DISCUSSION: Defining Our Field - what is 'classical music' to us, why are we involved and what can we learn from our differences? Read John Dante Prevedini's essay, watch the panel discussion and make your own comments.
SPONSORED: Profile. A Gold Mine - Roderic Dunnett visits Birmingham to talk to John Joubert.
All sponsored features >>
DISCUSSION: John Dante Prevedini leads a discussion about Improvisation in the classical world and beyond, including contributions from David Arditti, James Lewitzke, James Ross and Steve Vasta.
Songs of Nature and Farewell
C00259 (Da Vinci Classics, CD)
DDD
NEW RELEASE
Playing time: 57'06"
Tracks: 13
Booklet pages: 8
Main country of recording: IT
Country of manufacture: EU
Reviewer: Giuseppe Pennisi
Review of Songs of Nature and Farewell published on 21 August 2020
Andrea Oliva, flute
Hemisphaeria Trio:
Damiana Mizzi, soprano
Marcos Madrigal, piano
Roberto Mansueto, cello
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937):
Chansons Madécasses for soprano, flute, cello and piano (1926)
1 Nahandove
2 Aoua
3 Il est doux
James Francis Brown (born 1969):
Songs of Nature and Farewell (2011) after three poems by Camille Saint-Saëns
4 Le Chêne
5 La Libellule
6 Adieu
Liana Alexandra (1947-2011):
Chant d'amour de la dame à la Licorne (1995)
7 A mon seul désir
8 La vue
9 L'ouïe
10 L'odorat
11 Le goût
12 Le toucher
Maurice Ravel:
13 La flûte enchantée (1903) (from the song cycle Shéhérazade)
Recorded 30-31 May and 2 June at Auditorium Parco della Musica, Rome, Italy