprète partagent la même vision musicale et esthétique. "--Jeanne Semprin"
Artista: Vari
Compositore: Vari
Casa discografica: Astree
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: apr 1992 Mia valutazione: 4
Durata:
Riassunto:
Compositore: Vari
Casa discografica: Astree
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: apr 1992 Mia valutazione: 4
Durata:
Riassunto:
Artista: Thomanerchor Leipzig, Thomas
Compositore: J. S. Bach
Casa discografica: Berlin Classics
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: Mia valutazione: 3
Durata:
Riassunto:
Compositore: J. S. Bach
Casa discografica: Berlin Classics
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: Mia valutazione: 3
Durata:
Riassunto:
Artista: Gruppo musica d'oggi
Compositore: Goffredo Petrassi
Casa discografica:
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: ott 1998 Mia valutazione: 3
Durata:
Riassunto:
Compositore: Goffredo Petrassi
Casa discografica:
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: ott 1998 Mia valutazione: 3
Durata:
Riassunto:
Artista: Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Compositore: Bedrich Smetana
Casa discografica: Chandos
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: set 2006 Mia valutazione: 3
Durata:
Riassunto:
Compositore: Bedrich Smetana
Casa discografica: Chandos
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: set 2006 Mia valutazione: 3
Durata:
Riassunto:
Artista: London Festival Orchestra
Compositore: Johannes Bhrams
Casa discografica: Imc/Cls (ZYX)
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: gen 2000 Mia valutazione: 2
Durata:
Riassunto:
Compositore: Johannes Bhrams
Casa discografica: Imc/Cls (ZYX)
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: gen 2000 Mia valutazione: 2
Durata:
Riassunto:
Artista: Vari
Compositore: Claude Debussy
Casa discografica: Imc/Cls (ZYX)
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: gen 2000 Mia valutazione: 2
Durata:
Riassunto:
Compositore: Claude Debussy
Casa discografica: Imc/Cls (ZYX)
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: gen 2000 Mia valutazione: 2
Durata:
Riassunto:
Artista: London Festival Orchestra
Compositore: E. Grieg
Casa discografica: Imc/Cls (ZYX)
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: gen 2000 Mia valutazione: 2
Durata:
Riassunto:
Compositore: E. Grieg
Casa discografica: Imc/Cls (ZYX)
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: gen 2000 Mia valutazione: 2
Durata:
Riassunto:
Artista: Norddeutsche
Compositore: G. F. Handel
Casa discografica:
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: Mia valutazione: 2
Durata:
Riassunto:
Compositore: G. F. Handel
Casa discografica:
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: Mia valutazione: 2
Durata:
Riassunto:
Artista: Rundfunk
Compositore: G. Mahler
Casa discografica:
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: Mia valutazione: 2
Durata:
Riassunto:
Compositore: G. Mahler
Casa discografica:
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: Mia valutazione: 2
Durata:
Riassunto:
Artista:
Compositore: Carl Orff
Casa discografica: Imc/Cls (ZYX)
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: gen 2000 Mia valutazione: 1
Durata:
Riassunto:
Compositore: Carl Orff
Casa discografica: Imc/Cls (ZYX)
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: gen 2000 Mia valutazione: 1
Durata:
Riassunto:
Artista:
Compositore: Tchaikovsky
Casa discografica: Imc/Cls (ZYX)
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: gen 2000 Mia valutazione: 2
Durata:
Riassunto:
Compositore: Tchaikovsky
Casa discografica: Imc/Cls (ZYX)
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: gen 2000 Mia valutazione: 2
Durata:
Riassunto:
Artista:
Compositore: Richard Wagner
Casa discografica: Imc/Cls (ZYX)
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: gen 2000 Mia valutazione: 1
Durata:
Riassunto:
Compositore: Richard Wagner
Casa discografica: Imc/Cls (ZYX)
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: gen 2000 Mia valutazione: 1
Durata:
Riassunto:
Artista: Camerata Mediterranea
Compositore: Alfonso X el Sabio
Casa discografica: Erato
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: mar 2005 Mia valutazione: 2
Durata:
Riassunto:
Compositore: Alfonso X el Sabio
Casa discografica: Erato
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: mar 2005 Mia valutazione: 2
Durata:
Riassunto:
Artista: Christina Bjorkoe
Compositore: J.S. Bach,
Casa discografica: Scandinavian Classics
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: apr 2007 Mia valutazione: 3
Durata:
Riassunto:
Compositore: J.S. Bach,
Casa discografica: Scandinavian Classics
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: apr 2007 Mia valutazione: 3
Durata:
Riassunto:
Artista: Josef (composer) Suk, Josef Suk
Compositore: A. Dvòrak
Casa discografica: Supraphon
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: feb 2000 Mia valutazione: 2
Durata:
Riassunto:
Compositore: A. Dvòrak
Casa discografica: Supraphon
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: feb 2000 Mia valutazione: 2
Durata:
Riassunto:
Artista: Vari
Compositore: Vari
Casa discografica: Documents
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: nov 2007 Mia valutazione: 1
Durata:
Riassunto:
Compositore: Vari
Casa discografica: Documents
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: nov 2007 Mia valutazione: 1
Durata:
Riassunto:
Artista: Michael Borgstede
Compositore: François Couperin
Casa discografica: Brilliant Classics
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: giu 2006 Mia valutazione: 3
Durata:
Riassunto:
Compositore: François Couperin
Casa discografica: Brilliant Classics
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: giu 2006 Mia valutazione: 3
Durata:
Riassunto:
Artista: Vari
Compositore: Vari
Casa discografica: Harmonia Mundi
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: ott 2007 Mia valutazione: 5
Durata:
Riassunto: Sur ces 29 CD + 1 pour les textes chantés, vendus à 50 euros, tous ont été salués par la critique.
Les oeuvres sont présentées dans leur totalité. il y a par exemple, la passion St-Matthieu par Herreweghe, Atys par les arts florissants,
le King Arthur par Deller, le Croesus de Keiser, et moult autres choses merveilleuses.
J'oubliais les organistes comme Chapuis avec la messe pour les paroisses de Couperin.
Ce coffret est donc irréprochable et fera un beau cadeau pour les fêtes de fin d'année.
Patrick
Compositore: Vari
Casa discografica: Harmonia Mundi
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: ott 2007 Mia valutazione: 5
Durata:
Riassunto: Sur ces 29 CD + 1 pour les textes chantés, vendus à 50 euros, tous ont été salués par la critique.
Les oeuvres sont présentées dans leur totalité. il y a par exemple, la passion St-Matthieu par Herreweghe, Atys par les arts florissants,
le King Arthur par Deller, le Croesus de Keiser, et moult autres choses merveilleuses.
J'oubliais les organistes comme Chapuis avec la messe pour les paroisses de Couperin.
Ce coffret est donc irréprochable et fera un beau cadeau pour les fêtes de fin d'année.
Patrick
Artista: Daniel Ligorio
Compositore: Manuel de Falla
Casa discografica: Naxos
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: gen 2007 Mia valutazione: 3
Durata:
Riassunto:
Compositore: Manuel de Falla
Casa discografica: Naxos
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: gen 2007 Mia valutazione: 3
Durata:
Riassunto:
Artista: Daniel Ligorio
Compositore: Manuel de Falla
Casa discografica: Naxos
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: mar 2007 Mia valutazione: 3
Durata:
Riassunto:
Compositore: Manuel de Falla
Casa discografica: Naxos
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: mar 2007 Mia valutazione: 3
Durata:
Riassunto:
Artista:
Compositore: Gabriel Fauré
Casa discografica: Naxos
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: ago 2006 Mia valutazione: 3
Durata:
Riassunto:
Compositore: Gabriel Fauré
Casa discografica: Naxos
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: ago 2006 Mia valutazione: 3
Durata:
Riassunto:
Artista:
Compositore: G. Gershwin
Casa discografica: Naxos
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: ago 2006 Mia valutazione: 3
Durata:
Riassunto:
Compositore: G. Gershwin
Casa discografica: Naxos
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: ago 2006 Mia valutazione: 3
Durata:
Riassunto:
Artista: Philip Glass, Adèle Anthony (violon), Orchestre d'Ulster, Takuo Yuasa (direction)
Compositore: Philip Glass
Casa discografica: Naxos
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: set 2001 Mia valutazione: 4
Durata:
Riassunto:
Compositore: Philip Glass
Casa discografica: Naxos
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: set 2001 Mia valutazione: 4
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Compositore: Philip Glass
Casa discografica: Naxos American
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: nov 2004 Mia valutazione: 3
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Riassunto: Marin Alsop • Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra Philip Glass (b.1937): Symphonies nos. 2 & 3
Though he prefers not to be labeled a 'minimalist' composer, that is the style with which Philip Glass is most associated. His compositions, however, though bearing certain tradmarks, employ a great range of techniques. This adaptive ability contributes to his success as a composer of music ranging from string quartets to largescale orchestral works and mammoth film scores. Marin Alsop conducts her Bournemouth symphony orchestra in these amazing performances of the Second and Third symphonies of legendary American composer Philip Glass. The grand Second Symphony was comissioned by the Brooklyn Acadamy of Music and premiered there in 1994 by Dennis Russell Davies. Also a commissioned work, the Third Symphony is composed for chamber orchestra, and thus bears an intimacy that is brilliantly suited to a smaller ensemble. In both the epically-proportioned Second Symphony and the smaller-scale Third Symphony, Glass returns, in his own way, to his roots at the Juilliard School, writing polyharmonies, rousing finales, and fully-formed symphonic paragraphs. They are true symphonies in scope, structure and seriousness of purpose. Marin Alsop comments on this recording: "Conducting and recording the music of Philip Glass is the completion of a circle for me. I first met Philip Glass in the late 1970s when I started playing violin on some of his recording projects. The new music scene in Manhattan was one of my major inspirations at that time, so working closely with Philip and his ensemble was a dream come true. I had not seen Philip since the mid 1980s until he attended an all Glass concert that I conducted in London. Like his music, it felt like the contuniation of an old friendship, only changed in a simple but profound way."
Compositore: Philip Glass
Casa discografica: Naxos American
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: nov 2004 Mia valutazione: 3
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Riassunto: Marin Alsop • Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra Philip Glass (b.1937): Symphonies nos. 2 & 3
Though he prefers not to be labeled a 'minimalist' composer, that is the style with which Philip Glass is most associated. His compositions, however, though bearing certain tradmarks, employ a great range of techniques. This adaptive ability contributes to his success as a composer of music ranging from string quartets to largescale orchestral works and mammoth film scores. Marin Alsop conducts her Bournemouth symphony orchestra in these amazing performances of the Second and Third symphonies of legendary American composer Philip Glass. The grand Second Symphony was comissioned by the Brooklyn Acadamy of Music and premiered there in 1994 by Dennis Russell Davies. Also a commissioned work, the Third Symphony is composed for chamber orchestra, and thus bears an intimacy that is brilliantly suited to a smaller ensemble. In both the epically-proportioned Second Symphony and the smaller-scale Third Symphony, Glass returns, in his own way, to his roots at the Juilliard School, writing polyharmonies, rousing finales, and fully-formed symphonic paragraphs. They are true symphonies in scope, structure and seriousness of purpose. Marin Alsop comments on this recording: "Conducting and recording the music of Philip Glass is the completion of a circle for me. I first met Philip Glass in the late 1970s when I started playing violin on some of his recording projects. The new music scene in Manhattan was one of my major inspirations at that time, so working closely with Philip and his ensemble was a dream come true. I had not seen Philip since the mid 1980s until he attended an all Glass concert that I conducted in London. Like his music, it felt like the contuniation of an old friendship, only changed in a simple but profound way."
Artista: William T. Stromberg, Ferde Grofe, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Compositore: Ferde Grofé
Casa discografica: Naxos
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: giu 1999 Mia valutazione: 2
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Riassunto: Some might ask, "who the heck is Ferde Grofe?" His two big claims to fame are, (1) he orchestrated Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue", and (2)he wrote the "Grand Canyon Suite" (which is featured as a DVD extra on Walt Disney's "Sleeping Beauty"--Special Edition). There is no question that the "Grand Canyon Suite" is an attractive piece of music--definitely more "pop" than "Classical." And, the performances on this CD are excellent. One could not ask for more! But, the rest of the music on this CD, especially the "Niagara Falls Suite," is mediocre. The only exception is the "Huckleberry Finn" segment of the "Mississippi Suite." It is great fun! Just keep in mind that this music is not really "Classical" in style. It sounds more like movie music of the 1930-1940's, or music from a Jerome Kern or Richard Rodgers musical. However, it is not as good as the latter!
Compositore: Ferde Grofé
Casa discografica: Naxos
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: giu 1999 Mia valutazione: 2
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Riassunto: Some might ask, "who the heck is Ferde Grofe?" His two big claims to fame are, (1) he orchestrated Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue", and (2)he wrote the "Grand Canyon Suite" (which is featured as a DVD extra on Walt Disney's "Sleeping Beauty"--Special Edition). There is no question that the "Grand Canyon Suite" is an attractive piece of music--definitely more "pop" than "Classical." And, the performances on this CD are excellent. One could not ask for more! But, the rest of the music on this CD, especially the "Niagara Falls Suite," is mediocre. The only exception is the "Huckleberry Finn" segment of the "Mississippi Suite." It is great fun! Just keep in mind that this music is not really "Classical" in style. It sounds more like movie music of the 1930-1940's, or music from a Jerome Kern or Richard Rodgers musical. However, it is not as good as the latter!
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Compositore: G. Holst
Casa discografica: Naxos
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: mar 1991 Mia valutazione: 2
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Compositore: G. Holst
Casa discografica: Naxos
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: mar 1991 Mia valutazione: 2
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Artista: Pinza, Kipnis, Metropolitan Opera and Chorus
Compositore: W. A. Mozart
Casa discografica: Naxos Uk
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: giu 2004 Mia valutazione: 1
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Compositore: W. A. Mozart
Casa discografica: Naxos Uk
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: giu 2004 Mia valutazione: 1
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Compositore: W. A. Mozart
Casa discografica: Naxos
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: ott 1997 Mia valutazione: 2
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Compositore: W. A. Mozart
Casa discografica: Naxos
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: ott 1997 Mia valutazione: 2
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Compositore: M. Mussorgsky
Casa discografica: Naxos
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: ago 2006 Mia valutazione: 3
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Compositore: M. Mussorgsky
Casa discografica: Naxos
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: ago 2006 Mia valutazione: 3
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Artista: Daniel Pollack
Compositore: S. Barber
Casa discografica: Naxos
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: ago 2006 Mia valutazione: 3
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Compositore: S. Barber
Casa discografica: Naxos
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: ago 2006 Mia valutazione: 3
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Compositore: Arnold Bax
Casa discografica: Naxos
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: giu 2000 Mia valutazione: 2
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Riassunto: Yet another British music triumph for Naxos, David Lloyd-Jones, and the Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Bearing a dedication to Sibelius, the fifth symphony of 1932 is one of Bax's most personal, closely reasoned utterances, its bardic splendor, slumbering tragedy, and epic thrust all most convincingly conveyed here. Not only is Lloyd-Jones scrupulously faithful to both the letter and spirit of the score, but he also has the happy knack of alighting on precisely the right tempo, and he never allows Bax's argument to sag in the way that occasionally afflicts Bryden Thomson's rival interpretation with the London Philharmonic for Chandos. What's more, he encourages some sensitive and sprightly playing from the RSNO (which certainly seems to enjoy making this mighty work's acquaintance). Completed the year before the symphony, the wintry tone poem "The Tale the Pine-Trees Knew" makes an apt coupling. Lloyd-Jones's performance possesses a clean-limbed vigor that contrasts strikingly with Thomson's more leisurely, wonderfully atmospheric view on Chandos. Astonishingly, Naxos has been sitting on these fine recordings for more than four years; let's just hope we don't have to wait as long again for future installments in Lloyd-Jones's absorbing Bax series. "--Andrew Achenbach"
Compositore: Arnold Bax
Casa discografica: Naxos
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: giu 2000 Mia valutazione: 2
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Riassunto: Yet another British music triumph for Naxos, David Lloyd-Jones, and the Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Bearing a dedication to Sibelius, the fifth symphony of 1932 is one of Bax's most personal, closely reasoned utterances, its bardic splendor, slumbering tragedy, and epic thrust all most convincingly conveyed here. Not only is Lloyd-Jones scrupulously faithful to both the letter and spirit of the score, but he also has the happy knack of alighting on precisely the right tempo, and he never allows Bax's argument to sag in the way that occasionally afflicts Bryden Thomson's rival interpretation with the London Philharmonic for Chandos. What's more, he encourages some sensitive and sprightly playing from the RSNO (which certainly seems to enjoy making this mighty work's acquaintance). Completed the year before the symphony, the wintry tone poem "The Tale the Pine-Trees Knew" makes an apt coupling. Lloyd-Jones's performance possesses a clean-limbed vigor that contrasts strikingly with Thomson's more leisurely, wonderfully atmospheric view on Chandos. Astonishingly, Naxos has been sitting on these fine recordings for more than four years; let's just hope we don't have to wait as long again for future installments in Lloyd-Jones's absorbing Bax series. "--Andrew Achenbach"
Artista: Robert Dean
Compositore: Leonard Bernstein
Casa discografica: Naxos American
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: ott 2002 Mia valutazione: 2
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Riassunto: Much has been written about Leonard Bernstein's multifarious talents. He has been lionized for his abilities as concert pianist, conductor, composer, author and teacher. Others have argued that his diverse musical interests prevented him from reaching his full potential as a serious composer. It was his extraordinary versitility that enabled West Side Story to elevate musical theater to new heights. The ability to combine serious ballet music and classically constructed fugues with memorable popular melodies, jazzy, finger-snapping tunes, heart wrenching love songs and vaudevillian humor could only have come from one man, the true Renaissance musician of the 20th century.
Compositore: Leonard Bernstein
Casa discografica: Naxos American
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: ott 2002 Mia valutazione: 2
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Riassunto: Much has been written about Leonard Bernstein's multifarious talents. He has been lionized for his abilities as concert pianist, conductor, composer, author and teacher. Others have argued that his diverse musical interests prevented him from reaching his full potential as a serious composer. It was his extraordinary versitility that enabled West Side Story to elevate musical theater to new heights. The ability to combine serious ballet music and classically constructed fugues with memorable popular melodies, jazzy, finger-snapping tunes, heart wrenching love songs and vaudevillian humor could only have come from one man, the true Renaissance musician of the 20th century.
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Compositore: A. Borodin
Casa discografica: Naxos
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: ago 2006 Mia valutazione: 2
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Compositore: A. Borodin
Casa discografica: Naxos
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: ago 2006 Mia valutazione: 2
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Artista: Concert Spirituel, Concert Spirituel Orchestra & Chorus
Compositore: Marc-Antoine Charpentier
Casa discografica: Naxos
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: mag 1997 Mia valutazione: 3
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Riassunto: This CD is shorter than the Te Deum CD released by harmonia mundi France, performed under the direction of William Christie, but its contents, aside from the headlining 'Te Deum' are different, and the performance quality and recording quality is comparable, and the price is far more attractive. Since Naxos has done an entire series on Charpentier's sacred works, this CD, as part of that economy set, is well worth the investment.
Compositore: Marc-Antoine Charpentier
Casa discografica: Naxos
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: mag 1997 Mia valutazione: 3
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Riassunto: This CD is shorter than the Te Deum CD released by harmonia mundi France, performed under the direction of William Christie, but its contents, aside from the headlining 'Te Deum' are different, and the performance quality and recording quality is comparable, and the price is far more attractive. Since Naxos has done an entire series on Charpentier's sacred works, this CD, as part of that economy set, is well worth the investment.
Artista: Jaroslav Krechek
Compositore: A. Corelli
Casa discografica: Naxos
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: ago 2006 Mia valutazione: 2
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Compositore: A. Corelli
Casa discografica: Naxos
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: ago 2006 Mia valutazione: 2
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Compositore: François Couperin
Casa discografica: Naxos
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: dic 1998 Mia valutazione: 3
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Compositore: François Couperin
Casa discografica: Naxos
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: dic 1998 Mia valutazione: 3
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Compositore: Louis Couperin
Casa discografica: Naxos
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: ago 2006 Mia valutazione: 3
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Riassunto: Laurence Cummings avait 25 ans lors de cet enregistrement capté sur une copie de clavecin Ruckers enregistré sans doute d'un peu trop près. L'ensemble ne manque ni de sentiment, ni d'une certaine virtuosité, mais les rythmes de danse qui sous-tendent la plupart des pièces sont souvent trop estompés, même compte-tenu de la stylisation à laquelle les soumet le compositeur. Dans les passages les plus denses, la polyphonie se brouille un peu, mais sur ce point la responsabilité incombe probablement autant à la prise de son qu'à l'interprète. Et je vous défie de résister à la déferlante cumulative des sept minutes de la passacaille qui clôt la suite en ut majeur.
Compositore: Louis Couperin
Casa discografica: Naxos
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: ago 2006 Mia valutazione: 3
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Riassunto: Laurence Cummings avait 25 ans lors de cet enregistrement capté sur une copie de clavecin Ruckers enregistré sans doute d'un peu trop près. L'ensemble ne manque ni de sentiment, ni d'une certaine virtuosité, mais les rythmes de danse qui sous-tendent la plupart des pièces sont souvent trop estompés, même compte-tenu de la stylisation à laquelle les soumet le compositeur. Dans les passages les plus denses, la polyphonie se brouille un peu, mais sur ce point la responsabilité incombe probablement autant à la prise de son qu'à l'interprète. Et je vous défie de résister à la déferlante cumulative des sept minutes de la passacaille qui clôt la suite en ut majeur.
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Compositore: Claude Debussy
Casa discografica: Naxos
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: ago 2006 Mia valutazione: 3
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Compositore: Claude Debussy
Casa discografica: Naxos
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: ago 2006 Mia valutazione: 3
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Artista: Steven Rickards, Dorothy Linell
Compositore: Queen of Scots Mary
Casa discografica: Naxos
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: ott 2000 Mia valutazione: 3
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Riassunto: Rickards beautiful, pure voice comes out so well in this cd. along with the wonderful sounds of the lute. I highly recommend this cd
Compositore: Queen of Scots Mary
Casa discografica: Naxos
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: ott 2000 Mia valutazione: 3
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Riassunto: Rickards beautiful, pure voice comes out so well in this cd. along with the wonderful sounds of the lute. I highly recommend this cd
Artista: James Biery
Compositore: M. Dupre
Casa discografica: Naxos
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: giu 1998 Mia valutazione: 3
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Riassunto: The first disc in the series was recorded on the Casavant organ (4 manuals and pedal) in the Cathedral of SS. Peter and Paul, Providence, USA. The organ's wooden flutes are very impressive and mellow and add to the overall feel of the repertoire very well. Because of the chosen repertoire, there wasn't any opportunity for the organist to demonstrate the reeds available, so no valid comment can be passed on them. Much of the music is played on soft flutes, and is wonderfully relaxing as background music, but I wouldn't want to listen to the whole disc in one go.
All things aside, this is a reasonable recording at a reasonable price. Had it cost any more than it did, I don't think I would have bought it. James Biery's playing is very true to the scores, but maybe a few more changes in registration wouldn't have gone astray.
Compositore: M. Dupre
Casa discografica: Naxos
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: giu 1998 Mia valutazione: 3
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Riassunto: The first disc in the series was recorded on the Casavant organ (4 manuals and pedal) in the Cathedral of SS. Peter and Paul, Providence, USA. The organ's wooden flutes are very impressive and mellow and add to the overall feel of the repertoire very well. Because of the chosen repertoire, there wasn't any opportunity for the organist to demonstrate the reeds available, so no valid comment can be passed on them. Much of the music is played on soft flutes, and is wonderfully relaxing as background music, but I wouldn't want to listen to the whole disc in one go.
All things aside, this is a reasonable recording at a reasonable price. Had it cost any more than it did, I don't think I would have bought it. James Biery's playing is very true to the scores, but maybe a few more changes in registration wouldn't have gone astray.
Artista: Robert Delcamp
Compositore: Marcel Dupre
Casa discografica: Naxos
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: giu 1998 Mia valutazione: 3
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Riassunto: The Möller organ (5 manuals and pedal) of the West End United Methodist Church, Nashville, Tennessee makes a wonderful sound on this disc! The opening Antiphon I allows use of Full Organ and a full organ it is - the reeds aren't too penetrating and at the same time it could almost be mistaken for a Cavaille-Coll. Delcamp's playing is very precise and his choice of registration would probably be close to that of Dupré. The Vêspres is a challenging work, and one of my favourite group of pieces by Dupré. Each one is largely different in tone colour, usually attributable to registration, meter and the position on the scale where the melody line of each piece is pitched. This variety is what makes them an interesting work.
Lamento was written for friends of Dupré's who's child suddenly died. The piece has a very intimate feel to it and very deliberately, in its chromatically ascending chords, an overt outpouring of grief and rage can be felt.
The 6 Chorales provide some variation to the programme, building on those recorded on Volume 1. Also, hearing only a few at a time allows the listener more room for contemplation of the music. Dupré wrote his 79 Chorales as preparatory pieces for learning J.S. Bach's Chorale Preludes, and there's no doubt, through listening to these, that Dupré himself was a great fan of Bach.
Élévation was published when Dupré was 26, and is his earliest published work. It is a gorgeous little piece that is very melodic and soothing to listen to.
Triptyque, paying homage to older forms, consists of three movements: I. Chaconne, II. Musette and III. Dithyrambe.
Compositore: Marcel Dupre
Casa discografica: Naxos
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: giu 1998 Mia valutazione: 3
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Riassunto: The Möller organ (5 manuals and pedal) of the West End United Methodist Church, Nashville, Tennessee makes a wonderful sound on this disc! The opening Antiphon I allows use of Full Organ and a full organ it is - the reeds aren't too penetrating and at the same time it could almost be mistaken for a Cavaille-Coll. Delcamp's playing is very precise and his choice of registration would probably be close to that of Dupré. The Vêspres is a challenging work, and one of my favourite group of pieces by Dupré. Each one is largely different in tone colour, usually attributable to registration, meter and the position on the scale where the melody line of each piece is pitched. This variety is what makes them an interesting work.
Lamento was written for friends of Dupré's who's child suddenly died. The piece has a very intimate feel to it and very deliberately, in its chromatically ascending chords, an overt outpouring of grief and rage can be felt.
The 6 Chorales provide some variation to the programme, building on those recorded on Volume 1. Also, hearing only a few at a time allows the listener more room for contemplation of the music. Dupré wrote his 79 Chorales as preparatory pieces for learning J.S. Bach's Chorale Preludes, and there's no doubt, through listening to these, that Dupré himself was a great fan of Bach.
Élévation was published when Dupré was 26, and is his earliest published work. It is a gorgeous little piece that is very melodic and soothing to listen to.
Triptyque, paying homage to older forms, consists of three movements: I. Chaconne, II. Musette and III. Dithyrambe.
Artista: Jim Strain, Kathy Dell, Lisa Bergman, Daniel Jay McKinley, Angeneeta Sosnowski, Bradley Schrock, Vincent Laine, Ingrid Rebstock, Marcus Goddard, Phil Bernstein, Jethro Marks
Compositore: Marcel Dupre
Casa discografica: Naxos
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: ott 2000 Mia valutazione: 4
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Riassunto: The Concerto, for those familiar with it, is Dupré's most recorded orchestral work, with another great local recording of it being made by Simon Preston with the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra on ABC Classics (432 529-2). The opening movement is technically very well played, but there is a very noticeable difference between McKinley's timing on the organ and that of the orchestra (the orchestra lags behind just a touch). This discrepancy disappears after the first few bars however, and the rest of the piece is carried off very well. In this piece there is one indescribable modulation that Dupré enchants his listeners with. In the score, Dupré asks that all 32' stops be drawn, resulting in a wonderful cascading effect of falling chords that change every 9th beat. This happens around 5 minutes into the second movement - it truly has to be heard to be believed. The last movement of the concerto reminds me of a Shostakovich Symphony with its strong, angular rhythms and militaristic dotted quaver rhythms. A short recapitulation brings this piece to a well executed, jolting close.
Cortège et Litanie originally existed as one of a group of four piano pieces (Quatre Pièces Op. 19) and it was his American touring agent, Dr. Alexander Russell who persuaded Dupré to make two other arrangements - one for organ solo; another for organ and orchestra (incidentally, the solo version was premiered in September 1923, at a concert which also included the US premiere of the now well known Variations sur un Noël, Op. 20). This piece combines the wonderful slow melody of the Cortège, spoken in dialogues between the organ and the string section of the orchestra. The introduction of the Litanie calls for the woodwinds, with the melody spoken pianissimo by the solo flute. A gradual crescendo brings the piece to its final resting place with three long fortissimo E major chords.
Poème Héroïque also exists in different versions - one for organ solo and the one recorded here. It is dedicated to those that died in the battle of Verdun, in World War I. Although militaristic in flavour, Poème really conveys a sense of the loss sustained in the war and could almost be considered a funeral march.
The Symphony in G minor is very different to any of Dupré's other symphonic works in that it is considerably more difficult to follow its melodic progressions, although with time comes an appreciation, listeners shouldn't expect instant gratification from it. The final Animé movement provides an amazing conclusion to a breathtaking disc.
Compositore: Marcel Dupre
Casa discografica: Naxos
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: ott 2000 Mia valutazione: 4
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Riassunto: The Concerto, for those familiar with it, is Dupré's most recorded orchestral work, with another great local recording of it being made by Simon Preston with the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra on ABC Classics (432 529-2). The opening movement is technically very well played, but there is a very noticeable difference between McKinley's timing on the organ and that of the orchestra (the orchestra lags behind just a touch). This discrepancy disappears after the first few bars however, and the rest of the piece is carried off very well. In this piece there is one indescribable modulation that Dupré enchants his listeners with. In the score, Dupré asks that all 32' stops be drawn, resulting in a wonderful cascading effect of falling chords that change every 9th beat. This happens around 5 minutes into the second movement - it truly has to be heard to be believed. The last movement of the concerto reminds me of a Shostakovich Symphony with its strong, angular rhythms and militaristic dotted quaver rhythms. A short recapitulation brings this piece to a well executed, jolting close.
Cortège et Litanie originally existed as one of a group of four piano pieces (Quatre Pièces Op. 19) and it was his American touring agent, Dr. Alexander Russell who persuaded Dupré to make two other arrangements - one for organ solo; another for organ and orchestra (incidentally, the solo version was premiered in September 1923, at a concert which also included the US premiere of the now well known Variations sur un Noël, Op. 20). This piece combines the wonderful slow melody of the Cortège, spoken in dialogues between the organ and the string section of the orchestra. The introduction of the Litanie calls for the woodwinds, with the melody spoken pianissimo by the solo flute. A gradual crescendo brings the piece to its final resting place with three long fortissimo E major chords.
Poème Héroïque also exists in different versions - one for organ solo and the one recorded here. It is dedicated to those that died in the battle of Verdun, in World War I. Although militaristic in flavour, Poème really conveys a sense of the loss sustained in the war and could almost be considered a funeral march.
The Symphony in G minor is very different to any of Dupré's other symphonic works in that it is considerably more difficult to follow its melodic progressions, although with time comes an appreciation, listeners shouldn't expect instant gratification from it. The final Animé movement provides an amazing conclusion to a breathtaking disc.
Artista: Alessio Bax
Compositore: Marcel Dupre
Casa discografica: Naxos
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: giu 1999 Mia valutazione: 3
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Riassunto: Marcel Dupre wrote these works for him to play with his daughter, a pianist. There is so little work composed for this combination that it could take the typical piano lover or organ lover a little while to warm up to it. When you get over the initial shock, it turns out to be wonderful music. Fresh and interesting music beautifully played by two very talented performers.
Compositore: Marcel Dupre
Casa discografica: Naxos
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: giu 1999 Mia valutazione: 3
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Riassunto: Marcel Dupre wrote these works for him to play with his daughter, a pianist. There is so little work composed for this combination that it could take the typical piano lover or organ lover a little while to warm up to it. When you get over the initial shock, it turns out to be wonderful music. Fresh and interesting music beautifully played by two very talented performers.
Artista: Robert Delcamp
Compositore: Marcel Dupre
Casa discografica: Naxos
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: mar 2001 Mia valutazione: 3
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Compositore: Marcel Dupre
Casa discografica: Naxos
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: mar 2001 Mia valutazione: 3
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Artista: Len Vorster
Compositore: Michael Easton
Casa discografica: Naxos
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: lug 1998 Mia valutazione: 3
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Riassunto: Michael Easton has had a varied career in music as publisher, performer, critic and composer. He was born in England and studied at the Royal College of Music but later moved to Australia. As a composer, Mr. Easton writes energetic, ear-catching melodies, influenced by Ravel, Poulenc and Milhaud. The Concerto On Australian Themes is a virtuoso work from 1996 based on popular themes. The concerto quotes, among others, Botany Bay, Click go the Shears and Waltzing Matilda. Taking George Gershwin's An American in Paris as his model, Mr. Easton wrote An Australian in Paris (1995). While the latter piece will never achieve the fame of the former, it is a witty and melodious adventure. The pieces describes the intrepid traveler On the Boulevard St. Michel, On the Metro, Alone and lonely (which has an interesting kind of dialogue between a flute and an oboe) and Driving in Paris.
The surprise of the disc is Beasts in the Bush for orchestra and speaker. This is a modern parable of well-meaning developers who would change a wilderness into a resort. The animals living in the wilderness will have none of it and are determined to show the unwanted people the "door." What interested me about the piece was that the developers think they are doing good by recycling and giving to environmental groups but would ruin the wilderness out of sheer ignorance. There is humor and interesting facts about the Australian bush in Beasts of the Bush, and the orchestration is light and descriptive.
The Concerto for Accordion, Piano and Strings sounds at first as if it will be something comic but it is a serious work with the accordion taking a prominent part. The piece makes use of the French association of the accordion sounding at times like a description of a Montmartre scene. The music could have been written by one of Les Six. The Overture to an Italian Comedy is a light work inspired by E. M. Forester's A Room with a View, and is evocative of Italy and the violent murder in the book that changes the lives of the English protagonists witnessing the crime.
The music is well performed by the State Orchestra of Victoria and is a lot of fun to listen to. Highly recommended.
Compositore: Michael Easton
Casa discografica: Naxos
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: lug 1998 Mia valutazione: 3
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Riassunto: Michael Easton has had a varied career in music as publisher, performer, critic and composer. He was born in England and studied at the Royal College of Music but later moved to Australia. As a composer, Mr. Easton writes energetic, ear-catching melodies, influenced by Ravel, Poulenc and Milhaud. The Concerto On Australian Themes is a virtuoso work from 1996 based on popular themes. The concerto quotes, among others, Botany Bay, Click go the Shears and Waltzing Matilda. Taking George Gershwin's An American in Paris as his model, Mr. Easton wrote An Australian in Paris (1995). While the latter piece will never achieve the fame of the former, it is a witty and melodious adventure. The pieces describes the intrepid traveler On the Boulevard St. Michel, On the Metro, Alone and lonely (which has an interesting kind of dialogue between a flute and an oboe) and Driving in Paris.
The surprise of the disc is Beasts in the Bush for orchestra and speaker. This is a modern parable of well-meaning developers who would change a wilderness into a resort. The animals living in the wilderness will have none of it and are determined to show the unwanted people the "door." What interested me about the piece was that the developers think they are doing good by recycling and giving to environmental groups but would ruin the wilderness out of sheer ignorance. There is humor and interesting facts about the Australian bush in Beasts of the Bush, and the orchestration is light and descriptive.
The Concerto for Accordion, Piano and Strings sounds at first as if it will be something comic but it is a serious work with the accordion taking a prominent part. The piece makes use of the French association of the accordion sounding at times like a description of a Montmartre scene. The music could have been written by one of Les Six. The Overture to an Italian Comedy is a light work inspired by E. M. Forester's A Room with a View, and is evocative of Italy and the violent murder in the book that changes the lives of the English protagonists witnessing the crime.
The music is well performed by the State Orchestra of Victoria and is a lot of fun to listen to. Highly recommended.
Artista: The Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra
Compositore: J. S. Bach
Casa discografica: Classic Voice
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: Mia valutazione: 3
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Compositore: J. S. Bach
Casa discografica: Classic Voice
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: Mia valutazione: 3
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Artista: Christian Benda, Sebastian Benda
Compositore: Johann Sebastian Bach
Casa discografica: Naxos
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: ott 2000 Mia valutazione: 2
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Riassunto: This is a very fine recording of a piece which can be hard to approach, and is usually made more so by too-serious or high-and-dry performances where earnestness replaces musicality.
Bender and his forces present a very lively view of The Musical Offering, well varied, clear, and always musical. They avoid the soft edges inherent in some of the older recordings (Mariner - for whom I have much respect), and are equally successful in steering clear of the bright-and-brittle trap that original instrument ensembles often fall into. Their sound is clear, and the performers maintain an admirable rhythmic drive and control; this is very musical playing. This is a modern instrument performance, informed however by all we heave learned from the original instrument movement, that is, clear articulation, somewhat faster speeds, a chamber music approach rather than an orchestral one.
Don't be fooled by the price; this recording can hold its own against any full-price recording I have heard. Highly recommended as an introduction or as an only recording.
Compositore: Johann Sebastian Bach
Casa discografica: Naxos
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: ott 2000 Mia valutazione: 2
Durata:
Riassunto: This is a very fine recording of a piece which can be hard to approach, and is usually made more so by too-serious or high-and-dry performances where earnestness replaces musicality.
Bender and his forces present a very lively view of The Musical Offering, well varied, clear, and always musical. They avoid the soft edges inherent in some of the older recordings (Mariner - for whom I have much respect), and are equally successful in steering clear of the bright-and-brittle trap that original instrument ensembles often fall into. Their sound is clear, and the performers maintain an admirable rhythmic drive and control; this is very musical playing. This is a modern instrument performance, informed however by all we heave learned from the original instrument movement, that is, clear articulation, somewhat faster speeds, a chamber music approach rather than an orchestral one.
Don't be fooled by the price; this recording can hold its own against any full-price recording I have heard. Highly recommended as an introduction or as an only recording.
Artista: John Lenehan, Simon Haram
Compositore: Michael Nyman
Casa discografica: Naxos
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: ago 1998 Mia valutazione: 4
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Riassunto: More melodic and romantic than other minimalist music I've heard, but it still frequently has a nice rhythmic pulse to it (unlike Romantic era music) that makes it sound of our times. I even disagree with the reviwer who dislikes the Sax piece - I think it's wonderful (though jazz fans should note it's not a "soulful" saxophone).
And the piece is named THE Piano Concerto (get it?), not Piano Concerto.
Compositore: Michael Nyman
Casa discografica: Naxos
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: ago 1998 Mia valutazione: 4
Durata:
Riassunto: More melodic and romantic than other minimalist music I've heard, but it still frequently has a nice rhythmic pulse to it (unlike Romantic era music) that makes it sound of our times. I even disagree with the reviwer who dislikes the Sax piece - I think it's wonderful (though jazz fans should note it's not a "soulful" saxophone).
And the piece is named THE Piano Concerto (get it?), not Piano Concerto.
Artista: Peabody Conservatory Wind Ensemble
Compositore: Herbert Owen Reed
Casa discografica: Naxos
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: ago 2006 Mia valutazione: 2
Durata:
Riassunto: Hey, you love CB as much as I do? For winds, this is special; and this orch. does a great job - without repetition (essential in vocal form) or some of the passages that cannot transcend the medium. Wonderful!!! A pleasure to hear and short enough for those who know every note by heart. Naxos never borke your wallet either; a bargain, my friend. Really four and 7/10 stars!
Compositore: Herbert Owen Reed
Casa discografica: Naxos
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: ago 2006 Mia valutazione: 2
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Riassunto: Hey, you love CB as much as I do? For winds, this is special; and this orch. does a great job - without repetition (essential in vocal form) or some of the passages that cannot transcend the medium. Wonderful!!! A pleasure to hear and short enough for those who know every note by heart. Naxos never borke your wallet either; a bargain, my friend. Really four and 7/10 stars!
Artista:
Compositore: Astor Piazzolla
Casa discografica: Naxos
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: feb 2000 Mia valutazione: 3
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Riassunto: This music is timeless and great to listen to over and over and over again, you will hear some new aspects every time.
No regrets, and even ordered the sheet music for the etudes on this album.
Compositore: Astor Piazzolla
Casa discografica: Naxos
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: feb 2000 Mia valutazione: 3
Durata:
Riassunto: This music is timeless and great to listen to over and over and over again, you will hear some new aspects every time.
No regrets, and even ordered the sheet music for the etudes on this album.
Artista:
Compositore: Sergey Rachmaninov
Casa discografica: Naxos
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: giu 1998 Mia valutazione: 3
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Compositore: Sergey Rachmaninov
Casa discografica: Naxos
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: giu 1998 Mia valutazione: 3
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Artista: Francois-Joel Thiollier
Compositore: Maurice Ravel
Casa discografica: Naxos
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: nov 1994 Mia valutazione: 3
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Riassunto: This CD of mostly early works finds Ravel at his most pictorial or atmospheric. 'La parade' is one of his most joyous works, an extended evocation of the carnivalesque, full of dances, marches and games, an untroubled vision of the kind of world he would view through a darkened glass in 'la Valse', bubbling with the kind of exuberant energy you find in Chabrier (one of the three composers Ravel pastiches in homage here along with Gounod, Borodin and Haydn). Dance is a common motif in Ravel, and informs the ghoulishly skittish 'Serenade Grotesque', the old-world eeriness of 'Menuet Antique' and the 'Alborada del gracioso' that bursts out of its muted surroundings in 'Miroirs'.
This movement is complemented by the more reflective side of Ravel's art, the indestructibly mournful 'Pavane pour une infante defunte', the dawn ripples of 'Jeux d'eau', or the sprightly, but generally low-key effects of 'Sonatine'. Pianist Thiollier is at ease in these various Ravelian idioms, alive to colour, mood and humour. when he comes to the famous 'Memoirs', however, more familiar in a sinister orchestral version, he doesn't seem to grasp the more diffuse, Debussy-like impresionism and, with the exception of the aforementioned toreador-strutting 'Alborada', makes it sound a bit dull.
Compositore: Maurice Ravel
Casa discografica: Naxos
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: nov 1994 Mia valutazione: 3
Durata:
Riassunto: This CD of mostly early works finds Ravel at his most pictorial or atmospheric. 'La parade' is one of his most joyous works, an extended evocation of the carnivalesque, full of dances, marches and games, an untroubled vision of the kind of world he would view through a darkened glass in 'la Valse', bubbling with the kind of exuberant energy you find in Chabrier (one of the three composers Ravel pastiches in homage here along with Gounod, Borodin and Haydn). Dance is a common motif in Ravel, and informs the ghoulishly skittish 'Serenade Grotesque', the old-world eeriness of 'Menuet Antique' and the 'Alborada del gracioso' that bursts out of its muted surroundings in 'Miroirs'.
This movement is complemented by the more reflective side of Ravel's art, the indestructibly mournful 'Pavane pour une infante defunte', the dawn ripples of 'Jeux d'eau', or the sprightly, but generally low-key effects of 'Sonatine'. Pianist Thiollier is at ease in these various Ravelian idioms, alive to colour, mood and humour. when he comes to the famous 'Memoirs', however, more familiar in a sinister orchestral version, he doesn't seem to grasp the more diffuse, Debussy-like impresionism and, with the exception of the aforementioned toreador-strutting 'Alborada', makes it sound a bit dull.
Artista: Klara Koermendi, Klára Körmendi
Compositore: Erik Satie
Casa discografica: Naxos
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: ago 2006 Mia valutazione: 2
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Compositore: Erik Satie
Casa discografica: Naxos
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: ago 2006 Mia valutazione: 2
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Artista: Slovak Po, Leaper
Compositore:
Casa discografica: Naxos
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: Mia valutazione: 2
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Casa discografica: Naxos
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: Mia valutazione: 2
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Artista: Royal artillery band
Compositore: John Philip Sousa
Casa discografica: Naxos
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: ago 2006 Mia valutazione: 3
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Compositore: John Philip Sousa
Casa discografica: Naxos
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: ago 2006 Mia valutazione: 3
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Artista: Peter Crawford, Angharad Gruffydd Jones
Compositore: John Tavener
Casa discografica: Naxos
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: mar 2006 Mia valutazione: 3
Durata:
Riassunto: This recording is a call for rejoicing for Tavener fans. Even those who have found his music turgid in the past might be taken with the austere beauty of the "Lament". It refers to Jesus' lament as he looks over Jerusalem realizing that it has rejected God's messengers. The text brings together Christian, Judaic, and Islamic texts and are sung in English and Greek. The choir alternates with countertenor and soprano. While the work relies heavily on thematic repetition, the effect is devout and introspective rather than static, and Tavener's strong changes in dynamics and textures keeps the ear engaged; indeed the ear catches the differences, rather than the samenesses. It is a work that requires patience, and Tavener's piety can seem overwhelming and preachy, but there is great beauty to be found here. The performances of soloists, choir and orchestra under Jeremy Summerly are exuisite and graceful; in particular, counter-tenor Peter Crawford handles his high, melismatic passages beautifully. "--Robert Levine"
Compositore: John Tavener
Casa discografica: Naxos
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: mar 2006 Mia valutazione: 3
Durata:
Riassunto: This recording is a call for rejoicing for Tavener fans. Even those who have found his music turgid in the past might be taken with the austere beauty of the "Lament". It refers to Jesus' lament as he looks over Jerusalem realizing that it has rejected God's messengers. The text brings together Christian, Judaic, and Islamic texts and are sung in English and Greek. The choir alternates with countertenor and soprano. While the work relies heavily on thematic repetition, the effect is devout and introspective rather than static, and Tavener's strong changes in dynamics and textures keeps the ear engaged; indeed the ear catches the differences, rather than the samenesses. It is a work that requires patience, and Tavener's piety can seem overwhelming and preachy, but there is great beauty to be found here. The performances of soloists, choir and orchestra under Jeremy Summerly are exuisite and graceful; in particular, counter-tenor Peter Crawford handles his high, melismatic passages beautifully. "--Robert Levine"
Artista:
Compositore: Georg Philipp Telemann
Casa discografica: Naxos
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: set 1999 Mia valutazione: 3
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Riassunto: As with other of the earlier Tafelmusik disks in this set , the fourth disk begins with a multi-movement overture in a style whose "Frenchness"(.g. "Flaterie", and "Badinage") is hardly matched even by real French Baroque composers. It's hard to grasp how Telemann could have done it all: be a master of music for every instrumental combination, occasion, and national style (e.g. Les Nations), be sought after by the royal courts of his time, yet have a heart to provide interesting music for the amateur performer, and initiate the first public concerts in Germany; write his own poetry, and engrave his own music. Combine all this with his incredible productivity and it's not hard to understand why he was rated at the head of German composers. The most unusual instrumental feature in this disk is the concerto for two horns and strings in E. Although less technically demanding than Mozart's concerto work for this instrument, it's strong melodic inspiration and, as usual, effective use of the instrument make the concerto a favorite in horn student recitals.
Again, with respect to performance style, I did wish especially in the Quartet for flute, violin, cello and continuo, as well as other pieces for a bit more meat and less delicacy. The performers got bolder in the very last "Conclusion", a short but pungently complex conclusion to the opening Overture, scored for oboes, strings and continuo. Some of the harmonic and rhythmic interplays seem to touch even a bit of early 20th Century at times. I'm going to have to listen a number more times to figure out what I really think of how they did this one. Readers should note that the disk numbers do not correspond with the original Tafelmusik series, which are 3 in number.
Compositore: Georg Philipp Telemann
Casa discografica: Naxos
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: set 1999 Mia valutazione: 3
Durata:
Riassunto: As with other of the earlier Tafelmusik disks in this set , the fourth disk begins with a multi-movement overture in a style whose "Frenchness"(.g. "Flaterie", and "Badinage") is hardly matched even by real French Baroque composers. It's hard to grasp how Telemann could have done it all: be a master of music for every instrumental combination, occasion, and national style (e.g. Les Nations), be sought after by the royal courts of his time, yet have a heart to provide interesting music for the amateur performer, and initiate the first public concerts in Germany; write his own poetry, and engrave his own music. Combine all this with his incredible productivity and it's not hard to understand why he was rated at the head of German composers. The most unusual instrumental feature in this disk is the concerto for two horns and strings in E. Although less technically demanding than Mozart's concerto work for this instrument, it's strong melodic inspiration and, as usual, effective use of the instrument make the concerto a favorite in horn student recitals.
Again, with respect to performance style, I did wish especially in the Quartet for flute, violin, cello and continuo, as well as other pieces for a bit more meat and less delicacy. The performers got bolder in the very last "Conclusion", a short but pungently complex conclusion to the opening Overture, scored for oboes, strings and continuo. Some of the harmonic and rhythmic interplays seem to touch even a bit of early 20th Century at times. I'm going to have to listen a number more times to figure out what I really think of how they did this one. Readers should note that the disk numbers do not correspond with the original Tafelmusik series, which are 3 in number.
Artista:
Compositore: Tchaikovsky
Casa discografica: Naxos
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: ago 2006 Mia valutazione: 2
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Compositore: Tchaikovsky
Casa discografica: Naxos
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: ago 2006 Mia valutazione: 2
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Artista: Christopher Dowie, Lynda Russell
Compositore: Ralph Vaughan Williams
Casa discografica: Naxos
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: ago 1998 Mia valutazione: 2
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Riassunto: The "Antarctica Symphony" portion of this disk has been called "the best digital recording ever made", and is often recommended for use as a demonstration disk on high-end audio equipment. One listen and you'll understand why...this is truly a sonic marvel.
Not a bad accomplishment for budget-price label Naxos!
Compositore: Ralph Vaughan Williams
Casa discografica: Naxos
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: ago 1998 Mia valutazione: 2
Durata:
Riassunto: The "Antarctica Symphony" portion of this disk has been called "the best digital recording ever made", and is often recommended for use as a demonstration disk on high-end audio equipment. One listen and you'll understand why...this is truly a sonic marvel.
Not a bad accomplishment for budget-price label Naxos!
Artista: Sonia Rubinsky
Compositore: Heitor Villa-Lobos
Casa discografica: Naxos
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: mar 1999 Mia valutazione: 4
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Riassunto: At last, a replacement for Roberto Szidon's long-deleted recording of "Cirandas"! This is one of Villa-Lobos's most delightful works, a long piano suite (41:46 in this recording) of folk-flavored pieces that progress from one charming idea to another and never outlast their material. "The Baby's Family", the first of two suites, is also charming music, made popular by Artur Rubinstein. The Chopin tribute is one of those crocks of musical dishwater Villa-Lobos stuck his hands into when his mind was on something else, but it's brief and comes at the end of the disc. Brazilian pianist Sonia Rubinsky plays with stylistic insight and gorgeous piano tone, very well captured by Naxos in a recording that sat in the can for almost five years before it was finally issued. "--Leslie Gerber"
Compositore: Heitor Villa-Lobos
Casa discografica: Naxos
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: mar 1999 Mia valutazione: 4
Durata:
Riassunto: At last, a replacement for Roberto Szidon's long-deleted recording of "Cirandas"! This is one of Villa-Lobos's most delightful works, a long piano suite (41:46 in this recording) of folk-flavored pieces that progress from one charming idea to another and never outlast their material. "The Baby's Family", the first of two suites, is also charming music, made popular by Artur Rubinstein. The Chopin tribute is one of those crocks of musical dishwater Villa-Lobos stuck his hands into when his mind was on something else, but it's brief and comes at the end of the disc. Brazilian pianist Sonia Rubinsky plays with stylistic insight and gorgeous piano tone, very well captured by Naxos in a recording that sat in the can for almost five years before it was finally issued. "--Leslie Gerber"
Artista: Heitor Villa-Lobos, Sonia Rubinsky
Compositore:
Casa discografica: Naxos
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: feb 2002 Mia valutazione: 4
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Riassunto: Vol. 1 of this series was greeted with great delight, which should be repeated for this new disc. "Cirandinhas" (translated here as "Little Round Songs," based on a folk dance form) is as delightful and stimulating as the Cirandas in Vol. 1. The first book of "The Baby's Family" (also in Vol. 1) is better known than Book 2, included here. This second, larger set of pieces is just as full of tangy folk flavor as the first was. They're also quite varied (note, for example, "O Bosinho de chumbo," which could easily be taken for Piazzolla). The three briefer pieces included in this collection are highly varied and consistently interesting. As before, Rubinsky's playing is ideal. She captures the rustic rhythms of the music so infectiously that it's hard to keep your feet still while listening, and she is just as good with Villa-Lobos's lyricism. This composer wrote an enormous amount of music and not all of it is up to his best standard, but so far this series is skimming cream. If you liked Vol. 1, you'll like this one just as well. Beautiful recording, too. "--Leslie Gerber"
Compositore:
Casa discografica: Naxos
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: feb 2002 Mia valutazione: 4
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Riassunto: Vol. 1 of this series was greeted with great delight, which should be repeated for this new disc. "Cirandinhas" (translated here as "Little Round Songs," based on a folk dance form) is as delightful and stimulating as the Cirandas in Vol. 1. The first book of "The Baby's Family" (also in Vol. 1) is better known than Book 2, included here. This second, larger set of pieces is just as full of tangy folk flavor as the first was. They're also quite varied (note, for example, "O Bosinho de chumbo," which could easily be taken for Piazzolla). The three briefer pieces included in this collection are highly varied and consistently interesting. As before, Rubinsky's playing is ideal. She captures the rustic rhythms of the music so infectiously that it's hard to keep your feet still while listening, and she is just as good with Villa-Lobos's lyricism. This composer wrote an enormous amount of music and not all of it is up to his best standard, but so far this series is skimming cream. If you liked Vol. 1, you'll like this one just as well. Beautiful recording, too. "--Leslie Gerber"
Artista: Sonia Rubinsky
Compositore: Heitor Villa-Lobos
Casa discografica: Naxos
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: lug 2003 Mia valutazione: 4
Durata:
Riassunto: Although this is the third in a series of recordings of Villa Lobos's piano music played by Brazilian pianist Sonia Rubinsky on the Naxos label, it's the first to come my way. I have little knowledge of Villa Lobos's piano music; as a youth I stumbled my way through 'O Polichinello' at the keyboard, and I've heard the visceral 'Rudepoêma' performed in recital by Marc-André Hamelin (but don't have his Villa Lobos CD). I was unprepared for the artful but unforced charm of the pieces on this disc.
'Suite Floral' (8 mins.) is a three-piece suite written in a perfumed impressionistic and somewhat derivative style not generally characteristic of the composer. The middle piece, 'Uma Camponeza Cantadeira' ('A Singing Country Girl'), is makes effective use of naive-sounding quintal harmonies and an asymmetric accompanimental figure in the bass. The suite is followed on this CD by 'Ciclo Brasileiro,' a major four-piece suite (22 mins.) whose components separately and in toto are hypnotizing. In my aural imagination, 'The Peasant's Sowing' mimics in right-hand figurations the broadcasting of seed, while a hymnlike chorale in the left hand lauds the fertility of the earth. 'Impressions of a Serenade Musician' is naive-sounding but the virtuosic piano writing, particularly in the repetitive fragmentation of the waltz tune, is artfully sophisticated. 'The Fête in the Heartlands' bustles with high energy and the rapidly alternating chords remind one of the previously mentioned 'O Polichinello' from 'A Prole do bebê.' 'Dance of the White Indian' is a virtuosic and fierce-sounding toccata with ostinato alternating chords surrounding a middle-register melody; it reportedly is a self-portrait of the composer. (I wonder if the hint of the 'Dies Irae' in the melody is intentional; I expect so.)
'Brinqueda de Roda' ('Children's Round Games') is a 12-minute collection of seven simple pieces (possibly meant for children themselves to play) based on Brazilian children's singing and dancing games. The textures are simple, often with oom-pah or Alberti bass accompaniments, the melodies ingratiating and the whole thing utterly charming in its simplicity.
The three infectious 'Danças Caracteristicas Africanas' are based on some melodies Villa Lobos heard when among Mato Grosso Indians; they clearly have African antecedents (and, for that matter, syncopated proto-ragtime rhythms abound). The excellent booklet notes by James Melo tell us that an orchestral version of these dances exists.
The beguiling 5-minute 'Tristorosa,' an early piece (1910), is a gently swaying waltz written in rondo form [ABACA]; the two contrasting sections are slightly more impulsive but they return to the sultry grace of the original theme. Ms Rubinsky's Brazilian origin is in evidence here--the subtle rubato is perfect.
The disc concludes with three of Villa Lobos's 'Chôros', Nos. 1, 2 and 5. No. 1 ('Tipico') was originally for guitar and features 'typical' Brazilian dance rhythms; again, Ms Rubinsky's handling of rhythms and alterations of tempi via fermatas and rubato are masterful. No. 2, originally for flute and clarinet but rewritten for piano by the composer, features a stylized use of the clave rhythm and has an unexpected comic ending. Chôros No. 5 ('Alma Brasileira' ['Brazilian Soul']) is indeed soulful with languorous sections interrupted by a violent, sexy dance employing tart polytonal harmonies.
I enjoyed this disc immensely and gained new regard for Villa Lobos as a composer for piano. Sonia Rubinsky's playing is sensitive, rhythmically alive and virtuosic when needed. The recorded piano sound is lifelike.
TT=70'05"
Scott Morrison
Compositore: Heitor Villa-Lobos
Casa discografica: Naxos
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: lug 2003 Mia valutazione: 4
Durata:
Riassunto: Although this is the third in a series of recordings of Villa Lobos's piano music played by Brazilian pianist Sonia Rubinsky on the Naxos label, it's the first to come my way. I have little knowledge of Villa Lobos's piano music; as a youth I stumbled my way through 'O Polichinello' at the keyboard, and I've heard the visceral 'Rudepoêma' performed in recital by Marc-André Hamelin (but don't have his Villa Lobos CD). I was unprepared for the artful but unforced charm of the pieces on this disc.
'Suite Floral' (8 mins.) is a three-piece suite written in a perfumed impressionistic and somewhat derivative style not generally characteristic of the composer. The middle piece, 'Uma Camponeza Cantadeira' ('A Singing Country Girl'), is makes effective use of naive-sounding quintal harmonies and an asymmetric accompanimental figure in the bass. The suite is followed on this CD by 'Ciclo Brasileiro,' a major four-piece suite (22 mins.) whose components separately and in toto are hypnotizing. In my aural imagination, 'The Peasant's Sowing' mimics in right-hand figurations the broadcasting of seed, while a hymnlike chorale in the left hand lauds the fertility of the earth. 'Impressions of a Serenade Musician' is naive-sounding but the virtuosic piano writing, particularly in the repetitive fragmentation of the waltz tune, is artfully sophisticated. 'The Fête in the Heartlands' bustles with high energy and the rapidly alternating chords remind one of the previously mentioned 'O Polichinello' from 'A Prole do bebê.' 'Dance of the White Indian' is a virtuosic and fierce-sounding toccata with ostinato alternating chords surrounding a middle-register melody; it reportedly is a self-portrait of the composer. (I wonder if the hint of the 'Dies Irae' in the melody is intentional; I expect so.)
'Brinqueda de Roda' ('Children's Round Games') is a 12-minute collection of seven simple pieces (possibly meant for children themselves to play) based on Brazilian children's singing and dancing games. The textures are simple, often with oom-pah or Alberti bass accompaniments, the melodies ingratiating and the whole thing utterly charming in its simplicity.
The three infectious 'Danças Caracteristicas Africanas' are based on some melodies Villa Lobos heard when among Mato Grosso Indians; they clearly have African antecedents (and, for that matter, syncopated proto-ragtime rhythms abound). The excellent booklet notes by James Melo tell us that an orchestral version of these dances exists.
The beguiling 5-minute 'Tristorosa,' an early piece (1910), is a gently swaying waltz written in rondo form [ABACA]; the two contrasting sections are slightly more impulsive but they return to the sultry grace of the original theme. Ms Rubinsky's Brazilian origin is in evidence here--the subtle rubato is perfect.
The disc concludes with three of Villa Lobos's 'Chôros', Nos. 1, 2 and 5. No. 1 ('Tipico') was originally for guitar and features 'typical' Brazilian dance rhythms; again, Ms Rubinsky's handling of rhythms and alterations of tempi via fermatas and rubato are masterful. No. 2, originally for flute and clarinet but rewritten for piano by the composer, features a stylized use of the clave rhythm and has an unexpected comic ending. Chôros No. 5 ('Alma Brasileira' ['Brazilian Soul']) is indeed soulful with languorous sections interrupted by a violent, sexy dance employing tart polytonal harmonies.
I enjoyed this disc immensely and gained new regard for Villa Lobos as a composer for piano. Sonia Rubinsky's playing is sensitive, rhythmically alive and virtuosic when needed. The recorded piano sound is lifelike.
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Scott Morrison
Artista: Sonia Rubinsky, Tatjana Rankovich
Compositore: Heitor Villa-Lobos
Casa discografica: Naxos
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: set 2004 Mia valutazione: 4
Durata:
Riassunto: Heitor Villa-Lobos was fiercely independent of any one compositional style or influence. The present volume offers three single works and four cycles or suites. Bachianas Brasileiras No. 4, heard on this recording in its original version for piano, interprets the legacy of J.S. Bach in the light of very specific features of Brazil's traditional music. Children's Carnival and Francette et Piá, the story of a little Indian boy from Brazil who went to France and met a French girl, are two of several collections inspired by or written for children.
Compositore: Heitor Villa-Lobos
Casa discografica: Naxos
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: set 2004 Mia valutazione: 4
Durata:
Riassunto: Heitor Villa-Lobos was fiercely independent of any one compositional style or influence. The present volume offers three single works and four cycles or suites. Bachianas Brasileiras No. 4, heard on this recording in its original version for piano, interprets the legacy of J.S. Bach in the light of very specific features of Brazil's traditional music. Children's Carnival and Francette et Piá, the story of a little Indian boy from Brazil who went to France and met a French girl, are two of several collections inspired by or written for children.
Artista: Sonia Rubinsky
Compositore: Heitor Villa-Lobos
Casa discografica: Naxos
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: giu 2006 Mia valutazione: 4
Durata:
Riassunto: For anglophone musiclovers there is something irresistible about Iberian and Latin American folk music. Consider how influential the melodies and rhythms from Latin countries have been on the classical music of Europe and America from Glinka to Copland. In this collection of 48 brief piano pieces based on Brazilian children's folksongs Villa-Lobos has outdone himself in making what is putatively an educational venture on his part into an artistic triumph. As a young man he became involved in collecting folksongs from all over Brazil. In particular he made vocal arrangements of 137 of the tunes he and others had collected for use in schools; the collection was called 'Guia prático' ('Practical Guide'). Then he took sixty or so of them, arranged them imaginatively for piano solo -- each lasting only about a minute or so -- and had them published in twelve volumes also called 'Guia prático.' Nine of those volumes are recorded here by Sonia Rubinsky; we are told in the informative booklet notes by musicologist James Melo that the remaining three volumes have been recorded by Rubinsky and will be issued later.
Clearly these pieces are not for beginning piano students, however. Some of them could be played, probably, by intermediate students, but some are of such musical complexity and technical demands -- e.g. 'Vai Abóbora!' ('Some Pumpkin!'), Vol. VII, No. 2, or the toccata in all but name of 'Vamos Atraz da Serra, Oh! Calunga!' ('Let's Go Behind the Mountain, Oh! Calunga!'), Vol. VI, No. V -- that only a virtuoso could manage them. Best of all, Villa-Lobos keeps the necessarily simple melodies in the foreground -- indeed, one could sing their lyrics if one knew them -- but oh, what he does with the accompaniments! They are dizzyingly varied and inevitably engaging. (By the way, although Naxos does not print the song texts in the booklet, they do make them available in Portuguese with facing English translations as a viewable website and a downloadable pdf file at www.naxos.com/libretti/guiapratico.htm )
Brazilian-American pianist Sonia Rubinsky is in the process of recording the complete piano works of Villa-Lobos -- this is Volume 5 -- and clearly has his idiom in her fingers and heart. I have been very positive about previous volumes and am particularly happy with both the present music -- new to me -- and her performance of it.
An easy recommendation.
Scott Morrison
Compositore: Heitor Villa-Lobos
Casa discografica: Naxos
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: giu 2006 Mia valutazione: 4
Durata:
Riassunto: For anglophone musiclovers there is something irresistible about Iberian and Latin American folk music. Consider how influential the melodies and rhythms from Latin countries have been on the classical music of Europe and America from Glinka to Copland. In this collection of 48 brief piano pieces based on Brazilian children's folksongs Villa-Lobos has outdone himself in making what is putatively an educational venture on his part into an artistic triumph. As a young man he became involved in collecting folksongs from all over Brazil. In particular he made vocal arrangements of 137 of the tunes he and others had collected for use in schools; the collection was called 'Guia prático' ('Practical Guide'). Then he took sixty or so of them, arranged them imaginatively for piano solo -- each lasting only about a minute or so -- and had them published in twelve volumes also called 'Guia prático.' Nine of those volumes are recorded here by Sonia Rubinsky; we are told in the informative booklet notes by musicologist James Melo that the remaining three volumes have been recorded by Rubinsky and will be issued later.
Clearly these pieces are not for beginning piano students, however. Some of them could be played, probably, by intermediate students, but some are of such musical complexity and technical demands -- e.g. 'Vai Abóbora!' ('Some Pumpkin!'), Vol. VII, No. 2, or the toccata in all but name of 'Vamos Atraz da Serra, Oh! Calunga!' ('Let's Go Behind the Mountain, Oh! Calunga!'), Vol. VI, No. V -- that only a virtuoso could manage them. Best of all, Villa-Lobos keeps the necessarily simple melodies in the foreground -- indeed, one could sing their lyrics if one knew them -- but oh, what he does with the accompaniments! They are dizzyingly varied and inevitably engaging. (By the way, although Naxos does not print the song texts in the booklet, they do make them available in Portuguese with facing English translations as a viewable website and a downloadable pdf file at www.naxos.com/libretti/guiapratico.htm )
Brazilian-American pianist Sonia Rubinsky is in the process of recording the complete piano works of Villa-Lobos -- this is Volume 5 -- and clearly has his idiom in her fingers and heart. I have been very positive about previous volumes and am particularly happy with both the present music -- new to me -- and her performance of it.
An easy recommendation.
Scott Morrison
Artista: Cynthia Estill, Anthony la Marchina, Erik Gratton, Jose Feghali, Rosana Lamosa
Compositore: Heitor Villa-Lobos
Casa discografica: Naxos
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: nov 2005 Mia valutazione: 4
Durata:
Riassunto: This is a three-CD set that includes all of Villa-Lobos' moody Bachianas Brasileiras. The best known is the fifth, for soprano and eight cellos (well performed here), but there is a wealth hidden among the others. There are dance movements galore; the second builds to a wonderfully percussive and powerful final movement; the eighth, despite an upbeat old folk dance as its centerpiece, has a melancholic warmth that is irresistible. The flute and bassoon duet that makes up No. 6 is rich and expressive, and the solo pianist has his work cut out for him in No. 3. All of them show a use of counterpoint that is truly skillful, and these performances--the only complete, modern set, not to mention at a bargain price--bring out all of the delicacies in the music. A real find. "--Robert Levine"
Compositore: Heitor Villa-Lobos
Casa discografica: Naxos
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: nov 2005 Mia valutazione: 4
Durata:
Riassunto: This is a three-CD set that includes all of Villa-Lobos' moody Bachianas Brasileiras. The best known is the fifth, for soprano and eight cellos (well performed here), but there is a wealth hidden among the others. There are dance movements galore; the second builds to a wonderfully percussive and powerful final movement; the eighth, despite an upbeat old folk dance as its centerpiece, has a melancholic warmth that is irresistible. The flute and bassoon duet that makes up No. 6 is rich and expressive, and the solo pianist has his work cut out for him in No. 3. All of them show a use of counterpoint that is truly skillful, and these performances--the only complete, modern set, not to mention at a bargain price--bring out all of the delicacies in the music. A real find. "--Robert Levine"
Artista: Kenneth Schermerhorn
Compositore: Heitor Villa-Lobos
Casa discografica: Naxos
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: ott 2001 Mia valutazione: 3
Durata:
Riassunto: Villa-Lobos wrote 14 Chôros, substantial works rooted in Brazilian popular music. As you might expect, the Eighth and Ninth of the series are drenched in exotic tonal colors and alive with exciting rhythms. No. 8 features an array of conventional and unconventional percussion instruments including rattles, scrapers, and the "caracaxa", which opens the piece. It's full of lively tunes as well and has an important piano part. No. 9 was composed four years later, in 1929. It opens with a riot of color, tapering down to a fascinating section for brass and winds over an obsessively repeated rhythm and a bassoon solo that's a twin to the start of Stravinsky's "Rite of Spring". Like its predecessor, Chôros No. 9 is an endlessly enjoyable work, and it gets a bang-up performance from Schermerhorn and the Hong Kong musicians. Their command of the idiom makes you swear you're hearing a Brazilian band. Once available on the Marco Polo label, it shouldn't be missed in this Naxos budget re-release. "--Dan Davis"
Compositore: Heitor Villa-Lobos
Casa discografica: Naxos
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: ott 2001 Mia valutazione: 3
Durata:
Riassunto: Villa-Lobos wrote 14 Chôros, substantial works rooted in Brazilian popular music. As you might expect, the Eighth and Ninth of the series are drenched in exotic tonal colors and alive with exciting rhythms. No. 8 features an array of conventional and unconventional percussion instruments including rattles, scrapers, and the "caracaxa", which opens the piece. It's full of lively tunes as well and has an important piano part. No. 9 was composed four years later, in 1929. It opens with a riot of color, tapering down to a fascinating section for brass and winds over an obsessively repeated rhythm and a bassoon solo that's a twin to the start of Stravinsky's "Rite of Spring". Like its predecessor, Chôros No. 9 is an endlessly enjoyable work, and it gets a bang-up performance from Schermerhorn and the Hong Kong musicians. Their command of the idiom makes you swear you're hearing a Brazilian band. Once available on the Marco Polo label, it shouldn't be missed in this Naxos budget re-release. "--Dan Davis"
Artista:
Compositore: Henry J. Wood
Casa discografica: Naxos
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: ago 1998 Mia valutazione: 3
Durata:
Riassunto: From the 1700s to the mid-1900s, Britian ruled most of the world at some time or another. Part of this experience was the exportation of the English language, English bureaucracy, and the British school system (headmasters, uniforms, standardized testing) to places as disparate as Canada, Singapore, India and Egypt. Yet somehow, music students around the world learn to play Mozart, Beethoven, Bach, or some other continental composer. British music did not get widespread attention until the Beatles. This is surprising given that English composers produced music in ballets, symphonies, overtures, operas and just about every other style and form known. Maybe the reason why is that many locals' first taste of British music was imperial music played upon the entrance of their overlords, or in military parades meant to cower them. Samples of such music are provided in this CD from naxos. Offering works from various English composers from the 1800s to early 1900s, this album leaves out the more melodic and evocative works of English music such as Vaughn-Williams' Greensleeves, Elgar's Pomp and Circumstance, or Jupiter by Holst. Instead, the focus is on music played at ceremonies, whether they be parades, crownings, burials, etc... The result is a nicely-themed CD that is unique in its contents. The sound quality is great, though the orchestration is only good. For example, title piece of Rule Britannia is played much better on other albums. Note that the works on this CD are pure British; no Irish, Scottish or Welsh influences. Overall, a nice CD to listen to.
Compositore: Henry J. Wood
Casa discografica: Naxos
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: ago 1998 Mia valutazione: 3
Durata:
Riassunto: From the 1700s to the mid-1900s, Britian ruled most of the world at some time or another. Part of this experience was the exportation of the English language, English bureaucracy, and the British school system (headmasters, uniforms, standardized testing) to places as disparate as Canada, Singapore, India and Egypt. Yet somehow, music students around the world learn to play Mozart, Beethoven, Bach, or some other continental composer. British music did not get widespread attention until the Beatles. This is surprising given that English composers produced music in ballets, symphonies, overtures, operas and just about every other style and form known. Maybe the reason why is that many locals' first taste of British music was imperial music played upon the entrance of their overlords, or in military parades meant to cower them. Samples of such music are provided in this CD from naxos. Offering works from various English composers from the 1800s to early 1900s, this album leaves out the more melodic and evocative works of English music such as Vaughn-Williams' Greensleeves, Elgar's Pomp and Circumstance, or Jupiter by Holst. Instead, the focus is on music played at ceremonies, whether they be parades, crownings, burials, etc... The result is a nicely-themed CD that is unique in its contents. The sound quality is great, though the orchestration is only good. For example, title piece of Rule Britannia is played much better on other albums. Note that the works on this CD are pure British; no Irish, Scottish or Welsh influences. Overall, a nice CD to listen to.
Artista: Ars Nova Ensemble
Compositore: Bartolomeo Trosylho
Casa discografica: Naxos
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: set 1995 Mia valutazione: 4
Durata:
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Compositore: Bartolomeo Trosylho
Casa discografica: Naxos
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: set 1995 Mia valutazione: 4
Durata:
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Artista: Sohre Rahbari
Compositore: Sohre Rahbari
Casa discografica: Naxos
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: gen 2000 Mia valutazione: 3
Durata:
Riassunto: I would normally give this CD 4 stars.
But since some people unjustly gave it just 1 star, I had to give it five to balanced it out.
At my hand I have two saxophone concerto CDs to compare side-by-side.
The first one is from EMI, with John Harle (Sax) and Neville Marriner conducting St. Martin in the Fields.
The second one is this Naxos offering, and both CDs have the Ibert, Debussy and Glazunov pieces.
One would assume the EMI disc has to be better because it features the more famous soloist, orchestra and conductor and it is released by a major label. The truth can't be further from that. Naxos wins hands down. I have listened to the EMI disc so many times and always found it boring. That's why I never bought another classical saxophone CD, while at the same time I collected at about 25 different horn concertos. Then I listened to this Naxos disc's clips online and instantly knew Sohre Rahbari is a much better soloist.
The only word I can use to describe the EMI disc is boring. The Naxos disc gives these pieces a more interesting intepretation, because Rahbari's phrasing makes better musical sense. Also, Rahbari also produces a more beutiful tone from her instrument. As an avid jazz listener I know it when the tone from a sax sounds right, and Harle's tone definitely is not right.
As for recording quality, both are pretty good. My system has a very good digital source (Benchmark DAC1) and decent speakers costing over $1000. I also use extremely hi-end headphones (AKG K501 and K1000) to listen for inner details. All the amplification is class A tube equipment. I just don't see how any one can criticize the Naxos CD for poor sound quality. Clarity and sptialness is quite good, and there is no treble sibilance commonly associated with poor digital recordings. The saxophone's tone was beautifully recorded. The Naxos CD sounds slightly better than the EMI. I hope people who commented on its poor sound didn't just listen to it on distorted computer speakers or cheapo earbuds.
Compositore: Sohre Rahbari
Casa discografica: Naxos
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: gen 2000 Mia valutazione: 3
Durata:
Riassunto: I would normally give this CD 4 stars.
But since some people unjustly gave it just 1 star, I had to give it five to balanced it out.
At my hand I have two saxophone concerto CDs to compare side-by-side.
The first one is from EMI, with John Harle (Sax) and Neville Marriner conducting St. Martin in the Fields.
The second one is this Naxos offering, and both CDs have the Ibert, Debussy and Glazunov pieces.
One would assume the EMI disc has to be better because it features the more famous soloist, orchestra and conductor and it is released by a major label. The truth can't be further from that. Naxos wins hands down. I have listened to the EMI disc so many times and always found it boring. That's why I never bought another classical saxophone CD, while at the same time I collected at about 25 different horn concertos. Then I listened to this Naxos disc's clips online and instantly knew Sohre Rahbari is a much better soloist.
The only word I can use to describe the EMI disc is boring. The Naxos disc gives these pieces a more interesting intepretation, because Rahbari's phrasing makes better musical sense. Also, Rahbari also produces a more beutiful tone from her instrument. As an avid jazz listener I know it when the tone from a sax sounds right, and Harle's tone definitely is not right.
As for recording quality, both are pretty good. My system has a very good digital source (Benchmark DAC1) and decent speakers costing over $1000. I also use extremely hi-end headphones (AKG K501 and K1000) to listen for inner details. All the amplification is class A tube equipment. I just don't see how any one can criticize the Naxos CD for poor sound quality. Clarity and sptialness is quite good, and there is no treble sibilance commonly associated with poor digital recordings. The saxophone's tone was beautifully recorded. The Naxos CD sounds slightly better than the EMI. I hope people who commented on its poor sound didn't just listen to it on distorted computer speakers or cheapo earbuds.
Artista: Marco Ambrosini, Thomas Wimmer, Wolfgang Reighofer, Wolfgang Reithofer, Ensemble Oni Wytars, Ensemble Unicorn, Michael Posch
Compositore: Turkish Traditional
Casa discografica: Naxos
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: mar 1996 Mia valutazione: 3
Durata:
Riassunto: If Ensemble Unicorn is great, Unicorn combined with the Middle-Eastern-inspired Ensemble Oni Wytars is even better! Actually, the two groups seem to share many of the same members, along with Ensemble Accentus (which focuses on Spanish and Sephardic music), but with different directors for each: Michael Posch for Unicorn, Marcos Ambrosini for Oni Wytars, and Thomas Wimmer for Accentus. This CD brings the musicians together to offer a stimulating combination of western and eastern-influenced music that might have been heard or played by medieval Pilgrims making the journey eastward. The European tunes focus on the Christmas season, while the Balkan and Near Eastern selections are traditional, handed down orally through the centuries and interpreted here with a zeal that should be as appealing to belly dancers as to early music enthusiasts (and I know many people who fall into both categories!). Instruments used include chalumeau, cheremia, cornemuse bechonnet, darbukka, davul, def, gayda, gittern, kaval, nyckelharpa, sackpipa, tamburello, tombak, vihuela d'arco, and a number of others that you actually might have heard of before--bagpipe, rebec, recorder, rebec, shawm, ud and the like. Ellen Santaniello also contributes vocals. I was surprised and delighted when I played this CD for the first time, and I continue to be each time I hear it again. If you like this recording, be sure to check out the other collaboration between Ensemble Unicorn and Ensemble Oni Wytars, "Music of the Troubadours", also from Naxos.
Compositore: Turkish Traditional
Casa discografica: Naxos
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: mar 1996 Mia valutazione: 3
Durata:
Riassunto: If Ensemble Unicorn is great, Unicorn combined with the Middle-Eastern-inspired Ensemble Oni Wytars is even better! Actually, the two groups seem to share many of the same members, along with Ensemble Accentus (which focuses on Spanish and Sephardic music), but with different directors for each: Michael Posch for Unicorn, Marcos Ambrosini for Oni Wytars, and Thomas Wimmer for Accentus. This CD brings the musicians together to offer a stimulating combination of western and eastern-influenced music that might have been heard or played by medieval Pilgrims making the journey eastward. The European tunes focus on the Christmas season, while the Balkan and Near Eastern selections are traditional, handed down orally through the centuries and interpreted here with a zeal that should be as appealing to belly dancers as to early music enthusiasts (and I know many people who fall into both categories!). Instruments used include chalumeau, cheremia, cornemuse bechonnet, darbukka, davul, def, gayda, gittern, kaval, nyckelharpa, sackpipa, tamburello, tombak, vihuela d'arco, and a number of others that you actually might have heard of before--bagpipe, rebec, recorder, rebec, shawm, ud and the like. Ellen Santaniello also contributes vocals. I was surprised and delighted when I played this CD for the first time, and I continue to be each time I hear it again. If you like this recording, be sure to check out the other collaboration between Ensemble Unicorn and Ensemble Oni Wytars, "Music of the Troubadours", also from Naxos.
Artista: Peter Rabanser, Ensemble Oni Wytars, Belinda Sykes, Jeremy Avis
Compositore: Turkish Traditional
Casa discografica: Naxos
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: mar 2006 Mia valutazione: 3
Durata:
Riassunto: I am not anyone to comment on the authenticity of this music. I have no idea how accurately it represents Medieval Mediterranean music. It sounds like it does: it sounds the way I might imagine the music of the period.
Regardless, the one thing I am qualified to evaluate is my pleasure listening to it. My favorite track is the first one, the Arab kyrie. Not quite like anything I've ever heard, but I would certainly go to any church where I could hear it.
This CD has helped to whet my appetite for more such music, and I suspect it would do so for anyone. If you are shopping here, I think you should strongly consider buying this one. I would, however, direct you to two other CDs as well (reminding you that I am by no means a knowledgeable person in this field): Sufi music such as Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan (though there are many other less famous examples, at least as good), and Arab Christian music, especially Marie Keyrouz. If there is a god, that is the music he hears in heaven. But excepting those two sources of superlatively uplifting music, this is among the best CDs I own. At its price, it's too good to miss.
Compositore: Turkish Traditional
Casa discografica: Naxos
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: mar 2006 Mia valutazione: 3
Durata:
Riassunto: I am not anyone to comment on the authenticity of this music. I have no idea how accurately it represents Medieval Mediterranean music. It sounds like it does: it sounds the way I might imagine the music of the period.
Regardless, the one thing I am qualified to evaluate is my pleasure listening to it. My favorite track is the first one, the Arab kyrie. Not quite like anything I've ever heard, but I would certainly go to any church where I could hear it.
This CD has helped to whet my appetite for more such music, and I suspect it would do so for anyone. If you are shopping here, I think you should strongly consider buying this one. I would, however, direct you to two other CDs as well (reminding you that I am by no means a knowledgeable person in this field): Sufi music such as Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan (though there are many other less famous examples, at least as good), and Arab Christian music, especially Marie Keyrouz. If there is a god, that is the music he hears in heaven. But excepting those two sources of superlatively uplifting music, this is among the best CDs I own. At its price, it's too good to miss.
Artista: Esteban Sanchez
Compositore: Isaac Albeniz
Casa discografica: Brilliant
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: Mia valutazione: 2
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Compositore: Isaac Albeniz
Casa discografica: Brilliant
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: Mia valutazione: 2
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Artista: Giancarlo Simonacci
Compositore: John Cage
Casa discografica: Brilliant
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: dic 2007 Mia valutazione: 3
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Compositore: John Cage
Casa discografica: Brilliant
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: dic 2007 Mia valutazione: 3
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Artista: Marcus Trefny, Margaret Urquhart, Pieter-Jan Belder, Andras Schiff, Annerose Schmidt, Derek Han, Dezso Ranki, Stefan Mendl, Zoltán Kocsis, Marten Boeken, Rémy Baudet
Compositore: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Casa discografica: Brilliant
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: Mia valutazione: 3
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Compositore: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Casa discografica: Brilliant
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: Mia valutazione: 3
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Artista: Christof Fischesser, Manfred Bittner, Thomas Pfeiffer, Anja Tilch, Annemarie Kremer, Marietta Fischesser, Pamela Heuvelmans, Benoit Haller, Daniel Schreiber, Robert Morvaj
Compositore: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Casa discografica: Brilliant
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: Mia valutazione: 3
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Compositore: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Casa discografica: Brilliant
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: Mia valutazione: 3
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Artista: Robert Cohen, Lisa Hansen, Alfonso Moreno, Cecilia Lopez, Deborah Mariotti, Jesus Ruiz, Minerva Garibay, Nancy Allen, Jorge Federico Osorio, Augustín Leon Ara
Compositore: Joaquin Rodrigo
Casa discografica: Brilliant
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: Mia valutazione: 3
Durata:
Riassunto: The music of Rodrigo breaks no ground, old or new, but it is sunny, light-hearted, easy listening and colorfully orchestrated. Its language is that of the post-Debussy/Ravel "musique française" and "musique espagnole" written in the first half of the 20th by composers such as Sauguet, Milhaud, Ibert or Falla, with late-Romantic outbursts pointing to British composers like Delius or Bax.
The universal fame acquired by the Ajanjuez Concerto and Rodrigo's other Concertos for Guitar(s) has overshadowed the fact that he wrote a number of concertos for other solo instruments: flute, harp, piano, cello and violin. Missing from this compilation are some of his more recent pieces, such as the Concierto como un divertimento for Cello, Concierto para une fiesta for Guitar, as well as the early Juglares for Piano and Orchestra (1923); there is also apparently a version for Guitar of the "Heroic" Piano Concerto.
It is hardly surprising that a piece subtitled "Heroic" and setting out to depict different facets of Heroism, with its four movement exploring "the Sword, the Spur, the Cross and the Laurel", should be anything short of bombastic. It took me a few hearings to warm up to Rodrigo's Piano Concerto - enough to become less sensitive to its showy Liszt and Rachmaninoff borrowings, and more open to its Ravel, Prokoviev and Falla similitudes. And in its best moments there are twists and turns of orchestration that seem to point to a kind of self-deprecating irony, as if Rodrigo was showing us that he was only monkeying the grand Hollywood gestures, without entirely believing in them.
In its genre, the "Summer" Violin Concerto is a great piece, as joyful and colorful as thoses of Khatchaturian and Prokofiev - and, in my opinion, not inferior to them; I wonder why it hasn't acquired the same pride of place at the core of the Violin repertoire, in concert and on disc. As it is, I am aware of only two other recordings, one made by Christian Ferras and George Enescu in 1953 and aptly reissued by Testament with other early Ferras recordings (see my review of Rodrigo: Concierto de estio; Semenoff; Double Concerto; Elizalde; Violin Concerto),and one by Michael Guttman and José Serebrier on ASV (Four Seasons) in a nice collection with four concertos bearing the four seasons as titles. In the present one, Augustin Leon Ara and Enrique Batiz seem well on top of the music, and the sound is of course incomparably better than with Ferras.
I also greatly enjoyed the Cello Concerto ("Concierto en modo galante"), with its first movement sounding like a modernized Vivaldi cello Concerto or Bach seen through the eyes of Stravinsky, its center part a wistful, brooding, meditative cantilena with a pastoral trio full of bird calls, hurdy-gurdy tunes and lifting country dances, its finale a kind of galant Cucarracha, and again a colorful and perky orchestration, full of sardonic skids out of line.
The last disc is devoted to Rodrigo's symphonic output, with tone poems composed between 1925 and 1976. Again they are very enjoyable, couched in the same kind of post-Debussy/Ravel language with whiffs of late-Romanticism evocative of Delius or Bax. In fact, "Musica para un jardin" (Music for a Garden) and "A la busca del mas allà" (In Search of the Beyond) could easily pass of for additions to Jacques Ibert's "Ports of Call". The first is introduced by a joyous orchestral outburst immediately cut short by more mysterious and nocturnal moods evocative of Ravel's Rhapsodie Espagnole, inluding a flute-led and xylophone-punctuated descent strikingly reminiscent of Wozzeck's suicide in the pond, soon to be followed by a plangent English horn and oboe melody over a soft cushion of strings with celesta and bell punctuations - beautifully atmospheric. Likewise "A la busca...", framed by two suspended cymbals sweeps, has the same kind of mysterious, oriental-sounding melismatas entoned by flute or english horn over soft cushions of strings with xylophone or celesta punctuations, along with a magnificently lyrical theme given to the violins over woodwind bird calls, evocative of Bax' tone poems. Again, highly atmospheric and quite beautiful. "Per la flor..." starts very military-like with an assertive drum tatoo and slightly dissonant brass fanfares, only to calm down into a nostalgic harp-accompanied recitative for cello developping into a passage of Tchaikovskyan lyrical intensity. The music then alternates between the dramatic-military (integral with the march for fifes), sometimes evocative of Shostakovich's War Symphonies, and the nostalgic-Romantic. It ends with a gloomy funeral march, wonderfully orchestrated (harp ostinato, bass clarinet, english horn in its low registers,) and developping to a peak of intensity before abruptly ending.
The 2nd of the Piezas Infantiles from 1925, "Despues de un cuento" sounds exactly in the same style as the 1976 "A la busca del mas alla". Apparently Rodrigo is one of those composers who never evolved, writing in the last decades of the 20th century the same kind of impressionistic music that wasn't so cutting edge anymore even when he started writing it it is first decades. But now that the distance of time has reduced all the smoldering stylistic controversies to cold ashes, we can enjoy Rodrigo's music for what it offers, regardless of when it was written: its unabashed lyricism, its soaring melodies, its sense of color.
These four well-filled discs (all over 70 minutes) were first recorded between 1980 and 1985 and released by EMI. They've been licensed by the cheapo-cheapo Brilliant, but EMI has also released the complete series in a budget box (The Rodrigo Edition (4 CDs): Concertos & Orchestral Works Conducted by Enrique Batiz). At that price, it is no doubt the best possible introduction to the music of Rodrigo. Those with a liking for Falla and post Debussy-Ravel French music, as well as the late-Romantic music of Suk, Vaughan-Williams, Delius and Bax and the likes, should no doubt enjoy it.
Compositore: Joaquin Rodrigo
Casa discografica: Brilliant
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: Mia valutazione: 3
Durata:
Riassunto: The music of Rodrigo breaks no ground, old or new, but it is sunny, light-hearted, easy listening and colorfully orchestrated. Its language is that of the post-Debussy/Ravel "musique française" and "musique espagnole" written in the first half of the 20th by composers such as Sauguet, Milhaud, Ibert or Falla, with late-Romantic outbursts pointing to British composers like Delius or Bax.
The universal fame acquired by the Ajanjuez Concerto and Rodrigo's other Concertos for Guitar(s) has overshadowed the fact that he wrote a number of concertos for other solo instruments: flute, harp, piano, cello and violin. Missing from this compilation are some of his more recent pieces, such as the Concierto como un divertimento for Cello, Concierto para une fiesta for Guitar, as well as the early Juglares for Piano and Orchestra (1923); there is also apparently a version for Guitar of the "Heroic" Piano Concerto.
It is hardly surprising that a piece subtitled "Heroic" and setting out to depict different facets of Heroism, with its four movement exploring "the Sword, the Spur, the Cross and the Laurel", should be anything short of bombastic. It took me a few hearings to warm up to Rodrigo's Piano Concerto - enough to become less sensitive to its showy Liszt and Rachmaninoff borrowings, and more open to its Ravel, Prokoviev and Falla similitudes. And in its best moments there are twists and turns of orchestration that seem to point to a kind of self-deprecating irony, as if Rodrigo was showing us that he was only monkeying the grand Hollywood gestures, without entirely believing in them.
In its genre, the "Summer" Violin Concerto is a great piece, as joyful and colorful as thoses of Khatchaturian and Prokofiev - and, in my opinion, not inferior to them; I wonder why it hasn't acquired the same pride of place at the core of the Violin repertoire, in concert and on disc. As it is, I am aware of only two other recordings, one made by Christian Ferras and George Enescu in 1953 and aptly reissued by Testament with other early Ferras recordings (see my review of Rodrigo: Concierto de estio; Semenoff; Double Concerto; Elizalde; Violin Concerto),and one by Michael Guttman and José Serebrier on ASV (Four Seasons) in a nice collection with four concertos bearing the four seasons as titles. In the present one, Augustin Leon Ara and Enrique Batiz seem well on top of the music, and the sound is of course incomparably better than with Ferras.
I also greatly enjoyed the Cello Concerto ("Concierto en modo galante"), with its first movement sounding like a modernized Vivaldi cello Concerto or Bach seen through the eyes of Stravinsky, its center part a wistful, brooding, meditative cantilena with a pastoral trio full of bird calls, hurdy-gurdy tunes and lifting country dances, its finale a kind of galant Cucarracha, and again a colorful and perky orchestration, full of sardonic skids out of line.
The last disc is devoted to Rodrigo's symphonic output, with tone poems composed between 1925 and 1976. Again they are very enjoyable, couched in the same kind of post-Debussy/Ravel language with whiffs of late-Romanticism evocative of Delius or Bax. In fact, "Musica para un jardin" (Music for a Garden) and "A la busca del mas allà" (In Search of the Beyond) could easily pass of for additions to Jacques Ibert's "Ports of Call". The first is introduced by a joyous orchestral outburst immediately cut short by more mysterious and nocturnal moods evocative of Ravel's Rhapsodie Espagnole, inluding a flute-led and xylophone-punctuated descent strikingly reminiscent of Wozzeck's suicide in the pond, soon to be followed by a plangent English horn and oboe melody over a soft cushion of strings with celesta and bell punctuations - beautifully atmospheric. Likewise "A la busca...", framed by two suspended cymbals sweeps, has the same kind of mysterious, oriental-sounding melismatas entoned by flute or english horn over soft cushions of strings with xylophone or celesta punctuations, along with a magnificently lyrical theme given to the violins over woodwind bird calls, evocative of Bax' tone poems. Again, highly atmospheric and quite beautiful. "Per la flor..." starts very military-like with an assertive drum tatoo and slightly dissonant brass fanfares, only to calm down into a nostalgic harp-accompanied recitative for cello developping into a passage of Tchaikovskyan lyrical intensity. The music then alternates between the dramatic-military (integral with the march for fifes), sometimes evocative of Shostakovich's War Symphonies, and the nostalgic-Romantic. It ends with a gloomy funeral march, wonderfully orchestrated (harp ostinato, bass clarinet, english horn in its low registers,) and developping to a peak of intensity before abruptly ending.
The 2nd of the Piezas Infantiles from 1925, "Despues de un cuento" sounds exactly in the same style as the 1976 "A la busca del mas alla". Apparently Rodrigo is one of those composers who never evolved, writing in the last decades of the 20th century the same kind of impressionistic music that wasn't so cutting edge anymore even when he started writing it it is first decades. But now that the distance of time has reduced all the smoldering stylistic controversies to cold ashes, we can enjoy Rodrigo's music for what it offers, regardless of when it was written: its unabashed lyricism, its soaring melodies, its sense of color.
These four well-filled discs (all over 70 minutes) were first recorded between 1980 and 1985 and released by EMI. They've been licensed by the cheapo-cheapo Brilliant, but EMI has also released the complete series in a budget box (The Rodrigo Edition (4 CDs): Concertos & Orchestral Works Conducted by Enrique Batiz). At that price, it is no doubt the best possible introduction to the music of Rodrigo. Those with a liking for Falla and post Debussy-Ravel French music, as well as the late-Romantic music of Suk, Vaughan-Williams, Delius and Bax and the likes, should no doubt enjoy it.
Artista: Hakon Austbo
Compositore: Alexander Scriabin
Casa discografica: Brilliant
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: Mia valutazione: 2
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Compositore: Alexander Scriabin
Casa discografica: Brilliant
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: Mia valutazione: 2
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Compositore: L. Vierne
Casa discografica: Brilliant
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: set 2007 Mia valutazione: 2
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Compositore: L. Vierne
Casa discografica: Brilliant
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: set 2007 Mia valutazione: 2
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Compositore: H. Villa-Lobos
Casa discografica: Brilliant Classics
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: giu 2004 Mia valutazione: 4
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Compositore: H. Villa-Lobos
Casa discografica: Brilliant Classics
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: giu 2004 Mia valutazione: 4
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Casa discografica: Brilliant Classics
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: Mia valutazione: 3
Durata:
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Casa discografica: Brilliant Classics
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: Mia valutazione: 3
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Artista: Ensemble Plus Ultra
Compositore: Cristobal de Morales
Casa discografica: Glossa
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: apr 2005 Mia valutazione: 4
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Compositore: Cristobal de Morales
Casa discografica: Glossa
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: apr 2005 Mia valutazione: 4
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Artista: Ensemble Organum
Compositore: Anonimo
Casa discografica: Naive Ambroisie
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: nov 2006 Mia valutazione: 5
Durata:
Riassunto: This is a great piece of early christian music. It has a lot of great chants that just uplifts you. Most of this music is still used in the various Orthodox Churches great buy
Compositore: Anonimo
Casa discografica: Naive Ambroisie
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: nov 2006 Mia valutazione: 5
Durata:
Riassunto: This is a great piece of early christian music. It has a lot of great chants that just uplifts you. Most of this music is still used in the various Orthodox Churches great buy
Artista: Ulrich Studer, Peter Kooy, Henri Ledroit, Guillemette Laurens, Donna Brown, Herve Lamy, Howard Crook
Compositore: Jean-Baptiste Lully
Casa discografica: Harmonia Mundi Fr.
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: mar 2007 Mia valutazione: 3
Durata:
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Compositore: Jean-Baptiste Lully
Casa discografica: Harmonia Mundi Fr.
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: mar 2007 Mia valutazione: 3
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Artista: William Christie
Compositore: Joseph-Nicholas-Pancrace Royer
Casa discografica: Harmonia Mundi Fr.
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: apr 2007 Mia valutazione: 5
Durata: 59:44
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Compositore: Joseph-Nicholas-Pancrace Royer
Casa discografica: Harmonia Mundi Fr.
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: apr 2007 Mia valutazione: 5
Durata: 59:44
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Artista: Trio Wanderer
Compositore: Maurice Ravel
Casa discografica: Harmonia Mundi Fr.
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: mar 2007 Mia valutazione: 4
Durata: 58:03
Riassunto: .
Disc features in a nutshell the dichotomy of the bifurcation of Belle Époque Gallic ésprit and ethos: heavy northerner Chausson vs. light southerner Ravel.
Surprisingly, for all his "popularity," Ravel's piano Trio is infrenquently heard. Chausson's massive Trio is perfectly representative of his art.
Nice disc--(musique d'abord series on Harmonia Mundi); nice price. What's not to like?
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Compositore: Maurice Ravel
Casa discografica: Harmonia Mundi Fr.
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: mar 2007 Mia valutazione: 4
Durata: 58:03
Riassunto: .
Disc features in a nutshell the dichotomy of the bifurcation of Belle Époque Gallic ésprit and ethos: heavy northerner Chausson vs. light southerner Ravel.
Surprisingly, for all his "popularity," Ravel's piano Trio is infrenquently heard. Chausson's massive Trio is perfectly representative of his art.
Nice disc--(musique d'abord series on Harmonia Mundi); nice price. What's not to like?
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Artista: Hidenori Komatsu, Ivan Urbas, Brigitte Fassbaender, Cord Garben, Hans Sojer, Karl-Heinz Brandt
Compositore: Kurt Weill
Casa discografica: Harmonia Mundi Fr.
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: apr 2006 Mia valutazione: 3
Durata: 54:47
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Compositore: Kurt Weill
Casa discografica: Harmonia Mundi Fr.
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: apr 2006 Mia valutazione: 3
Durata: 54:47
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Artista: Anonimous 4
Compositore: Codex Calixtinus Anonymous
Casa discografica: Harmonia Mundi Fr.
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: apr 2008 Mia valutazione: 0
Durata:
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Compositore: Codex Calixtinus Anonymous
Casa discografica: Harmonia Mundi Fr.
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: apr 2008 Mia valutazione: 0
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Artista: Le concert des Nations
Compositore: Vari
Casa discografica: Alia Vox Spain
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: dic 2000 Mia valutazione: 4
Durata: 76:28
Riassunto: This is a wonderful pot-pourri of European music from the first half of the sixteenth century - reflecting the pan-European origins of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor and King of Spain. One of the chief delights of the disc is the consort singing of the male voices of La Capella Real. Savall now uses male altos in the vocal pieces by Enzina (and others) in the upper registers, rather than female sopranos (principally that of his wife, Montserrat Figueras) as he did in his 90's recordings with Astree. The results are perfect; altos Carlos Mena and Pascal Bertain make an abiding impression here, with Capella regular Danile Carnovich holding up the bass clef. Figueras takes the cantus in the monophonic 'ballad' pieces, and is still matchless in this kind of music. The winds of La Capella are a joy to hear - listen to the Susato Battaglia, and the Anonymous La Spagna.
In short, this is an echanting survey of the secular and religious music of 16th century Europe, imaginatively presented and beautifuly performed and recorded. A must - and a fine companion to Savall's life of Isablle I of Spain, also from Alia Vox.
Compositore: Vari
Casa discografica: Alia Vox Spain
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: dic 2000 Mia valutazione: 4
Durata: 76:28
Riassunto: This is a wonderful pot-pourri of European music from the first half of the sixteenth century - reflecting the pan-European origins of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor and King of Spain. One of the chief delights of the disc is the consort singing of the male voices of La Capella Real. Savall now uses male altos in the vocal pieces by Enzina (and others) in the upper registers, rather than female sopranos (principally that of his wife, Montserrat Figueras) as he did in his 90's recordings with Astree. The results are perfect; altos Carlos Mena and Pascal Bertain make an abiding impression here, with Capella regular Danile Carnovich holding up the bass clef. Figueras takes the cantus in the monophonic 'ballad' pieces, and is still matchless in this kind of music. The winds of La Capella are a joy to hear - listen to the Susato Battaglia, and the Anonymous La Spagna.
In short, this is an echanting survey of the secular and religious music of 16th century Europe, imaginatively presented and beautifuly performed and recorded. A must - and a fine companion to Savall's life of Isablle I of Spain, also from Alia Vox.
Artista: Ensemble Musique Vivante, Christiane Legrand, Janette Baucomont
Compositore: Luciano Berio
Casa discografica: Harmonia Mundi Fr.
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: nov 2000 Mia valutazione: 2
Durata:
Riassunto: As a fan of the music of Luciano Berio, I'm always on the look-out for recordings I might have missed.I was delighted to find this one. Laborintus 2 combines many elements such as the sung word, the spoken word, progressive classical and jazzelements to form a new concept in theatrical music. The performance on this CD took me by surprise. How could I have missed itbefore? There might be one small gripe, the lack of a text and translation. But I assume that that was to keep the price down.Anyway, don't you missout on this.
Compositore: Luciano Berio
Casa discografica: Harmonia Mundi Fr.
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: nov 2000 Mia valutazione: 2
Durata:
Riassunto: As a fan of the music of Luciano Berio, I'm always on the look-out for recordings I might have missed.I was delighted to find this one. Laborintus 2 combines many elements such as the sung word, the spoken word, progressive classical and jazzelements to form a new concept in theatrical music. The performance on this CD took me by surprise. How could I have missed itbefore? There might be one small gripe, the lack of a text and translation. But I assume that that was to keep the price down.Anyway, don't you missout on this.
Artista: Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir
Compositore: Vari
Casa discografica: Harmonia Mundi Fr.
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: apr 2008 Mia valutazione: 3
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Compositore: Vari
Casa discografica: Harmonia Mundi Fr.
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: apr 2008 Mia valutazione: 3
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Artista: Diabolus in Musica
Compositore: Guillaume Dufay
Casa discografica: Alpha Productions
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: feb 2008 Mia valutazione: 5
Durata:
Riassunto: The reference version of Guillaume Dufay's "Missa Se la face ay pale", highly lauded by the press when it came out in 2004. Includes a full catalog of the entire Alpha 2008 collection.
Compositore: Guillaume Dufay
Casa discografica: Alpha Productions
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: feb 2008 Mia valutazione: 5
Durata:
Riassunto: The reference version of Guillaume Dufay's "Missa Se la face ay pale", highly lauded by the press when it came out in 2004. Includes a full catalog of the entire Alpha 2008 collection.
Artista: Ensemble Organum
Compositore: Old Roman Chant
Casa discografica: Hmf Musique D'abord
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: ott 2003 Mia valutazione: 4
Durata: 56:19
Riassunto: This album is an attempt to decipher the notes of ancient Christian chants found at the Vatican library that date back to VII - VIII centuries, when parts of Italy were still under the power of Byzantine emperors, and the Christian Church was not divided into the Catholic and Orthodox halves.
This music is solemn, ascetic and has a certain oriental flavor - let's not forget that Christianity originated in Middle East and the very word "Christian" was coined in Antioch, Syria. To me these chants sounded a bit like singing of the Mount Athos monk choir.
Good pick for all those exploring the roots of European, Christian and Mediterranean cultures irrespective of later splits and schisms.
Compositore: Old Roman Chant
Casa discografica: Hmf Musique D'abord
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: ott 2003 Mia valutazione: 4
Durata: 56:19
Riassunto: This album is an attempt to decipher the notes of ancient Christian chants found at the Vatican library that date back to VII - VIII centuries, when parts of Italy were still under the power of Byzantine emperors, and the Christian Church was not divided into the Catholic and Orthodox halves.
This music is solemn, ascetic and has a certain oriental flavor - let's not forget that Christianity originated in Middle East and the very word "Christian" was coined in Antioch, Syria. To me these chants sounded a bit like singing of the Mount Athos monk choir.
Good pick for all those exploring the roots of European, Christian and Mediterranean cultures irrespective of later splits and schisms.
Artista: London Baroque
Compositore: Johann Pachelbel
Casa discografica: Musique D'abord
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: mag 2006 Mia valutazione: 4
Durata: 75:20
Riassunto: Pachelbel n'a pas composé que son Canon. De plus, si vous ne connaissez que son Canon joué façon grand orchestre symphonique, écoutez donc celui-ci, rien à voir ! Et les autres morceaux de ce CD sont sublimes. Une partie s'appelle "les délices musicaux". Ca n'a rien d'austère ou de sombre. C'est vif et gai. Ecoutez, et vous verrez. N'étant pas musicologue, je m'arrête là!
Compositore: Johann Pachelbel
Casa discografica: Musique D'abord
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: mag 2006 Mia valutazione: 4
Durata: 75:20
Riassunto: Pachelbel n'a pas composé que son Canon. De plus, si vous ne connaissez que son Canon joué façon grand orchestre symphonique, écoutez donc celui-ci, rien à voir ! Et les autres morceaux de ce CD sont sublimes. Une partie s'appelle "les délices musicaux". Ca n'a rien d'austère ou de sombre. C'est vif et gai. Ecoutez, et vous verrez. N'étant pas musicologue, je m'arrête là!
Artista: Orquesta Ciudad de Granada
Compositore: Georges Bizet
Casa discografica: Harmonia Mundi
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: feb 2000 Mia valutazione: 3
Durata: 64
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Compositore: Georges Bizet
Casa discografica: Harmonia Mundi
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: feb 2000 Mia valutazione: 3
Durata: 64
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Artista: Anima Eterna
Compositore: L. Van Beethoven
Casa discografica: Zig Zag Territoires
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: apr 2008 Mia valutazione: 4
Durata:
Riassunto: Aprés l'évenement des années 85 des symphonies de Beethoven dirigé par Harnoncourt,c'est,pour moi,un nouveau choc de beauté ,mais Zig-zag territoire est coutumier du faît ...
Compositore: L. Van Beethoven
Casa discografica: Zig Zag Territoires
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: apr 2008 Mia valutazione: 4
Durata:
Riassunto: Aprés l'évenement des années 85 des symphonies de Beethoven dirigé par Harnoncourt,c'est,pour moi,un nouveau choc de beauté ,mais Zig-zag territoire est coutumier du faît ...
Artista: Enrico Pieranunzi
Compositore:
Casa discografica:
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: lug 2008 Mia valutazione: 4
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Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: lug 2008 Mia valutazione: 4
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Artista: Montserrat Figueras, Jordi Savall
Compositore:
Casa discografica: Alia Vox
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: feb 2000 Mia valutazione: 5
Durata:
Riassunto: Jordi Savall, Monterrat Figuras and Hespérion XXI pioneered the revival of early Spanish repertoire more than two decades ago, releasing classic recordings such as "Secular Music from Christian and Jewish Spain". Their experience reaps tremendous dividends with the two-CD set "Diáspora Sefardí". This is music of the Sefardim, the Spanish Jews exiled in 1492, but extends beyond the expected repertoire to include later music from those who settled as far away as Rhodes, Sofía and Sarajevo. The first disc is a programme of romances, Montserrat Figueras giving deeply impassioned performances pitched between heartrending elegy and searing eroticism. Compared to the cool perfection of the version by Florata on "Magnificentia Iberica", "El Rey de Fancia" comes alive with an earthy engagement which rivets the attention, while an epic of betrayal, "Nani, Nani", harnesses monumental emotional intensity. Throughout, the playing is superb, but inevitably the musicians really come into their own on the second CD, a set of instrumentals and improvisations, including the slow-burning rapture of "Axerico". Here is 130 minutes of incredibly evocative, primal music with the potential to go way beyond the early music market and become a huge hit with followers of folk, world, jazz and perhaps even rock. Quite simply, a great recording. --"Gary S Dalkin"
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Casa discografica: Alia Vox
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: feb 2000 Mia valutazione: 5
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Riassunto: Jordi Savall, Monterrat Figuras and Hespérion XXI pioneered the revival of early Spanish repertoire more than two decades ago, releasing classic recordings such as "Secular Music from Christian and Jewish Spain". Their experience reaps tremendous dividends with the two-CD set "Diáspora Sefardí". This is music of the Sefardim, the Spanish Jews exiled in 1492, but extends beyond the expected repertoire to include later music from those who settled as far away as Rhodes, Sofía and Sarajevo. The first disc is a programme of romances, Montserrat Figueras giving deeply impassioned performances pitched between heartrending elegy and searing eroticism. Compared to the cool perfection of the version by Florata on "Magnificentia Iberica", "El Rey de Fancia" comes alive with an earthy engagement which rivets the attention, while an epic of betrayal, "Nani, Nani", harnesses monumental emotional intensity. Throughout, the playing is superb, but inevitably the musicians really come into their own on the second CD, a set of instrumentals and improvisations, including the slow-burning rapture of "Axerico". Here is 130 minutes of incredibly evocative, primal music with the potential to go way beyond the early music market and become a huge hit with followers of folk, world, jazz and perhaps even rock. Quite simply, a great recording. --"Gary S Dalkin"
Artista: Montserrat Figueras, Jordi Savall
Compositore: Tarquinio Merula
Casa discografica: Alia Vox
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: feb 2003 Mia valutazione: 0
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Riassunto: This disc is as gorgeous a collection of songs as you're going to find. Ms Figueras' singing is wonderful, the songs are beautiful, Jordi Savall's playing is [insert hyperbolic adjective here]. You get the picture. There is even some unashamedly happy music from Arvo Part. And the rest of the disc is no less miraculous than that.
The songs are from a variety of European musical cultures and periods, from the Sephardic diaspora of the sixteenth century to Estonia last winter. And absolutely none of it is as soppy as a disc of lullabies threatens to be.
A disc that will illuminate your life. Get it as soon as you can.
Compositore: Tarquinio Merula
Casa discografica: Alia Vox
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: feb 2003 Mia valutazione: 0
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Riassunto: This disc is as gorgeous a collection of songs as you're going to find. Ms Figueras' singing is wonderful, the songs are beautiful, Jordi Savall's playing is [insert hyperbolic adjective here]. You get the picture. There is even some unashamedly happy music from Arvo Part. And the rest of the disc is no less miraculous than that.
The songs are from a variety of European musical cultures and periods, from the Sephardic diaspora of the sixteenth century to Estonia last winter. And absolutely none of it is as soppy as a disc of lullabies threatens to be.
A disc that will illuminate your life. Get it as soon as you can.
Artista: Andrew Lawrence-King Hesperion XXI Montserrat Figueras Arianna Savall Ferran Savall Jordi Savall
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Casa discografica: Alia Vox
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: lug 2008 Mia valutazione: 0
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Casa discografica: Alia Vox
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: lug 2008 Mia valutazione: 0
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Artista: Xavier Díaz-Latorre
Compositore: Marin Marais
Casa discografica: Alia Vox
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: nov 2006 Mia valutazione: 5
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Compositore: Marin Marais
Casa discografica: Alia Vox
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: nov 2006 Mia valutazione: 5
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Artista: Alia Musica
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Casa discografica: Harmonia Mundi
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: giu 2007 Mia valutazione: 0
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Casa discografica: Harmonia Mundi
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: giu 2007 Mia valutazione: 0
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Artista: Brice Duisit
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Casa discografica: Alpha
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: apr 2007 Mia valutazione: 5
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Casa discografica: Alpha
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: apr 2007 Mia valutazione: 5
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Artista: Rodrigo de Ceballos
Compositore: Cristobal de Morales
Casa discografica: Glossa
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: ott 2001 Mia valutazione: 5
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Compositore: Cristobal de Morales
Casa discografica: Glossa
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: ott 2001 Mia valutazione: 5
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Artista: Beatus
Compositore: Vari
Casa discografica: Alpha
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: apr 2007 Mia valutazione: 4
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Compositore: Vari
Casa discografica: Alpha
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: apr 2007 Mia valutazione: 4
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Artista: Ensemble Organum
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Casa discografica: Zig Zag Territoires
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: giu 2009 Mia valutazione: 5
Durata: 50
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Casa discografica: Zig Zag Territoires
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: giu 2009 Mia valutazione: 5
Durata: 50
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Casa discografica: Alpha
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: apr 2007 Mia valutazione: 4
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Riassunto: On renoue ici avec l'instrument de musique le plus naturel qui soit : la voix humaine. J'ai découvert cet album hier et je suis sous le charme. Vous cherchez quelqu'un qui sort de l'ordinaire ? Cet opus est à acheter d'urgence.
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Casa discografica: Alpha
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: apr 2007 Mia valutazione: 4
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Riassunto: On renoue ici avec l'instrument de musique le plus naturel qui soit : la voix humaine. J'ai découvert cet album hier et je suis sous le charme. Vous cherchez quelqu'un qui sort de l'ordinaire ? Cet opus est à acheter d'urgence.
Artista: Jean Gaillard
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Casa discografica: Alpha
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: giu 2007 Mia valutazione: 0
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Casa discografica: Alpha
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: giu 2007 Mia valutazione: 0
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Artista: Jordi Savall
Compositore:
Casa discografica: Alia Vox
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: giu 2009 Mia valutazione: 0
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Casa discografica: Alia Vox
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: giu 2009 Mia valutazione: 0
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Artista: Ensemble Accordone
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Casa discografica: Alpha
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: apr 2007 Mia valutazione: 5
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Riassunto: Surtout, n'écoutez-pas cette oeuvre: vous vous prendrez au "jeux", et ne pourrez plus en vous passez...
Je vous aurais prévenu(e)!
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Casa discografica: Alpha
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: apr 2007 Mia valutazione: 5
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Riassunto: Surtout, n'écoutez-pas cette oeuvre: vous vous prendrez au "jeux", et ne pourrez plus en vous passez...
Je vous aurais prévenu(e)!
Artista: Les Witches
Compositore:
Casa discografica: Alpha
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: apr 2007 Mia valutazione: 4
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Casa discografica: Alpha
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: apr 2007 Mia valutazione: 4
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Artista: Ensemble Antequera
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Casa discografica: Alpha
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: apr 2007 Mia valutazione: 0
Durata: 67'27"
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Casa discografica: Alpha
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: apr 2007 Mia valutazione: 0
Durata: 67'27"
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Artista: Le Musiciens de Saint Julien
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Casa discografica: Alpha
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: apr 2007 Mia valutazione: 0
Durata: 50'16"
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Casa discografica: Alpha
Genere: Classica
Data pubblicazione: apr 2007 Mia valutazione: 0
Durata: 50'16"
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