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Ivan Davis/Franz Liszt Piano Concerto No.1 S.124 Part1-2
Ivan Davis/Franz Liszt Piano Concerto No.1 S.124 Part1-2
High quality sound:http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=BlEI9g3N11g&fmt=18================================Franz Liszt Piano Concerto No.1 in E flat major, S.124 (LW H4) I.Allegro maestoso II.Quasi adagio - Allegretto vivace - Allegro animatoIII.Allegro marziale animato - PrestoIvan Davis,pianoRoyal Philharmonic Orchestra/Edward Downes================================IVAN DAVISThe 2005-2006 season marks the 45th anniversary celebration of the New York debut of the distinguished pianist Ivan Davis. One of the most honored artists of his generation, the Texas-born Davis began his studies at the age of 12 with his aunt, continued as a scholarship student of Silvio Scionti at North Texas State University, then received a Fulbright Award to study with Carlo Zecchi at L'Accademia di Santa Cecilia in Rome. In 1955 he won first prize at the National Federation of Music Clubs Young Artist Competition and took top prizes in several international competitions: the Casella in Naples, the Busoni in Bolzano, and the Vianna da Motta in Lisbon. In 1960 he climaxed his prize-winning career by capturing the Grand Prize of the Franz Liszt competition and began his studies with the legendary Vladimir Horowitz.Previously, on October 21, 1959, Davis made his New York debut in recital at Town Hall, after which Harold Schonberg wrote in the New York Times, "this was an unusually exciting debut and it left no doubt that an important new American pianist has arrived on the scene." Davis soon appeared on national television as soloist with Eugene Ormandy and the Philadelphia Orchestra and recorded with them works of Liszt and Rachmaninoff for Columbia Records, which also issued discs of solo piano works by Liszt, Haydn, Mozart, Scarlatti, Mendelssohn, Schumann and Chopin, as well as concerto favorites with Andre Kostelanetz.During the next few years, Mr. Davis gave recitals in every state in the U.S.A. and appeared with almost every major symphony orchestra and every leading conductor, including the opening night Pension Fund Concert with Leonard Bernstein and the New York Philharmonic, as well as playing a recital on the Great Performers Series at Lincoln Center. He received the Handel Medallion from the City of New York (its highest award) for his outstanding contribution to America's cultural life. He is one of the few pianists of his generation to have a biographical entry in the New Groves Dictionary of Music.In 1966, Mr. Davis made his debut in London at Queen Elizabeth Hall to extraordinary critical and public acclaim. Edward Greenfield wrote in the Guardian, "He brought one back -- or forward -- to a golden age of pianism." Davis was immediately engaged and re-engaged with all the major orchestras of Britain, in addition to recording concerti by Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff and Liszt with the Royal Philharmonic (Decca-London label) and appearances with the London Philharmonic at New York's Carnegie Hall and Philadelphia's Academy of Music. He has also recorded best-selling solo albums of Chopin, virtuoso showpieces and the award-winning "Great Galloping Gottschalk" for the above label.http://www.ivandavis.com/Bio.html================================ *Note:Support the artist, their families and their legacy by purchasing their music. [ More Detail ]
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Horszowski plays Haydn Sonata in A flat no. 43
Joseph Haydn (1732-1809):Piano Sonata in Ab, Hob. XVI: 43, published in 1783I ModeratoII Menuetto - Trio - Menuetto da CapoIII Rondo/PrestoMieczyslaw Horszowski, pianoLive recording, 1957.Born: June 23, 1892 - Lemberg (Lvov), PolandDied: May 22, 1993 - Philadelphia, PA, USAThe Polish-born pianist, Mieczyslaw Horszowski, was taught to play the piano by his mother, a student of one of Chopin's students, and his main teacher, Theodor Leschetizky, was a protégé of Carl Czerny. Horszowski was playing (and transposing) Bach inventions at age five; at eight he was presented to the public as a prodigy, and at ten he began his formal career. He played for Fauré and perhaps Camille Saint-Saëns in 1905 and made his USA debut, at Carnegie Hall, the following year. It was also during 1906 that he met the youthful Pablo Casals and Arturo Toscanini, who became lifelong friends and collaborators. Horszowski was especially noted as a chamber music pianist and became a fixture of Casals' Prades Festival for many years.Interrupting his high-flying career to pursue a humanities degree at the Sorbonne in Paris from 1911 to 1913, Mieczyslaw Horszowski moved to Milan during the war and remained there until 1939, touring internationally. As World War II broke out he was appearing in Brazil, and instead of returning to Europe he headed for the USA, where he remained for the rest of his life. He quickly found performing opportunities with Toscanini's NBC Symphony Orchestra, and he began teaching at Philadelphia's Curtis Institute in 1942. He was a fixture of New York's recital scene, performing complete cycles of Beethoven's piano works and Mozart sonatas and concertos, and he appeared at the White House in 1961 and 1978. Horszowski was the first person to record while playing the first known piano constructed, an instrument built in 1720 by Bartolomeo Cristofori and housed in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.In 1981, at age 89, Mieczyslaw Horszowski married for the first time; his wife was Italian pianist Beatrice Costa. His eyesight declined, which put an end to his concerto and chamber music performances, but he continued his solo recital career, performing from memory. He performed his last recital at age 99, slightly more than a year before his death in 1993. At the Curtis Institute he taught an impressive roster of students, including Anton Kuerti, Murray Perahia, and Richard Goode.Mieczyslaw Horszowski played a range of music but focused on Bach, Beethoven, and Chopin, and even in his last years he essayed difficult works like Beethoven's Diabelli Variations. Although his recording career only goes back to 1936, the traditions of playing he represented are much older than that, dating back to the early Romantic era.Source: All Music Guide Website (Author: James Manheim) [ More Detail ]
J. S. Bach - Bourrée from Cello Suite No. 3 in C major
Stefan Moberg plays the bourrée from J. S. Bach's third suite for solo cello in C major, BWV 1009. Recorded live in Caroli Church, Malmö, Sweden in May 2004.Stefan Moberg - recipient of the 2008 Guido Vecchi PrizeStefan Moberg was born in Gävle, Sweden in 1979, started playing the cello when he was 16 and made his debut in Elgar's cello concerto at the age of 18. At the Malmö Academy of Music he studied with Hege Waldeland, graduating with a Master's Degree in 2006. He also studied with Melissa Phelps at the Royal College of Music in London as an ERASMUS scholar. Currently, Stefan is studying with Professor Mats Rondin at the Malmö Academy of Music, graduating with an Artist's Diploma in 2008. Recent engagements include a very well received performance of the Prokofiev Sinfonia Concertante, op. 125 in die Philharmonie in Berlin in January 2008.As a soloist and member of different chamber music groups and orchestras, Stefan has performed throughout Scandinavia, Europe, North and South America and has appeared at the "Geneva Arts Festival" in Geneva, NY, USA and the "Festival Internacional de Música Clásica Contemporánea de Lima" in Lima, Peru among others. Stefan has also recorded for the German label CPO and the Swedish label Phono Suecia, as well as live recordings of chamber music for the Swedish Radio P2. Stefan's repertoire already includes the standard concertos by Elgar, Haydn, Saint-Saëns and Dvorak as well as contemporary concertos, like the one dedicated to Stefan by the young Swedish composer Daniel Fjellström.Stefan's great interest in and love for chamber music has developed in collaborations with trumpet player Håkan Hardenberger, pianist Imogen Cooper and violinists Levon Chilingirian and Gilles Apap. Through the Danish-Swedish Cultural Foundation Stefan was invited to perform in the series "Sweden's Premiere Young Artists" during 2007. Thanks to the generous support of SAS and Ericsson, Stefan is able to perform on a J. B. Ceruti cello, made in Cremona, Italy in 1810. [ More Detail ]
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Jeremy Bowyer(treble) - Jephtha (Handel)
Jeremy Bowyer was head chorister and a Hammerstein Chanter in Southwark Cathedral Choir. He joined the choir when he was eight from the Prior Weston Primary School in the city of London and recorded an L.P. "Handel Arias" in May 1985 at the age of thirteen. He played the piano and the oboe and won a music scholarship to St. Paul's School, Barnes.Born in London, Jeremy studied organ, piano and harpsichord at the Royal Northern College of Music and Manchester University. After three years as Assistant Director of Music and Organist of Clifton College in Bristol, he returned to London to train as a tenor at Trinity College of Music with John Wakefield. Concert performances include The Creation (Haydn), Christmas Oratorio (Bach), Messiah (Handel), Petite Messe Solonelle (Rossini), Stabat Mater (Dvorak) and Carmina Burana (Orff). In 2001 he made his professional operatic debut in Opera Omnibus' production of The Haunted Manor by Moniuszko and was also a member of the Glyndebourne Festival Opera chorus in productions of Fidelio and Otello. Roles performed recently include Acis, Acis and Galatea (Handel) for Trinity College of Music and Remendado, Carmen (Bizet) for Vision Opera. 'Happy Iphis, shalt thou live', from Jephtha of Handel. [ More Detail ]
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Pau Casals, l'exili. IV.
1896El maig s'incorpora com a professor a l'Escola Municipal de Música de Barcelona i el novembre el nomenen professor de violoncel del Conservatori del Liceu.Comença a fer concerts en petites societats de Barcelona com l'Ateneu barceloní i l'Ateneu gracienc.És acceptat com a violoncel·lista a la Gran Orquestra del Teatre del Liceu.Coincideix a Barcelona amb Isaac Albéniz, Agustín Rubio, Enrique Fernández Arbós, Enric Granados i Saint-Saëns.1897Formació del Quartet Crickboom amb Pau Casals al violoncel, Mathieu Crickboom i Josep Rocabruna al violí i Rafael Gálvez a la viola.Inicia una gira per Espanya amb Enric Granados i Mathieu Crickboom.La reina Maria Cristina li regala un safir blau i un violoncel nou, un Gagliano. 1899Pau Casals va a París i s'instal·la a la casa de la cantant nord-americana Emma Nevada i el seu marit Raymond Palmer.El maig viatja a Londres amb Emma Nevada i el pianista Léon Moreau.El 20 de maig debuta a Londres al Crystal Palace amb el "Concert en re menor" de Lalo i el 20 d'agost actua en un concert privat davant la reina Victòria d'Anglaterra, a l'Osborne House, a l'illa de Wight.Torna a París on fa el seu primer debut amb el gran director francès Charles Lamoureux:-El 12 de novembre al Teatre de la República de París, fa la seva primera actuació com a solista amb el Concert de Lalo.-El 17 de desembre fa la seva segona aparició amb l'Orquestra Lamoureux interpretant el Concert de Saint-Saëns.1900S'instal·la a París i comença la seva gran carrera com a solista.Comença a introduir-se en la xarxa social, musical i cultural del París de començaments de segle.Pau Casals i el pianista Harold Bauer comencen a tocar junts a principis de l'estiu. Fan concerts a San Sebastián i al Teatro de la Comedia de Madrid, entre d'altres.1901El novembre, fa el seu primer viatge als Estats Units a bord del "Sant Paul" per realitzar una gira amb la cantant Emma Nevada, el pianista Léon Moreau i el flautista Daniel Marquesi.Duant la seva estada a San Francisco, pateix un accident a la mà esquerra en una excursió al Mont Tamalpais que l'obliga a abandonar la gira. Durant aquests mesos s'instal·la a la casa de Michael Stein i inicia una llarga amistat amb els seus fills Gertrude i Leo Stein.La reina Maria Cristina li concedeix la "Gran Cruz de Caballero de la Real Orden de Carlos III". 1903El 3 de maig inicia una gira amb Harold Bauer i Moreira de Sá per sud Amèrica.1904Realitza el segon viatge als Estats Units, aquest cop com a solista.El 12 de gener fa la seva primera actuació al New Lyceum Theatre a New York, on interpreta el Concert en re menor de Haydn amb l'America Symphony Orchestra.El 15 de gener el president Theodore Roosevelt el convida a tocar a la Casa Blanca.El 9 de març debuta al Carnegie Hall de New York i interpreta el Don Quixot de Richard Strauss.A finals d'any torna a París i s'instal·la a la Vil·la Molitor.1905Inicia una relació sentimental amb la violoncel·lista portuguesa Guilhermina Suggia.Creació del Trio Cortot-Thibaud-Casals, format pel violinista Jacques Thibaud, el pianista Alfred Cortot i Pau Casals al violoncel.El novembre realitza el seu primer viatge a Rússia, per actuar en un concert el dia 18 a la Sala de la Noblesa de Sant Petersburg, on inicia els primers contactes amb els cercles musicals de Moscou.1906El 18 de desembre de 1906 el Trio Corot-Thibaud Casals fa el seu debut en un concert a Lille. Es converteixen en un dels trios musicals més importants del moment.1908A la tardor, mor el seu pare, Carles Casals Riba. [ More Detail ]
Debussy: Cloches à travers les feuilles - Images, Book 2
Yukino KANO, piano加納裕生野, ピアノLive performance at Tokyo, 05-08-2008Born in Japan, 23 year old Yukino Kano began playing the piano at the age of six. In 2002, she won the Prize in the 'Dorothy MacKenzie Piano Competition' in New York. Soon after that she performed at the prestigious Carnegie Hall (Weill Recital Hall) with other distinguished pianists. In 2004 she went on to become one of the finalists at the Ettlingen Piano Competition and received the Haydn Prize and the Encouragement Award. In 2006 in May, she won the 5th Prize at the Calabria International Piano Competition in Italy and performed with Mihail Jora symphony orchestra.Yukino made her concerto debut in Tokyo in 2005 and performed Mozart's Piano Concerto K.414 with Ensemble Stern and the following year she made her solo debut, also in Tokyo. She has performed in many countries such as U.K. (performances at Colston Hall and St.Martin-in-the-Fields), Austria (Salzburg Palace), Lithuania, U.S., India and Japan including the solo works and chamber music.Currently, she has graduated at the Royal Academy of Music with first class honor and she is continuing her study at the Academy, doing MA from September. She has been awarded several prizes at the Academy such as the Liversedge award, the Francis Simms Prize, the Greta GM Parkinson Prize and the Norah Seary Charitable Trust Award.She has given `All Debussy Recitals' in Tokyo and Nagoya in May 2008 which went great succeed. http://youngmusic.or.jphttp://musicscape.net [ More Detail ]
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Debussy: Movement - Images, Book 1
Yukino KANO, piano加納裕生野, ピアノMouvementLive performance at Tokyo, 05-08-2008Born in Japan, 23 year old Yukino Kano began playing the piano at the age of six. In 2002, she won the Prize in the 'Dorothy MacKenzie Piano Competition' in New York. Soon after that she performed at the prestigious Carnegie Hall (Weill Recital Hall) with other distinguished pianists. In 2004 she went on to become one of the finalists at the Ettlingen Piano Competition and received the Haydn Prize and the Encouragement Award. In 2006 in May, she won the 5th Prize at the Calabria International Piano Competition in Italy and performed with Mihail Jora symphony orchestra.Yukino made her concerto debut in Tokyo in 2005 and performed Mozart's Piano Concerto K.414 with Ensemble Stern and the following year she made her solo debut, also in Tokyo. She has performed in many countries such as U.K. (performances at Colston Hall and St.Martin-in-the-Fields), Austria (Salzburg Palace), Lithuania, U.S., India and Japan including the solo works and chamber music.Currently, she has graduated at the Royal Academy of Music with first class honor and she is continuing her study at the Academy, doing MA from September. She has been awarded several prizes at the Academy such as the Liversedge award, the Francis Simms Prize, the Greta GM Parkinson Prize and the Norah Seary Charitable Trust Award.She has given `All Debussy Recitals' in Tokyo and Nagoya in May 2008 which went great succeed. http://youngmusic.or.jphttp://musicscape.net [ More Detail ]
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Haydn Symphony No.94 in G "Surprise"/Massimo Freccia Part1-4
================================ Franz Joseph Haydn Symphony No. 94 in G major ("Surprise"/"The Drumstroke"/"Mit dem Paukenschlag"), H. 1/941 Adagio cantabile, Vivace assai Part1-4 2 Andante Part2-4 3 Menuett &Trio Part3-4 4 Finale Allegro di molto Part4-4Classical Period Symphony Orchestra of The Accademia Di Santa Cecilia, Rome/Massimo Freccia================================Related information:The Symphony No. 94 in G major (Hoboken 1/94) is the second of the twelve so-called London symphonies (numbers 93-104) written by Joseph Haydn. It is usually called by its nickname, the Surprise Symphony, although in German it is more often referred to as the Symphony "mit dem Paukenschlag" ("with the kettledrum stroke"). The work is among the most popular of Haydn's symphonies and is frequently performed and recorded.Nickname (the Surprise)Haydn's music contains many jokes, and the 'Surprise' Symphony includes probably the most famous of all: a sudden loud chord in the theme of the variation-form second movement after a tranquil opening. The music then returns to its original quiet dynamic, as if nothing had happened, and the ensuing variations do not repeat the joke.Composition and premiereHaydn wrote the symphony in 1791 in London for a concert series he gave during the first of his two visits to England (1791-1792). The premiere took place at the Hanover Square Rooms in London on March 23, 1792, with Haydn leading the orchestra seated at a fortepiano.As with Haydn's England visits in general, the premiere was greatly successful. One reviewer wrote that the symphony was "equal to the happiest of this great Master's conceptions." In his feeble old age Haydn remembered the premiere with nostalgia, recounting to his biographer Griesinger...it was my wish to surprise the public with something new, and to make a debut in a brilliant manner, in order not to be outdone by my pupil Pleyel [who was leading a rival series of concerts] ...the first Allegro of my Symphony was received with countless bravos, but the enthusiasm reached its highest point in the Andante with the kettledrum stroke. Ancora, ancora! sounded from every throat, and even Pleyel complimented me on my idea. Toward the end of his active career Haydn wove the theme of the second movement into an aria of his oratorio The Seasons (1801), in which the bass soloist depicts a plowman whistling Haydn's tune as he works.InstrumentationThe Surprise Symphony is scored for a Classical-era orchestra consisting of 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, 2 trumpets, timpani, and the usual string section consisting of first and second violins, violas, cellos, and double basses.In recent decades performances of the work on historical instruments have become popular.A typical performance of the Surprise Symphony lasts about 23 minutes.MovementsLike all of Haydn's "London" symphonies, the work is in four movements, marked as follows:Adagio - vivace assaiA lyrical 3/4 introduction precedes a highly rhythmic main section in 6/8 time. As with much of Haydn's work, the first movement is written in so-called "monothematic" sonata form; that is, the movement to the dominant key in the exposition is not marked by a "second theme".http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symphony_No._94_(Haydn)================================ *Note:Support the artist, their families and their legacy by purchasing their music. [ More Detail ]
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Debussy: Homage to Rameau - Images, Book 1
Yukino KANO, piano加納裕生野, ピアノHommage à RameauLive performance at Tokyo, 05-08-2008Born in Japan, 23 year old Yukino Kano began playing the piano at the age of six. In 2002, she won the Prize in the 'Dorothy MacKenzie Piano Competition' in New York. Soon after that she performed at the prestigious Carnegie Hall (Weill Recital Hall) with other distinguished pianists. In 2004 she went on to become one of the finalists at the Ettlingen Piano Competition and received the Haydn Prize and the Encouragement Award. In 2006 in May, she won the 5th Prize at the Calabria International Piano Competition in Italy and performed with Mihail Jora symphony orchestra.Yukino made her concerto debut in Tokyo in 2005 and performed Mozart's Piano Concerto K.414 with Ensemble Stern and the following year she made her solo debut, also in Tokyo. She has performed in many countries such as U.K. (performances at Colston Hall and St.Martin-in-the-Fields), Austria (Salzburg Palace), Lithuania, U.S., India and Japan including the solo works and chamber music.Currently, she has graduated at the Royal Academy of Music with first class honor and she is continuing her study at the Academy, doing MA from September. She has been awarded several prizes at the Academy such as the Liversedge award, the Francis Simms Prize, the Greta GM Parkinson Prize and the Norah Seary Charitable Trust Award.She has given `All Debussy Recitals' in Tokyo and Nagoya in May 2008 which went great succeed. http://youngmusic.or.jphttp://musicscape.net [ More Detail ]
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Haydn. Sonata in G Major
Daisy plays at Debut Piano Studio's Summer Recital. Recorded by her teacher Sergei Pavlov.http://sergeipavlov.com [ More Detail ]
Debussy: Reflections in the Water - Images, Book 1
Yukino KANO, piano加納裕生野, ピアノReflets dans l'eauLive performance at Tokyo, 05-08-2008Born in Japan, 23 year old Yukino Kano began playing the piano at the age of six. In 2002, she won the Prize in the 'Dorothy MacKenzie Piano Competition' in New York. Soon after that she performed at the prestigious Carnegie Hall (Weill Recital Hall) with other distinguished pianists. In 2004 she went on to become one of the finalists at the Ettlingen Piano Competition and received the Haydn Prize and the Encouragement Award. In 2006 in May, she won the 5th Prize at the Calabria International Piano Competition in Italy and performed with Mihail Jora symphony orchestra.Yukino made her concerto debut in Tokyo in 2005 and performed Mozart's Piano Concerto K.414 with Ensemble Stern and the following year she made her solo debut, also in Tokyo. She has performed in many countries such as U.K. (performances at Colston Hall and St.Martin-in-the-Fields), Austria (Salzburg Palace), Lithuania, U.S., India and Japan including the solo works and chamber music.Currently, she has graduated at the Royal Academy of Music with first class honor and she is continuing her study at the Academy, doing MA from September. She has been awarded several prizes at the Academy such as the Liversedge award, the Francis Simms Prize, the Greta GM Parkinson Prize and the Norah Seary Charitable Trust Award.She has given `All Debussy Recitals' in Tokyo and Nagoya in May 2008 which went great succeed. http://youngmusic.or.jphttp://musicscape.net [ More Detail ]
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M.Mdivani - I.Stravinsky: piano Concerto part1
MARINA GOGLIDZE-MDIVANI Marina Mdivani was born and began her musical education in Tbilisi, Georgia. In 1960, she both graduated from the Moscow Conservatory and began post-graduate studies there in the Professor Emil Gilels.In 1961, Ms. Mdivani won the Premier Grand Prix in the prestigious Concours International Marguerite Long-Jacques Тhibaud in Paris.The next year, Ms. Mdivani was а winner in what may have been the stiffest piano competition in history: 1962 Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow. Other prize-winners that year included Vladimir Ashkenazy and John Ogdon.In 1963, Ms.Mdivani completed her post-graduate studies at the Conservatory and made an eight-week tour of the United States and Canada. Тhe tour culminated in а recital at Camegie Hall.As principal soloist of the Moscow Philharmonic Society for twenty five years, Ms. Mdivani's career as orchestral soloist and recitalist has taken her throughout Europe, Russia and North and South America.Her repertoire includes approximately 40concertos plus а vast number of chamber works. Often her programs are unusual. In оnсе concert, for example, she played а five Prokofiev concertos. She has recorded works bу Haydn, Mussorgsky and Tchaikovsky for ЕМI and works bу Prokofieff, Mendelsshon, Debussy, Ovshinnikov, Weinberg and Taktakishivili for Melodiya.Ms. Mdivani has been а successful professor of piano at McGill University since 1992. Her students have а reputation for being solid and consistent pianists. Many of them have won competitions, scholarships and awardsMARINA MDIVANI IN РIANO RESIТALNew York Times (1957-Current; Nov 28, 1963; Pro Quest Historical Newspapers The New York Times)Soviet Performer is Heard in Local Debut at Carnegie .. Marina. Mdivani, the latest Soviet pianist to play here, made her Carnegie Hall debut last night. In a brilliant recital and it should bе said at the outset that she has the stuff of а great pianist.Miss Mdivani is 27 years old. She won the .Marguerite Long competition in Paris. In 1961 and has just completed an eight week. United States tour, her first.Her extraordinary talents are not sensational although for virtuoso technique she takes а back seat to no one. Rather her profile is of. аn intense musicality, rich in temperament, and kept in rein bу а keen intellect. There are. sensational elements - the way she ripped through the octave sections оf the .Liszt В minor Sonаta - but they were not employed to achieve sensational effects, only musical ones. Тhe Liszt. Sonata and Beethoven's 15 Variations and Fugue on а Theme from "Prormetheus" (Ор. 35) showed Мiss Mdivani (which 18 pronounced ~mm-DI-Vahn-ee) at her best , for in both works she soled the technical problems with ease, using. the piano's tonal palette as if it were аn orchestra And she solved the more difficult problem of providing con tinuity with .equal ease. For above аl1 the beautiful pianism in which Miss Mdivani indulged was the feeling of the unbroken arch of the music. This she - manаgеd bу treating the phrases to simple understatements that gave momentary satisfaction while whetting the appetite for mоrе. And when the c1imaxes came, they were not overdone, but one sensed а reserve оf power.Тhe bravura sound did not a1ways jibe with the visual impression, for Miss Mdivani seemed overly self-contained and restrained. With her closecropped dark hair and round childlike о face it seemed incongruous that such а simple bearing should contain such. а tornado of talent.Her. playing is so close to being. completely satisfying it seems ungallant to point out а debit. But there is one and it is that despite the pyrotechnical brilliance, the kind. Of excitement that. pulls the 1istener from his chair is missing. For even in Vyacheslav Ovchinnikov's Chorale, Prelude and Fugue, which was. given its local premiere, she failed to bring down the house. Тhе applause was sustained, but not tumultuous, and it should have been. The piese is а hodge-podge of - Khachaturian, and Rachmaninoff and seem to have been written to make "Islamey" look like "chop-sticks."But for. what. her playing hаs in the way of solid musicality, а tonal control that embraces warm cantabile, shimmering pianissimos' and thunderous fortes, we can forego the explosive brio. Another great pianist hаs arrived. HOWARD КLEIN. [ More Detail ]
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Zara Dolukhanova- Serenade (Tchaikovsky)
Zara Dolukhanova (1918-2007)The Armenian mezzo Zara Dolukhanova made her stage debut in Erevan in 1939, and while she left the operatic stage while still in her 20's, she subsequently built a very enviable concert and radio career that lasted well into the 1970s. Dolukhanova was highly renowned for the breadth of her repertory, from Handel to Haydn to many 20th century composers whose works she championed- including Shostakovich, Gavrilin, Tariverdiev, Weinberg, Shaporin, and Sviridov. After switching from mezzo to soprano in 1963, Dolukhanova also sang the title role in the Russian premiere of Puccini's Suor Angelica. However, she is perhaps best remembered as a bel canto specialist, responsible for bringing to the Russian stage such Rossini operas as L'Italiana in Algeri, Cenerentola, and Semiramide.In the time since my previous upload of Arsace's cavatina from Semiramide, I've received a number of requests for another Dolukhanova recording, so I thought that the intimate chamber setting of the art song would make a welcome contrast (as well as an indicator of the singer's versatility). Dolukhanova's graceful, lilting way with Tchaikovsky's gentle lyricism is quite winsome in the latter's romance "Serenade", Op.63, No.6, with text by Grand Duke Konstantin Romanov. The recording dates from 1950, and Dolukhanova is accompanied by pianist Berta Kozel. An English translation of the romance can be found at the following link:http://www.recmusic.org/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=13801 [ More Detail ]
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ROCKWELL BLAKE, CAREER PROFILE AND INTERVIEW, PT 2
TENOR ROCKWELL BLAKE, CAREER PROFILE AND INTERVIEW, 1987.A TRIBUTE TO A GENTLEMEN RESPONSIBLE FOR THE REVIVAL OF SOME OPERAS UNDONE FROM IT'S PREMIERE, MORE THAN 100 YEARS AGO!!! A UNIQUE VOICE THAT COMES ONCE IN A CENTURY! RESPECT THE GREATS OF MUSIC HISTORY! HIS GLORY DIDN'T CAME FROM RECORDING CONTRACTS OR MEDIA, IT CAME FROM HIS WORK! THIS IS PT 2 OF 2, PT 1 CAN BE FOUND HERE:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPZ0KIEtMIABlake studied music first at the State University of New York (Fredonia) and then at the Catholic University of America. On leaving Catholic University, he served for three years in the United States Navy as a member of the Sea Chanters male chorus and later as a soloist with the US Navy Band. During that time, he continued his voice training with Renata Carisio Booth, who had been his teacher since his school days in Plattsburgh.He made his solo opera debut in 1976 at the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. as Lindoro in Rossini's L'italiana in Algeri, and made his debut at the New York Metropolitan Opera House in 1981 in the same role, with Marilyn Horne as his Isabella. He went on to become one of the leading Rossini singers of his generation, singing regularly at the Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro since his debut there in 1983. He made his La Scala debut in 1992 as Giacomo in La donna del lago. It was La Scala's first production of the opera in 150 years and was staged to mark the bicentenary of Rossini's birth.Although several critics have expressed reservations about the intrinsic timbre of his voice, his two-and-a-half octave range and mastery of florid vocal technique (WITH HIS UNCANNY CONTROL TO ARTICULATE 4 SEPARATE NOTES TO A BEAT AT A 142 METRONOME SPEED)have made him a successful interpreter not only of Rossini's tenor roles but also those in operas by Mozart, Donizetti, Bellini and Handel. Within that repertoire, Blake has sung in over 40 operas, including relative rarities such as Rossini's Zelmira, Mozart's' Zaide, Donizetti's Il Furioso all'Isola San Domingo, Haydn's L'Infedelta Delusa and Boieldieu's La Dame blanche. Blake has also been active in the orchestral and oratorio tenor repertoire, performing in works by Bach, Beethoven, Berlioz, Britten, Handel, Haydn, Mendelssohn, Mozart, Rossini, Saint-Saëns, and Stravinsky.Since 2001 he has increasingly devoted himself to teaching and has given master classes at the Associazione Lirica Concertistica Italiana in Milan, the Conservatoire Nationale de Paris, the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome, Duke University in North Carolina, the State University of New York, the Hamburg Staatsoper, and the Chicago Lyric Opera young artists program.His last appearances on the opera stage were as Uberto in Rossini's La donna del lago (Lisbon, 2005) and as Libenskoff in Rossini's Il viaggio a Reims (Montecarlo, 2005)Prizes and DistinctionsRichard Tucker Award 1978 Cavaliere Ufficiale, Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana 1994 Diapason d'Or de l'Aneé 1994 Honorary Degree - Doctor of Music, State University of New York Victoire de la Musique 1997 Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et Lettres de la République Française 2000 Grand Prix du Palmares des Palmares 2004 [ More Detail ]
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ROCKWELL BLAKE, CAREER PROFILE AND INTERVIEW PART 1
TENOR ROCKWELL BLAKE, CAREER PROFILE AND INTERVIEW PART 1, 1987.A TRIBUTE TO A GENTLEMEN RESPONSIBLE FOR THE REVIVAL OF SOME OPERAS UNDONE FROM IT'S PREMIERE, MORE THAN 100 YEARS AGO!!! A UNIQUE VOICE THAT COMES ONCE IN A CENTURY! RESPECT THE GREATS OF MUSIC HISTORY! HIS GLORY DIDN'T CAME FROM RECORDING CONTRACTS OR MEDIA, IT CAME FROM HIS WORK! THIS IS PT 1 OF 2, PT 2 CAN BE FOUND HERE:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4f-xW0a9GLgBlake studied music first at the State University of New York (Fredonia) and then at the Catholic University of America. On leaving Catholic University, he served for three years in the United States Navy as a member of the Sea Chanters male chorus and later as a soloist with the US Navy Band. During that time, he continued his voice training with Renata Carisio Booth, who had been his teacher since his school days in Plattsburgh.He made his solo opera debut in 1976 at the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. as Lindoro in Rossini's L'italiana in Algeri, and made his debut at the New York Metropolitan Opera House in 1981 in the same role, with Marilyn Horne as his Isabella. He went on to become one of the leading Rossini singers of his generation, singing regularly at the Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro since his debut there in 1983. He made his La Scala debut in 1992 as Giacomo in La donna del lago. It was La Scala's first production of the opera in 150 years and was staged to mark the bicentenary of Rossini's birth.Although several critics have expressed reservations about the intrinsic timbre of his voice, his two-and-a-half octave range and mastery of florid vocal technique (WITH HIS UNCANNY CONTROL TO ARTICULATE 4 SEPARATE NOTES TO A BEAT AT A 142 METRONOME SPEED)have made him a successful interpreter not only of Rossini's tenor roles but also those in operas by Mozart, Donizetti, Bellini and Handel. Within that repertoire, Blake has sung in over 40 operas, including relative rarities such as Rossini's Zelmira, Mozart's' Zaide, Donizetti's Il Furioso all'Isola San Domingo, Haydn's L'Infedelta Delusa and Boieldieu's La Dame blanche. Blake has also been active in the orchestral and oratorio tenor repertoire, performing in works by Bach, Beethoven, Berlioz, Britten, Handel, Haydn, Mendelssohn, Mozart, Rossini, Saint-Saëns, and Stravinsky.Since 2001 he has increasingly devoted himself to teaching and has given master classes at the Associazione Lirica Concertistica Italiana in Milan, the Conservatoire Nationale de Paris, the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome, Duke University in North Carolina, the State University of New York, the Hamburg Staatsoper, and the Chicago Lyric Opera young artists program.His last appearances on the opera stage were as Uberto in Rossini's La donna del lago (Lisbon, 2005) and as Libenskoff in Rossini's Il viaggio a Reims (Montecarlo, 2005)Prizes and DistinctionsRichard Tucker Award 1978 Cavaliere Ufficiale, Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana 1994 Diapason d'Or de l'Aneé 1994 Honorary Degree - Doctor of Music, State University of New York Victoire de la Musique 1997 Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et Lettres de la République Française 2000 Grand Prix du Palmares des Palmares 2004 [ More Detail ]
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ROCKWELL BLAKE SINGS "POPPOLI DELL'EGITTO" FROM IL CROCIATO
A VERY YOUNG (AT 28) ROCKWELL BLAKE SINGS "POPPOLI DELL'EGITTO" FROM MEYERBEER'S "IL CROCIATO IN EGITTO".AFTER ALL THE WRITTEN C's AND D's, A BIG HIGH D AT THE END, JUST TO LET US KNOW WHO'S THE BOSS!!!CARNEGIE HALL, 1979Blake studied music first at the State University of New York (Fredonia) and then at the Catholic University of America. On leaving Catholic University, he served for three years in the United States Navy as a member of the Sea Chanters male chorus and later as a soloist with the US Navy Band. During that time, he continued his voice training with Renata Carisio Booth, who had been his teacher since his school days in Plattsburgh.He made his solo opera debut in 1976 at the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. as Lindoro in Rossini's L'italiana in Algeri, and made his debut at the New York Metropolitan Opera House in 1981 in the same role, with Marilyn Horne as his Isabella. He went on to become one of the leading Rossini singers of his generation, singing regularly at the Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro since his debut there in 1983. He made his La Scala debut in 1992 as Giacomo in La donna del lago. It was La Scala's first production of the opera in 150 years and was staged to mark the bicentenary of Rossini's birth.Although several critics have expressed reservations about the intrinsic timbre of his voice, his two-and-a-half octave range and mastery of florid vocal technique have made him a successful interpreter not only of Rossini's tenor roles but also those in operas by Mozart, Donizetti, Bellini and Handel. Within that repertoire, Blake has sung in over 40 operas, including relative rarities such as Rossini's Zelmira, Mozart's' Zaide, Donizetti's Il Furioso all'Isola San Domingo, Haydn's L'Infedelta Delusa and Boieldieu's La Dame blanche. Blake has also been active in the orchestral and oratorio tenor repertoire, performing in works by Bach, Beethoven, Berlioz, Britten, Handel, Haydn, Mendelssohn, Mozart, Rossini, Saint-Saëns, and Stravinsky.Since 2001 he has increasingly devoted himself to teaching and has given master classes at the Associazione Lirica Concertistica Italiana in Milan, the Conservatoire Nationale de Paris, the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome, Duke University in North Carolina, the State University of New York, the Hamburg Staatsoper, and the Chicago Lyric Opera young artists program.His last appearances on the opera stage were as Uberto in Rossini's La donna del lago (Lisbon, 2005) and as Libenskoff in Rossini's Il viaggio a Reims (Montecarlo, 2005)Prizes and DistinctionsRichard Tucker Award 1978 Cavaliere Ufficiale, Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana 1994 Diapason d'Or de l'Aneé 1994 Honorary Degree - Doctor of Music, State University of New York Victoire de la Musique 1997 Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et Lettres de la République Française 2000 Grand Prix du Palmares des Palmares 2004 [ More Detail ]
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Brentano String Quartet / Mendelssohn Op. 80 (part 2)
Quartet for Strings no 6 in F minor, Op. 80 by Felix MendelssohnMark Steinberg, violinSerena Canin, violinMisha Amory, violaNina Maria Lee, celloSince its inception in 1992, the Brentano String Quartet has appeared throughout the world to popular and critical acclaim. "Passionate, uninhibited and spellbinding," raves the London Independent; the New York Times extols its "luxuriously warm sound [and] yearning lyricism"; the Philadelphia Inquirer praises its "seemingly infallible instincts for finding the center of gravity in every phrase and musical gesture"; and the Times (London) opines, "the Brentanos are a magnificent string quartet...This was wonderful, selfless music-making." Within a few years of its formation, the Quartet garnered the first Cleveland Quartet Award and the Naumburg Chamber Music Award; and in 1996 the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center invited them to be the inaugural members of Chamber Music Society Two, a program which has become a coveted distinction for chamber groups and individuals ever since. The Quartet had its first European tour in 1997, and was honored in the U.K. with the Royal Philharmonic Award for Most Outstanding Debut. That debut recital was at London's Wigmore Hall, and the Quartet has continued its warm relationship with Wigmore, appearing there regularly and serving as the hall's Quartet-in-residence in the 2000-01 season.In recent seasons the Quartet has traveled widely, appearing all over the United States and Canada, in Europe, Japan and Australia. It has performed in the world's most prestigious venues, including Carnegie Hall and Alice Tully Hall in New York; the Library of Congress in Washington; the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam; the Konzerthaus in Vienna; Suntory Hall in Tokyo; and the Sydney Opera House. The Quartet has participated in summer festivals such as Aspen, the Music Academy of the West in Santa Barbara, the Edinburgh Festival, the Kuhmo Festival in Finland, the Taos School of Music and the Caramoor Festival.In addition to performing the entire two-century range of the standard quartet repertoire, the Brentano Quartet has a strong interest in both very old and very new music. It has performed many musical works pre-dating the string quartet as a medium, among them Madrigals of Gesualdo, Fantasias of Purcell, and secular vocal works of Josquin. Also, the quartet has worked closely with some of the most important composers of our time, among them Elliot Carter, Charles Wuorinen, Chou Wen-chung, Steven Mackey, Bruce Adolphe, and György Kurtág. The Quartet has commissioned works from Wuorinen, Adolphe, Mackey, David Horne and Gabriela Frank. The Quartet celebrated its tenth anniversary in 2002 by commissioning ten composers to write companion pieces for selections from Bach's Art of Fugue, the result of which was an electrifying and wide-ranging single concert program. The Quartet has also worked with the celebrated poet Mark Strand, commissioning poetry from him to accompany works of Haydn and Webern.The Quartet has been privileged to collaborate with such artists as soprano Jessye Norman, pianist Richard Goode, and pianist Mitsuko Uchida. The Quartet enjoys an especially close relationship with Ms. Uchida, appearing with her on stages in the United States, Europe, and Japan.The Quartet has recorded the Opus 71 Quartets of Haydn, and has also recorded a Mozart disc for Aeon Records, consisting of the K. 464 Quartet and the K. 593 Quintet, with violist Hsin-Yun Huang. In the area of newer music, the Quartet has released a disc of the music of Steven Mackey on Albany Records, and has also recorded the music of Bruce Adolphe, Chou Wen-chung and Charles Wuorinen.In 1998, cellist Nina Lee joined the Quartet, succeeding founding member Michael Kannen. The following season the Quartet became the first Resident String Quartet at Princeton University. The Quartet's duties at the University are wide-ranging, including performances at least once a semester, as well as workshops with graduate composers, coaching undergraduates in chamber music, and assisting in other classes at the Music Department.The Quartet is named for Antonie Brentano, whom many scholars consider to be Beethoven's "Immortal Beloved", the intended recipient of his famous love confession. [ More Detail ]
Brentano String Quartet / Mendelssohn Op. 80
Quartet for Strings no 6 in F minor, Op. 80 by Felix Mendelssohn Mark Steinberg, violinSerena Canin, violinMisha Amory, violaNina Maria Lee, celloSince its inception in 1992, the Brentano String Quartet has appeared throughout the world to popular and critical acclaim. "Passionate, uninhibited and spellbinding," raves the London Independent; the New York Times extols its "luxuriously warm sound [and] yearning lyricism"; the Philadelphia Inquirer praises its "seemingly infallible instincts for finding the center of gravity in every phrase and musical gesture"; and the Times (London) opines, "the Brentanos are a magnificent string quartet...This was wonderful, selfless music-making." Within a few years of its formation, the Quartet garnered the first Cleveland Quartet Award and the Naumburg Chamber Music Award; and in 1996 the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center invited them to be the inaugural members of Chamber Music Society Two, a program which has become a coveted distinction for chamber groups and individuals ever since. The Quartet had its first European tour in 1997, and was honored in the U.K. with the Royal Philharmonic Award for Most Outstanding Debut. That debut recital was at London's Wigmore Hall, and the Quartet has continued its warm relationship with Wigmore, appearing there regularly and serving as the hall's Quartet-in-residence in the 2000-01 season.In recent seasons the Quartet has traveled widely, appearing all over the United States and Canada, in Europe, Japan and Australia. It has performed in the world's most prestigious venues, including Carnegie Hall and Alice Tully Hall in New York; the Library of Congress in Washington; the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam; the Konzerthaus in Vienna; Suntory Hall in Tokyo; and the Sydney Opera House. The Quartet has participated in summer festivals such as Aspen, the Music Academy of the West in Santa Barbara, the Edinburgh Festival, the Kuhmo Festival in Finland, the Taos School of Music and the Caramoor Festival.In addition to performing the entire two-century range of the standard quartet repertoire, the Brentano Quartet has a strong interest in both very old and very new music. It has performed many musical works pre-dating the string quartet as a medium, among them Madrigals of Gesualdo, Fantasias of Purcell, and secular vocal works of Josquin. Also, the quartet has worked closely with some of the most important composers of our time, among them Elliot Carter, Charles Wuorinen, Chou Wen-chung, Steven Mackey, Bruce Adolphe, and György Kurtág. The Quartet has commissioned works from Wuorinen, Adolphe, Mackey, David Horne and Gabriela Frank. The Quartet celebrated its tenth anniversary in 2002 by commissioning ten composers to write companion pieces for selections from Bach's Art of Fugue, the result of which was an electrifying and wide-ranging single concert program. The Quartet has also worked with the celebrated poet Mark Strand, commissioning poetry from him to accompany works of Haydn and Webern.The Quartet has been privileged to collaborate with such artists as soprano Jessye Norman, pianist Richard Goode, and pianist Mitsuko Uchida. The Quartet enjoys an especially close relationship with Ms. Uchida, appearing with her on stages in the United States, Europe, and Japan.The Quartet has recorded the Opus 71 Quartets of Haydn, and has also recorded a Mozart disc for Aeon Records, consisting of the K. 464 Quartet and the K. 593 Quintet, with violist Hsin-Yun Huang. In the area of newer music, the Quartet has released a disc of the music of Steven Mackey on Albany Records, and has also recorded the music of Bruce Adolphe, Chou Wen-chung and Charles Wuorinen.In 1998, cellist Nina Lee joined the Quartet, succeeding founding member Michael Kannen. The following season the Quartet became the first Resident String Quartet at Princeton University. The Quartet's duties at the University are wide-ranging, including performances at least once a semester, as well as workshops with graduate composers, coaching undergraduates in chamber music, and assisting in other classes at the Music Department.The Quartet is named for Antonie Brentano, whom many scholars consider to be Beethoven's "Immortal Beloved", the intended recipient of his famous love confession. [ More Detail ]
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