Category: Classical
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Thomas Bartlett: Shelter
Pianist/producer Thomas Bartlett has toured the world and worked with people from The National to David Byrne and produced the likes of St Vincent and Sufjan Stevens, with whom he earned Academy award and Grammy award nominations. But like all the rest of us, come lockdown he was stuck at home with only his piano […]
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Kerry Turner: Horn Works
The sleeve notes say that Turner developed his reputation as a composer with the American Horn Quartet, but has written horn and piano at the same time as his horn quartets. He performed these works for horn and piano along with Kristina Mascher-Turner, appearing as the Virtuoso Horn Duo. Since the majority of these pieces […]
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Abide With Me, baroque, Blues, brother, Candles in the Darkness, CDs, Chaconne for Three Horns, Chronicle Series, Classical, Congleton Chronicle, Couperin Variations, early, funk, Horn Works, I. Allegro – Kristina Mascher-Turner/Lauretta Bloomer, I. Prelude – Kerry Turner/Lauretta Bloomer, II. Allemande – Kerry Turner/Lauretta Bloomer, II. Andante – Kristina Mascher-Turner/Lauretta Bloomer, III. Allegro Ma Non Troppo – Kristina Mascher-Turner/Lauretta Bloomer, III. Sarabande – Kerry Turner/Lauretta Bloomer, IV. Gigue – Kerry Turner/Lauretta Bloomer, jazz, Jem Condliffe, Kerry Turner, music, Naxos 8.579050, Op. 12 – Kerry Turner/Lauretta Bloomer, Op. 26 – Kristina Mascher-Turner/Kerry Turner/Frank Lloyd, Op. 71 ‘La Bandoline’ – Kerry Turner/Lauretta Bloomer, Op. 79 – Kristina Mascher-Turner/Lauretta Bloomer, Op. 86 – Kristina Mascher-Turner/Lauretta Bloomer, pop, Reggae, Review Corner, reviews, rock, soul, Twas a Dark and Stormy Night -
Philip Hartmann: Invocazione brillante, Organ music by Carson Cooman
The lockdown could have stopped one-man organ machine Carson Cooman from composing, but it’s unlikely. He’s prolific and never stops. Normally we expect Erik Simmons to be playing Cooman’s work but for this it’s German organist Philip Hartmann, and he does a fine job. We used to find organ music hard going but repeated forced […]
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2 Nantucket Sketches, Arioso, Arioso cantabile, Cortege, Danza rustica, dda 25205, Diptych for New Life, Divine Art, Idyll, Intermezzo & Litany on the Joseph-Hymnus, Invocazione brillante, Invocazione brillante: Organ music by Carson Cooman, Litany, Lullaby, Musica da processione, Op. 1040, Op. 1205 (Version for Organ): I. Aubade, Op. 1205 (Version for Organ): II. Toccata, Op. 1217, Op. 1234: I. Hamburg March, Op. 1234: II. Pößneck Aria, Op. 1234: III. Ulm Toccata-Fanfare, Op. 1241, Op. 1243, Op. 1246: I. Praeambulum, Op. 1246: II. Ground, Op. 1246: III. Fantasia, Op. 1271, Op. 1298: No. 1, Op. 1298: No. 2, Op. 1301, Op. 1303, Op. 1305, Op. 186, Philip Hartmann, Praeludium in festo S. Philippi apostoli, Prelude on “Das ist köstlich”, Romanza, Sonatina No. 4, Suite in F Major -
Gianluca Luisi: Impressions of China – Winning Works from the 2018 Huang Zi International Chinese Piano Composition Competition
All of the works in this programme were prize winners in the competition named in the CD title, which we’re not going to type out all over again. The competition marked the 80th anniversary of the death of Huang Zi. Born 1904–1938, and dying at 34, he was a native of Chuansha (now a part […]
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8.579070, baroque, Blues, brother, CDs, Celestial Parade, Chronicle Series, Classical, Congleton Chronicle, early, Five, funk, Gasuo, Gianluca Luisi, Impressions of China – Winning Works from the 2018 Huang Zi International Chinese Piano Composition Competition, jazz, Jem Condliffe, music, Naxos, pop, Reggae, Review Corner, reviews, rock, soul, The Beauty of Six Operatic Female Roles, The Echos of Tianchi, The Field of My Hometown: I. The Field Airspace, The Field of My Hometown: II. The Bird on the Tomb Sweeping Day, The Field of My Hometown: III. The Rains and Winds on the Field, The Field of My Hometown: IV. Water Clouds in Summer Solstice -
Fitzwilliam String Quartet: Schubert String Quartets
Rock bands attempt authenticity by doing unplugged or acoustic sessions; classical players do it by going back to basics. For this recording of Schubert’s famous quartets, the Fitzwilliam String Quartet used gut strings, and quizzed experts about playing techniques of the time the works were composed (1824). Lucy Russell’s Ferdinando Gagliano violin from 1789 is […]
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baroque, Blues, brother, CDs, Chronicle Series, Classical, Congleton Chronicle, D. 804 “Rosamunde”: I. Allegro ma non troppo, D. 804 “Rosamunde”: II. Andante, D. 804 “Rosamunde”: III. Minuetto. Allegretto, D. 804 “Rosamunde”: IV. Allegro moderato, D. 810: I. Allegro, D. 810: II. Andante con moto, D. 810: III. Scherzo. Allegro molto, D. 810: IV. Presto – Prestissimo, DDA25197, Divine Art, early, Fitzwilliam String Quartet, funk, jazz, Jem Condliffe, music, pop, Reggae, Review Corner, reviews, rock, Schubert String Quartets, soul, String Quartet in A Minor, String Quartet in D Minor -
Justin Badgerow: Reminiscences of Brazil
This is an entertaining and varied programme of piano music. The Brazilian side gives the music life and a vivacity that’s a little unexpected but don’t expect it to sound very Latin American. It’s as much in the feel and passion as the rhythm. It’s robust, and powerfully played; there’s nothing of the polite salon […]
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baroque, Blues, brother, CDs, Chronicle Series, Classical, Congleton Chronicle, Darius Milhaud, dda 25201, Divine Art, early, Francisco Paulo Mignone, funk, Heitor Villa-Lobos, jazz, Jem Condliffe, Justin Badgerow, music, pop, Reggae, Reminiscences of Brazil, Review Corner, reviews, Rio de Janeiro, rock, soul -
Terence Charlston: Froberger, Complete Fantasias and Canzonas
This is a programme for people who like early music, authentic sounds – and clavichords, of course. The clavichord was a cross between a harp and piano; Wikipedia says Elizabeth of York, queen of Henry VII, bought one in 1502. The instrument was popular from the 16th century to the 18th century, particularly in German-speaking […]
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Chris Gekker: Moon Marked
Chris Gekker is one of America’s most acclaimed trumpet players, and currently professor of trumpet at the University of Maryland. This is his second album for Metier, recordings of works by six composers. Given his academic role, this programme of music could come over as dryly technical it does not, thanks to the warmth of […]
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…And Justice For All?, 28605, Acquainted With The Night, baroque, Blues, brother, CDs, Chris Gekker, Chronicle Series, Classical, Congleton Chronicle, Divertimento, early, Elegy For A Sultry Summer Afternoon, funk, jazz, Jem Condliffe, Lance Hulme, Metier, Moon Marked, msv, msv 28605, music, pop, Reggae, Review Corner, reviews, Richard Auldon Clark’, rock, soul, trumpet, Variations And Fugue On A Theme By Brahms -
Himlische Cantorey: Johann Pachelbel, Magnificat
Pachelbel was a German composer, organist, and teacher who “brought the south German organ schools to their peak”, says Wikipedia: he composed a large body of sacred and secular music, but today he is mostly famous for one piece of music: Canon in D Major. You’ve all heard it, and Pete Waterman called it “almost […]
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Danijel Cerovic: Silvius Leopold Weiss, Lute Works
Weiss (1687–1750) was a German composer and lutenist, who served at courts in Breslau, Rome, and Dresden, where he died. He was one of the most prolific composers of music for the lute, and one of the best-known, most accomplished and best paid lutenists of his day. He composed more than 600 pieces for the […]
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8.574068, baroque, Blues, brother, CDs, Chronicle Series, Classical, Congleton Chronicle, Danijel Cerovi, early, funk, jazz, Jem Condliffe, Lute Works, music, Naxos, No 28 Le Fameux Corsaire (The Famous Pirate), No 29 L’Infidèle (The Infidel), pop, Reggae, Review Corner, reviews, rock, Silvius Leopold Weiss, soul
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