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There are many different jazzes; Joe McQueen’s jazz is one I know and can happily re-enter. We're talking Jazz Standards: tunes ‘as old as the Hills Bros.’ but rebrewed fresh on the fly by composer-musicians. First there’s the theme which I shudder to admit I probably heard in its AM-radio ... more |
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Site review by Castor May 1, 2008
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Siegmund von Hausegger (1872-1948) is usually remembered as the conductor who gave the first performance of the autograph edition of Bruckner’s 9th Symphony with the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra in 1932. His subsequent recording of it is, I believe, still in the catalogue. As a composer, his ... more |
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This rates a wow on the entertainment level.Trying to supplement Castors review I think I am more enthusiastic over this disc than he is. The Concerto for Orchestra seems more like a masterly set of variations on a tune known as Bobby Shafto ? It is half an hour long and not a minute is wasted.large ... more |
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There are presently six functional performing versions of Mahler's sketched Tenth Symphony. He left fully scored versions of the first and third movements, with the rest completed in short score of various complexities. The most recent edition by Italian musicologists Giuseppe Mazzuca & Nicola ... more |
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Review by hawk April 30, 2008
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A very good album and great music as the reviewers here have emphasised...just two things to emphasise: As with the Columbia Records Kind of Blue, this Columbia release is understated in its use of MC...More for ambiance or to create space around instruments rather than the music is coming from all ... more |
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