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Post by MartinT on Feb 27, 2024 18:58:15 GMT
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Post by julesd68 on Feb 28, 2024 10:34:13 GMT
I think Trevino is an exceptional talent.
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Post by julesd68 on Feb 28, 2024 18:34:43 GMT
Hilary Hahn playing Barber. Exquisite poise and tone.
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Post by julesd68 on Mar 2, 2024 10:12:22 GMT
Try this for size.
From a forthcoming release of the Unsuk Chin Violin Concerto. She is a South Korean composer of contemporary classical music.
I heard some of her piano music performed yesterday and was captivated by it. A composer to explore further.
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Post by MartinT on Mar 2, 2024 11:32:44 GMT
Never heard of her. I'll give it a try.
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Post by julesd68 on Mar 22, 2024 15:31:13 GMT
Thank the lord for Helene Grimaud's latest!
Last year I had to sit through a remarkably stifled and flat Schumann PC. I needed a recording like this to remind me what a fluid, inspirational and tender work it can be in the right hands. Absolutely sumptuous backing from Camerata Saltzburg.
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Post by julesd68 on Mar 23, 2024 20:01:44 GMT
Made a start on this fine sounding new Mendelssohn symphony cycle by Paavo Järvi.
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Post by julesd68 on Mar 24, 2024 17:53:05 GMT
Mathias: Harp Concerto
As recommended by Dave Hurwitz in his "12 Ridiculously Underplayed Concertos".
Very colourful and impressionistic mid century music by the Welsh composer William Mathias and played by Ann Hobson Pilot from the BSO, not incidentally the first black female principal player in a major symphony orchestra.
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Post by julesd68 on Mar 27, 2024 13:49:03 GMT
A 20 minute single movement work by Unsuk Chin.
Has a mid century feel with a strong movie soundtrack / science fiction vibe - I'm thinking Planet of the Apes etc!
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Post by julesd68 on Apr 1, 2024 19:58:15 GMT
From a forthcoming Simon Rattle / LSO Britten recording, this final movement from Sinfonia da Requiem has a wonderfully airy, ethereal and lustrous quality to it. This is in part due to the tempo, clocking in 34 seconds slower than the Mirga / CBSO recording from 2021.
I look forward to the full album.
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Post by julesd68 on Apr 6, 2024 10:39:16 GMT
Rather nice to enjoy the Pastoral with this lovely sunshine today.
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Post by julesd68 on Apr 10, 2024 9:24:40 GMT
Yuja unloading with Philip Glass from her forthcoming Vienna Recital recording. Electrifying.
Her concert at the Festival Hall in June has sold out without even announcing the programme! Can't wait.
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Post by MartinT on Apr 12, 2024 17:53:14 GMT
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Post by julesd68 on Apr 14, 2024 13:09:24 GMT
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Post by MartinT on Apr 14, 2024 17:25:41 GMT
I love Glass and I love Wang playing Glass.
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Post by julesd68 on Apr 14, 2024 18:05:18 GMT
Me too - just mesmerising!
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Post by julesd68 on Apr 20, 2024 14:21:52 GMT
Another teasing release from the forthcoming Yuja album, just release the damn thing!!
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Post by julesd68 on May 3, 2024 13:37:42 GMT
Heads up - Yuja's album has dropped today!
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Post by julesd68 on May 3, 2024 13:43:32 GMT
And what a glorious opener, the Albeniz, soaring with Iberian colour and energy!
Just too good. What a pianist she is!
Can't wait for her Festival Hall recital, programme is still TBC, LOL.
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Post by julesd68 on May 3, 2024 13:46:43 GMT
I will go as far to say that she is at the absolute peak of her powers, I don't know how she can improve really.
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