Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Messe KV 427 c-moll (Große Messe), Credo-Fragment ohne vervollständigte Instrumentalstimmen; Sarah Wegener, Sophie Harmsen, Colin Balzer, Felix Rathgeber, Kammerchor Stuttgart, Hofkapelle Stuttgart, Frieder Bernius; 1 CD Carus 83.284; Aufnahme 2016, Veröffentlichung 09/01/2017; Rezension von Remy Franck
Die ‘Große Messe’ des 26-jährigen Mozart blieb unvollendet. Frieder Bernius und Uwe Wolf haben eine neue Rekonstruktion vorgenommen, die « mit größtem Respekt vor dem vorhandenen Material das Mozartsche Fragment für heutige Ensembles aufführbar » machen will. Read More →
ICMA Young Artist of the Year Pablo Ferrandez was interviewed by ICMA Jury members Luis Sunen (Scherzo) and Guy Engels (Radio 100,7). They talked about his studies, his career, his repertoire and his cello.
Pablo, tell us about your first steps with the cello.
I started when I was 3. Because, well, my whole family are musicians. My father is a cellist. My mother invented a method called ‘El mago Diapason’ to teach children music…, it was the perfect environment. Read More →
The Detroit Symphony Orchestra (DSO) now opens the Peter D. & Julie F. Cummings Cube, a refurbished performance space that also marks the beginning of new programming stream for the Max M. & Marjorie S. Fisher Music Center’s black box performance venue. Formerly known as the Music Box, The Cube has been renamed in honor of DSO Chairman Emeritus Peter Cummings and his wife Julie, whose lifetime giving to the DSO has surpassed the $10 million milestone. Read More →
Lydia Kakabadse: Cantica Sacra; Alumni of the Choir of Clare College, Graham Ross; 1 CD Divine Art dda 25135; Aufnahme 09/2015, Veröffentlichung 06/2016 (68’57) - Rezension von Guy Engels
Lydia Kakabadse – ein Name, der nicht eben britisch klingt. Die Komponistin hat in der Tat georgisch-griechische Wurzeln und ist in der Tradition der orthodoxen Liturgie groß geworden. Ganz bewusst greift Kakabadse in ihrer Musik auf dieses Erbe zurück. Read More →
The International Federation of Musicians (FIM) has published a reaction of the British Musicians’ Union to the vote to leave the European Union. Here is the original text. Read More →
What a delightful, delicious and unforgettable evening with French libertine poetry, lasciviously recited by Alain Carré and, above all, a collection of frivolous songs performed by Dame Felicity Lott, winner of the ICMA Lifetime Achievement Award 2016. Read More →
Alchemy; William Byrd: Gloria from Mass for Five Voices; Don Carlo Gesualdo: Occhi del mio cor vita; Giacomo Carissimi: Plorate Filii Israel; Orlando de Lassus: Eco, Providebam Dominum; Arcangelo Corelli: Sonata VIII; Elgar Howarth: Pasce Tuos (after Guillaume Dufay); Giovanni Gabrieli: Sonata Pian'e Forte; Johann Sebastian Bach: Six Part Fugue from The Musical Offering (arr. Jon Nelson), Contrapunctus XV (arr. Jon Nelson); Meridian Arts Ensemble & Guests, John Ferrari; 1 CD 8bells Records 700261373546; 2015 (46'56) – Rezension von Remy Franck
Wie schön – das war mein erster Eindruck dieser CD. Oft klingen Blechbläserensembles aggressiv und grell. Nicht so das New Yorker ‘Meridian Arts Ensemble’, das hier hauptsächlich Arrangements von Vokalwerken aus Renaissance und Barock spielt, zum Teil sehr moderne Arrangements, Paraphrasen, die sich weit vom Original entfernen, was sie aber eher aufwertet als abwertet. Read More →
Chinese pianist Zhu Xiao Mei* won an ICMA Special Award 2015 with her Bach recordings for Accentus Music**. ICMA Jury member Nicola Catto has made the following interview with her.
I read in your autobiography that “the search for a proper tempo is not confined to the world of music; one must seek it in life as well”. What does it mean?
The question is very intellectual, but I will answer in a simple way. It takes time to find the good tempo: if you play five years, you’ll find it. It is a very important matter, if you have a wrong tempo, people will not follow you. You must be neutral, and this pursue will always be a long one. Read More →
Chinese pianist Zhu Xiao Mei* won an ICMA Special Award 2015 with her Bach recordings for Accentus**. ICMA Jury member Nicola Catto has made the following interview with her. Read More →
Johann Sebastian Bach: Messe in h-Moll BWV 232; Carolyn Sampson, Anke Vondung, Daniel Johannsen, Tobias Berndt, Gächinger Kantorei, Freiburger Barockorchester, Hans-Christoph Rademann; 2 CDs Carus 83.314; 02/2015 (50‘38/65’20) - Rezension von Guy Engels
Bachs h-Moll-Messe ist die Sphinx der Musikgeschichte – ein Monument, das immer wieder Rätsel aufgibt. Allein die Entstehungs-, Publikations- und Aufführungsgeschichte ist ein wahres Labyrinth, in dem musikwissenschaftliche Fakten und Vermutungen sich munter kreuzen. Ein erstes, nicht zu knappes Lob, gilt daher zunächst den Verfassern des Begleitheftes, die einen nachvollziehbaren Weg durch die Mäander der Geschichte von Bachs großem Spätwerk weisen. Read More →
