Toru Takemitsu

(1930-96)

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Tan Dun: Pipa Concerto, etc.

Hayashi:

Viola Concerto “Elegia”

Takemitsu:

Nostalghia, for violin & string orchestra

Takemitsu is of course Japan’s best-known composer. Nostalghia was written in memory of Russian film director Andrei Tarkovsky (and featuring Bashmet on violin!), plus three short film scores, Takemitsu’s favourite genre. Finally, a substantial addition to the viola concerto repertoire – Hayashi’s Concerto “Elegia” (1995), a highly approachable and yearning score with hints of Janacek and Bartok as well as a distinctive Japanese flavour.

Yuri Bashmet (violin)

Three Film Scores for String Orchestra: Music of Training and Rest (from José Torres); Funeral Music (from Black Rain); Waltz (from Face of Another)

Tan Dun:

Pipa Concerto

world première recording

Wu Man (pipa)


Directed by Yuri Bashmet

“Tan Dun’s four-movement Pipa Concerto...is, as one might expect, eclectic, vibrant, colourful and immediate; but, as with much of his work, the piece seems more theatrical effect than substance. Wu Man plays the pipa - a Chinese-style lute - beautifully. [In Hayashi's Viola Concerto] Yuri Bashmet gives the viola solo part with his usual powerfully rich tone, and he is equally good on the violin in Takemitsu’s Nostalghia (1988), a meditative tribute to the film director Andrei Tarkovsky. The Moscow Soloists, superb throughout, also give three extracts from Takemitsu’s large canon of film music.” Sunday Times, 25th May 2008 **

“This is the first recording of … Tan Dun's Pipa Concerto, and it's an absolute knockout. With strong, vigorous direction from Yuri Bashmet and some wonderfully extrovert playing from both the Moscow Strings and well known pipa exponent Wu Man, Tan's overt theatricality bursts forth like a rampant Chinese dragon. Bashmet is the soloist in both Nostalghia and Elegia, and it would be difficult to find a better advocate for these works.” Gramophone Magazine, October 2008

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Takemitsu: Arc, etc.

Takemitsu:

Arc

Green


Rolf Hind (piano)

London Sinfonietta, Oliver Knussen

Recorded live at the Royal Festival Hall during the 1998 Toru Takemitsu festival

Knussen conducted the Sinfonietta in a superb first British performance of Arc’ The Guardian

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Takemitsu: Corona (London version), etc.

Takemitsu:

Corona (London version)

For Away

Piano Distance

Uninterrupted rests


Roger Woodward (piano)

Recorded - Decca Studio No.3, West Hampstead, London, 4 May 1973

“the performer is Roger Woodward, whose task sounds to have been most sympathetically executed.” Gramophone

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Takemitsu: Spirit Garden, etc.

Takemitsu:

Spirit Garden

Solitude Sonore

Three Film Scores for String Orchestra: Music of Training and Rest (from José Torres); Funeral Music (from Black Rain); Waltz (from Face of Another)

Dreamtime

A Flock Descends into the Pentagonal Garden


Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Marin Alsop

“Takemitsu’s music is essentially sensuous and evocative; one might almost count him a Japanese Debussy.” The Penguin Guide

“A beguiling collection of early and late Takemitsu works.” BBC Music Magazine, August 2006

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Takemitsu: A Flock Descends into the Pentagonal Garden, etc.

Takemitsu:

A Flock Descends into the Pentagonal Garden

Quatrain

Stanza I

Sacrifice

Ring

Valeria


Hiroshi Wakasugi

Boston Symphony Orchestra & Tashi, Seiji Ozawa

The chamber works are all from the 1960s and "clearly convey the composer's effortless ability to create beautfiul sounds (and eloquent silences) and to unfold them at a daringly deliberate and poised pace" (Stephen Arnold, booklet note)

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Takemitsu: Quotation of Dream

Takemitsu: Quotation of Dream


Paul Crossley & Peter Serkin

London Sinfonietta, Oliver Knussen

GGramophone Awards 1999

Best of Category - Contemporary

DG Gramophone Awards Collection - 4767114

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Otaka: Fantasy for Organ & Orchestra, etc.

Hosokawa:

Memory of the Sea

Hiroshima Symphony

Otaka:

Fantasy for Organ & Orchestra

Bryan Ashley (organ)

Takemitsu:

Nami no Bon

Ran


Sapporo Symphony Orchestra, Tadaaki Otaka

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Hansgeorg Schmeiser Plays Music For Solo Flute

Hansgeorg Schmeiser Plays Music For Solo Flute


Bach, C P E:

Sonata in A minor for solo flute W132

Bach, J S:

Partita in A minor for solo flute, BWV1013

Fukushima:

MEI

Hindemith:

Acht Stücke

Karg-Elert:

Flute Sonata in F sharp minor, Op. 140

Pagh-Paan:

Dreisam-Nore

Stamitz, A:

Capriccio-Sonata in A major

Takemitsu:

Air


Hansgeorg Schmeiser (flute)

"Working chrono-unlogically backwards, he starts with Takemitsu's 'Air' (1996), a typically elegant fantasy. Schmeiser doesn't fill, but rather feels the evocative silences. He swells in and out of ghostly legato passages or punchy, recurrent motifs with complete conviction." Kate Sherriff, BBC Music Magazine

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Takemitsu: Piano Works

Takemitsu: Piano Works


Takemitsu:

Uninterrupted rests

Piano Distance

For Away

Les yeux clos I & II

Rain Tree Sketch I & II

Litany


Izumi Tateno (Piano)

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20th Century Masterpieces - 100 Years of Classical Music

20th Century Masterpieces - 100 Years of Classical Music


Adams, J:

The Chairman Dances

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Simon Rattle

Adès:

Asyla

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle

Barber:

Adagio for Strings, Op. 11

London Symphony Orchestra, Michael Tilson Thomas

Bartók:

Piano Concerto No. 3, BB 127, Sz. 119

Martha Argerich (piano)

Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal, Charles Dutoit

Berg:

Violin Concerto 'To the Memory of an Angel' (1935)

Frank Peter Zimmermann (violin)

Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart, Gianluigi Gelmetti

Bernstein:

West Side Story - Symphonic Dances

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Paavo Järvi

Birtwistle:

Tragoedia

Melos Ensemble, Lawrence Foster

Boulez:

Le Soleil des Eaux

Josephine Nendick, Barry McDaniel & Louis Devos

BBC Chorus & Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Boulez

Britten:

Sinfonia da Requiem, Op. 20

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Simon Rattle

Copland:

Fanfare for the Common Man

Orquesta Filarmónica de la Ciudad de México, Enrique Bátiz

Debussy:

La Mer

Philharmonia Orchestra, Carlo Maria Giulini

Delius:

Brigg Fair

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Thomas Beecham

Dutilleux:

Cello Concerto

Mstislav Rostropovich (cello)

Orchestre de Paris, Serge Baudo

Elgar:

Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85

Jacqueline du Pré (cello)

London Symphony Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli

Falla:

Noches en los jardines de Espana

Gonzalo Soriano

Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos

Gershwin:

Rhapsody in Blue

orch. Grofé

London Symphony Orchestra, André Previn

Gorecki:

Symphony No. 3, Op. 36 'Symphony of Sorrowful Songs'

Zofia Kilanowicz

Kraków Symphony Orchestra, Jacek Kaspszyk

Henze:

Barcarola

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Simon Rattle

Hindemith:

Symphony 'Mathis der Maler'

Philadelphia Orchestra, Wolfgang Sawallisch

Holst:

The Planets, Op. 32

Geoffrey Mitchell Choir & London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult

Honegger:

Movement symphonique No. 1

Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Mariss Jansons

Janacek:

Sinfonietta

Pro Arte Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras

Khachaturian:

Masquerade

Philharmonia Orchestra, Efrem Kurtz

Landowski:

Adagio cantabile for string orchestra

Ensemble Orchestral de Paris, Marcel Landowski

Lutoslawski:

Concerto for Orchestra

Mahler:

Der Abschied (from Das Lied Von Der Erde)

Christa Ludwig (soprano)

Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer

Maw:

Dance Scenes

Philharmonia Orchestra, Daniel Harding

Messiaen:

Et Expecto Resurrectionem Mortuorum

Ensemble de Percussion de l'Orchestre de Paris & Orchestre de Paris, Serge Baudo

Milhaud:

La Création du Monde, Op. 81

Orchestre National de France, Leonard Bernstein

Nielsen:

Symphony No. 5, Op. 50 (FS97)

Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Herbert Blomstedt

Orff:

Carmina Burana

Lucia Popp, Gerhard Unger, Raymond Wolansky & John Noble

Wandsworth School Boys' Choir & New Philharmonia Chorus & Orchestra, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos

Penderecki:

Tren (Threnody), "To the Victims of Hiroshima"

Polish Radio National Symphony Orchestra, Krzysztof Penderecki

Poulenc:

Concerto in G minor for Organ, Strings & Timpani

Gillian Weir

City of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox

Prokofiev:

Piano Concerto No. 1 in D flat major, Op. 10

Martha Argerich (piano)

Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal, Charles Dutoit

Pärt:

Spiegel im Spiegel

Tasmin Little & Martin Roscoe

Rachmaninov:

Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18

Leif Ove Andsnes (piano)

Berliner Philharmoniker, Antonio Pappano

Ravel:

Boléro

Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan

Respighi:

Pines of Rome

London Symphony Orchestra, Lamberto Gardelli

Rodrigo:

Concierto de Aranjuez

Angel Romero

London Symphony Orchestra, André Previn

Schnittke:

Minuet for String Trio

Gidon Kremer, Yuri Bashmet & Mstislav Rostropovich

Schoenberg:

5 orchestral pieces, Op. 16

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Simon Rattle

Shostakovich:

Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 47

Wiener Philharmoniker, Mariss Jansons

Sibelius:

Symphony No. 5 in E flat major, Op. 82

Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, Paavo Berglund

Strauss, R:

Four Last Songs

Nina Stemme

Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Antonio Pappano

Stravinsky:

The Rite of Spring

London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras

Takemitsu:

Water-ways

London Sinfonietta, Oliver Knussen

Tavener:

The Protecting Veil

Steven Isserlis (cello)

London Symphony Orchestra, Gennadi Rhozdestvensky

Tippett:

Concerto for double string orchestra

Moscow Chamber Orchestra & Bath Festival Orchestra, Rudolf Barshai

Turnage:

Drowned Out

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle

Vaughan Williams:

The Lark Ascending

Sarah Chang (violin)

London Philharmonic Orchestra, Bernard Haitink

Walton:

Cello Concerto

Lynn Harrell (cello)

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Simon Rattle

Webern:

Six Pieces for Orchestra Op. 6

(revised version)

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Simon Rattle


At no time in its long history did European music go through a period of such revolution and diversification as in the 20th Century.

Wagner had transformed music in the 19th century to the extent that every composer coming after had to acknowledge his existence, to a lesser or greater extent.

The advent of the new century saw a great flourishing of compositional styles and techniques that were largely the direct result of Wagner's influence.

Not only that, the new century was to be one of great technological advance and invention. The gramophone and, later, the spread of radio, brought about massive changes in the way that ordinary people accessed and perceived music. Suddenly a whole new world of serious music was to open up to an audience that had hitherto been excluded from what had previously been, albeit unintentionally, an elitist art form.

The works in this set of 16 CDs have been arranged in strict chronological order of composition and the first disc begins with a work from 1901 that has become one of the most popular works in the classical repertoire, mainly through it's use in another great 20th-century art form – the film: Rachmaninov's Second Piano Concerto.

Thereafter each disc in the set takes the listener on a fascinating journey through the century, composer by composer and work by work, from Russian Romanticism, French Impressionism, English Pastoralism, Atonalism, Neo Classicism right up to Post Modernism, and from as wide a range of countries and genres as possible.

Released or re-released in last 6 months

EMI - 2175002

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