Category: Music
Listening to Symphonic Music by Jack Gallagher
Compositions by American Composer Jack Gallagher:
Diversions Overture
Berceuse
Sinfonietta &
Symphony in 1 Movement ‘Threnody’
Played by the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by JoAnn Falletta and distributed by Naxos
Adolphus Hailstork Symphonies 2 & 3
Symphony No.2 and No.3 by Adolphus Hailstork. The Grand Rapids Symphony conducted by David Lockington.
Philip Glass Songs from Liquid Days
Some Arvo Part
Concerto for Violincello and Orchestra “Pro et contra” (1966) Dedicated to Mstislav Rostropovitch and Perpetuum Mobile, Op.10 (1963) dedicated to Luigi Nono. Cello played by Frans Helmerson
Symphony No.1 (Polyphonic) (1964) Dedicated to Prof. Heino Eller.
Symphony No.2 (1966)
Symphony No.3 (1971) Dedicated to Neeme Jarvi
Played by the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Neeme Jarvi
Stravinsky: Works for Chamber Orchestra
Roger Norrington conducts the Zurich Chamber Orchestra in works for chamber orchestra by Igor Stravinsky.
Concerto for Chamber Orchestra in E flat “Dumbarton Oaks”
Danses Concertantes for Chamber Orchestra
L’Histoire du Soldat Suite 1920
Joaquin Rodrigo, Antonio Vivaldi and The Romeros
From Mercury Living Presence
The San Antonio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Victor Alessandro and with the Romeros – Celedonio, Celin, Pepe and Angel
by Joaquin Rodrigo
Concierto de Aranjuez for Guitar and Orchestra (Angel on guitar)
Concierto Andaluz for Four Guitars and Orchestra
by Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto in B minor for Four Guitars and Orchestra (transcribed from the Concerto for Four Violins and Orchestra Op.3, No.10) (“L’Estro Armonico)
Concerto in C for Guitar and Orchestra (transcribed from the Concerto in C for Mandolin and Orchestra) (Celedonio on guitar)
Concerto in G for Two Guitars and Orchestra (transcribed from the Concerto in G for Two Mandolins and Orchestra) (Pepe and Celin on guitar)
Antal Dorati conducts a whole bunch of stuff on Mercury Living Presence
Antal Dorati conduccts the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra & he Philharmonia Hungarica Orchestra in:
Zoltan Kodaly (cool name, huh?) Hary Janos Suite, Marosszek Dances and Dances of Galanta, &
Bela Bartok HUngarin Sketches and Roumanian Folk Dances
Arvo Part Tabula Rasa
Arvo Part Tabula Rasa for 2 Violins, String Orchestra and Prepared Piano – Bournemouth Sinfonietta
Bach Re-Invented
Just listened to the Sony Classical disc Bach Re-Invented. The premise is re-inventing some of J.S Bach’s Inventions. In this case Simone Dinnerstein provides original renditions of the Two-Part Inventions No. 1 in C major, BW772, No. 4 in D minor, BWV775 and No.8 in F major, BWV779.
The Re-Inventions include:
Reinventions (Piano Concerto) by Gene Pritsker (composer of the Cloud Atlas Symphony & soundtrack)
toopArt Reinventions by Daniel Schnyder &,
Headless Snowman by Tom Trapp
Christian Jarvi conducts his band Absolute Ensemble.
This is an enjoyable compilation, a notch above many stylistic fusion compositions but not as satisfying as Max Richter’s Recomposed (the Vivaldi Four Seasons reinvented). Dinnerstein as usual performs nicely.
Rachmaninoff Symphony No.2 in E minor, op.27
Mariss Jansons conducts the St Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra in the Rachmaninoff Symphony No.2 in E minor, op.27
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