Mahler / Busoni / Debussy - SCP / Braun / Slowik

Mahler / Busoni / Debussy - SCP / Braun / Slowik

FOM 36-901 (FoM, CD)

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NEW RELEASE

Playing time: 63'31"
Tracks: 12
Booklet pages: 24
© 2019 FoM
Main country of recording: CA
Country of manufacture: US
Reviewer: Gerald Fenech
Review of Mahler / Busoni / Debussy - SCP / Braun / Slowik published on 6 December 2019

Russell Braun, baritone
Smithsonian Chamber Players:
Christopher Krueger, flute, piccolo
Lief Mosbaugh, oboe, oboe d'amore, cor anglais
Paul Cigan, clarinets
Sue Heinemann, bassoon
R J Kelley, horn
Mark Fewer, violin
Karen Dekker, violin
Steven Dann, viola
James Lee, cello
Joel Quarrington, bass
Naoko Takao, harmonium
David Louie, piano
Kat Dzwon, percussion
Kenneth Slowik, conductor

Claude Debussy, arranged by Kenneth Slowik:

1 Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune

Gustav Mahler, arranged by Kenneth Slowik:

Rückert-Lieder
2 Liebst du um Schönheit
3 Blicke mir nicht in die Lieder!
4 Ich atmet' einen linden Duft
5 Um Mitternacht
6 Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen

Ferruccio Busoni, arranged by Arnold Schoenberg:

7 Berceuse élégiaque, Op 42

Gustav Mahler, arranged by Kenneth Slowik:

Kindertotenlieder
8 Nun will die Sonn' so hell aufgeh'n
9 Nun seh' ich wohl, warum so dunkle Flammen
10 Wenn dein Mütterlein tritt zur Tür herein
11 Oft denk' ich, sie sind nur ausgegangen
12 In diesem Wetter, in diesem Braus

CD title, included only inside the booklet: 'In the Shadow of the Verein: Chamber Arrangements of Debussy, Busoni and Mahler'

Recorded in May 2015 in the Françoys Bernier Concert Hall of the Domaine Forget, Saint-Irénée, Québec, Canada

FoM stands for 'Friends of Music' - the label of the Smithsonian Chamber Music Society.