Category: Buried Treasure

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Buried Treasure: Brazil Part I

Listening Guide   The Work Missa Pastoril Para A Noite De Natal by Jose Mauricio Nines GarciaThe Soloists Are:Paulo Fortes, BaritoneDircea Amorim, SopranoMaura Moreira, ContraltoIsauro Camino, Tenor The Orchestra And Chorus Of The Association Of Choral Singing Of Rio De JaneiroConducted By Francisco MignoneEMI Coronado SC 10119 LP 5 Modinhas by Joaquim Manuel Se Me… Continue reading Buried Treasure: Brazil Part I

Buried Treasure: Myths, Legends, and Fairytales

Listening Guide   The Work The Overture To The Opera Ali Baba By Giuseppe BottesiniPerformed By The London Symphony OrchestraFranco Petracchi, Conducting(ASV CD DCA 907)Buy this CD on Amazon.com The Mountain King By Hugo Alfven1-Invocation: which depicts a bright summer night in terms of the magical mood of a “white night.”2-Troll Maiden’s Dance: a grotesque… Continue reading Buried Treasure: Myths, Legends, and Fairytales

Buried Treasure – 2/5ths & 3/6ths – Part II

Listening Guide   The Work Georges Auric (1899-1983) IMAGINEESMichel Debost, fluteClaude Desulmondt, clarinetMichele Command, sopranoFrederick Lodeon, celloLa Quatuor ParreninJacques Cazauran, bassJean Philippe Collard, pianoAlexandre Myrat, director(Pathe C069 16287) PARTITA for two pianosGenevieve Joy/Christian Ivaldi, pianos(Adès 14.018) TRIO for oboe, clarinet and bassoonRobert Casier, oboeAndre Boutard, clarinetPaul Hongue, bassoon(Adès 14.018) DOUBLES JEUX for two pianosGenevieve Joy/Christian… Continue reading Buried Treasure – 2/5ths & 3/6ths – Part II

Buried Treasure – 2/5ths & 3/6ths – Part I

Listening Guide   The Work Mily Balakirev (1837-1910) GRANDE FANTASIE ON RUSSIAN FOLKSONGS, OP. 4Anastiasia Seifetdinova, pianoRussian PhilharmonicDmitry Yablonsky, conductor(Naxos 8.570396 CD)Buy this CD on Amazon OVERTURE ON THEMES OF RUSSIAN FOLKSONGSKansas City PhilharmonicHans Schwieger, conductor(Urania 5131)[GLAZOUNOV #4] RUSSIA (SYMPHONIC POEM)Philharmonia OrchestraYevgeny Svetlanov, conductor(Hyperion CDA 66493)Buy this CD on Amazon ISLAMEYAlexander Paley, piano(6-Brilliant Classics 92617)Buy… Continue reading Buried Treasure – 2/5ths & 3/6ths – Part I

Buried Treasure – The Sea (Part II)

Listening Guide   The Works Henry Kimball Hadley (1871-1937) – The Ocean, Op. 99 National Symphony Orchestra Of UkraineJohn Mclaughlin Williams, Conductor(Naxos 8.559064)Buy this CD on Amazon.com Philippe Gaubert (1879-1941) – Les Chants De La Mer Orchestre Philharmonique Du LuxembourgMarc Soustrot, Conductor(Timpani 1c1135)Buy this MP3 album on Amazon.com Frederick Delius (1862-1934) – Sea DriftThomas Hampson,… Continue reading Buried Treasure – The Sea (Part II)

Buried Treasure – The Sea (Part I)

Listening Guide   The Works Ralph Vaughan Williams – A Sea Symphony Hugo Alfvén (1872-1960) – Symphony No. 4 In C Minor, Op. 39 (“From The Seaward Skerries”)Elisabeth Söderström, sopranoGösta Winbergh, tenorStockholm Philharmonic OrchestraStig Westerberg, conductor(Bluebell ABCD 001)Buy this CD on Amazon.com Gustaf Nordqvist – Til Havs (To The Sea) Jussi Bjoerling, TenorOrchestra Conducted By… Continue reading Buried Treasure – The Sea (Part I)