Hommages [Import]

Product Description
1997 Album from Nana Mouskouri. This Time She Performs Songs Written by Such Artists as Jacques Brel, Georges Brassens, Yves Montand and Serge Gainsbourg. This Album Contains as Well the Cover Versions of Dalla's Caruso and Boccelli's Con Te Partiro. --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.

Hommages,Nana Mouskouri,Polygram France,Pop,Pop Vocals

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San Francisco Symphony Members, Chamber and Theater Works Manufacturer: Eroica Classical Recordings ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music ASIN: B00004DS3C Release Date: 2000-01-06

Tracks:

1. Track 1 Trio for harp, flute and viola, Allegro con spirito
2. Track 2 Trio for harp, flute and viola, Andante cantabile
3. Track 3 Trio for harp, flute and viola, Allegro Scherando
4. Track 4 Four Songs in Blue, Dreams
5. Track 5 Four Songs in Blue, Absence
6. Track 6 Four Songs in Blue, Change
7. Track 7 Four Songs in Blue, Take This Moment
8. Track 8 Sonata For Violin and Piano, Largo, con moto
9. Track 9 Sonata For Violin and Piano, Andante
10. Track 10 Sonata For Violin and Piano, Tempo di giga
11. Track 11 Les Hommages Preludes, a Satie, Ceremonial Dance
12. Track 12 Les Hommages Preludes, a Joplin, Valse Tempo
13. Track 13 Les Hommages Preludes, a Liszt, Fantasy and Theme
14. Track 14 Les Hommages Preludes, a Ravel, Poco lento, Toccata
15. Track 15 Lear and Cordelia, Introduction and Processional
16. Track 16 Lear and Cordelia, Family Discord
17. Track 17 Lear and Cordelia, Interlude, The Heath, French Camp
18. Track 18 Lear and Cordelia, Interlude, Battle Music, British Camp
19. Track 19 Lear and Cordelia, Interlude, Flight, Edgar and Edmond
20. Track 20 Lear and Cordelia, Dead March, Peter Donat as King Lear, Fredi Ostler

Album Description

Members of the San Francisco Symphony join members of the San Francisco Opera and the American Conservatory Theater in performing a cornucopia of compositions by Ron McFarland, an Arnold Schoenberg protg who has won a well deserved reputation as one of America's greatest and most popular new composers.(See reviews).

The Trio for Harp, Flute and Viola was first heard as a Romance for Harp and Orchestra, commissioned by harpist Gillian Benet. Incorporating the original harp part, Ron McFarland wrote the new version for principal harpist Douglas Rioth, flutist Linda Lukas and violist Christina King of the San Francisco Symphony. An opening section consisting of a series of themes is followed by a central Andante. A lively Scherzo is next with good-humored bantering between the harp and the flute/viola duet. The work ends with recapitulation in varied form of the earlier material.

Four Songs in Blue were written on poems of McFarland's friend Patrick Emery Carr, whose text are heard in numerous songs by Joni Mitchell, Joan Baez and others. Mr. McFarland regretted that he had not written the promised songs before Carr's untimely death. He had also promised Sara Ganz that he would have new songs for her next recital. The two promises came together in the Four Songs in Blue, written in a popular style close to the styles of the other songs using Patrick Carr's lyrics.

Sonata for Violin and Piano opens with a Largo theme for the violin, followed immediately by a strong imitation in the piano part and developed as a Prelude to an energetic Toccata. One reviewer described the second movement as "a night scene creating a spell of quiet beauty." The Tempo de giga tht follows makes considerable demands on both violinist and pianist, contrapuntal and chromatic, with, however, a sense of tonality.

Six Les Hommages Piano Preludes are taken from a larger set of 24, and pay homage to ten of McFarland's favorite 20th-century composers, and two from the 19th. He has written 24 character pieces in 24 major and minor keys from original material, using a musical characteristic or style of each composer. All 24 preludes have a thematic unity, with the exception of the Lisztian paraphrases of the love theme and finale from McFarland's opera The Dinner Party. The complete set has been recorded by pianist Elaine Lust on the Ron McFarland Chamber Works CD (Con Molto Music).

Lear and Cordelia: To open his second season as artistic director of the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco, Edward Hastings commissioned McFarland to write the incidental music for King Lear. At the end of the run he asked McFarland to create a suite from the music that could be performed in concert. Hastings then had it performed on BBC's Desert Island Discs as one of the pieces of music that he would want with him as a castaway. This performance includes Peter Donat and Fredi Olster, ACT's original Lear and Cordelia, with the ACT Ensemble of wind instruments (flute, clarinet, two trumpets, two horns and trombone) harp and percussion conducted by John Johnson. The suite is built around the conversations and confrontations between King Lear and his beloved daughter Cordelia.

"King Lear, without all the words and theatrics, and in a half-hour instead of three. Perfect! Image Magazine

Average customer rating: Dynamite CD!!

Hommages Musicaux Manufacturer: Albany Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Duets | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Bartók, Béla | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Enescu, Georges | ( E ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Falla | Falla, Manuel de | ( F ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Goossens, Sir Eugene | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Koechlin, Charles | ( K ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Ravel, Maurice | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Satie | Satie, Erik | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Stravinsky | Stravinsky, Igor | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Preludes | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Character Pieces | Short Forms | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Impromptus | Short Forms | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Piano | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Guitar | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Violin | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Sacred & Religious | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music ASIN: B000PFUATQ Release Date: 2007-05-08

Customer Reviews:

Dynamite CD!!.......2007-06-09

Great playing, fabulous liner notes, great design, wonderful idea. This is a great work of art, cover to cover.

Average customer rating: Pretty Good Music

Hommages Claude François Manufacturer: Universal/Polygram ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD France | Continental Europe | Europe | International | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music French Pop | Euro Pop | Pop | Styles | Music International | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Dix Ans Deja: Best of Claude François ASIN: B0000084D0 Release Date: 1998-02-09

Tracks:

1. Belles Belles Belles
2. Si J'avais Un Marteau
3. Pauvre Petite Fille Riche
4. J'y Pense Et Puis J'oubli
5. Chaque Jour C'est La Meme
6. Quand Un Bateau Passe
7. Meme Si Tu Revenais
8. J'attendrai
9. Mais Quand Le Matin
10. Comme D'habitude
11. Eloise
12. Reste
13. Tout Eclate Tout Explose
14. Si Douce A Mon Souvenir
15. C'est La Meme Chanson
16. Il Fait Beau Il Fait Bon
17. Y'a Le Printemps Qui Chan
18. Stop Au Nom De L'amour
19. N'est Ce Pas Etrange
20. Non'e Piu Casa Mia

Album Details

Collection of Songs from the French Pop Singer Affectionately Known to Followers as 'clo-clo'. Francois Died Accidentely in 1978 and Since Then, his Legend Has Only Grown Larger. Includes Many Hits and Fan Favorites.

Customer Reviews:

Pretty Good Music.......2000-09-02

There were a variety of songs on this album. I first heard many of the songs on it during a dance. Some were pretty and pleasant to listen to while others made you want to get up and dance right away. It's a good mix for dances, parties and other special occasions. I would reccommend buying this CD if you enjoy popular music or if you have an interest in the French culture. It'd even fun to listen to if you don't understand the language@ It's a worthwhile way to spend your money. You won't get tired of the CD for a very long time because there are so many cool songs. Have fun shopping!

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12 Hommages a Paul Sacher Thomas Demenga , and Patrick Demenga Manufacturer: Ecm Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music ECM Classical | ECM Records | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music ECM Jazz & World | ECM Records | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music ASIN: B00000AP0L Release Date: 2000-08-08

Tracks:

1. Punena No. 2, Op. 45: I. Harawi
2. Punena No. 2, Op. 45: II. Wayno Karnavalito
3. Zum Spielen fur den 70. Geburtstag Thema und Variationen fur Violoncello solo
4. Capriccio (1976-1981)
5. Fur Paul Sacher - Drei Epigramme fur Violoncello solo (1975): I. Moderato
6. Fur Paul Sacher - Drei Epigramme fur Violoncello solo (1975): II. Tranquillo
7. Fur Paul Sacher - Drei Epigramme fur Violoncello solo (1975): III. Vivo
8. 3 Strophes sur le nom de Sacher: I. Un poco indeciso
9. 3 Strophes sur le nom de Sacher: II. Andante sostenuto
10. 3 Strophes sur le nom de Sacher: III. Vivace

Tracks:

1. Sacher - Variationen (1975)
2. Les mots sont alles (1976 - 1978)
3. Variationen uber das Thema eSACHERe (1975)
4. Tema (1976)
5. Transpositio ad infinitum (1976) Fur ein virtuoses Solocello
6. Chaconne fur Violoncello solo (1975)
7. Messagesquisse pour7 violoncelles (1976)

Average customer rating: Excellent Most spectacular French album ever produced. The Hommage Album. Nana Mouskouri. Magical collection of French songs!

Hommages Nana Mouskouri Manufacturer: Polygram Int'l ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | International | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Classic | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music General | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Broadway & Vocalists | Imports | Stores | Music International | Imports | Stores | Music Pop | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Ma Verite ASIN: B000007VV0 Release Date: 1997-12-17

Tracks:

1. Le Vent De L'Espoir
2. Le Plat Pays
3. Trois Petites Notes De Musique
4. La Chanson De Prevert
5. Parlez-Moi D'Amour
6. Con Te Partiro
7. Ne Me Quitte Pas
8. Une Ile
9. Plaisir D'Amour
10. Romance
11. Un Jour Tu Verras
12. La Priere
13. Les Feuilles Mortes
14. Caruso
15. Le Temps Des Cerises

Album Details

1997 Album from Nana Mouskouri. This Time She Performs Songs Written by Such Artists as Jacques Brel, Georges Brassens, Yves Montand and Serge Gainsbourg. This Album Contains as Well the Cover Versions of Dalla's Caruso and Boccelli's Con Te Partiro.

Customer Reviews:

Excellent.......2003-04-03

Beautiful !!. A good selection of songs for all times.
Nana sings in french, italian, english, and more, some classics like "Les feuilles mortes" and some recent like "Con te partiro"
As usual, Nana Mouskouri joins the world through the music.
Impossible to lose this album.

Most spectacular French album ever produced........2002-12-06

This album is, perhaps, the best French album ever recorded in the entire history of mankind. Nana may sound great in English but her French is absolutely divine. These songs are among the most famous and most beautiful songs ever written to begin with, but Nana's beautiful, clear voice, and marvelous interpretation makes them sound 100 times better. Her command of the French language is (and has always been) spectacular. She rivals (or even outdoes) native speakers. It is absolutely flawless. One would never guess it's not her native language. Although the majority of the songs are in French, there are also 2 VERY well-known Italian songs on this CD ("Con te partiro" and "Caruso" - both of which are internationally famous). Her interpretation of them is second in quality to none. Also, the first song is sung in Greek, French, and English and is based on the choral portion of Beethoven's ninth symphony. Her rendition of "Le temps des cerises" will leave you in tears. Again, her ability to sing in French (combined with her amazingly beautiful voice and excellent production) is so incredibly excellent it boggles the mind. If you enjoy classic French and Italian songs then to not have this CD would be a sin. You will NOT be disappointed. If you do not already speak French and Italian, the power and majesty of this CD will make you want to learn them.

The Hommage Album. Nana Mouskouri........2002-04-26

This inspiring "Hommage" album, contains some of the Greatest music ever performed/written by an artist. It's quite a tough thing to play around with material written by legends like Brel, Dalla, Brassens... Nana does it with such ease... she really pours her love into every song. What you get here is a genuine, rare timeless album...
Bravo Nana...
Strictly Recommended.

Magical collection of French songs!.......2000-01-22

Some of the best French songs, sung by a beatiful, powerful voice of NANA MOUSKOURI. Absolutely magic!

Average customer rating: Mind blowing stuff. Michelangeli: an everlasting and true living legend! CAN YOU MAKE OUT WHAT THEY ARE SAYING? Michelangeli searches for the Unknown A JEWEL!!!

Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli Plays Schumann, Chopin, Debussy & Mompou Manufacturer: Testament ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Waltzes | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Chopin | Chopin, Frédéric | ( C ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Robert Schumann | Schumann, Robert | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Debussy | Debussy, Claude | ( D ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Ballads | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Fantasies | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Michelangeli, Arturo Benedetti | ( M ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Similar Items: Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli plays Mozart, Chopin, Brahms, etc. (Box) [Germany] ASIN: B000003XKI Release Date: 1996-11-08

Tracks:

1. Faschingsschwank Aus Wien, Op.26: I. Allegro
2. Faschingsschwank Aus Wien, Op.26: II. Romanze
3. Faschingsschwank Aus Wien, Op.26: III. Scherzino
4. Faschingsschwank Aus Wien, Op.26: IV. Intermezzo
5. Faschingsschwank Aus Wien, Op.26: V. Finale
6. Carnaval, Op.9: 1. Preamble
7. Carnaval, Op.9: 2. Pierrot
8. Carnaval, Op.9: 3. Arlequin
9. Carnaval, Op.9: 4. Valse Noble
10. Carnaval, Op.9: 5. Eusebius
11. Carnaval, Op.9: 6. Florestan
12. Carnaval, Op.9: 7. Coquette
13. Carnaval, Op.9: 8. Replique
14. Carnaval, Op.9: 9. Papillons
15. Carnaval, Op.9: 10. A.S.C.H.-S.C.H.A. (Letters Dansantes)
16. Carnaval, Op.9: 11. Chiarina
17. Carnaval, Op.9: 12. Chopin
18. Carnaval, Op.9: 13. Estrella
19. Carnaval, Op.9: 14. Reconnaissance
20. Carnaval, Op.9: 15. Pantalon Et Colombine
21. Carnaval, Op.9: 16. Valse Allemande
22. Carnaval, Op.9: 17. Paganini
23. Carnaval, Op.9: 18. Aveu
24. Carnaval, Op.9: 19. Promenade
25. Carnaval, Op.9: 20. Pause
26. Carnaval, Op.9: 21. Marche Des 'Davidsbundler' Contre Les Philistins

Tracks:

1. Images, Serie/Set II: II. Et La Lune Descend Sur Le Temple Qui Fut (Lent)
2. Images, Serie/Set II: I. Cloches A Travers Les Feuilles (Lent)
3. Images, Serie/Set I: II. Hommage A Rameau (Lent Et Grave)
4. Images, Serie/Set I: I. Reflets Dans L'eau (Andantino Molto)
5. Fant in f, Op.49
6. Ballade No.1 in g, Op.23
7. Cancion (From Cancion Y Danza No.6)
8. Valse in E flat, Op. Posth.
9. Rehearsal And Sound Check

Customer Reviews:

Mind blowing stuff........2006-02-25

This is a CD of real treasures, but the stand out track for me has to be Michelangeli's blistering rendition of Carnaval. As for so many other Schumann lovers, Carnaval has always held a special place for me - it was the first Schumann I ever heard (Rachmaninov performing) Rachmaninov's version is pretty stunning in its own way and (I guess because it was the first version of the piece I had heard) always provided the benchmark for all other pretenders.

Michelangeli, however, just takes the piece to a whole new level - getting right inside its deepest heart, wringing out every ounce of emotion and fully exploring its depth of feeling without ever stepping over the top - but please (as someone else here has rightly pointed out) do not confuse this with his comparitively disappointing 1970's studio version, the elusive genius obviously thrived best on public performance!

Everything else on this disc shines just as brightly and strongly. If you enjoy piano virtuosity of the highest order then you really should add this one to your collection if you haven't already.

Michelangeli: an everlasting and true living legend!.......2005-07-23

The exuberant pianism of Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli resides in his kaleidoscopic expressiveness. He owned a superb sense of tonal color, appropriate texture, accurate warmth, precise expansiveness and exquisite phrasing.
His whole approach every time he played a piece, was very similar to an architectural process. Like Furtwangler, he re-created a work, in search of its inner values.
This historic performance is an additional testimony that carves in relief his artistic integrity.
The Schumann's Carnival is played without self indulgent affection, he impressed the romanticism a major sign, a real statement of the greatness of the human condition and glorious sense of transcendence.
Go for this invaluable musical treasure without reserves.

CAN YOU MAKE OUT WHAT THEY ARE SAYING?.......2002-03-03

This pair of discs is slightly pricy ... but it contains something I had never thought to hear -- a half-hour of live rehearsal by Michelangeli with some asociates. Goodness, for 20 years he recorded next to nothing, he gave all of one interview that I know of, he cancelled about as many concerts as he gave, and here he is allowing this intimate close-up! ....

The first half of the concert is Schumann, Faschingsschwank and Carnaval. Faschingsschwank seems to me to suit him rather better than Carnaval, but let me make it clear to other disappointed owners of M's studio recording of Carnaval that this performance resembles that roughly as Snowhite resembles Carabosse -- it is n times livelier and more attractive, even if I still doubt that M is really a natural Schumann player as Horowitz so conspicuously was. And natural or not he is still a great player and this Reconnaissance is haunting and special beyond the ordinary. Faschingsschwank is the last thing he rehearses, and what struck me most was how on the night M turned up the power and volume in the popular tune 5 minutes or so into the first movement -- a really amazing collectors' piece for connoisseurs of his special tone-production. In general he seems more comfortable with it than with Carnaval and parts of it are as near to joyous as anything I have ever heard from this ultra-serious artist. The rest is Chopin Debussy and Mompou (the Mompou being the Cancion that M used to trot out now and again).
The Debussy Images are not terribly different from his studio recording, and music-lovers new to M's Debussy should not expect anything in the manner of Gieseking or Richter. This Debussy is big in tone, highly coloured, individual certainly but memorable in the extreme. Of Chopin we have the Fminor Fantasy, the G minor
Ballade and a waltz that I'm not sure I have ever heard before --it's not in my sets of the waltzes by Rubinstein and Lipatti. M's
playing of the waltz is simply wonderful, his G minor Ballade is not likely to be contentious -- rhapsodic and romantic but basically mainstream and I can't recall liking any other interpreter so well in this piece. I feel the same way about M's F minor Fantasy but I know that this is probably much more a personal view. The opening march is decidedly fast, the big tune is very inflected and there is a great deal of rubato. I swallow it whole, but some may well disagree. What is surely beyond disagreement is the whole feel of an utterly special occasion that marks this recital.

Michelangeli searches for the Unknown.......2000-10-09

The Schumann Carnaval is gloriously rendered as the distubed genius, listening to the entire work is an exercise, a voyage in another realm.It is music we know Vivos,Waltzes,textures,butterflys,yet not really. This work can be painfully tedious,Schumann's voicings of chords and gestures can come to hover around a one-dimensionality,and Michelangeli knows this, he is with Schumann's disturbed out-of-place world, a world of fantasy perhaps. The frivolity, the lightness of this music is only a surface phenomenon,there are "wrong" notes throw in with sforzando emphasis,that halts the ongoing momentum,and mars the texture.Our thinking is halted as well,gaity is postponed. The hommage to Chopin for instance in A-flat major,rolling broken chords, is not Chopin at all,the real Chopin comes a few pieces after, like Chopin was placed on hold to hover someplace in the future. Schumann's melodic sense of the Chopin's use of the dissonant tones he loves to land on, in the Waltzes and Nocturnes in particular is not part of Schumann's melodic conceptual world,like an E-natural in A-flat major.So Schumann forces the musical argument,making these wrongful moments indeed even uglier.There is nothing festive in Schumann's Waltz time,it is a denial of the contentment of the world. This is not a pleasant situation. Michelangeli brings this demonic spirit to the Carnaval and makes this deeply compelling music,you forever sense his conviction to this music.

The Debussy as well searches for the phantasmagorical,the poetry in Debussy, Michelangeli,like Cortot I imagine, looked for the oddness,the un-normal,the trancendent aspects of the music. Which is why he plays Scarlatti so beautifully and clean and pristine for there was not the un-normal there,or it was hidden under the simplicity of direct contrapuntal releifs. Like sculptural cathedral objects hauntingly emitting themselves eternally from the safe confines of the granite block.

This is the music which confirms all the myths which had surrounded Michelangeli's career,his overgrown conceit,and mysteries,this disc confirms all the unbelievers to be wrong, Michelangeli searches for the unknown in this music.

A JEWEL!!!.......2000-03-05

These recordings are among the best of the Century. I am sure about that. Michelangeli is superb! One of the greatest pianists of all time. His Schumann is magnificent, romantic but with no excess, full of imagination, but loyal to composer's spirit. His Debussy is particularly good, helped by his intense virtuosity. Listen to the CDs and you will understand me. A jewel!

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Balavoine Hommages... Daniel Balavoine Manufacturer: Barclay ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD France | Continental Europe | Europe | International | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music Rock | International | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music French Pop | Euro Pop | Pop | Styles | Music ASIN: B00004Y6IE Release Date: 2000-10-17

Tracks:

1. Vivre Ou Survivre - Liane Foly
2. Chanteur - Jean-Louis Aubert
3. Je Ne Suis Pas un Heros - Roch Voisine
4. Mon Fils, Ma Bataille - David Hallyday
5. Tous Les Cris Les S.O.S. - Stephan Eicher
6. Vendeurs de Larmes - Florent Pagny
7. Pour la Femme Veuve Qui S'Eveille
8. Aziza - Khal
9. Dieu Que C'Est Beau - Marc Lavoine
10. Petite Ang - Francis Cabrel

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Laureate Series: Johan Fostier Guitar Recital Fostier , Tedesco , Asencio , and Ponce Manufacturer: Naxos ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music 4-for-3 Classical | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Elena Papandreou: Laureate Series Guitar Laureate Series: Guitar ASIN: B00006L3VU Release Date: 2002-11-19

Tracks:

1. La Primavera (Spring)
2. La Arulladora (Lullaby)
3. El Canario Vuela (The Canary Flies)
4. Melancolia
5. Platero En El Cielo De Moguer (Platero in Heaven)
6. Variations On Folia De Espana And Fugue
7. Tango De la Casada Infiel (Tango of The Unfaithful Wife)
8. Elegia (Hommage A M. De Falla)
9. Sonatina (Hommage A D. Scarlatti)
10. Capriccio Diabolico (Homage To Paganini)

Average customer rating: Great CD - the Demenga brothers at the top of their game

12 Hommages A Paul Sacher Pour Violoncelle Manufacturer: Ecm Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Berio, Luciano | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Boulez | Boulez, Pierre | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Britten | Britten, Sir Benjamin | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Dutilleux | Dutilleux, Henri | ( D ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Ginastera | Ginastera, Alberto | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Henze | Henze, Hans Werner | ( H ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Holliger | Holliger, Heinz | ( H ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Lutoslawski | Lutoslawski, Witold | ( L ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Cello | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music ECM Classical | ECM Records | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music ECM Jazz & World | ECM Records | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music ASIN: B0000031Y9 Release Date: 1995-04-11

Tracks:

1. Punena No. 2, Op. 45: I. Harawi
2. Punena No. 2, Op. 45: II. Wayno Karnavalito
3. Zum Spielen fur den 70. Geburtstag Thema und Variationen fur Violoncello solo
4. Capriccio (1976-1981)
5. Fur Paul Sacher - Drei Epigramme fur Violoncello solo (1975): I. Moderato
6. Fur Paul Sacher - Drei Epigramme fur Violoncello solo (1975): II. Tranquillo
7. Fur Paul Sacher - Drei Epigramme fur Violoncello solo (1975): III. Vivo
8. 3 Strophes sur le nom de Sacher: I. Un poco indeciso
9. 3 Strophes sur le nom de Sacher: II. Andante sostenuto
10. 3 Strophes sur le nom de Sacher: III. Vivace

Tracks:

1. Sacher - Variationen (1975)
2. Les mots sont alles (1976 - 1978)
3. Variationen uber das Thema eSACHERe (1975)
4. Tema (1976)
5. Transpositio ad infinitum (1976) Fur ein virtuoses Solocello
6. Chaconne fur Violoncello solo (1975)
7. Messagesquisse pour7 violoncelles (1976)

Customer Reviews:

Great CD - the Demenga brothers at the top of their game.......2003-12-09

If you don't know about the music represented on this double CD, it's music commissioned as an homage for Paul Sacher, a patron of the arts from Basel, Switzerland, I think? Many top-name 20th century composers wrote for this celebration of his 70th? birthday, and I believe it was originally the idea that Rostropovich would play all this music (it's all for solo cello, except for the Boulez which is 7 cellos)...he's ended up playing some of it, I think, but not all. Most if not all of this music is based on the tone row eSACHERe (es is E-flat in German, and Re is D in solfege). Anyway, this is interesting music with a lot to offer, played superbly by Patrick and Thomas Demenga. Pick this up if you like cello and 20th century music. Maybe not the greatest thing to start with if you know nothing about 20th century music, but it's very unique stuff, and you might like it, you never know. Very highly recommended.

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Leo Smit: Complete Works Manufacturer: Donemus Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Flute | Reeds & Winds | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Classical | Box Sets | Stores | Music ASIN: B00005B6C8 Release Date: 2001-04-24

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The Dutch composer Leo Smit (1900-1943) was a Holocaust victim, not to be confused with the fine American composer-pianist Leo Smit. This set collects all the surviving music by the Dutch composer, most of which he hid away safely before being shipped with his harpist wife to an extermination camp. Smit's composing personality has a wide range, but his most characteristic style owes much to Ravel (to whom he wrote an homage) and, often, to American jazz. Smit's chamber music has clear textures, firm rhythms, and a great deal of melodic and harmonic interest; his orchestral works are brilliantly scored, usually quite concise and effective. This joint effort by a wide variety of Dutch performers is generally well performed (although in a few pieces other available Dutch recordings are even better), and the effect of hearing Smit's complete works convinces us that a worthwhile voice was silenced in its prime. Donemus's booklet, in Dutch and English, is extremely useful. But the fold-out package format is very inconvenient and may not hold up to repeated use. --Leslie Gerber

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