Playlist #783: 2007-04-16

April 16th, 2007 · < mtheo >
George Antheil: Symphony no. 5, “Joyous” (1947-48)
Vienna Philharmonia / Herbert Haefner cond (Other Minds 1003-2)
Henryk Górecki: Szeroka woda / Broad waters, op. 39: “Polne róże rwała” / “She plucked wild roses” (1981)
Lira Chamber Chorus / Lucy Ding cond (Elektra Nonesuch 79348, Miserere)
Claude Debussy: En blanc et noir / In white and black, L. 134 (1915)
Sviatoslav Richter, Benjamin Britten pf (M&A CD 709, rec. live, 1967 Aldeburgh Festival)
David Byrne: The Catherine wheel: “What a day that was” (1981)
David Byrne egtrs eb syns / John Cooksey dms / Steve Scales congas (Sire 3645-2)

Playlist #782: 2007-04-09

April 9th, 2007 · < mtheo >
Aulis Sallinen, arr. Kronos Quartet: Vinter var hård / Winter was hard (1989)
San Francisco Girls Chorus / Elizabeth Appling dir / Kronos Quartet: David Harrington, John Sherba vn / Hank Dutt va / Joan Jeanrenaud vc (Elektra Nonesuch P79181)
Samuel Barber: Quartet for strings in B minor, op. 11: II, Adagio (1936)
Kronos Quartet: David Harrington, John Sherba vn / Hank Dutt va / Joan Jeanrenaud vc (Elektra Nonesuch P79181)
Krzystof Penderecki: Ofiarom Hiroszimy – tren / Threnody for the victims of Hiroshima (1959-61)
Narodowa Orkiestra Symfoniczna Polskiego Radia w Katowicach | Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra / Krzystof Penderecki cond (EMI C 065-02 484)
Edgard Varèse: Amériques (1920-21)
Orchestre National de France | French National Orchestra / Kent Nagano cond (Erato Musifrance 4509-92137-2)
Edgard Varèse: Offrandes / Offerings: “La croix du sud” / “The southern cross” (1921)
Phyllis Bryn-Julson S / Orchestre National de France | French National Orchestra / Kent Nagano cond (Erato Musifrance 4509-92137-2)
Johannes Brahms: Intermezzo in C major, op. 119 no. 3 (1893)
Richard Goode pf (Elektra Nonesuch 79154-2)

Playlist #781: 2007-04-02

April 2nd, 2007 · < mtheo & renée >
Henry Bishop: “Foresters, sound the cheerful horn”
Thomas Arne: “Sigh no more, ladies”
Thomas Arne: “Elegy on the death of Mr Shenstone”
The Hilliard Ensemble: David James Ct / Rogers Covey-Crump, John Potter, Paul Elliott T / Paul Hillier, Michael George, Michael Pearce B (Harmonia Mundi 901153)
Zoltán Kodály: Duo for violin and violoncello, op. 7 (1914)
Nils-Erik Sparf vn / Elemér Lavotha vc (BIS CD-172)
Krzystof Penderecki: Jutrznia / Utrenja, I, Złożenie Chrystusa do grobu / The entombment of Christ (1969-71)
Boris Carmeli Bprof / Chór Harcerski / Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir / Andrzej Markowski cond (Muza PNCD 018)
John McLaughlin: Wings of karma (1974)
Mahavishnu Orchestra: John McLaughlin egtr / Jean-Luc Ponty vn / Gayle Moran kbd & voc / Marsha Westbrook va / Carol Shive vn & voc / Philip Hirschi vc & voc / Narada Michael Walden dms / Ralphe Armstrong eb & voc / London Symphony Orchestra / Michael Tilson Thomas cond & pf (Sony CK 46111)

Playlist #780: 2007-03-26

March 26th, 2007 · < mtheo >
Arnold Schoenberg: Drei deutsche Volkslieder, bearbeitet für gemischten Chor / Three German folksongs, arranged for mixed chorus: “Herzlieblich Lieb, durch Scheiden” / “Sweetheart love, by parting”; “Schein uns, du liebe Sonne” / “Shine on us, dear sun” (1928)
BBC Singers / Pierre Boulez cond (Sony S2K 44571)
Arnold Schoenberg: Verklärte Nacht / Transfigured night (1899, original version for string sextet)
J. Parennin, M. Charpentier vn / D. Marton, S. Collot va / P. Penassou, M. Tournus vc / Pierre Boulez cond (Everest 3170, rec. 1967)
Arnold Schoenberg: Drei deutsche Volkslieder, bearbeitet für gemischten Chor / Three German folksongs, arranged for mixed chorus: “Es gingen zwei Gespielen gut” / “Two playmates were walking” ; “Herzlieblich Lieb, durch Scheiden” / “Sweetheart love, by parting”; “Schein uns, du liebe Sonne” / “Shine on us, dear sun” (1928)
BBC Singers / Pierre Boulez cond (Sony S2K 44571)
Arnold Schoenberg: Die Jakobsleiter / Jacob’s ladder: Großes symphonisches Zwischenspiel / Big symphonic interlude (1907)
Mady Mesplé S / BBC Singers / BBC Symphony Orchestra / Pierre Boulez cond (Sony SMK 48462)

Playlist #779: 2007-03-19

March 23rd, 2007 · < Renée >
Max Reger: Sonata for viola and piano in B♭ major, op. 107 (1908-09)
Nobuko Imai va / Ronald Brautigam pf (BIS CD-1211, Reger, music for viola)
Robert Muczynski: Sonata for alto saxophone and piano, op. 29
Alex Mitchell asx / Jeremy Limb pf (Naxos 8.559241, American saxophone music)
John Tavener: Lament for Jerusalem, excerpts (2002)
Angharad Gruffydd Jones S / Peter Crawford Ct / Choir of London / Choir of London Orchestra / Jeremy Summerly cond (Naxos 8.557826)

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March 18th, 2007 · < mtheo >

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Q review: “Recovered Voices” at the LA Opera

March 13th, 2007 · < Q >

Recovered Voices

Recovering a Musical Heritage
The Music Suppressed by the Third Reich

LA Opera – James Conlon, Musical Director
March 7 (Première Performance)
Dorothy Chandler Pavilion

an account by KEN QUANDT

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Playlist #778: 2007-03-12

March 12th, 2007 · < mtheo >
Henry Cowell: Elegie (ca. 1941); The banshee (1925)
Cheryl Seltzer pf (MHS 7370Y)
Arvo Pärt: Tabula Rasa, Concerto for two violins, string orchestra, and prepared piano (1977)
Adele Anthony, Gil Shaham vn / Erik Risberg pr pf / Göteberg Symphony Orchestra / Neeme Järvi cond (DG 289 457 647-2)
Franz Schubert: Allegretto in C minor, D 915 (1827-04-26)
Paul Badura-Skoda pf (Astrée AS 53)
Karlheinz Stockhausen: Stimmung (excerpt) (1968)
Singcircle / Gregory Rose dir (Hyperion CDA 66115)
Leavenworth: Untitled: trks 29 – 31 (2002)
Leavenworth: Cactus egtr / Elvis dms (Red Net Records)
E. Floyd, M. Rice, R. Thomas: The breakdown (part 1) (1970)
Rufus Thomas voc / Stax Studio Band (Stax 0098)

Playlist #777: 2007-03-05

March 5th, 2007 · < mtheo & renée >

Heitor Villa-Lobos’s 120th . . .

Heitor Villa-Lobos: Bachianas Brasilieras no. 9, II: Fuga (1945)
Orchestre Nationale de la Radiodiffusion Française / Heitor Villa-Lobos cond (EMI CDH 7 61015 2)
Heitor Villa-Lobos: Gênesis (1954)
Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Bratislava / Roberto Duarte cond (Marco Polo 8.223357)
György Ligeti: Sonata for violoncello solo (1948/1953)
Matt Haimovitz vc (Oxingale Records Goulash!)
Somei Satoh: The heavenly spheres are illuminated by lights (1979)
Margaret Leng Tan pf / Lise Messier S / Michael Pugliese perc (New Albion NA008)
Erik Satie: Caresse (~1897)
Michel LeGrand pf (Erato 4509-92857-2)
Jimi Hendrix / Beautiful People: Stone crazy (1994)
Beautiful People (Continuum 19315, If 60’s were 90’s)

new Q reviews

March 2nd, 2007 · < mtheo >

Our oft-roving reviewer Q is off on another cross-country opera trip. The first two reviews are now up: