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Schoenberg, Webern, Berg / Rattle, Augér, City Of Birmingham Songs 1. Pieces (5) for orchestra, Op. 16: I. Vorgefühle: Sehr rasch (18:02)  Windows Media  Real Audio | | Common Name | Pieces For Orchestra | | Composer | Arnold Schoenberg (1874 - 1951) | | Conductor | Sir Simon Rattle | | Genre | Suite | | Date Written | 1909 | | Country | Austria | | Venue | Arts Center, University of Warwick, Warw | | Recording Date | 12/1987/04/1988 | | 2. Pieces (5) for orchestra, Op. 16: II. Vergangenes: Mässige Viertel (11:15) Windows Media Real Audio | | Common Name | Pieces For Orchestra | | Composer | Anton Webern (1883 - 1945) | | Conductor | Sir Simon Rattle | | Date Written | 1909 | | Country | Austria | | Venue | Arts Center, University of Warwick, Warw | | Recording Date | 12/1987/04/1988 | | 3. Pieces (5) for orchestra, Op. 16: III. Farben: Mässige Viertel (33:31) Windows Media Real Audio | | Common Name | Lulu Symphonie Lulu, Lulu Suite 5 Symphonic Pieces From The Opera For Soprano & Orchestra | | Composer | Alban Berg (1885 - 1935) | | Conductor | Sir Simon Rattle | | Performer | Arleen Auger | | Genre | Symphony | | Date Written | 1934 | | Venue | Arts Center, University of Warwick, Warw | | Recording Date | 12/1987/04/1988 | | Notes | Composition written: 1934.
Composition revised: Germany. |
Schoenberg, Webern, Berg / Rattle, Augér, City Of Birmingham Music Composers on Schoenberg, Webern, Berg / Rattle, Augér, City Of Birmingham CD : Anton Webern, Alban Berg, Arnold Schoenberg Conductors on Schoenberg, Webern, Berg / Rattle, Augér, City Of Birmingham CD : Sir Simon Rattle Genres on Schoenberg, Webern, Berg / Rattle, Augér, City Of Birmingham CD : Suite, Symphony Performers on Schoenberg, Webern, Berg / Rattle, Augér, City Of Birmingham CD : Arleen Auger Purchase Schoenberg, Webern, Berg / Rattle, Augér, City Of Birmingham To buy, Click on price to add to cart | Schoenberg: Pierrot Lunaire, Etc / Boulez, Schäfer, Et Al CD (1998)
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With all of this man's academic credentials, grants and composer-in-residence positions, he could probably get by without establishing an audience. That would certainly be a shame, since Alvin Singleton's music seems at times like it could feed the hungry. At any rate, the four pieces presented in this extremely well-planned collection share a compassionate blend of exciting, intriguing musical action and lovely, yearning passages of lyricism -- a fine meal for any listener.
Singleton's audience overlaps the artificially divided worlds of classical music and jazz. Key to establishing that dynamic, indeed the very action that might get someone in trouble with the uptight listener, is improvisation. To determine what is improvised and what is composed through these four pieces -- lasting in duration between slightly under 10 and 15 minutes each -- would be sheer guesswork. The performance of pianist Anthony Davis and trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith, whose long-standing relationship includes collaboration in several ensembles also dealing with this mix of approaches, is remarkable in many ways. Most striking to a listener who is familiar with these groups such as New Dalta Ahkri or Golden Quartet is how completely the two players avoid trappings of any of their past musical communication, instead creating something remarkably new, as if they had never played together before.
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