Debussy / Heifetz - Heifetz Collection 6 - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

This world premiere recording by Arsemble is focused on the rediscovery of the seventeenth-century composer from Rimini, Mario Bianchelli, an amateur instrumentalist (belonging to a noble and wealthy family, and therefore without the need to practice the musical profession for living) formed at the Collegio dei Nobili in the city of Parma, managed by the Jesuit fathers. The young Bianchelli excelled there in the study of the guitar, the lute and the harpsichord. His activity as a composer was widespread and renowned, and this production is dedicated to the manuscript chamber cantatas preserved in the Gambalunga library in Rimini, one of the richest and most important public libraries in Italy. The concertation of the cantatas is by Roberto Cascio, protagonist of many productions within the Tactus catalog (tc650770, Ippolito Ghezzi; tc520003 La historia del Beato Martino; tc640001, Il Seicento Italiano Inchalla SpagnuolaInch; tc660005, Baruffe Amorose del Settecento).

30 tracks from 1970-2003 on 2 CD's. Includes a classic track from every Skynard album. Plus a pre viously unreleased recording from 1970's InchBlues Medley,Inch and a glossy 30th anniversary sticker. Special packaging to include an o-sleeve, a color ful booklet with complete song credit, extensive photographs and liner notes by renowned Skynard historian/reissue producer Ron O'Brien.

Hansel and Gretel Hansel and Gretel, a Fable for Narrator and Orchestra, Op. 59, is based on the classic Grimm fairy talc. The children in the original story do not lose their way in the forest, but, much more scarily, are deliberately abandoned by their starving stepmother and father. Both children-especially Gretel-triumph as the heroes of their perilous adventure. This piece, written in August 2001, was commissioned and designed to introduce the instruments of the orchestra to children under the age of twelve. As the narrator tells us, various instruments represent the characters of the story. The French horns play the father's music, the stepmother is played on a muted trumpet, Gretel is represented by the violin and Hansel by the cello. Three friendly animals are heard in the woodwinds with a tip of the hat to Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf, their cat is played by the clarinet, the bird is played by a flute, and the duck by the oboe. The wicked witch is heard on the xylophone. In addition certain elements of the story are painted by the music. For example, the jewels the children find shine in the orchestra. The evil step-mother and the witch share the interval of a tritone, and both have similar motives drawn from a half diminished seventh chord. The father's music centers around c minor, and the music for Hansel and Gretel is closely related to G major. Hansel and Gretel, finished in August 2001, was commissioned by New England Conservatory Preparatory School, Mark Churchill, Dean. It was written with the instrumentation of the Youth Philharmonic Orchestra and with it's conductor, Benjamin Zander, in mind. They gave the world premiere at New England Conservatory's Jordan Hall, November 3, 2002. I also arranged the work as a Suite for Piano, Op. 65, for intermediate piano students. -Larry Bell Hansel and Gretel is published by Casa Rustica Publications (BMI) ©2