Escher: CHAMBER MUSIC

On this CD:

1. Le Tombeau de Ravel
Composed by Rudolf Escher
Performed by Bart Schneemann, Glen Wilson, Jacques Zoon, Zoltan Benyacs, Dmitri Ferschtman, Ronald Hongeveen

2. Trio for violin, viola & cello
Composed by Rudolf Escher
Performed by Zoltan Benyacs, Dmitri Ferschtman, Ronald Hongeveen

3. Trio for clarinet, viola & piano
Composed by Rudolf Escher
Performed by Frank Van De Laar, Harmen DeBoer, Zoltan Benyacs

Customer Reviews:

the guy is named schat!.......1999-10-16

THE GUY IS NAMED SCHAT! EAT THAT! if you love this, then buy some guttermouth. its good. i love you all.

Average customer rating:

GREAT!!
Lack of rhythm, lack of interest

Incantation

Manufacturer: Delos Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Folk | Styles | Music

Tracks:

The Three Ravens (Old English Song Which Appears In Ravencroft's 'Melismate' In 1611)
For Alto Flute: Steams Of Tender Ribboning Time
Syrinx
Variations On A Medieval Norwegian Chant: Reflections
Aubade
Air pour charmer un lezard, Op. 23 (en formwe de Chaconne)
Six Tunes For The Instruction Of Singing-Birds: For The Starling
Six Tunes For The Instruction Of Singing-Birds: For The Woodlark
14th Century Italy - Alto Flute: Lamento di Tristan, With Rotta
Image Op. 38
Tradional Eastern European Jewish Folk Tunes Arranged By Various Klezmer Players: Klezmeriana: Doina
Tradional Eastern European Jewish Folk Tunes Arranged By Various Klezmer Players: Klezmeriana: Beym Rebin's Sude
Tradional Eastern European Jewish Folk Tunes Arranged By Various Klezmer Players: Klezmeriana: Moldavian Hora
Tradional Eastern European Jewish Folk Tunes Arranged By Various Klezmer Players: Klezmeriana: Broyges Tantz
Tradional Eastern European Jewish Folk Tunes Arranged By Various Klezmer Players: Klezmeriana: Oi, Tate
Tradional Eastern European Jewish Folk Tunes Arranged By Various Klezmer Players: Klezmeriana: Der Heyser Bulgar
Tradional Eastern European Jewish Folk Tunes Arranged By Various Klezmer Players: Klezmeriana: Firn Di Mekhutonim Aheym
Tradional Eastern European Jewish Folk Tunes Arranged By Various Klezmer Players: Klezmeriana: Doina
Six Tunes For The Instruction Of Singing-Birds: For The Canary-Bird
Six Tunes For The Instruction Of Singing-Birds: For The Garden Bull-Finch
Flute And Drum Under The Setting Sun
Danse de la Chevre
Density
Six Tunes For The Instruction Of Singing-Birds: For The East India nightingale
Six Tunes For The Instruction Of Singing-Birds: For The Starling
Kokopeli

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This is an extremely varied collection, ranging from a series of klezmer melodies to the atonal weirdness of Varèse's Density 21.5 (which Eugenia Zukerman makes quite lyrical). Highlights along the way include familiar pieces by Debussy and Honegger, and an oddly amusing set by Bennett called Six Tunes for the Instruction of Singing-birds (something actually attempted during the Renaissance!) Katherine Hoover's heart-stoppingly beautiful Kokopeli is enough reason to buy the disc, as is her Reflections. Not all the performances are prime, but if the flute appeals to you, here is a unique collection of flute and nothing else. --Leslie Gerber

Customer Reviews:

GREAT!!.......2002-02-10

I love this CD so much! I bought about 20 copies! I teach flute and have my students buy this CD. I want them to get this lovely sound in their ear.Her playing is with style and she has a love for life that really comes through in this recording.
I can't praise this enough!!!

Lack of rhythm, lack of interest.......2001-07-29

This was purchased as a reference tool and another idea for interpretation for Varese's Density 21.5. I was disappointed to hear her lack of regard towards rhythm and what is explicitly stated in the music. Varese's Density is to be strictly followed in tempo, articulation and especially rhythm. Zuckerman disregards some tempo changes and at times actually leaves out beats in a measure. Also, in Honegger's 'Danse de la Chevre' there are some questionable rhythms.

On the other hand, the selections from other composers are played beautifully and very musically. The klemzer pieces and the pieces of birds are very good and very accurate.

Tracks:

Sonata No.1: Intrada
Sonata No.1: Allegro
Sonata No.1: Adagio
Sonata No.1: Allegro Vivace
Sonatina: Allegro Assai
Sonatina: Molto Tranquillo
Sonatina: Veloce
Arcana: Preludio
Arcana: Toccata
Arcana: Ciaconna
Arcana: Moderato Molto
Habanera
Capriccio
Non Troppo: Preludio
Non Troppo: Siciliana
Non Troppo: Toccata
Non Troppo: Valzer
Non Troppo: Danza
Non Troppo: Melodia
Non Troppo: Marcia
Non Troppo: Silenzio
Non Troppo: Canone
Non Troppo: Carillon
Dui Voci: Comodo
Dui Voci: Allegro

Average customer rating:

What a great find!

Rudolf Escher: Chamber Music

Manufacturer: Nm Classics
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music
ASIN: B00001T3BF
Release Date: 1999-10-15

Customer Reviews:

What a great find!.......2002-02-05

I am a very picky lover of 20th century music. I was lucky enough to have heard a couple of minutes of Escher's work (and his name) on the radio, and decided to track down something of his. I am so happy that I did. The music is serious, yet delightful. It is surprising and satisfying without being imposing, which I find to be refreshing. I find it to be enjoyable if I am giving it my full attention, or if I am working at my desk. I am looking forward to hearing more of his work, and more of the Dutch composers. I would recommend it to anyone.

Average customer rating:

Beautiful Recording
The Splendor of Italy -- and of The Whole Noyse

Lo Splendore D'Italia

Manufacturer: Helicon Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Solo Instrumental | New Age | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000005BID
Release Date: 1997-10-23

Tracks:

Canzon - 'La Moranda'
Maria Virgo
Oh, Se Quanto
El Tutu
El Bisson
La Lavandara
Canzon - 'La Mortara'
Canzon Decimanona
Canzon Quinta
Martin Minoit son
La Disperata
La Gamba in Basso e Soprano
Canzon
Canzon Decimasesta
Intrata del Marchese di Caravazza
Balletto
La Sua Gagliarda
Il Bagaran
Il Canario
Galleria d'Amor e el suo Canario
Canzon Prima
Pass'e Mezzo Antico
Saltarello
Putta nera bella furlano
Ballo francese
Saltarello
Schairazula Marazula
De Tous Biens Playne
Palle, Palle
Tandernaken
La Mi La Sol
Clamabat Autum Mulier
Fammi pur Guerr' Amor
Canzon - 'La Basgapera'
Canzon - 'La Todeschina'
Canzon Vigesimaterza

Customer Reviews:

Beautiful Recording.......2006-11-04

This CD sparkles from the first note with beautiful playing, energetic interpretation, a fine sense of tempo motion, and, best of all, production values that match the excellence of the performers. The quality never lets up. After numerous listenings, I still experience the inner thrill moments that come from hearing excellence in a performance. There is a clarity in this recording that is remarkable, clarity of production sound and ambiance, clarity of playing, and clarity of ensemble. It is a real joy to listen to.

The Splendor of Italy -- and of The Whole Noyse.......2005-09-15

The Whole Noyse takes its name from the term used to describe a complete wind-band during the Renaissance period. And the Noyse these players make is beautiful indeed. Exceptionally well crafted performances informed by as much artistry as scholarship make this CD one of the most pleasant hour-long experiences anyone can have.
Fine performances of vocal music from the period (late Renaissance) are very easy to find, but the instrumental music, especially for winds, tends thus far to be very under-represented on recording, owing in great part to the difficulty of not just finding but playing instruments like the cornetto and the curtal. The 5 members of The Whole Noyse rise admirably to the challenge of playing these difficult instruments as well as the more common sackbuts (fore-runners of the modern trombone) and recorders.
Many of the selections on the CD are arrangements of vocal music, reflecting the Italian taste for playing, in particular, French songs on instruments. Many of the names on the disc will not be familiar to even the most hard core devotee of Early Music, but there are a few familiar faces, among them, Josquin, Isaac, and Gabrieli.
If you're looking for something new for your collection, or a gift for a friend who enjoys the music of this period, this is a rare treat and a truly unique recording.

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Ronald Brautigan, piano

Manufacturer: Nm Classics
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Suites | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music
ASIN: B00000IGGC
Release Date: 1999-04-01

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Music of Paul Chihara
Chihara , Togi , Solow , and Samuel
Manufacturer: New World Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music

Classical | Indie Music | Stores | Music
ASIN: B000068C99
Release Date: 2002-06-25

Tracks:

Forever Escher: Molto moderato
Forever Escher: Allegro vivace: Ben ritmico
Forever Escher: Calmo
Forever Escher: Andante cantabile: "Querendo invenientes"
Shinju: Prelude
Shinju: Azuma asobi
Shinju: Boy's solo
Shinju: Butterflies
Shinju: Girl's solo
Shinju: Abduction
Shinju: Fight
Shinju: Pas de six
Shinju: Separation
Shinju: Scene change
Shinju: Preparation
Shinju: Death scene
Wind Song: Calmo
Wind Song: Liberamente
Wind Song: Con fantasia

Album Description

The works of Paul Seiko Chihara (b. 1938) are informed by and continue the rich tradition of the association of music with theater, dance, and film; for at the center of his music lie the conflictual actions of drama, and even the purifying cathartic power of ritual. Indeed, not only his music for film and stage, but much of his purely instrumental music reflects his concern for narrative and/or protagonist situations. This tendency is made manifest by such formal devices as pitting a single voice against a sound mass of fused instrumental groups in such works as Wind Song (1971), or by contrasting and interpenetrating distinct instrumental choirs in an agonistic exchange of timbral colors, as in Forever Escher (1993-94).

Forever Escher (Double Quartet), an octet for saxophone quartet and traditional string quartet combined, is a tour de force of polyphonic writing and acoustical balance. Chihara allows each quartet its unique timbral identity (though from time to time they merge) while interchanging and metamorphosing much, but not all, of the melodic and harmonic material associated with each.

The music of Shinju (1973) is most notable for its integration of electronically processed authentic ancient Japanese song and instrumental music into the orchestral fabric. For his sound source, Chihara recorded performances by two Japanese master musicians and then transformed these ancient melodies and ensembles via the technique of tape manipulation known as musique concrète. The otherworldly atmosphere evoked by the musique concrète passages greatly enhances the shroud of doom that begins to spread from the first sounds of the orchestral prelude.

Customer Reviews:

Lovely Music.......2000-12-08

I performed Desprez' 'Missa de Beata Virgine' with my choral group and found it so beautiful that I had to have a recording of it. I found this one, and another from A Sei Voci ...Although I do prefer the A Sei Voci recording (which is sung from a different edit that I find more beautiful), this one is also wonderful and deserves its five stars. The Missa, along with some pieces from Mouton, are sung with clarity, precision, and beauty, and Theatre of Voices is certainly a top-quality vocal ensemble. My only complaints with this recording are very minor, and probably only personal to me. I recommend this CD heartily as it is very well sung and is first-rate performance of one of the most beautiful and haunting pieces of Renaissance music. I would also urge you to consider purchasing the A Sei Voci recording.