Wednesday, September 24, 2014

Eight Visions - A New Anthology for Flute and Piano

Here's a rather cool and varying disc from Naxos (American Classics) of mostly unknown works for Flute and Piano, by mostly "contemporary" composers (exception being, at least as far as age, Ned Rorem). My personal favorites are Kenji Bunch's "Velocity", a skitterish, then funky, then quiter, and once again skitterish work that is (as you can tell from the above) full of refreshing unpredictability.
Then Eve Beglarian's  "I will not be sad in this world" which is for Flute and Beglarian's pre-recorded track of her voice/singing-given an "electronic transformation" as she refers to it, and it's quite subtle and ethereal. I heard this work on a long-running late night radio show a few years ago, was transfixed, and thus sought out the disc. And Lastly the "4 Prayers" by Ned Rorem. Rorem is one of the great American composers and this piece is a nice example of his smaller instrumental compositions. Enjoy the program.



Eight_Visions_Anthology_Flute_Piano_Tz.zip

http://www3.zippyshare.com/v/54754891/file.html

16 comments:

  1. Thank you and a very heartfelt Shana Tova to you.

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  2. Wow!!!
    Me voy un rato,y me encuentro un
    festival de buena música.
    Muchas gracias por su esfuerzo y
    dedicación,y en especial por la música de Hovhaness y Martinů,
    sublime!!!
    "¡Qué preciosos me son, oh Dios, tus pensamientos! ¡Cuán grande es la suma de ellos!
    Si los contara, serían más numerosos que los granos de arena."Salmo 139:17,18a.
    Un saludo.
    juanito


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  3. cold you give a list of your 5 o so favorite composers? for the sake of fetish :)

    Hernán

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  4. You are very welcome TBA and a heartfelt L'Shana Tova to you as well. Sadly I haven't been with family so far, simply here in my apt with my music.. Kind regards, Tz

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  5. Hola Juanito, as always I'm happy you are enjoying the music! Usted va a un festival musical? Es todos los géneros clásicos u otros? Tener un buen amigo de tiempo.

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  6. Hello Hernan. For the sake of "fetish".....I take it you also used a translator for English, I assume you meant "out of curiosity" ;-) -It's VERY hard for me to list a "top 5". I love so very much, and every single period in music must be considered. W/O thinking too hard about it and driving myself crazy, I will randomly say:

    Vaughan Williams
    Prokofiev
    Alan Hovhaness
    Paul Hindemith
    Arnold Rosner
    Shostakovich
    Palestrina
    Tallis
    Martinu
    Bach (JS and CPE)
    Cowell
    Harrison
    Janacek
    Vagn Holmboe
    Nielsen
    Sibelius
    Zdenek Liska
    Kodaly
    Eugene Ysaye
    Saint-Saëns
    Jon Leifs
    Bartok
    Ippolitov-Ivanov
    Myaskovsky
    Ernest Bloch
    Braga Santos
    Gavril Popov
    Maurice Durufle
    Charles Griffes
    Mikhail Nosyrev
    Paul Juon
    Richard Arnell
    Lazlo Lathja
    Johannes Ockeghem
    Debussy
    Granville Bantock
    Anton Arensky
    Julian Orbon
    Josquin des Prez
    David Diamond
    Rimsky-Korsakov
    Allan Petterson
    Iva Bittova
    Schubert
    Penderecki
    Meredith Monk
    Joseph Achron
    Morton Lauridsen
    Kamran Ince
    Tobias Hume
    Geirr Tveitt
    Alexander Tcherepnin
    Robert Ward
    Harold Saeverud
    Paul Creston
    Howard Hanson
    John Zorn
    Gorecki
    Lech Jankowski
    Bax
    Hans Krasa
    Poulenc
    Sculthorpe
    Louis Spohr
    Charles Alkan
    Alwyn
    Mosolov
    Czeslaw Marek
    Arnold Cooke
    Arthur Honegger
    Vadim Salmanov
    Erwin Schulhoff
    Jose Evangelista
    Boris Tischenko
    Terry Riley
    Dello Joio
    Franz Berwald
    Philip Bimstein
    Andrei Balanchivadze
    Joachin Nin
    Frank Martin
    Carl Orff (for all his "other" music)
    Lyatoshynsky
    Loeffler
    Germaine Tailleferre
    Ibert
    Alfred Schnittke
    Vissarion Shebalin
    Alexander Grechaninov
    Boris Arapov
    Arriaga
    Herbert Howells
    Amirov
    Havergal Brian
    Komitas Vartabed
    Miloslav Kabelac
    Julius Chajes
    Taneyev
    Ernst Toch
    Rakhmadiev
    Ok I'm getting overwhelmed..feeling dizzy lol

    *too many other Russian/Soviet composer to list
    *too many other American composers to list
    *too many other Scandinavian composers to list
    *too many other British composers to list
    too many other composers on EARTH to list!!!!!!!

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  7. jajaja!!!
    No,no voy a ningun festival,
    USTED es el festival,
    gracias por la exquisita y variada
    música.
    Como dicen por Argentina,
    ¡que le vaya bonito!.
    Un saludo!
    juanito

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  8. Are these links still alive?I remember it being a fantastic cd.would like to D.L again beause my copy is from a not so perfect Cd.reuping would be very generous.All the very best from Jerusalem.

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  9. yeah, google translator kinda sucks ... :) thanks for answer

    Hernán

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  10. Ha, google translate sucks 100%!! I need to find something better too. Kind regards

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  11. Juanito- that is really a NICE thing to say my friend! Ha, I figured to meant a concert somewhere.
    -As always you are very welcome!! Keep on listening
    :-) All the best, Tz

    Juanito- que es realmente una cosa agradable decir a mi amigo! Ha, me imaginé que significaba un concierto en algún lugar.
    -Como Siempre que son muy bienvenidos !! Sigue escuchando
    :-) Todo lo mejor, Tz

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  12. Hi Piterets and thank you for the link! I actually already have Boiling Point though ;) -Do you actively post on Avax still? I never really go there. Regards, Tz

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  13. Boiling Point is lovely CD!

    Yes, I do post there. Check it out sometimes - there are posters of contemporary music there whom I have not seen elsewhere.

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  14. theblueamos, you are right, the links to Kenji Bunch are unfortunately expired. :(

    I will have to re-up then. I wish the links would stay alive longer....

    Piterets

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  15. Thank you piterets! Tz Eight is a memorising cd.thank again

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  16. Hey blue, you're welcome friend. it is a mesmerizing program!

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