Posts Tagged “guitar”

Sep 20 2008

Review: Classical Reviews

Posted by Vinko in Chatter About Naxos, Reviews

SCHOENBERG, A.: Pelleas und Melisande / Erwartung album cover Guitar Recital: Aguirre, Rafael album cover

Here are a couple of reviews from Otago Daily Times by Geoff Adams on SCHOENBERG, A.: Pelleas und Melisande / Erwartung and Guitar Recital: Aguirre, Rafael

The polyphonic tone poem Pelleas und Melisande Op.5 provoked audience riots in 1905…

… A very large orchestra builds complex layers of dark and sombre sound…

… The Spanish virtuoso presents a widely varied programme by eight cosmopolitan composers…

… The recital ends with Variations on Carnival of Venice (the melody made famous by Paganini)…

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Tags: 8.572064, 8557527, blog.naxos.com, Finland, guitar, Pelleas und Melisande, Philharmonia Orchestra, Poulenc, Rafael Aguirre Minarro, Rautavaara, Robert Craft, Sarabande, Schoenberg, Stravinsky

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Jul 22 2008

Podcast: Alan Hovhaness – Symphony No. 63 “Loon Lake”

Posted by Raymond in Enhanced Shows, Podcasts, Regular Shows

Alan Hovhaness - Symphony No. 63 album coverAn introduction to three world premiere recordings of pieces by Alan Hovhaness – Fanfare for the New Atlantis, Guitar Concerto No. 2 and his Symphony No. 63.

All these pieces show the lush sounds and soaring melodies that have drawn many people to his music – and baffled other composers in an age when lush melodic writing was not the norm.

Album details…
Catalogue No.: Naxos 8.559336

 

Tags: 8.559336, Alan Hovhaness, American composers, blog.naxos.com, Concerto No. 2 for Guitar and Strings, Fanfare for the New Atlantis, guitar, Guitar Concertos, Javier Calderon, Naxos Classical Music Spotlight, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Stewart Robinson, Symphony No. 63 "Loon Lake

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Mar 04 2008

Guitar Music of Chile

Posted by Raymond in Enhanced Shows, Podcasts, Regular Shows

ESCOBAR, Jose Antonio: Guitar Music of ChileAn introduction to Jose Antonio Escobar’s new CD “Guitar Music of Chile”. As this recording shows, Chile is producing some wonderful music for guitar, as well as some outstanding performers.

Album details…

Naxos: 8.570341

 

Tags: Antonio Restucci, blog.naxos.com, Chile, guitar, Guitar Music of Chile, Horacio Salinas, Javier Contreras, Jose Antonio Escobar, Juan Antonio Sanchez, Latin American Guitar Music, Naxos Classical Music Spotlight, Naxos Guitar Collection, Violetta Parra

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