DOCSLIB.ORG

October 17, 2018: (Full-Page Version) Close Window “The Only Love Affair I Have Ever Had Was with Music.” —Maurice Ravel

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
October 17, 2018: (Full-Page Version) Close Window “The Only Love Affair I Have Ever Had Was with Music.” —Maurice Ravel October 17, 2018: (Full-page version) Close Window “The only love affair I have ever had was with music.” —Maurice Ravel Start Buy CD Program Composer Title Performers Record Label Stock Number Barcode Time online Sleepers, Fernandez/English Chamber 00:01 Buy Now! Vivaldi Lute Concerto in D, RV 93 London 289 455 364 028945536422 Awake! Orchestra/Malcolm 00:13 Buy Now! Haydn Symphony No. 059 in A, "Fire" English Concert/Pinnock Archiv 427 661 028942766129 00:32 Buy Now! Fauré Violin Sonata No. 1 in A, Op. 13 Mintz/Bronfman DG 423 065 028942306523 01:01 Buy Now! Suppe Overture ~ Poet and Peasant Philharmonia/Boughton Nimbus 5120 083603512026 01:11 Buy Now! Gabrieli, D. Ricercar II in A minor Anner Bylsma DHM 7978 054727797828 01:22 Buy Now! Howells Rhapsody in D flat, Op. 17 No. 1 Christopher Jacobson Pentatone 5186 577 827949057762 Hoffmann, German Chamber Academy of 01:28 Buy Now! Harlequin Ballet cpo 999 606 761203960620 E.T.A. Neuss/Goritzki 02:01 Buy Now! Brahms Cello Sonata No. 2 in F, Op. 99 Harrell/Kovacevich EMI 56440 724355644022 02:29 Buy Now! Bach Prelude in E flat, BWV 552 Läubin Brass Ensemble DG 423 988 028942398825 Rimsky- 02:39 Buy Now! Suite ~ The Tale of Tsar Saltan, Op. 57 Suisse Romande Orchestra/Ansermet London 443 464 02894434642 Korsakov 02:59 Buy Now! Chopin Polonaise in A flat, Op. 53 "Heroic" Biret Naxos www.theclassicalstation.org n/a 03:08 Buy Now! Dvorak Symphony No. 7 in D minor, Op. 70 Vienna Philharmonic/Kubelik Decca 289 466 994 028946699423 03:45 Buy Now! Strauss, R. Romance in F for Cello & Orchestra Maisky/Paris Orchestra/Bychkov DG 435 781 028943578127 03:59 Buy Now! Haydn, M. Symphony No. 41 in F Bournemouth Sinfonietta/Farberman MMG 7124 04716371242 04:17 Buy Now! Vivaldi Four Seasons Menuhin/Camerata Lysy/Lysy EMI 89486 N/A 04:59 Buy Now! Dowland Works for lute Julian Bream RCA 61584 090266158423 05:13 Buy Now! Brahms Hungarian Dances No. 15 - 21 Tal/Groethuysen Sony 53285 07464532852 Rise and 05:29 Buy Now! Heinichen Concerto in E minor for Two Oboes Stadler/Herrle/Fiori Musicali/Albert CPO 999 637 n/a Shine! 05:38 Buy Now! Grieg Two Norwegian Dances, Op. 63 Moscow Soloists/Bashmet RCA Red Seal 60368 090266036820 05:51 Buy Now! Fill Music: anncr selects Academy of St. Martin-in-the- 06:01 Buy Now! Rossini Overture ~ Cinderella EMI 49155 077774915526 Fields/Marriner 06:09 Buy Now! Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 20 in G, Op. 49 No. 2 Stephen Bishop Kovacevich EMI Classics 57131 724355713124 06:18 Buy Now! Telemann Violin Concerto No. 3 in D Brown/Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields Philips 411 125 028941112521 06:24 Buy Now! Mozart Symphony in C, K. 111b Prague Chamber Orch/Mackerras Telarc 80300 089408030024 06:36 Buy Now! Gottschalk Souvenir of Puerto Rico Leonard Pennario Angel 64667 077776466729 06:43 Buy Now! Ravel Mother Goose Suite Cincinnati Symphony/P. Jarvi Telarc 80601 089408060120 Rimsky- 07:01 Buy Now! Procession of the Nobles ~ Mlada Boston Pops/Fiedler RCA 60700 090266070022 Korsakov 07:06 Buy Now! Vivaldi Concerto in A for Strings, RV 158 Tafelmusik/Lamon Analekta 23171 774204317126 Milton Keynes Chamber Orch/Davan Unicorn- 07:14 Buy Now! Potter Finale (Allegro) ~ Symphony No. 10 in G minor 9091 053068909129 Wetton Kanchana 07:22 Buy Now! Haydn Notturno No. 5 in C The Music Party/Hacker London 458 075 028945807522 07:36 Buy Now! Mendelssohn Overture ~ Athalia, Op. 74 Bamberg Symphony/Flor RCA 7905 0786357905 07:45 Buy Now! Dvorak Slavonic Dance in D, Op. 46 No. 6 Philharmonia/Davis Sony 88725409112 887254091127 07:52 Buy Now! Schubert Impromptu in A flat, D. 935 No. 2 Wibi Soerjadi Philips 454 149 028945414928 08:01 Buy Now! Cherubini Overture ~ Anacreon Berlin Philharmonic/Karajan EMI 74764 724357476423 08:13 Buy Now! Copland Sunday Traffic ~ Music for Movies New Philharmonia/Copland Sony 70047 886977004728 08:17 Buy Now! Borodin Dance of the Polovtsian Maidens ~ Prince Igor Philharmonia/Simon CALA 1029 667549102925 08:20 Buy Now! Purcell The Fairy Queen: Suite Solid Brass Dorian 90108 053479010827 Finale (Allegro) ~ Symphony No. 39 in E flat, K. 08:28 Buy Now! Mozart Orchestra Mozart/Abbado DG 479 3216 028947932161 543 08:37 Buy Now! Fucik Danube Voices Waltz Czech Philharmonic/Neuman Teldec 8.42337 N/A 08:49 Buy Now! Fill Music: anncr selects 09:01 Buy Now! Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat, Op. 73 "Emperor" Kovacevich/London Symphony/Davis Philips 422 482 028942248229 09:42 Buy Now! Sibelius Valse triste, Op. 44 No. 1 Boston Symphony/Ashkenazy Decca 473 590 028947359029 Anima 09:49 Buy Now! Leclair Sonata in A for two violins, Op. 3 No. 2 Anima Concordia 10022 4571232870229 Concordia Classical Café 10:01 Buy Now! Tchaikovsky Orchestral Suite No. 4 in G, Op. 61 "Mozartiana" Stuttgart Radio Symphony/Marriner Capriccio 10200 4006408102007 10:27 Buy Now! Dyson Pastoral ~ Children's Suite after Walter de la Mare City of London Sinfonia/Hickox Chandos 241-35 095115243527 10:33 Buy Now! Clementi Symphony No. 4 in D Philharmonia/d'Avalos ASV 247 743625024722 11:01 Buy Now! Bach Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565 Cincinnati Pops/Kunzel Telarc 80129 089408012921 11:11 Buy Now! Giuliani Rossiniana No. 2, Op. 121 David Russell Telarc 80525 089408052521 11:28 Buy Now! Verdi Prelude ~ La traviata, Act III Philharmonia/Karajan EMI 65914 724356591424 11:33 Buy Now! Mozart Piano Concerto No. 15 in B flat, K. 450 Perahia/English Chamber Orch Sony 37824 07464378242 12:00 Buy Now! Liszt Liebestraum No. 3 in A flat Kun Woo Paik EMI 76773 724347677328 12:07 Buy Now! Prokofiev Lieutenant Kije Suite, Op. 60 Dallas Symphony/Mata RCA 5168 07863551682 12:27 Buy Now! Coates The Three Bears East of England Orchestra/Nabarro ASV 2053 743625205329 12:39 Buy Now! Fill Music: anncr selects 12:50 Buy Now! Harbach Rhapsody Jardine for Oboe and String Orchestra Libby/Slovak Radio Symphony/Trevor MSR 1252 681585125229 As You Like It 13:01 Buy Now! Berlioz Waverley Overture, Op. 1 Dresden State Orchestra/Davis RCA 65839 828766583922 Dance No. 2 ~ Three Dances for Violin and 13:13 Buy Now! Howells Mordkovitch/London Symphony/Hickox Chandos 241-35 095115243527 Orchestra, Op. 7 13:21 Buy Now! Mendelssohn String Symphony No. 11 in F London Festival Orchestra/Pople Hyperion 66561 034571165615 14:00 Buy Now! Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G, BWV 1049 Il Giardino Armonico/Antonini Teldec 6019 745099844226 14:16 Buy Now! Puccini Symphonic Prelude in A La Scala Philharmonic/Muti Sony Classical 63025 074946302521 Symphony No. 2 in C minor, Op. 17 "Little 14:27 Buy Now! Tchaikovsky Philharmonia/Muti Brilliant Classics 99792/2 5028421979229 Russian" 15:01 Buy Now! Grieg Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16 Kovacevich/BBC Symphony/Davis Philips 438 380 02894388023 15:32 Buy Now! Offenbach Barcarolle ~ The Tales of Hoffmann Dresden State Orchestra/Varviso Decca B0013881 028947823858 Channel 15:37 Buy Now! Mozart Violin Sonata in B flat, K. 454 Podger/Cooper 6212 723385621225 Classics Allegro! 16:00 Buy Now! Rossini Overture ~ The Barber of Seville London Classical Players/Norrington EMI 54091 077775 40912 Wolfgang/Brewer/Orpheus Chamber 16:08 Buy Now! Handel Largo ~ Xerxes DG 439 147 028943914727 Orchestra 16:12 Buy Now! Van Bree Allegro in D minor for Four String Quartets Viotta Ensemble/Liberman NM Classics 92035 8713309920352 16:24 Buy Now! Bizet Two Dances ~ The Fair Maid of Perth Cincinnati Pops/Kunzel Vox 5130 047163513022 16:32 Buy Now! Ravel Pavane for a Dead Princess Royal Concertgebouw/Giulini Sony Classical 66832 074646683224 2nd mvt (Andante cantabile) ~ Piano Trio in C 16:40 Buy Now! Beethoven Trio Elegiaque Brilliant Classics 94327 5028421943275 minor, Op. 1 No. 3 16:48 Buy Now! Boyce Concerto Grosso in B flat Cantilena/Shepherd Chandos CHAN 6541 095115654125 Von der Goltz/Freiburg Baroque 17:01 Buy Now! Vivaldi Violin Concerto in C, RV 180 “Pleasure” DHM 77384 054727738425 Orchestra/Harp Consort Musicians 17:10 Buy Now! Bach, C.P.E. Trio Sonata in B minor Hanoverian Ensemble 1081 681585108222 Showcase 2nd mvt (Allegro con grazia) ~ Symphony No. 6 17:20 Buy Now! Tchaikovsky Polish National Radio Symphony/Wit Naxos 8.554337-38 636943433720 in B minor, Op. 74 "Pathetique" 17:30 Buy Now! Strauss Jr. Lures (Waltz), Op. 118 Czecho-Slovak State Philharmonic/Walter Marco Polo 8.223224 73009932242 17:37 Buy Now! Sibelius Finlandia, Op. 26 Cleveland Orchestra/Levi Telarc 80095 N/A Schwarz/Y Chamber Symphony of New 17:46 Buy Now! Telemann Trumpet Concerto No. 1 in D Delos 3002 n/a York 17:55 Buy Now! Grieg Symphonic Dance, Op. 64 No. 2 Royal Philharmonic/Beecham EMI 66966 724356696624 18:01 Buy Now! Strauss, R. Serenade in E flat, Op. 7 Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra/Fennell Kosei 2712 n/a 18:11 Buy Now! Haydn Piano Trio No. 23 in E flat Stern/Rose/Istomin Sony 64516 074646451625 4th mvt (Gypsy Rondo) ~ Piano Quartet No. 1 in 18:23 Buy Now! Brahms Ma/Stern/Laredo/Ax Sony Classical 93927 82796939720 G minor, Op. 25 Amsterdam Combattimento 18:32 Buy Now! Wassenaer Concerto in A NM Classics 92030 N/A Consort/Vriend 18:42 Buy Now! Fill Music: anncr selects 18:52 Buy Now! Fauré Elegie, Op. 24 du Pre/Moore EMI 65955 724356595521 WCPE Prelude ~ Khovanshchina, "Dawn over the 19:01 Buy Now! Mussorgsky Atlanta Symphony/Levi Telarc Digital 80296 089408029622 Concert Hall Moscow River" Harmonia 19:07 Buy Now! Vivaldi Cello Concerto in G, RV 415 Dieltiens/Ensemble Explorations 901655 794881441525 Mundi 19:19 Buy Now! Magnard Symphony No.
Load more

Recommended publications
  • 8D09d17db6e0f577e57756d021
    rus «Как дуб вырастает из желудя, так и вся русская симфоническая музыка повела свое начало из “Камаринской” Глинки», – писал П.И. Чайковский. Основоположник русской национальной композиторской школы Михаил Иванович Глинка с детства любил оркестр и предпочитал сим- фоническую музыку всякой другой (оркестром из крепостных музы- кантов владел дядя будущего композитора, живший неподалеку от его родового имения Новоспасское). Первые пробы пера в оркестро- вой музыке относятся к первой половине 1820-х гг.; уже в них юный композитор уходит от инструментального озвучивания популярных песен и танцев в духе «бальной музыки» того времени, но ориентируясь на образцы высокого классицизма, стремится освоить форму увертюры и симфонии с использованием народно-песенного материала. Эти опыты, многие из которых остались незаконченными, были для Глинки лишь учебными «эскизами», но они сыграли важную роль в формирова- нии его композиторского стиля. 7 rus rus Уже в увертюрах и балетных фрагментах опер «Жизнь за царя» (1836) Александр Сергеевич Даргомыжский был младшим современником и «Руслан и Людмила» (1842) Глинка демонстрирует блестящее вла- и последователем Глинки в деле становления и развития русской про- дение оркестровым письмом. Особенно характерна в этом отноше- фессиональной музыкальной культуры. На репетициях «Жизни за царя» нии увертюра к «Руслану»: поистине моцартовская динамичность, он познакомился с автором оперы; сам Глинка, отметив выдающиеся «солнечный» жизнерадостный тонус (по словам автора, она «летит музыкальные способности юноши, передал ему свои тетради музыкаль- на всех парусах») сочетается в ней с интенсивнейшим мотивно- ных упражнений, над которыми работал вместе с немецким теоретиком тематическим развитием. Как и «Восточные танцы» из IV действия, Зигфридом Деном. Даргомыжский известен, прежде всего, как оперный она превратилась в яркий концертный номер. Но к подлинному сим- и вокальный композитор; между тем оркестровое творчество по-своему фоническому творчеству Глинка обратился лишь в последнее десяти- отражает его композиторскую индивидуальность.
    [Show full text]
  • Armenian Orchestral Music Tigran Arakelyan a Dissertation Submitted
    Armenian Orchestral Music Tigran Arakelyan A dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Musical Arts University of Washington 2016 Reading Committee: David Alexander Rahbee, Chair JoAnn Taricani Timothy Salzman Program Authorized to Offer Degree: School of Music ©Copyright 2016 Tigran Arakelyan University of Washington Abstract Armenian Orchestral Music Tigran Arakelyan Chair of the Supervisory Committee: Dr. David Alexander Rahbee School of Music The goal of this dissertation is to make available all relevant information about orchestral music by Armenian composers—including composers of Armenian descent—as well as the history pertaining to these composers and their works. This dissertation will serve as a unifying element in bringing the Armenians in the diaspora and in the homeland together through the power of music. The information collected for each piece includes instrumentation, duration, publisher information, and other details. This research will be beneficial for music students, conductors, orchestra managers, festival organizers, cultural event planning and those studying the influences of Armenian folk music in orchestral writing. It is especially intended to be useful in searching for music by Armenian composers for thematic and cultural programing, as it should aid in the acquisition of parts from publishers. In the early part of the 20th century, Armenian people were oppressed by the Ottoman government and a mass genocide against Armenians occurred. Many Armenians fled
    [Show full text]
  • Read the LIVE 2018 Disc 8 Notes
    MILY BALAKIREV (1837–1910) Octet for Winds, Strings, and Piano, op. 3 (1855–1856) As a child, Mily Balakirev demonstrated promising musical Creative Capitals 2018: Liner notes, disc 8. aptitude and enjoyed the support of Aleksandr Ulïbïshev [pro- nounced Uluh- BYSHev], the most prominent musical figure The sixteenth edition of Music@Menlo LIVE visits seven of and patron in his native city of Nizhny Novgorod. Ulïbïshev, Western music’s most flourishing Creative Capitals—London, the author of books on Mozart and Beethoven, introduced the Paris, St. Petersburg, Leipzig, Berlin, Budapest, and Vienna. young Balakirev to music by those composers as well as by Cho- Each disc explores the music that has emanated from these cul- pin and Mikhail Glinka. In 1855, Balakirev traveled to St. Peters- tural epicenters, comprising an astonishingly diverse repertoire burg, where Ulïbïshev introduced him to Glinka himself. Glinka spanning some three hundred years that together largely forms became a consequential mentor to the eighteen-year-old pianist the canon of Western music. Many of history’s greatest com- and composer. That year also saw numerous important con- posers have helped to define the spirit of these flagship cities cert appearances for Balakirev. In February, he performed in St. through their music, and in this edition of recordings, Music@ Petersburg as the soloist in the first movement of a projected Menlo celebrates the many artistic triumphs that have emerged piano concerto; later that spring, also in St. Petersburg, he gave from the fertile ground of these Creative Capitals. a concert of his own solo piano and chamber compositions.
    [Show full text]
  • Celebrating Beethoven at 250 Powerful Concerts • Brilliant Musicians No Radio? No Problem! Find Us on Facebook, Twitter and at Wpr.Org
    Season 31 June 18 - September 6, 2021 M MCelebrating Beethoven at 250 Powerful Concerts • Brilliant Musicians No radio? No problem! Find us on Facebook, Twitter and at wpr.org. 2 Midsummer’s Music Providing comprehensive piano service to Midsummer’s Music Festival No radio? No problem! Find us on Facebook, Twitter and at wpr.org. Potluck Piano Peter Nehlsen 1141 Old West Harbor Rd. Washington Island, WI 54246 920-535-0108 Season 31 3 About Midsummer’s Music Founded in 1990, Midsummer’s Music has been bringing chamber music to Door County, Wisconsin, audiences for more than three decades. Our “exciting, pulse-pounding and riveting” concerts include international premieres and feature world-class artists. Our unique and diverse cultural, historical, and scenic musical experiences touch tens of thousands of listeners each year via live performances, radio, and social media. A multi-faceted organization featuring collaborations with local organizations and institutions, we attract musicians from Chicago’s Lyric Opera, Chicago Symphony, Milwaukee Symphony, St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, Ravinia Festival, and Pro Arte Quartet, among others. Our resident string quartet, the Griffon String Quartet, enriches the lives of children and adults throughout northeast Wisconsin through concerts, workshops, and music education. Collaborations include Write On, Door County and Woodwalk Gallery involving poets and artists who create original works based on the music that inspired them, and the Celebrate Water initiative which is a major programming commitment to bring awareness to water supply protection. Midsummer’s Music attracts increasing admiration and respect from around the country, while still gaining the affection of local Door County audiences.
    [Show full text]
  • 2009-2010 Richard Beattie Davis Memorial Concert
    Upcoming Events FROM THE TRUMPET STUDIO OF MARC REESE Friday, Feb. 5 - Marc Reese and his students join recent alumni performing solo and trumpet ensemble repertoire as they prepare to head to Virginia to compete in the National Trumpet Competition. Come cheer them on! Be sure to bring your trumpet and join them on stage for the grand finale. Location: Amarnick-Goldstein Concert Hall Tickets: $10 Time: 7:30 p.m. MOSTLY MUSIC: HAYDN Sunday, Feb. 7 Mostly Music is a unique concert series whose purpose is to better acquaint audiences not only with the music, but also with the lives and artistic development of the Western world's greatest composers. Between musical compositions, actors read excerpts of personal letters written by the featured composers around the same Richard Beattie Davis period as the music to be performed. These composers wer e geniuses but they too lived with all the joys, frailties and frustrations common to humanity. These concerts feature Lynn Conservatory’s faculty members, chamber orchestra and students in addition to guest artists. Mostly Music is conceived and hosted b y Memorial Concert Marshall Turkin and staged by Jan McArt. Franz Joseph Haydn (1732 -1809) lived in an era when musicians were considered servants like other hired help in the household, but he lived on to play an integral role in the creation and development of the great Classical style, inspiring Mozart and teaching Beethoven. Location: Amarnick-Goldstein Concert Hall Tickets: $20 Time: 4 p.m. STUDENT RECITALS Tuesday, Feb. 9 5:30 p.m. Mauricio Murcia, clarinet master of music recital 7:30 p.m.
    [Show full text]
  • An Historical and Analytical Survey of the Transcendental Etudes By
    AN HISTORICAL AND ANALYTICAL SURVEY OF THE TRANSCENDENTAL ETUDES BY SERGEI LIAPUNOV Igor Chernyshev, B.A., M.M. Dissertation Prepared for the Degree of DOCTOR OF MUSICAL ARTS UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS August 2007 APPROVED: Joseph Banowetz, Major Professor Adam Wodnicki, Committee Member Jeffrey Snider, Committee Member Lynn Eustis, Chair of the Graduate Performance Degrees Committee Graham Phipps, Director of Graduate Studies in the College of Music James C. Scott, Dean of the College of Music Sandra L. Terrell, Dean of the Robert B. Toulouse School of Graduate Studies Chernyshev, Igor. An historical and analytical survey of the Transcendental Etudes by Sergei Liapunov. Doctor of Musical Arts (Performance), August 2007, 41 pages, 32 musical examples, references, 19 titles. Sergei Mikhailovich Liapunov (1859-1924) was a distinguished Russian composer, pianist and teacher of the late 19th and early 20th century whose works are relatively unknown. His piano pieces were highly regarded and performed by pianists such as Konstantin Igumnov, Josef Hofmann, Josef Lhévinne, Ferruccio Busoni, and Vladimir Horowitz. However, they are rarely included in modern pianists’ repertoire both in Russia and abroad, and are often viewed merely for their historic significance. Works of Liapunov are characterized by a life-affirming character and monumental beauty largely inspired by the images of nature as well as the sounds of his native Russian folk songs and dances. His music rarely conveys the urgency or profound melancholy which is often seen in the music composed during the same period by Rachmaninoff and Scriabin. Liapunov continued and enriched the great traditions of Russian music started by Glinka and The Mighty Five.
    [Show full text]
  • A Performance Guide to Liszt's 12 Transcendental Etudes, S
    A Performance Guide to Liszt’s 12 Transcendental Etudes, S. 139 By Han Wang Submitted to the graduate degree program in the School of Music and the Graduate Faculty of the University of Kansas in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Musical Arts. Chair: Steven Spooner Michael Kirkendoll Steve Leisring Ketty Wong James Moreno Date Defended: August 30, 2018 The dissertation committee for Han Wang certifies that this is the approved version of the following dissertation: A Performance Guide to Liszt’s 12 Transcendental Etudes, S. 139 Chair: Steven Spooner Date Approved: August 30, 2018 ii Abstract Many of Franz Liszt’s piano works are popular and played frequently in concerts and competitions. Liszt’s 12 transcendental Etudes are among his most famous and representative piano creations, which greatly challenge pianists’ skills, physical strength and comprehensive understanding of the music. This document consists of three chapters: the first chapter describes the background of this cycle together with the background of Liszt and relevant composers, such as his teacher Carl Czerny and his admirer Sergei Lyapunov. The second chapter is the core of this document, in which each of the twelve etudes has been analyzed regarding compositionally and pedagogically, indicating what techniques Liszt used and how to solve technical difficulties. The third chapter contains two parts: a comparison of a couple of different recordings, so that readers will know the characteristics of each pianist I mentioned in the research and what they need to learn from their recordings, and at last, a brief summary at the end of this chapter is made, which restates the technical difficulties of the cycle and suggests a reasonable arrangement on practicing.
    [Show full text]
  • Wilhelm PETERSON-BERGER (1867-1942) Symphony No
    Wilhelm PETERSON-BERGER (1867-1942) Symphony No. 1 in B flat major, "Baneret" (The Banner) (1889-1903) [38:40] Symphony No. 5 in B minor, "Solitudo" (1932-33) [33:58] Royal Opera Orchestra, Stockholm/Leif Segerstam World Premiere Recordings, DDD Notes Included. rec. 2-4 June 1997, Antroposofernas Haus, Järna. STERLING CDS-1006-2 [72:48] Wilhelm Peterson-Berger is best known for his songs and piano music, evocative of nature and reminiscent of Swedish folk music. These same qualities are also preeminent in his five symphonies and in his other large-scale works. While the symphonies lack the structural cohesion and emotional heft of those of his contemporaries Stenhammar and Alfven, their more intimate qualities have brought them many admirers. Symphony No. 1 was begun in 1889, but not completed until 1903. Its sub-title The Banner and the titles of the individual movements derive from the struggles of the composer and his young colleagues to obtain a hearing in the conservative musical climate of Sweden at the end of the 19th century. The entire symphony is based on two themes, the Banner theme itself and a secondary motif that is developed into the Defiant theme and a second, gentler theme. But the opening section of the first movement is quite serene and occasionally almost jolly, with plenty of Peterson-Berger’s typical folk-style. The central section, based on the Defiant theme, is more serious and the succeeding music, based on the Banner theme, is the most energetic of the movements, leading to a folk-like coda. The following scherzo movement may remind listeners of Mendelssohn or Svendson in its charm and provides a good contrast to the opening movement The Andante is a different matter.
    [Show full text]
  • Sergei Lyapunov's Preludes for Solo Piano, Op. 6: an Analysis for Performance
    ALLRED, KAREN A., D.M.A. Sergei Lyapunov's Preludes for Solo Piano, Op. 6: An Analysis for Performance. (2007) Directed by Dr. Joseph DiPiazza. 127pp. The purpose of this study is to provide a performer’s guide and an analysis of Lyapunov’s Op. 6 Preludes, thereby contributing to the achievement of a more informed performance, and enabling capable students and their teachers to become familiar with repertoire from the Russian romantic tradition that is brilliant, beautiful, and challenging in its pianistic requirements, yet accessible. Sergei Lyapunov’s Seven Preludes Op. 6 offer a wide variety of pianistic and musical challenges that range from brilliant technical display to a brooding, melancholic character. The technical difficulty of these preludes makes them challenging for study and performance; therefore, an analysis of the pertinent musical elements for each prelude provides insight into performance. The preludes maintain a level of accessibility even though the writing is technically advanced. This is due to the logic found in the patterns utilized by Lyapunov, making the Op. 6 Preludes an attractive set. This study provides pianists with a structural view of each prelude in a table form, thereby supplying pianists with an additional means of memorization; it reveals relationships between sections and phrases, similarities and differences, highlights patterns of chord progressions, and provides a means for memorization away from the keyboard, thereby creating additional security in performance. It provides an awareness of increasing and decreasing textures, and examines improvisational treatments of and variations within phrases that include Lyapunov’s use of adding fragments of motives through extensions at ends of phrases, his use of sequences, as well as his use of diminution in recurring motives.
    [Show full text]
  • Chopin in the Music Culture of Russia in the Second Half of the Nineteenth Century
    Interdisciplinary Studies in Musicology g, 2011 © Department of Musicology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland TOMASZ BARANOWSKI (Warszawa) Chopin in the music culture of Russia in the second half of the nineteenth century. From Glinka to Scriabin ABSTRACT: This article deals with the reception of Chopin’s music in Russia during the second half of the nineteenth century, as broadly understood. The Chopin cult that developed in Russia was not only genuine, it was exceptional in Europe, giving rise to numerous artistic achievements in many complementary areas, above all composition, pianism and music publishing. The author discusses the issue from an historical perspective, presenting profiles of six outstanding Russian composers in whose life and work the influence of Chopin was at its greatest. The first is Mikhail Glinka, a pioneer of the national orientation in Russian music, who drew abundantly on Chopinian models. The next generation is represented by Anton Rubinstein, the most famous Russian pianist of his times, and two of the Mighty Handful, Mily Balakirev and Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov. Among the last heirs to Chopin in Russia, pursuing their artistic careers around the turn of the twentieth century, are two composers who masterfully assimilated the stylistic idiom of the composer of the Polonaise-Fantasy, namely Anatoly Lyadov, known as the “Russian Chopin”, and Alexander Scriabin. KEYWORDS: Russia, Fryderyk Chopin, reception, Chopin style, national style, Mighty Handful Introduction Russia has a special place on the extensive and impressive map of Chopin’s music reception in the nineteenth century, both in terms of multi­ plicity and variety of achievements. There, the true cult of Chopin (different from so-called “chopinmania”, which was popular in the West) developed to the highest degree, and the work of the Polish composer found numerous followers; it also constituted the foundation of the great Russian piano school, which was initiated at that time.
    [Show full text]
  • Analysis of Sonata in B-Flat Minor (1856-57)
    STUDY ON MILY BALAKIREV’S PIANO SONATAS by Joohee Lee Submitted to the faculty of the Jacobs School of Music in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree, Doctor of Music Indiana University July 2018 Accepted by the faculty of the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree Doctor of Music Doctoral Committee ______________________________________ Arnaldo Cohen, Research Director ______________________________________ Arnaldo Cohen, Chair ______________________________________ Evelyne Brancart ______________________________________ David Cartledge August 28, 2018 ii Table of Contents Table of Contents ............................................................................................................................ iii List of Examples ............................................................................................................................. iv Chapter 1 : Introduction ................................................................................................................... 1 Chapter 2 : Analysis of Sonata in B-flat minor (1856-57) ............................................................... 9 Chapter 3 : Analysis of Sonata in B-flat minor (1905) .................................................................. 19 Chapter 4 : Analysis of Mazurkas .................................................................................................. 34 Chapter 5 : Conclusion..................................................................................................................
    [Show full text]
  • Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953) Six Pieces from Cinderella, Op
    Russian Piano Music Series, vol. 14: Sergei Prokofiev Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953) Six Pieces from Cinderella, Op. 102 25:26 1 I. Waltz: Cinderella and the Prince 7:29 2 II. Cinderella’s Variation 1:36 3 III. The Quarrel 3:34 4 IV. Waltz: Cinderella goes to the Ball 3:07 5 V. Pas de Chale 4.46 6 VI. Amoroso 4:52 Piano Sonata No. 6 in A major, Op. 82 31:30 7 I. Allegro moderato 9:38 8 II. Allegretto 5:10 9 III. Tempo di valzer, lentissimo 8:38 10 IV. Vivace 8:03 11 Piano Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 1 8:14 Four Etudes, Op. 2 11:33 12 No. 1 in D minor Allegro 2:45 13 No. 2 in E minor Moderato 2:38 14 No. 3 in C minor Andante semplice 4:19 15 No. 4 in C minor Presto energico 1:50 16 Suggestion Diabolique, Op. 4 No. 4 2:54 total duration : 79:39 Stefania Argentieri piano Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953) “The Rhythmic Charm of Prokofiev” by Attilio Cantore The revolution in Russian music took place through the so-called "Group of Five", whose popularity (in the sense of Volkstümlichkeit) was the result of a successful negotiation, a magnificent syncretism, between native components (the style of harmonization of folk songs) and Central European elements (the Liszt harmonic cycles and Beethoven elaborative processes). Mily Balakirev, Cesar Cui, Modest Mussorgsky, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov and Alexander Borodin were the brave messengers of a dazzling "opening”: ‘It was as if the sky and the earth had suddenly opened, to deliver their most intimate and jealous voice.
    [Show full text]