{"id":6526,"date":"2021-07-01T19:56:46","date_gmt":"2021-07-01T18:56:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.larkreviews.co.uk\/?p=6526"},"modified":"2021-07-01T19:56:46","modified_gmt":"2021-07-01T18:56:46","slug":"cds-july-2021-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/?p=6526","title":{"rendered":"CDs JULY 2021 (1)"},"content":{"rendered":"

FRANZ SCHREKER \u2013 DER FERNE KLANG<\/span>
\n JENNIFER HOLLOWAY, IAN KOZIARA<\/span>
\n CHOR DER OPERA FRANKFURT, TILMAN MICHAEL<\/span>
\n FRANKFURTER OPERN-UND MUSEUMSORCHESTER, SEBASTIAN WEIGLE<\/span>
\n OEHMS OC980 (3 CDs) 2\u201917\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Austrian composer Franz Schreker may not be a particularly familiar name but the release now of the recording of this opera, first performed in 1912 and recently revived points to the reassessment and rediscovery of his work. He has left a number of orchestral pieces as well as a few smaller scale works. It is in the field of opera, though, that he has probably made the more significant contribution. Der Ferne Klang (The Distant Sound) was regularly performed for nearly 2 decades before Schreker\u2019s music was proscribed by the Nazi regime. Well presented here, with each of the three Acts occupying one disk, together with full libretto this is worth exploring.<\/p>\n

PRESTEIGNE PREMIERES \u2013 NEW MUSIC FOR STRING ORCHESTRA<\/span>
\n VARIOUS ARTISTES<\/span>
\n PRESTEIGNE FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA, GEORGE VASS, conductor<\/span>
\n RESONUS RES10279 80\u201937<\/span><\/p>\n

This is a lovely collection of new music, all written for the Presteigne Festival and all premiere recordings played by the Festival\u2019s resident orchestra. All linked by the strings there is still much variety with songs and works with different soloists including saxophone and flute. A set of Variations on \u2018Lovely Joan\u2019 opens the CD with eight composers each providing a variation. Two works are by Hugh Wood together with two other standalone works by Martin Butler and Joe Duddell.<\/p>\n

JESPER KOCH \u2013 CHOIRBOOK<\/span>
\n DANISH NATIONAL VOCAL ENSEMBLE. FLEMMING WINDEKILDE, conductor<\/span>
\n DACAPO 6.220627 51\u201909<\/span><\/p>\n

31 settings of often very short poems by Frank Kjorup make up this work for acapella choir. Arranged in seven chapters this is an extended \u201cmeditation on nature\u201d. Drawn really for the first time to write for the voice the composer has created a beautiful reflective work which speaks of beauty and simplicity. A world premier recording.<\/p>\n

CON ARTE E MAESTRIA<\/span>
\n MONTEVERDI STRING BAND IN FOCUS<\/span>
\n OLIVER WEBBER, violin STEVEN DEVINE, organ & harpsichord<\/span>
\n RESONUS RES10282 78\u201945<\/span><\/p>\n

This CD (\u2018With art & mastery\u2019) highlights a musical style from around 1600. The embellishment of simple melodies with virtuosic ornamentation was known as diminution. Here are a number of authentic works from that time \u2013 some of which were already treated in this way and some which have been embellished in the style for this recording. It is interesting to see this revival and extension of an ancient tradition.<\/p>\n

SINGING SECRETS<\/span>
\n VARIOUS ARTISTES<\/span>
\n DACAPO 8.226585 67\u201951<\/span><\/p>\n

This collection of works by Per Norgard is a very welcome release. Chamber music and vocal works written between 1953 and 2004 are featured here, many of them premiere recordings. The larger works here are Kvintet Op 1- Hommage a Marc Chagall, Libro per Nobuko: I Sonata- The Secret Melody and Cantica.<\/p>\n

PENDERECKI \u2013 COMPLETE MUSIC FOR STRING QUARTET; STRING TRIO<\/span>
\n TIPPETT QUARTET<\/span>
\n NAXOS 8.574288 52\u201958<\/span><\/p>\n

This is a lovely disc of this engaging music. Covering a period of 56 years Penderecki\u2019s string writing is collected here in a disc recorded in the year he died. The extended String Quartet No 3 is subtitled \u2018Leaves from an Unwritten Diary\u2019. The 4th, final quartet returns to the length of the first two but this time has two short movements instead of the through-composed earlier works. The String Trio dates from 1990, revised 1991, and is also a longer work in two movements.<\/p>\n

NATE WOOLEY \u2013 MUTUAL AID MUSIC<\/span>
\n VARIOUS ARTISTES<\/span>
\n PLEASURE OF THE TEXT RECORDS POTTR1309 (2 CDs)<\/span><\/p>\n

It is well worth reading the accompanying booklet alongside listening to this recording. Seeking to develop a musical style that \u201clives outside the dialectic bubble of improvisation\/composition\u201d It also explores the idea of cooperation \u2013 mutual aid \u2013 in terms of relational working between performers and composer. There are obvious parallels with jazz and experimental\/improvisational techniques. Listeners to this double CD can decide for themselves exactly where this music fits.<\/p>\n

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