Listening Guide The Works Konig Enzio: Overture Beim Anritt Des Neuen Jahres: Ouvertüre Fantasia in F# 7 Compositions On Goethe’s Faust Polonia Overture Der Tag Erscheint An Weber’s Grabe Symphony In E Descendons Gaiement La Courtille Die Hochzeit: Chorus and Recitative Christopher Columbus Der Tannenbaum Adieux De Marie Stuart Rule Brittania Overture Le Deux… Continue reading Buried Treasure: Wagner Rarities
Author: smoley
Panel discussion: Composers as Performers, Part 1
With Lew Smoley, Dennis Rooney, and Sedgwick Clark
Opera Box: Frau Ohne Schatten
Strauss – Frau Ohne Schatten
Opera Box: Turandot
Puccini – Turandot **NOTE: We apologize for the subpar quality of the voice segments on this program**
Buried Treasure: Shakespeare in Music Part II
Listening Guide The Work IRWIN BAZELONTHE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR SUITE 1. Curtain Raiser2. Character Sketches3. Ballet for a Postman4. Introduction & Fanfare For 2 Brave Fighters5. Transformation Music6. Curtain Call Finale The Orchestra of SofiaHarold Farberman, conductor[Albany TROY508]Buy this CD on Amazon RUTLAND BOUGHTONTROILUS & CRESSIDA (THOU AND I), OP. 17 Royal Scottish… Continue reading Buried Treasure: Shakespeare in Music Part II
Buried Treasure: Shakespeare in Music Part I
Listening Guide The Work FREDERICK KUHLAUWILLIAM SHAKESPEARE OVERTURE Odense Symphony OrchestraEdward Serov, conductor[Unicorn-Kanchana DKP(CD)9132Buy this CD on Amazon JOSEF BOHUSLAV FOERSTERFROM SHAKESPEARE, OP. 76 Prague Symphony OrchestraVACLAV SMETACEK, conductor[Supraphon LP 1110 3916]Buy this CD on Amazon VOLKMANN, ROBERTRICHARD III OVERTURE, OP.68 Northwest German PhilharmonicWerner Andreas Albert, conductor[2-cpo 999 151 cd]Buy this CD on Amazon… Continue reading Buried Treasure: Shakespeare in Music Part I
Buried Treasure: Japan Part III
Listening Guide The Work FUKUSHIMA, KAZUOHI KYO FOR FLUTE, PIANO, STRINGS & PERCUSSION Severino Gazzelloni, fluteSoloists of Rome Symphony OrchestraBruno Maderna, conductor(RCA Victrola VICS 1313)[NONO] YUASA, JOJICOSMOS HAPTIC (1957) Steffen Schleiermacher, piano(MDG 613 1365 cd)Buy this CD on Amazon YUASA, JOJISCENES FROM BASHO (1980)1) First movement2) Second movement3) Third movement Tokyo PhilharmonicTadaaki Otaka, conductor(8-Camerata… Continue reading Buried Treasure: Japan Part III
Buried Treasure: Japan Part II
Listening Guide The Work YASUSHI AKUTAGAWASYMPHONY NO. 11) Andante2) Allegro3) Chorale, Adagio4 Allegro molto New Symphony OrchestraYasushi Akutagawa, conductor(Fontect FOCD 3208) YASUSHI AKUTAGAWATHE ELLORA SYMPHONYNew Symphony OrchestraYasushi Akutagawa, conductor(Fontec FOCD 3208)[New Zealand SymphonyTakuo Yuasa, conductor(Naxos 8.555975 cd)] YASUSHI AKUTAGAWARAPSODIA FOR ORCHESTRANew Zealand SymphonyTakuo Yuasa, conductor(Naxos 8.555975 cd) SADAO BEKKUCONCERTO FOR PIANO & ORCHESTRA1) Allegro… Continue reading Buried Treasure: Japan Part II
Buried Treasure: Japan Part I
Listening Guide The Work YAMADASYMPHONY IN F, TRIUMPH AND PEACE (1912)1.MODERATO2.ADAGIO NON TANTO E POCO MARCIAL3.POCO VIVACE4.ADAGIOMOLTO – MOLTO ALLEGRO E TRIOMFANTE Ulster OrchestraTakuo Yuasa, conductor(Naxos 8.555350 cd) YAMADAMANDARA NO HANA Yomiuri Nippon SymphonyShigenobu Yamaoka, conductor(JVC 116 8) [JAPAN 14 42]Ulster OrchestraTakuo Yuasa, conductor(Naxos 8.555350 cd) MOROISTRING SEXTET Iso String Sextet(King GT 9325) KONOYEETENRAKU,… Continue reading Buried Treasure: Japan Part I
Buried Treasure: “It’s All Relatives”
Listening Guide The Work GEORGE CHRISTOPH BACH CANTATA: “SIEHE, WIE FEIN UND LIEBLICH IST” (PSALM 133) Ekkehard Wagner, tenor I; Reinhart Ginzel, tenor II Hermann Christian Polster, bass Eberhard Palm, violin; Doris Linde, Monika Tutschku & Siegfried Pank, viola da gamba Achim Beyer, violone; Walter Heinz Bernstein, organ [5-Capriccio 7100] JOHANN CHRISTOPH BACH WEDDING CANTATA:… Continue reading Buried Treasure: “It’s All Relatives”