The music of Henri Tomasi this week. His Woodwind Quintet 1952, as performed at it’s premier by Quintett a Vent Francaise, featuring Jean-Pierre Rampal, Jacques Lancelot, Paul Hongne and Gilbert Coursier. As a prominent composer in the 20th Century, Tomasi divided his time between a busy composition as well as
Click on the link here for Audio Player: As much as I like to run concerts from the past on Downbeat, I am always reminded that Jazz (or Modern American Music) is as vital today as ever. Certainly with respect to Gary Burton, whose pioneering virtuosity has been
Click on the link here for Audio Player: Over to Brussels this week for a recital by the recent (2012) Queen Elizabeth Violin Competition winner Andrey Baranov from Russia. Accompanying him is Inga Dzektser in a program of music by Prokofiev, Ysaye, Franck and Saint-Saens. Baranov has gotten
Click on the link here for Audio Player: Over to Paris this week for a concert by the Girard Quartet, with Raphael Pidoux lending an extra bit of cello for two of the four Boccherini pieces, recorded in concert at the Musèe d’Orsay this past March 19th by
Back to premiers this weekend. This one; the Western Hemisphere First Performance of the 2nd String Quartet of Dmitri Shostakovich. Regarded as one of the most important Modern Composers of the mid-twentieth century, NBC Radio devoted several broadcasts premiering Shostakovich’s small ensemble works. This premier of the 2nd String Quartet
Taking a break this week from our perusal of French Radio transcriptions for another dose of Americana, this time by way of Roy Harris, a composer whose work and recognition have been pretty much limited down to one symphony of late – but a composer whose work needs serious revisiting
Click on the link here for Audio Player – Part 1: Lausanne Chamber Orch – Zacharias – 1-revised Click on the link here for Audio Player – Part 2: Lausanne Chamber Orch – Zacharias – 2 Over to Turin this week for a concert by The Lausanne Chamber Orchestra featuring
Click on the link here for Audio Player: Modligliani Quartet In Concert Over to Brussels this week via Madrid, for a concert recorded during the 2011 Valonia Festival in September 2011 by The Modigliani Quartet. Announcements are in Spanish, since it was relayed via RNE in Spain. But you don’t
Click on the link here for Audio Player: Manfred Quartet in Concert – Nov. 20, 2012 Over to France this week, for the Dijon Auditorium Debussyades Series of concerts. This one features The Manfred Quartet in concert, recorded on October 7th of this year playing two works. Here’s what’s on
A few years ago, when I first put this piece up on Newstalgia, a lot of readers expressed happiness over its inclusion, but weren’t too thrilled about the sound of the recording. Truth was, at the time the audio player I was using at my old site wasn’t very good
