J.S. Bach/Elliott Carter

1. Suite for solo cello No. 3 in C major, BWV 1009
Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach
with Thomas Demenga

2. Esprit Rude, Esprit Doux for flute & clarinet
Composed by Elliott Carter
with Ernesto Molinari , Philippe Racine

3. Enchanted Preludes for flute & cello
Composed by Elliott Carter
with Thomas Demenga , Philippe Racine

4. Riconoscenza (Per Goffredo Petrassi) for violin solo
Composed by Elliott Carter
with Hansheinz Schneeberger

5. Triple Duo
Composed by Elliott Carter
with Thomas Demenga , Ernesto Molinari , Philippe Racine , Hansheinz Schneeberger , Gerhard Huber
Conducted by Jurg Wyttenbach

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Tracks:

1. Italian Con, BWV 971: I. Allegro - Columbia Conc Orch/Howard Barlow
2. Pno Con No.20 in d, K 466: I. Allegro - Columbia Conc Orch/Howard Barlow
3. Pno Con No.20 in d, K 466: II. Romanze - Columbia Conc Orch/Howard Barlow
4. Pno Con No.20 in d, K 466: III. Allegro Assai - Columbia Conc Orch/Howard Barlow
5. Hungarian Rhap No.13 - New York Phil/Efrem Kurtz
6. Pno Con No.2 in c, Op.18: II. Adagio Sostenuto - New York Phil/Efrem Kurtz
7. Pno Son: I. Allegro Con Moto - Teresa Sterne
8. Pno Son: II. Adagietto - Teresa Sterne
9. Pno Son: III. Allegro Vivo - Teresa Sterne
10. Pno Son: IV. Allegro - Teresa Sterne

Tracks:

1. Ov To An English Opr, Hob 1A-3 - The Little Orch Of London/Leslie Jones
2. Nun Freut Euch, Lieben Christen - Paul Jacobs
3. Herzlich Thut Mich Verlangen - Paul Jacobs
4. Etude, Book II - Paul Jacobs
5. Five Pno Pieces, Op.23: II Sehr Rasch - Paul Jacobs
6. Ionisation - The New Jersey Perc Ens/Raymond DesRoches
7. The Ragtime Dance - Joshua Rifkin
8. Jeanie With The Light Brown Hair - Jan DeGaetani/Gilbert Kalish
9. Blondel Zu Marien, D 626 - Jan DeGaetani/Gilbert Kalish
10. Double Con: Intro - Paul Jacobs/Gilbert Kalish
11. Pno Son No.2, 'Concord, Mass': III. The Alcotts - Gilbert Kalish
12. Wait 'Till The Sun Shines, Nellie - Joan Morris/William Bolcom
13. Graceful Ghost - William Bolcom
14. Ancient Voices Of Children: III. De Donde Vienes, Amor, Mi Nino?/IV. Todas Las Tardes En Granada... - Jan DeGaetani/Michael Dash
15. Nyamamusango (Meat In The Forest) - Hakurotwi Mude/Cosmas Magaya/Ephat Mujuri
16. Vetar Vee - Vasilka Andonova/Kremena Stancheva
17. Ta Shto Mi E Miloj, Mamo - Nadezhda Georgieva Klicherova/Gena Ivanova Bodenova/Nadezhda Georgieva Paleastova
18. Ketjak Dance - Teresa Sterne
19. I Big You Goodnight - Edith Pinder/Geneva Pinder/Raymond Pinder/Joseph Spence
20. Oyun Havasi - Teresa Sterne
21. Ketawang Puspawarna - Teresa Sterne

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The life of Teresa Sterne is as noteworthy as the label she once presided over (Nonesuch). As a child prodigy, she successfully filled world-class auditoriums in the 1940s with audiences eager to hear her piano playing. Then, inexplicably, Sterne abandoned her concert career only to resurface as the leader behind Nonesuch Records in the late 1960s, turning the budget classical label into one of the more adventurous and consistently rewarding labels around (and generally keeping quiet about her earlier fame). Half of this double-CD tribute collects recordings of a teenage Sterne at the keyboard; the second disc is devoted to some of the finest recordings from her Nonesuch tenure (1965-1979)--both are engrossing.

Ignore the surface noise on Sterne's disc (no small task on the Mozart Piano Concerto No. 20), and you'll hear a young pianist in fine form--she is expressive, and boasts crisp articulation and fine technique. She dances through Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsody No. 13 with riveting intensity; on Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 2 (with the New York Philharmonic), she shows a sensitive but no less virtuosic side. On the second disc, we get a virtual best-of for Nonesuch Records, including tracks by Joshua Rifkin, Paul Jacobs, and William Bolcom. Hard to imagine anyone doing it these days, but in one five-year period (1970-1975), Nonesuch released albums featuring the music of Stephen Foster, Edgar Varese, George Crumb, and a platter of Bulgarian folk tunes. They're all here. Now battling Lou Gehrig's disease, Sterne herself may be unable to celebrate this release, but for anyone who has treasured a release from Nonesuch's glory days, it's a moving tribute. --Jason Verlinde

Average customer rating: needs a re-re-release Not a first choice, but some good performances

J.S. Bach/Elliott Carter Thomas Demenga Manufacturer: Ecm Records 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 Avant Garde & Free Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music ECM Classical | ECM Records | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music ECM Jazz & World | ECM Records | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Similar Items: Bach: Suite No. 1 in G; Sándor Veress: Sonata for violin; Sonata for violoncello Demenga Plays Hosokawa, J.S. Bach, Isang Yun ASIN: B00000DTFL Release Date: 2000-08-08

Tracks:

1. Suite Nr. 3 In C-Dur fur Violoncello solo (BWV 1009): Prelude
2. Suite Nr. 3 In C-Dur fur Violoncello solo (BWV 1009): Allemande
3. Suite Nr. 3 In C-Dur fur Violoncello solo (BWV 1009): Courante
4. Suite Nr. 3 In C-Dur fur Violoncello solo (BWV 1009): Sarabande
5. Suite Nr. 3 In C-Dur fur Violoncello solo (BWV 1009): Bouree l & ll
6. Suite Nr. 3 In C-Dur fur Violoncello solo (BWV 1009): Gigue
7. Esprit rude, Esprit doux
8. Enchanted Preludes
9. Riconoscenza per Goffredo Petrassi
10. Triple Duo

Customer Reviews:

needs a re-re-release.......2006-03-06

It was a terrible marketing decision to use the Bach Cello Suites as a filler for the other modernistic pieces that they were coupled with in this ECM New Series featuring Thomas Demenga. The liner notes go to great lengths to sell the buyer on the ties that bind the Bach to the 20th century composers but it sounds more like begging than explaining. The Zimmerman, the Hosokawa, Yun, Verese, Holliger and Carter pieces need to be collected together on a series of recordings and the Bach either jettisoned or sequestered. Maybe someday a re-release will save what's good about this series and reduce 6 mediocre CD recordings down to what should be 3. Buy the Bach elsewhere--there are over a dozen great choices.

Not a first choice, but some good performances.......2003-12-18

This disc is one in a series of ECM recordings devoted to pairing the Bach cello suites with works by contemporary composers (other volumes feature music by Zimmermann, Veress, Holliger, Yun and Hosokawa). In this volume, Bach's Third Cello Suite is coupled with a major work (Triple Duo) by the American composer Elliott Carter, 95 this year, and three minor works of his (Esprit rude/Esprit doux, Enchanted Preludes, Riconoscenza per Goffredo Petrassi).

Thomas Demenga gives a strong, lively performance of the Bach. Its energy and lithe suppleness make it highly enjoyable to listen to, though I feel he lets the tension sag too much in the Sarabande. It's not a first choice, but no-one need feel short-changed by this performance. Nonetheless, I doubt listeners will be choosing whether or not to buy this disc on the basis of the Bach.

For contemporary music lovers, the primary interest in this disc starts with the Carter miniatures, each of about five minutes' duration. Esprit rude/Esprit doux mixes the distinctive sonorities of flute and clarinet to delightful effect, while Enchanted Preludes contrasts the very different sounds of flute and cello. Riconoscenza is a complex yet warm tribute for solo violin, sounding both contemporary and Bachian in its mixture of elegance and passion.

The major Carter work here, though, is the Triple Duo. A hyper-complex piece with three different duos (flute and clarinet, piano and percussion, violin and cello) playing distinctively different music, often simultaneously, this is a tough work to get a hang of, but well worth the effort. It moves over 20 minutes through a wide range of colors and moods before the emphatic close.

As mentioned before, the Bach would not be a first choice. As for the Carter, this disc comes up against some stiff competition, particularly the Nouvelle Ensemble Moderne disc on ATMA, which contains all four Carter works on this recording, plus another five (including an excellent performance of the recent Clarinet Concerto). In my opinion, the ATMA disc takes the plaudits for the performance of the Triple Duo, which is more lithe and witty than the heavier, more serious performance here, and brings out the music's classical lines more effectively. For Esprit rude/Esprit doux and Enchanted Preludes, the current disc will do very nicely (it is superior to the ATMA recording in both works), while for Riconoscenza both this disc and the ATMA one are comfortably outclassed by two other ECM discs: one with Michelle Makarski playing; the other with Thomas Zehetmair giving an outstanding performance of Riconoscenza as part of the Four Lauds (an almost neo-Bachian suite in which Riconoscenza has now been incorporated).

Average customer rating: Triple Duo is the wildest chamber music imaginable.

J.S. Bach/Elliott Carter Manufacturer: Ecm Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Trios | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by J.S. Bach | Bach, Johann Sebastian | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Carter | Carter, Elliott | ( C ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Cello | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Violin | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Avant Garde & Free Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music ECM Classical | ECM Records | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music ECM Jazz & World | ECM Records | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music ASIN: B0000031V9 Release Date: 1994-10-25

Tracks:

1. Suite Nr. 3 In C-Dur fur Violoncello solo (BWV 1009): Prelude
2. Suite Nr. 3 In C-Dur fur Violoncello solo (BWV 1009): Allemande
3. Suite Nr. 3 In C-Dur fur Violoncello solo (BWV 1009): Courante
4. Suite Nr. 3 In C-Dur fur Violoncello solo (BWV 1009): Sarabande
5. Suite Nr. 3 In C-Dur fur Violoncello solo (BWV 1009): Bouree l & ll
6. Suite Nr. 3 In C-Dur fur Violoncello solo (BWV 1009): Gigue
7. Esprit rude, Esprit doux
8. Enchanted Preludes
9. Riconoscenza per Goffredo Petrassi
10. Triple Duo

Customer Reviews:

Triple Duo is the wildest chamber music imaginable........1999-07-04

I can't say about the other recording of "Triple Duo" (by Fires of London, for whom it was written) but the version here is by excellent musicians. It's an absolutely spectacular piece--19 minutes of chamber music by a mixed group as wild as you can imagine, with brilliant riffs coming from all six instruments in overlapping waves. "Enchanted Preludes" is also superb, the cello chasing the mercurial flute in a sort of strange courtship dance. Oh yeah, the Bach is pretty good too! (Actually, Demenga has to rival Yo Yo Ma for technique and warmth, though I think the recording of the Bach suite is done with a little too much echo.)

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