Posts Tagged “Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart”

MOZART, W. A.,:  Don Giovanni album coverSince the first performance of Mozart’s opera Don Giovanni, there has been a steady stream of arrangements of the piece. By the end of the 19th century, there were already more than 600 published arrangements. Some were note very good, but others, such as the music featured in this podcast, were excellent. On this CD, Quatour Franz Joseph performs an arrangement of Don Giovanni for string quartet, made sometime around 1800.

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Catalogue No.: ATMA ACD22559

 

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 album coverFormer horn player Raymond Bisha takes you on a personal tour of this new CD set from Profil celebrating the French Horn, and some of it’s finest players including Wilhelm Bruns, Hermann Baumann, Peter Damm and the legendary Erich Penzel play music by Handel, Telemann, Mozart, Schumann and Strauss.

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Catalogue No.: Profil PH08075

 

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MOZART, W.A.: The Magic Flute album cover Music for Bass Trombone and Wind Band album cover

TVEITT, G.: Sinfonia di soffiatori album cover

Here is a review from Dailypress.com by Raymond Jones on MOZART, W.A.: The Magic Flute, Music for Bass Trombone and Wind Band and TVEITT, G.: Sinfonia di soffiatori

… This type of transcription is known as “harmonie music” and is scored for pairs of oboes, clarinets, French horns and bassoons, and a double bass to add a little string flavor…

… Ewazen is writing some of the finest symphonic band music around today, and this concerto is a real tour de force. The wonderful cadenza in the finale brought a big smile to my face…

… What a treasure trove for the wind band enthusiast! Sinfonia di Soffiatori No. 3 and Sinfonia di Soffiatori, Opus 203 (soffiatori are wind instruments), are substantial and engaging works, extremely tonal, and well worthy of discovery by any wind band…

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MOZART, W.A.: Magic Flute (The) / La Clemenza di Tito album cover In 1782 the Emperor Jozef II formed a wind ensemble at his court - launching a golden age of wind ensemble music. During this time, it was very popular to arrange Mozart operas for wind ensemble.

This podcast looks a new CD of arrangements of The Magic Flute and La Clemenza di Tito, as played by the Saxonian Wind Academy.

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Catalogue No.: Naxos 8.570027

 

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STRAUSS, R.: Salome album coverSir Charles Mackerras is one of the leading conductors of our time. He is now 83, though he shows no sign of slowing down.

In this podcast he talks about studying the original scores of Mozart and Handel, about studying with Maestro Vaclav Talich in Prague right after the Second World War, and about the operas of Janacek and Strauss.

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Catalogue No.: CHAN 3157(2)

Die Zauberflote (The Magic Flute) album cover Die Zauberflote (The Magic Flute)
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Handel Julius Caesar album cover Handel Julius Caesar
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Janacek Makropolous Case album cover Janacek Makropolous Case
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Janacek Glagolitic Mass album cover Janacek Glagolitic Mass
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Smetana Bartered Bride album cover Smetana Bartered Bride
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Mozart in ParisAn interview with pianist Orli Shaham about working as a performing musician, touring with twins, and playing concerts with her brother, violinist Gil Shaham.

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Catalogue No.: CC01

 

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