Articles tagged 'Tchaikovsky'
Two concerts
Some concerts are like encyclopedias or history lessons.
Cincinnati Rides Tchaikovsky Warhorses to the Big Apple
The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra’s January 6th concert in New York’s Lincoln Center spotlighted two major works by Russia’s pre-eminent Romantic composer in an all-Tchaikovsky program featuring his Piano Concerto No. 1 and his Fifth Symphony.
Cincinnati Rides Tchaikovsky Warhorses to the Big Apple
The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra’s January 6th concert in New York’s Lincoln Center spotlighted two major works by Russia’s pre-eminent Romantic composer in an all-Tchaikovsky program featuring his Piano Concerto No. 1 and his Fifth Symphony.
(Dis)Arrangements 4: Mozart and Tchaikovsky
Mozart’s arrangements take slight liberties: His sources strayed from Bach’s original, not because Mozart thought to make improvements.
(Dis)Arrangements 4: Mozart and Tchaikovsky
Mozart’s arrangements take slight liberties: His sources strayed from Bach’s original, not because Mozart thought to make improvements.
(Dis)Arrangements 3: Shostakovich Preludes
To accompany their Brandenburg Concerto release, Ensemble Caprice’s director arranged six preludes and one fugue from Op. 87 in complementary instrumentation. It doesn’t sound like Shostakovich – more like polytonal Rameau.
(Dis)Arrangements 3: Shostakovich Preludes
To accompany their Brandenburg Concerto release, Ensemble Caprice’s director arranged six preludes and one fugue from Op. 87 in complementary instrumentation. It doesn’t sound like Shostakovich – more like polytonal Rameau.
String Theory 7: 32 Quartets, etc.
Naxos’ third installment of Coates’ quartets delivers what appears to be her most recent quartet.
String Theory 7: 32 Quartets, etc.
Naxos’ third installment of Coates’ quartets delivers what appears to be her most recent quartet.
Piano Factory 6.
Played in keeping with the epoch, Casals renders Blasco de Nebra’s unexpected dissonance and striking rhythms as the more exciting.
Piano Factory 6.
Played in keeping with the epoch, Casals renders Blasco de Nebra’s unexpected dissonance and striking rhythms as the more exciting.
Mostly Symphonies 3.
“…[W]e still sorely missed the symphonie that Rameau never wrote. And so we created it ourselves.”
Mostly Symphonies 3.
“…[W]e still sorely missed the symphonie that Rameau never wrote. And so we created it ourselves.”
Things That Are Not Quite What They Seem
Humor in music is a delicate business. Everybody involved — composer, performer and audience — must be familiar with a library’s worth of background in order to savor a moment-long gag.
Things That Are Not Quite What They Seem
Humor in music is a delicate business. Everybody involved — composer, performer and audience — must be familiar with a library’s worth of background in order to savor a moment-long gag.
Koussy’s Tchaikovsky
Has Koussevitsky’s turn come? Overflowing CD bins feature such luminaries of the 1930s and 1940s as Toscanini, Furtwangler, Stokowski, Mengelberg, but until fairly recently Koussevitsky CDs have been hard to come by.
Koussy’s Tchaikovsky
Has Koussevitsky’s turn come? Overflowing CD bins feature such luminaries of the 1930s and 1940s as Toscanini, Furtwangler, Stokowski, Mengelberg, but until fairly recently Koussevitsky CDs have been hard to come by.