Tribune ...After a Reading

On this CD:

1. Der Tribun, 10 marches for woodwinds, brass & percussion
Composed by Mauricio Kagel

2. Nach einer Lektüre von Orwell (radio plays)
Composed by Mauricio Kagel
Performed by Georg Kroll, Carin Levine

Tracks:

Morning
Adam And Eve
Mazurka
Staying On Alone
Their Accord
Looking
Conversation At Midnight
Flight
Lear
Katharine
Lear
Titania And Oberon
Caliban
Portia
Why Hear'st Thou Music Sadly?
Remembrance Of Things Past
Iago And Othello

Customer Reviews:

Rorem for Cello.......2007-02-13

Ned Rorem (b. 1923)is best-known as an American composer of art song and as a writer of memoirs. But, as several budget-priced releases in Naxos's "American classics" series testify, Rorem's compositions extend far beyond the realm of song. A series of Naxos CDs offers listeners the opportunity to explore Rorem's symphonies, chamber music, and concertos in addition to a selection of songs performed by Carole Farley with the composer at the piano. The most recent release of Rorem's music on Naxos includes two works in which the cello is preeminent: a suite for cello alone and Rorem's double concerto for violin and cello.

This CD features cellist Sharon Robinson, a member of the much-recorded
Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson trio together with her husband and partner in the trio, violinist Jamie Laredo. Both Robinson and Laredo have long been champions of Rorem's music, and it is exciting to have the opportunity to hear them perform on a budget CD. In the concerto, Michael Stern conducts the relatively newly-formed (2000) IRIS Orchestra, which is based in Germantown, Tennessee and regularly features the music of American composers.

Rorem's solo cello suite, "After Reading Shakespeare" dates from 1981, and Robinson's recording first appeared in 1982. This is a nine-movement suite based loosely upon Rorem's rereadings of Shakespeare and of Proust. It is rare to hear music for unaccompanied cello, and Rorem's suite immediately brings to mind Bach's incomparable set of six suites for cello alone. In some of the lengthier movements, particularly the first and final movements, Rorem's suite includes echoes of Bach's suites, as Rorem uses the cello contrapuntally to create the feeling of several voices and lines. The suite also includes movements of lyricism and passion in the companiaon pieces titled "Caliban" and "Portia" and in the Proust-inspired "Remberance of things past." The finale, "Iago and Othello" is a work in two voices full of both learning and passion, as befits its title. This cello suite is an outstanding work.

Rorem's Double Concerto for Violin, Cello and Orchestra was commissioned by the Indianapolis Symphony which first performed it in 1998. The work brings to mind Brahms's famous "Double", but in fact it has little in common with this predecessor. As is Rorem's violin concerto, this double concerto is more in the nature of a multi-movement suite than a concerto. It consists of eight mostly short movements with close integrated writing for the orchestra and the two soloists. The composition is tonal and clear throughout in a musical language that reminded me both of Debussy and of the American works of Aaron Copland.

The music seems to me to tell a story as it shows events in the lives of a married couple much in love. The centerpiece of the work is the lengthy seveth movement, titled "Conversation at Midnight" in which the cello and violin speak lovingly and intimately to each other at the beginning and the end with a long orchestral interlude in the middle. The soloists tend, on the whole, not to stand out in the remainder of the work, which shifts mercurially among many moods from the reflective to the brash and fanfarish. In his liner notes for this CD, Rorem describes the recording as a "perfect performance". Indeed both orchestra and the two soloists are engaged with the score and appear to be enjoying themselves.

I found the unaccompanied cello suite the better piece on this CD, but both it and the concerto will reward hearing. Listeners interested in American music have reason to be grateful to Naxos, and to an anonymous donor who has provided funding for this release, for continuing to make the music of Ned Rorem accessible to a wide audience.

Robin Friedman

Kiev Christmas Liturgy / Celebration of the Nativity

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Kiev Christmas Liturgy / Celebration of the Nativity

Manufacturer: Elektra / Wea
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

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ASIN: B000000SCP
Release Date: 1993-09-07

Tracks:

Christmas Eve: Selected Hymns And Prayers
'God With Us'
Matins: The Short Litany. Two Songs After The Reading Of The Psalms
Matins: Glory To Christmas
Matins: Hymn. Prokeimenon. Reading Of The Gospel According To St. Matthew
Matins: Three Stichera Following The Reading Of The Gospel
Matins: Selected Hymns Of The Cannon
Matins: The Canon 9th Ode. Selected Verses
Matins: Two Songs. The Dismissal

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Kremerland

Manufacturer: Deutsche Grammophon
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Happy Birthday
From My Home: Music from the Baltic Countries
Vivaldi and Piazzolla: Eight Seasons
The Russian Seasons
After Mozart

ASIN: B0002UNQ7W
Release Date: 2004-10-12

Tracks:

Andante Maestoso
Presto Agitato Assai
Adagio - Allegro Moderato
Cadenza
Poco A Poco Piu Di Moto - Allegro Vivace
Theme (From Piano Sonata In A Major, K. 331)
Variation I
Variation II
Variation III (Piano Solo)
Variation IV
Variation V
Variation VI
Variation VII (Samba)
Variation VIII
Cadenza Part I
Cadenza Part II
Variation IX
Tango Hommage A Gidon
Rag-Gidon-Time
The Unanswered Call
Meeting With A Friend
Circus Fantasy

Christ in Gethsemane - Maundy Thursday: The Office of Tenebrae & The Ceremony of Foot Washing

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Christ in Gethsemane - Maundy Thursday: The Office of Tenebrae & The Ceremony of Foot Washing

Manufacturer: Solesmes
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Vespers And Compline

ASIN: B000003XH3
Release Date: 1996-02-20

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Christmas Carol: The Movie

Manufacturer: EMI
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Classical | Styles | Music

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ASIN: B00005RRQ8
Release Date: 2001-01-01

Tracks:

Come Gather Round The Christmas Tree - The Tiffin Choir
Quis Est Deus - Charlotte Church
Hospital - The City Of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra
Fezziwig's Jig - The City Of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra
Three Kings - The Tiffin Choir
Resolution - The City Of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra
What If - Kate Winslet
The Coventry Carol - The Tiffin Choir
Nos Galan (Deck The Halls) - The Tiffin Choir
Scrooge's Theme - The City Of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra
Marley's Ghost - The City Of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra
Scrooge Awakes - The City Of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra
It's The Heart That Matters Most - Charlotte Church
The Holly & The Ivy - The Tiffin Choir
The Reading Of The Will - The City Of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra
The Ghost Of Christmas Present - The City Of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra
Dickens Arrives - The City Of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra
Cradle Lullaby - The Tiffin Choir

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Luis de Pablo: Tarde de Poetas

Manufacturer: Harmonia Mundi
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0000007AK
Release Date: 1996-04-10

Tracks:

Cuatro Canciones De Selomo Ibn Gabirol (1985): I. A Un Mecenas
Cuatro Canciones De Selomo Ibn Gabirol (1985): II. La Manzana
Cuatro Canciones De Selomo Ibn Gabirol (1985): III. Resplandor En La Noche
Cuatro Canciones De Selomo Ibn Gabirol (1985): IV. En La Muerte De Un Amigo
Dos Poemas De Juan Larrea (1986): I. Espinas Cuando Nieva
Dos Poemas De Juan Larrea (1986): II. Razon
Glosa Instrumental A Tres Poetas Persas (1985-86): Hafiz
Glosa Instrumental A Tres Poetas Persas (1985-86): Saadi
Glosa Instrumental A Tres Poetas Persas (1985-86): Omar Khayyam
'Los Fuegos', De Soledad Primera, De Luis De Gongora (1985-86)
Ocho Epigramas De Marcial (1984-86): Libro XIII., No.XXXII./Transicion-Libro XIII, No.XXI....
Transicion Instrumental, No.I.: Musica Para Una Lectura De Ka'ehu Y El Dialogo Della Natura E Di...
Transicion Instrumental, No.II. (1986)
'Surcar Vemos', De Soledad Primera, De Luis De Gongora (1985-86)
Transicion Instrumental No.III. (1986)
'On Begliett' De Beneghin Biroeu Di Ex Monegh De Carlo Porta (1985)
Transicion Instrumental No.IV. (1986)
Glosa A Un Texto De Soledad Segunda, De Luis De Gongora (1961-1986)

Tracks:

Meditacion Instrumental (1986)
'Como Moises Es El Viejo', Sobre Texto Homonimo De Vicente Aleixandre (1985)

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An American Cellobration

Manufacturer: Crystal Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000003J5K
Release Date: 1997-10-28

Tracks:

Son: Allegro Inquieto; Non Troppo Presto - Richard Slavich/Alice Rybak
Son: Adagio Semplice - Richard Slavich/Alice Rybak
Son: Allegro Assai - Richard Slavich/Alice Rybak
Lear - Richard Slavich
Katharine - Richard Slavich
Titania And Oberon - Richard Slavich
Caliban - Richard Slavich
Portia - Richard Slavich
Why Hears't Thou Music Sadly? - Richard Slavich
Our Minutes Hasten To Their End - Richard Slavich
Remembrance Of Things Past - Richard Slavich
Iago And Othello - Richard Slavich
Ricordanza - Richard Slavich/Alice Rybak
Ste: Preludio - Richard Slavich
Ste: Fuga-Burletta - Richard Slavich
Ste: Sarabanda - Richard Slavich
Ste: Giga - Richard Slavich
Billy The Kid: Waltz - Richard Slavich/Alice Rybak
Billy The Kid: Celebration - Richard Slavich/Alice Rybak

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When You Pray
Mark Katzenberg
Manufacturer: Mark Katzenberg
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000BW06Z6
Release Date: 2002-02-19

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Dreadful
great compilation!
Gregorian Insight Look

Eternal Chant

Manufacturer: Atlantic / Wea
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Salve Regina: Gregorian Chant
Lost in Meditation: Meditative Gregorian Chants

ASIN: B000002J2X
Release Date: 1994-10-25

Tracks:

Viae Viri Sancti - Psalm 109: Dixit Dominus
Qui Sedes
Rorate Caeli
Beginning Of Christmas Vespers: Harmonized Invitatory
Jubilate
Ecce Advenit
Alleluia: Justus Germanibit
Ave Regina Caelorum
Allelua: De Profundis
Lamentation O Vos Omnes
The Three Mary's At The Tomb
Good Friday Improperes
O Oliva Fructifera
Ave Maris Stella
Alleluia - Canticle Of The Creatures
Alleluia: Exultabuntur
Sanctus IX
Veni Creator

Tracks:

Alleluia, Veni, Domine
Antiphons For Advent: Jucundare Filla Sion
Alma Redemptoris
Sanctus
Stirps Jesse
Juncundare
Ne Timeas
Ave Maria
Ecce Virgo
Jerusalem Surge
Beata Dei Genitrix
Christe Redemptor
Genuit Puerpera
Dominus Dixit
Salve, Sancta Parens
Tecum Principium
Kyrie Simplex
Ambrosian Gloria
Viderun Omnes
Ave Maria
Alleluia Dies Sanctificatus
Hodie Christus
A) Magnum Hereditatis Mysterium, B) Magnificat

Tracks:

Bells & Footsteps
Diffusa Est
Reading: Isaiah ch. 40, Verses 4-8
Jam Christus
Magnus Dominus (Psalm 47)
Birds & Bells
Genuit Puerpera
Angelus Ad Pastores Ait
Ecce Jam Noctis
Jam Lucis
Servite Domino
Bells
Alleluia: Lapis Revolutus
Terribilis
Introit: Da Pacem
Gloria X
Venite
Alleluia: In Exitu Israel
Dues, Deus, Meus
Christus Resurgens
Bells & Birds
Et Venerunt Festinantes
Verbum Caro
Sanctorum Meritis
Magnificavit Sanctum & Magnificat
Bells & Deus In Adjutorium
Hymn: Te Lucis Ante Terminatum
Ecce Nunc Benedicite
Slave Regina

Amazon.com

Here's a set that for many collectors will slam the monk's gate on further chant acquisitions. In other words, this could be as close to a definitive compilation as there ever will be. What's more, it's beautifully packaged, intelligently programmed, and authentically performed--by real monastic, cathedral, and abbey choirs in authentic locations in France. The three discs were compiled from the catalog of Studio SM, a French label that has specialized in recording chant for more than 40 years. Although there is some variance in sound quality and in the performing styles of the different choirs, the overall production values are impressive. Solemn and uplifting moments mingle with the charming: during one of the selections, we hear both the bells and birds of Tarnie Abbey. The 40-page booklet contains extensive liner notes, photographs, texts, and translations. --David Vernier

Customer Reviews:

Dreadful.......2004-11-28

A real stinker. The engineer has tried to create that "big cathedral sound" using reverb. And boy did he ever use it! Each cut starts out cleanly for a second or two until the reverb kicks in. The result is muddy, confused noise. The last note of nearly every line sounds out of tune because the reverb rarely catches up. Wish I could get my hands on the original tapes. Very good book though, or this would be a zero star rating.

great compilation!.......2002-11-07

i am doing a performance art work based on umberto eco's "the name of the rose." the novel takes place in an abbey, and the story is structured around the daily pattern of prayer observed by the monks. i was hoping to find some nice recordings of gregorian chant, but i wasn't prepared to find EXACTLY what i needed! what a nice surprise -- not everything in life has to be suffering and pain i suppose... i digress. the quality of the recordings is excellent, and i really appreciate the abient noises in the background (bells, doors opening, birds, wind, etc). these sounds are proof of the authenticity of the experience -- you are hearing the monks as they progress through their day -- it is so nice to hear something that wasn't constructed electronically in a sound studio. the collection is great for people who want relaxing and/or spiritual music, but it is also very important to those students of monastic life who want to understand better the daily rituals that make up a monk's life. you might also be interested in this compilation if you are studying music history or music appreciation, or if you are interested in hearing music sung in latin (a good resource for language students). all in all this is the best gregorian chant collection i've been able to find after much searching: great sound quality, consistency (same people's voices, same acoustics, etc) logical progressions through the provided selections, and reasonable pricing. this compilation is also great if you need a thorough survey of gregorian chant

Gregorian Insight Look.......2000-05-11

Consist of 3 CD's - An overview of Gregorian Chant - A Monk's day in Chants - Advent and Christmas This compilation is good for who want to know more of Gregorian Chants