Jane Manning, Soprano

Track Listings
Disc: 1

1. Brandenburg Con No.5: Allegro - Camerata Romana
2. Canon in D - Coll Aureum
3. Orchestral Ste No.2: Minuet And Badinerie - LPO
4. Allegro - St. Louis Brass Qnt
5. Vn Con No.3: Allegro - Dalibor Brazda
6. Impromptu in A flat - Sylvia Capova
7. Peer Gynt: Dawn - Slavonic PO
8. Orpheus In The Underworld: Can-Can - RPO
9. The Merry Widow: I'll Go To Maxime's - Vienna Folk Opr
10. Ser: Waltz - Houston SO

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Disc: 2

1. Sym No.40: Molto Allegro - London Festival Orch
2. The Fall/The Four Seasons: Allegro - Musici Di Zagreb
3. Arioso - Joseph Ducopin
4. Hn Con No.2: Rondo - Jose Ostrac
5. Cl Con: Adagio - LSO
6. Ov To Egmont - Sylvia Capova
7. Musical Moment No.3 - Sylvia Capova
8. Consolation - Sylvia Capova
9. The Sleeping Beauty: Pas D'Action: Andante - Philharmonia Orch Of London
10. Ov To La Belle Helene - Utah SO

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Jane Manning, Soprano, Music, Alison Bauld, Justin Connolly, Brian Elias, Anthony Gilbert, Peter Paul Nash, Anthony Payne, Judith Weir, Roger Montgomery, Jane's Minstrels, Jane Manning, Classical, Classical Music, Orchestral & Symphonic, Vocal, Vocal Music

Average customer rating: Minor, but okay pieces, unsatisfying performances Ligetilicious Ligetilicious

Ligeti: Aventures Manufacturer: Deutsche Grammophon ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Ligeti, György | ( L ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Etudes | 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 General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Deutsche Grammophon: Music | Specialty Stores | Music ASIN: B000066I9D Release Date: 2002-08-13

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Minor, but okay pieces, unsatisfying performances.......2004-05-02

"Volumina" (1961/62), which opens the disc, is Ligeti's first piece for organ. Beginning slowly, the piece takes some time to pick up (and become decently audible), but eventually shows some energy and an instability characteristic of Ligeti's keyboard works. "Organ Study No. 1 'Harmonies'" (1967) follows, and shows a remarkable contrast, for unlike "Volumina" it is not wispy and insubstantial, but boldly presents a series of shifting harmonies. It is closely linked to the composer's "Lontano" for orchestra of the same era.

"Three Pieces for Two Pianos" I find to be less interesting than his other piano works, namely "Musica Ricercata" and his Piano Etudes. The opening "Monument" shows the cooperation of two pianos in terms of the dissonance they create. "Selbstportrait" is an homage to minimalist composers Terry Riley and Steve Reich, whose work Ligeti discovered in the early 1970's. However, I don't find the pace of these performances very agreeable and would recommend hearing them on Gyorgy Ligeti Edition 3: "Works for Piano", where they are performed by Ligeti's favourite pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard with Irina Kataeva.

"Aventures" and "Nouvelles Aventures" are a total evolution beyond Ligeti's early vocal works. Before fleeing fromn Hungary his vocal works were mainly based on Hungarian poetry or folk music, and his masterpiece "Requiem" is the traditional Latin mass for the dead, though set in a very modern way. With these two works, however, Ligeti no longer uses a specific text to express emotion and invents his own universal language. Though the words the singers are singing are nonsensical, the basic emotions come through quite clearly in this drama. As fascinating as the experiment is, however, it is somewhat frustrating to simply listen to a recording, as the visual element is lost.

Finally, "Mysteries of the Macabre" is a light-hearted except from Ligeti's bizzare opera "Le Grande Macabre", set for chamber orchestra. The version here uses a trumpet in place of coloratura soprano, which I think will seem lackluster to anyone who has heard Sibylle Ehlert's thrilling vocal rendition on Gyorgy Ligeti Edition 4: "Vocal Works".

I've found DG's Ligeti reissues to have a much clearer sound than recent recordings from Sony's "Gyorgy Ligeti Edition" and Teldec's "The Ligeti Project". Those series, however can claim the advantage of portraying Ligeti's hand-picked performers and conductors. I think that anyone looking for an introduction to Ligeti should look towards those series, while the DG reissues are better for established Ligeti fans looking for historical recordings.

Ligetilicious.......2002-08-21

The next three tracks, Three Pieces for Two Pianos, demonstrate the minimalist influence which crept into his composition--most notably in the middle movement, the "Self-Portrait with Reich and Riley (and with Chopin in the Background)," though really all three seem to demonstrate some kind of 'gradual process'--combining his strident complexity and intensity with a strident tendency toward repetition. And yet, it's never less than enjoyable.

The piece ends with three somewhat operatic works: the absurd Aventures and Nouvelles Aventures for voices (without words) and ensemble, and the Mysteries of the Macabre, a thrilling arrangement (for trumpet and piano) of music from his opera Le Grand Macabre. I'll confess that the lunatic drama of the various "Aventures" may be a bit too extreme even for me, but I appreciate their experimental spirit and bizarre sense of humor. And of course, I doubt that there could be any more qualified interpreters of the Aventures than Boulez and his Ensemble Intercontemporain. I recommend this CD to those who would like their stereos to emit some very, very strange noises once in a while.

Ligetilicious.......2002-08-21

The next three tracks, Three Pieces for Two Pianos, demonstrate the minimalist influence which crept into his composition--most notably in the middle movement, the "Self-Portrait with Reich and Riley (and with Chopin in the Background)," though really all three seem to demonstrate some kind of 'gradual process'--combining his strident complexity and intensity with a strident tendency toward repetition. And yet, it's never less than enjoyable.

The piece ends with three somewhat operatic works: the absurd Aventures and Nouvelles Aventures for voices (without words) and ensemble, and the Mysteries of the Macabre, a thrilling arrangement (for trumpet and piano) of music from his opera Le Grand Macabre. I'll confess that the lunatic drama of the various "Aventures" may be a bit too extreme even for me, but I appreciate their experimental spirit and bizarre sense of humor. And of course, I doubt that there could be any more qualified interpreters of the Aventures than Boulez and his Ensemble Intercontemporain. I recommend this CD to those who would like their stereos to emit some very, very strange noises once in a while.

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William Kraft: Kennedy Portrait Manufacturer: Albany Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Royal Liverpool Philharmonic | ( R ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music ASIN: B000099SZA Release Date: 2003-05-27

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Anthony Payne 5 Work for Soprano & Chorus (NMC) Manufacturer: NMC ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000P1AYVY

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Music by William Kraft Manufacturer: Albany Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Percussion | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music ASIN: B0000049QC Release Date: 1997-01-14

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Ed Spanjaard Conducts Robert Heppener Manufacturer: Donemus Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music ASIN: B000006A6X Release Date: 1998-02-24

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McLeod: Visions from the North Manufacturer: Vienna Modern Master ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music ASIN: B000004A6W Release Date: 1995-12-01

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Nicholas Maw: Life Studies; Richard Rodney Bennett: Spells Manufacturer: Continuum ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music ASIN: B000003X0F Release Date: 1993-08-25

Tracks:

1. Life Stories: Study I - ASMF/Neville Marriner
2. Life Stories: Study II - ASMF/Neville Marriner
3. Life Stories: Study III - ASMF/Neville Marriner
4. Life Stories: Study IV/V - ASMF/Neville Marriner
5. Life Stories: Study VI - ASMF/Neville Marriner
6. Life Stories: Study VII/VIII - ASMF/Neville Marriner
7. Spells: Spell against sorrow - Jane Manning/Sir David Willcocks
8. Spells: Spell of safekeeping - Jane Manning/Sir David Willcocks
9. Spells: Spell to bring lost creatures home - Jane Manning/Sir David Willcocks
10. Spells: Spell of sleep - Jane Manning/Sir David Willcocks
11. Spells: Love spell - Jane Manning/Sir David Willcocks
12. Spells: Spell of creation - Jane Manning/Sir David Willcocks
13. Bonus Track - Jane Manning/Sir David Willcocks
14. Bonus Track - Jane Manning/Sir David Willcocks

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Elisabeth Lutyens (1906-1983): Chamber Concerto No. 1 / The Valley of Hatsu-se / 6 Tempi for 10 Instruments / Lament of Isis on the Death of Osiris / Triolet I / Requiescat / Triolet II - Jane Manning / Jane's Minstrels Elisabeth Lutyens , Roger Montgomery , Jane Manning , and Jane's Minstrels Manufacturer: Nmc Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music ASIN: B00000DD71 Release Date: 2000-09-15

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6. La Musica, Il Cinema: Works for Flute and Piano
7. Latin-American Masterworks
8. Lickl: Wind Music
9. Mahler: Symphony No. 1 in D "Titan"
10. Manjon: Noveletta; Célebre Capricho Andaluz

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