What Are You Listening To? August 2022
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Ojai Sam
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Marche Tartare and Le Labyrinthe are pretty cool too. Another hit from 1001 Classical Recordings.
axolotl
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I had not drunk my coffee before I read that. I thought you said 101 Strings.
Ojai Sam
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Anne-Sophie Mutter - Tango Song And Dance (2003)
Classical musicians are not usually very successful when they attempt popular songs, much less third world styles. This album came over the transom as part of Anne-Sophie's gorgeous and rare 40 CD box set "ASM35 - The Complete Musician".
I wasn't expecting too much but Tango Song and Dance completely shattered my low expectations because I had overlooked the key factor: Anne-Sophie's husband at the time, Andre Previn. If anyone knew how to harmonize classical music with jazz and pop, it was the versatile Previn. The joyous music here reflects the happiness of their recent marriage. Previn contributed "Tango Song and Dance", a vivacious suite dedicated to his wife and plays it with her. They also deliver a sparking performance of Jascha Heifetz's transcription of four songs from "Porgy and Bess" for piano and violin.
The album is filled out with three more excellent duets featuring Mutter with her regular collaborator, Lambert Orkis. Brahms' Hungarian Dances, Kreisler's Viennese miniatures and Faure's Sonata No. 1 have more than enough ethnic flair to fit with Gershwin and Previn's tangos.
on the Sam-O-Meter. You can't judge a book by its cover.
Classical musicians are not usually very successful when they attempt popular songs, much less third world styles. This album came over the transom as part of Anne-Sophie's gorgeous and rare 40 CD box set "ASM35 - The Complete Musician".
I wasn't expecting too much but Tango Song and Dance completely shattered my low expectations because I had overlooked the key factor: Anne-Sophie's husband at the time, Andre Previn. If anyone knew how to harmonize classical music with jazz and pop, it was the versatile Previn. The joyous music here reflects the happiness of their recent marriage. Previn contributed "Tango Song and Dance", a vivacious suite dedicated to his wife and plays it with her. They also deliver a sparking performance of Jascha Heifetz's transcription of four songs from "Porgy and Bess" for piano and violin.
The album is filled out with three more excellent duets featuring Mutter with her regular collaborator, Lambert Orkis. Brahms' Hungarian Dances, Kreisler's Viennese miniatures and Faure's Sonata No. 1 have more than enough ethnic flair to fit with Gershwin and Previn's tangos.
on the Sam-O-Meter. You can't judge a book by its cover.
axolotl
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"Speaking of the cover, how do she play the violin like that?"
Ojai Sam
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Unsomnambulist
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Russian Circles - Gnosis (2022)
Ojai Sam
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I like this artist so I’ll check it out too.
axolotl
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Don't laugh. Larry had works composed especially for him and his harmonica by no less than Malcolm Arnold, Darius Milhaud and Ralph Vaughan Williams.
Why would anyone laugh?
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