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ID: QTZ2083
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Subkolektion: Chamber Orchestra
J.S. Bach and Alfred Schnittke may not immediately strike the listener as obvious musical companions. Yet there are numerous important parallels between the works on this disc. Alfred Schnittke was fascinated with musical heritage; he appropriated earlier styles and musical quotations to create his own unique brand of ‘polystylism’. In the case of his celebrated Concerto Grosso No.1 it was, of course the music of the Baroque on which he relied most heavily. What better way to illuminate Baroque pastiche, than by recording it alongside a work from that era.
J.S. Bach
Concerto for 2 Violins and Strings
(arr. for flute, oboe and strings)
A. Schnittke
Moz-art à la Haydn for 2 Violins and Strings
(arr. for flute, oboe and strings)
Concerto Grosso No 1 for 2 Violins, Harpsichord, Prepared Piano & Strings
(arr. for flute, oboe, harpsichord and prepared piano)
Maria Alikhanova, flute
Dmitri Bulgakov, oboe
Misha Rachlevsky, conductor
Chamber Orchestra Kremlin |
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ID: NMCD074
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Subkolektion: Orchester
The first release in NMC's Ancora series features reissued recordings of oboe concerto Helios plus the darkly atmospheric Night Music and programmatic The Seasons, with a new BBC Symphony Orchesrta recording of Musgrave's tribute to Beethoven, Memento Vitae.
Helios, The Seasons and Night Music were originally released on Collins Classics.
Reissued with funding from Arts Council England.
"Unquestionably recommendable - Nicholas Daniel is a superb soloist. Performance***** Sound ****BBC Music Magazine 2003 |
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ID: NMCD078
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Kolektion: Chamber MusicSubkolektion: Chamber Orchestra
New works by 10 young composers recorded live at State of the Nation 2001
The Guardian Classical CD of the Week, April 2002 |
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ID: NMCD149
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Kolektion: Chamber MusicSubkolektion: Chamber Orchestra
Colin Matthews: Chamber works (NMC D149 - Ancora Series)
Oboe Quartet No.1, String Quartet No.2,
Divertimento for Double String Quartet, Five Concertinos for Wind Quintet, Triptych
‘[Colin Matthews is] the Isambard Kingdom Brunel of contemporary music: master of great time machines, steamy with energy derived from pulse and from massive,
surging harmony, and openly displaying their structural engineering, all finished with a craftsman's care.' Paul Griffiths
Most of the works on this disc were originally available on vinyl only; the String Quartet No.2, performed by the Brindisi Quartet, has never been released.
Ancora Series
The NMC Ancora series is devoted to the re-issue of important recordings of contemporary British works which have been deleted from other record labels.
Recent additions to the series include the Gramophone award winning performance of Harrison Birtwistle’s opera Punch and Judy and David Blake’s Violin Concerto.
This autumn we are re-releasing Birtwistle’s Secret Theatre performed by the London Sinfonietta under Elgar Howarth. |
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ID: SIGCD211
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Kolektion: Orchestral WorksSubkolektion: Chamber Orchestra
The LCO return to disc on Signum with a new programme of French orchestral works by Ravel, Fauré, Poulenc and Ibert. Their ‘LCO Live’ series captures the vibrant, exciting performances they give at their London home of St. John’s, Smith Square. Singled out as one of the capital’s (and the nation’s) leading ensembles, the LCO and their Music Director Christopher Warren-Green performed for the wedding service of TRHs The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge earlier this year. |
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ID: ACDBH048-2
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Type: SACD
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Subkolektion: Clarinet
Music by Henri Joseph de Croes has been transcribed by Miel Pieters en played by Vlad Weverbergh accompanied through the "Südwestdeutsche Kammerorchester Pforzheim" and a clarinet/string ensemble for the divertimenti.
Henri Joseph De Croes
In the late 18th century, the Thurn and Taxis family of Regensburg was not only well-placed aristocracy, but also held the monopoly on the post and carriage trade in Europe. Karl Anselm, the fourth sovereign of Thurn and Taxis, was a music lover, and he made his court orchestra into one of the most known in Europe. Thanks to the influence of his famous father, Henri Jacques De Croes, from Antwerp, Henri Joseph De Croes (Brussels 1758 - Regensburg 1842) began to play violin in this orchestra when he was just seventeen years old.
The Regensburg court orchestra played a central role in the development of the clarinet in the second half of the 18th century. The orchestra could count many different talented clarinettists in its midst, as well as other musicians who also played clarinet as their second instrument. The court library's rich collection contains no less than 36 clarinet concerti from the second half of the 18th century, including works by Johann Stamitz, Johann Zach, Theodor Freiherr von Schacht, Vaclav Knežek and Henri Joseph De Croes, among others.
The parthias are stylised pieces for a rather odd ensemble of two clarinets, two violas and contrabass. This instrumentation seems to have been standard at the Regensburg court; there are also parthias by Schacht and Knežek for the same sort of ensemble. A parthia (or 'partita' or 'partia') was originally the name for a solo piece, but German composers later used the term as a synonym for a suite. The parthias by De Croes date from 1780 to 1788 and from 1794. They are light pieces, alternating between andante and menuet with a sometimes surprisingly important part for the contrabass. They are written in an original, refined style and never become banal. Henri Joseph De Croes composed his Clarinet Concerto in Bb Major in 1790, one year before Mozart wrote his own Clarinet Concerto. This work sounds light, frivolous, and relatively undramatic, as well, but the strong melodies and fine orchestration show the hand of a talented composer.
Due to family problems (the death of his two children), political causes (the end of the Holy Roman Empire in 1806, the end of the monopoly on the post, and the end of the representative function of the court orchestra) and financial problems, the Henri-Joseph De Croes' oeuvre remained small: just one clarinet concerto, a few symphonies, one ballet, an opera (called The Warlock) and a variety of divertimentos and parthias. |
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ID: CDC002
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Type: CD
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Kolektion: Orchestral WorksSubkolektion: Chamber Orchestra
A film by David Connolly & Hannah Davis
Music Composed and Conducted by Carl Davis
In the second release of the Carl Davis Collection, we move to the world of the movies. A successful family collaboration must be a rarity but when it does work, it’s very satisfying. Hannah Davis and David Conolly have written and directed a highly effective thriller set in the claustrophobic world of the off-Broadway theatre. We follow the fortunes of the understudy to the leading lady as the production of Sophocles’ Electra moves through the cycle of casting, rehearsals, previews and ultimately what seems to be a successful run.
The score follows the convoluted plot. New York’s ambition and drive have a jazzy theme, led by trumpet star, Guy Barker; the ‘La, La, La Song’ (sung by the brilliant Mary Carewe) and it’s variations express the vulnerability of Rebecca and poor Mr. Davidovitch plays his tenor saxophone in the apartment above (Dave White). Then there is the inner world of the heroine - here Carl Davis is in the thrall of the perfect collaboration of Alfred Hitchcock and composer Bernard Herrman for inspiration. As the film moves towards its climax, all these elements combine. |
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ID: CDMAN133
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Kolektion: BaroqueSubkolektion: Violin
Recorded by Petersburg Recording Studio, 1971
Leningrad Chamber Orchestra
Conductor Lazar Gosman
Valentin Malkov, trumpet (1-3); Lazar Gosman, violin (1-3); Dmitry Beda, flute (1-3); Vladimir Karaulov, oboe (1-3); Emmanuil Boder, violin (6-8); Alexej Ludevig, Grigory Meerovich, violas (9-11) |
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