Joan & Josep Pla - Sonates per a Trio

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Date CD: 1999 | la mà de guido | 72:25

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Joan Baptista (c. 1720 - 1773) was born in Catalonia, Spain, into a Catalan family of musicians. In the years after 1751, he worked in many of the principal cities of Europe including Padua, Stuttgart, Brussels, Paris and London along with his brother, Josep Pla (1728-1762), a chamber musician. After Josep's death, Joan Baptista went to Lisbon as an oboist and bassoonist. He is thought to have died in Paris.

The Pla brothers left hundreds of manuscripts including about 30 trio sonatas and some concertos for flute and strings.

There seems to be no indication of which brother wrote which sonata or whether all of them were equally joint efforts. The sleeve note tells us that early copies were unscrupulously changed and varied and so we do not know who wrote what and whether what we have is original.

It has to be said that the performers are magnificent. There are various flutes and a oboe used with the continuo of a viola da gamba and a keyboard.

tracklist:

Triosonata in Sol n°29

Triosonata in re n°2a

Triosonata in Fa n°4

Triosonata in Sol n°15

Triosonata in la n°16

Triosonata in Do n°13

Triosonata in Sol n°12

Barcelona Consort

Jordi Argelaga (oboe, recorder)

Jordi Colomer (recorder)

Jordi Comellas (gamba)

Madrona Elias (harpsichord)

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Philip Glass: Theater Music Volume I

Classical | EAC, FLACs, CUE, Log | 1 CD, Booklet | 254 MB CD Date: April 24, 2007 | Orange Mountain Music Filevelocity - - Filefactory “Theater Music Vol. 1 represents the first release in a series of 10 discs to be released on Orange Mountain Music from the vast archive of recordings made in the last 40 years of Philip Glass’ incredible recording career. These recordings span the entire range of Philip Glass’ compositional activities and will include music for film, theater, dance, and concert hall in a wide variety of scores including chamber music, solo instruments and orchestral works. Theater Music Volume 1 features two ravishingly beautiful works from the world of theater: the instrumental suite from Glass’ 2003 chamber opera The Sound of a Voice features Eastern and Western instruments in one of Glass most creative scores. In the Summer House is the original music composed for the Jane Bowles’ 1953 play. This release contains an incredibly rare chance to hear premiere recordings of works by one of the most successful composer of our times in the most intimate context.” Performer: Wu Man; Chang; Feeney; Rejto; Sher; Cook Composer: Philip Glass TRACKS: 01. The Sound of a Voice - Suite 19:27 02. In the Summer House 1:29 03. "My One and Only Hope..." 1:32 04. Gertrude's Paradise 2:18 05. Mr. Solares' Picnic Lunch 2:58 06. "Molly Is a Dreamer." 1:04 07. Enter Vivian 1:05 08. The Beach/Lionel and Molly 0:49 09. Vivian's Death/Two Marriages 0:37 10. "Life Is Tragic, Mrs. Constable." 2:12 11. Gertrude Leaves the Summer House 2:40 12. Left Alone... 1:33 13. The Lobster Bowl 1:07 14. Back to Sad Things 0:55 15. Gertrude Returns 1:06 16. "I Knew You'd Come Back." 1:29 17. A Choice 2:39 18. Lionel Departs 2:07 19. "When I Was a Little Girl..." 6:31

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W.A.Mozart: Concertos for Flute, Flute and Harp

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Date CD: 2006 | Globe | 67:04

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The cover of this album, with the featured Mozart-era flute disassembled into a half-dozen compartments in its box, piques the listener's interest. (Actually, a copy of the instrument is heard on the album.) So does the sound of the wooden flute when one gets to hear it: it doesn't have the fluttering, agile quality of a modern flute, but rather a sweet, whistling tone. With the small, authentic-instrument accompaniment of the Ensemble Schönbrunn backing flutist Marten Root, the listener has the feeling of hearing these works pretty much as Mozart heard them when he wrote them in Paris at the end of the 1770s. So it's disappointing that the performances here aren't all they could be. There's a certain trivial but ingratiating quality to these works -- which Mozart himself didn't care for, if he can be believed -- that is essential to their realization; they have to be sentimental and cute, but Root's performances, although they make very nice use of the old-style flute technically, don't quite have the necessary Parisian-entertainment quality. The sonic atmosphere of Amsterdam's Waalse Kerk, not a large church but still large enough to make the music feel remote, also works to the music's detriment. Recording music meant for crowded aristocratic soirées in an empty church is often wrong, and here it results in the harp of Masumi Nagasawa in the Concerto for flute, harp, and orchestra in C major, K. 299, being swallowed up in its quieter passages. Her harp is likewise an old instrument with an interesting tone, but it seems to fade in and out like a radio station suffering from poor reception. This recording will not displease the Mozart lover, and it has little competition in the historical-performance arena when it comes to these works. Players interested in the instruments of Mozart's time, however, might try different approaches.

tracklist:

Concert in G major for Flute and Orchestra KV 313

Concert in D major for Flute and Orchestra KV 314

Concert in D major for Flute, Harp and Orchestra KV 299

Marten Root (flute)

Masumi Nagasawa (harp)

Ensemble Schonbrunn

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Warner & Nuzova - Russian Music for Cello & Piano

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Date CD: 2010 | Cedille Records | 68:55

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The WarnerNuzova duo cellist Wendy Warner and pianist Irina Nuzova makes its recording debut with five late-Romantic Russian works on an album dedicated to the memory of one of Warner's mentors, the illustrious Russian cellist, composer, and conductor Mstislav Rostropovich (1927 2007). Fittingly, two of the pieces were originally written for Rostropovich: Nikolai Miaskovsky's rarely heard Sonata No. 2 in A Minor for Cello and Piano, Op. 81; and Alfred Schnittke's Baroque-inspired Musica nostalgica, for violoncello and piano. This is the first American recording of Miaskovsky's mellifluous Sonata No. 2, a work that's rarely performed outside of Russia. Alexander Scriabin's Etude Op. 8, No. 11, is a beautiful encore piece brimming with chromatic harmonies; Sergei Prokofiev's Adagio from Ten Pieces from Cinderella, Op. 97b, is based on a duet from his ballet; and Sergei Rachmaninov's Sonata in G Minor for Cello and Piano, Op. 19, is a riveting four-movement work from the same period as his Second Piano Concerto.

tracklist:

Nikolai Miaskovsky (1881 - 1950)

Sonata No. 2 in A minor for Cello and Piano, Op. 81

Alexander Scriabin (1872 - 1915)

Etude Op. 8, No. 11 (04:03) Transcription by Gregor Piatigorsky

Alfred Schnittke (1934 - 1998)

Musica Nostalgica, for Violoncello and Piano

Sergei Prokofiev (1891 - 1953)

Adagio from Ten Pieces from Cinderella, Op. 97b

Sergei Rachmaninov(1873 - 1943)

Sonata in G minor, Op. 19

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Philip Glass: Early Keyboard Music

Classical | EAC, FLACs, CUE, Log | 1 CD, Booklet | 315 MB CD Date: March 27, 2001 | MD&G Records Filevelocity - - Filefactory

The early, radical pieces by Philip Glass always tend to divide the public into two camps on their (quite rare) performances: some listen as if spellbound and open themselves up to the hypnotic, trance-like effect of the music, while others are bored and annoyed by the endless, inane repetitions.

Performer: Steffen Schleiermacher,electric organ, table Composer: Philip Glass TRACKS: 1. Contrary Motion 2. One+One (1st version) 3. Mad Rush 4. One+One (2nd version) 5. Two Pages

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Philip Glass: The Secret Agent

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Soundtrack from the film Joseph Conrad's The Secret Agent directed by Christopher Hampton, with Bob Hoskins, Patricia Arquette, Gerard Depardieu, Jim Broadbent and Christian Bale. Released in 1996, Philip Glass's score performed by the English Chamber Orchestra captures the moody desolation of nineteenth century London and the madness and desolation that is at the center of Conrad's novel.

Music by Philip Glass For the film by Christopher Hampton The English Chamber Orchestra Michael Riesman, conductor

TRACKS: 01. Secret Agent 4:48 02. Winnie Remembers 3:13 03. Verloc and the Russian Embassy 5:08 04. Blood on the Stairs 1:38 05. The First Meridian 3:18 06. Emigration 1:47 07. Trust 3:42 08. Winnie? 5:40 09. Explosives 2:31 10. All the Money 1:18 11. Simple 2:38 12. Roast Beef 2:27 13. Safe Journey 4:11 14. Ossipon is Tempted 3:04 15. Winnie Goes to Sea 2:37 16. Secret Agent Ending 3:08

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Dan Laurin: Entertainments for a Small Flute

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Date CD: 1998 | BIS | 74:35

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As is widely known, the recorder has been around for centuries the ultimate amateur instrument as it were. By the end of the Baroque Era the instrument was not only the most popular instrument with gentlemen musicians but also with professionals featured prominently in public concerts as well as in theatres and opera houses. Dan Laurin, recorder virtuoso and scholar, takes us to 18th century England to peek in on the recorder and how it was perceived and listened to with this fully realized CD package not only with music but also a generous booklet of notes by David Lasocki that takes you in and out of the history of the recorder, its players and the music of that era.

Thoroughly enjoyable, the CD feature music by composers that may not be household names today. You will be introduced to John Baston, William Babell and Robert Woodcock, all English players and composers who lived and worked in London in the first half of the century as well as the Italian Giuseppe Sammartini, who is the most famous of the group given his reputation as the finest oboe player of the era. He immigrated to England to live and find work in London's theatres and concert halls. They all toiled to make a living and "hear the great applause" from the theatre audiences as they played "entertainments" in between intervals and intermissions of plays. These "entertainments" became important elements and added attractions to rival theaters like Drury Lane and Lincoln's Inn Fields, providing strenuous competition as they jostled for paying customers.

Laurin is a first-class recorder player, winning awards as well as being in demand as a soloist and clinician. He is ably assisted by the Orchestra "Van Wassenaer" a small period-instrument ensemble that specializes in music of the Baroque. Irresistibly entertaining, this is an album that offers a unique opportunity to hear (and read about) the recorder and some of the music and players that made it so popular during its heyday. Thoroughly enjoyable.

Terrence London

tracklist:

Giuseppe Sammartini: Concerto for 5th flute, strings & continuo in F

John Baston: Concerto "For Sixth Flute" No.2 in D major

William Babell: Concerto No.1 in D major

William Babell: Concerto No.4 in A major

Robert Woodcock: Concerto No.2 in A major

William Babell: Concerto No.3 in D minor

William Babell: Concerto No.2 in D major

Robert Woodcock: Concerto for flute & orchestra in D major

Dan Laurin: flutes

Orchestra "Van Wassenaer"

Makoto Akatsu

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Philip Glass: Koyaanisqatsi (1998 recording)

Classical, Soundtrack | APE | 1 CD, scan | 308 MB CD Date: 1998 | Antilles 422-814 042 Filevelocity - - Filefactory “Ko.yaa.nis.qatsi (from the Hopi language), n. 1. Crazy life. 2. Life in turmoil. 3. Life disintegrating. 4. Life out of balance. 5. A state of life that calls for another way of living. THE HOPI PROPHECIES If we dig precious things from the land, We will invite disaster. Near the day of Purification, there will be cobwebs Spun back and forth in the sky. A container of ashes might one day be thrown From the sky, which could burn the land And boil the oceans” Music by Philip Glass For the film by Godfrey Reggio Michael Riesman, conductor TRACKS: 1 Koyaanisqatsi 3:28 2 Organic 7:43 3 Cloudscape 4:34 4 Resource 6:39 5 Vessels 8:05 6 Pruit Igoe 7:53 7 The Grid 21:23 8 Prophecies 13:36

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