Jerome Kern - Melodies: The 1955 Walden Sessions - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Kern,Jerome / Welch,Elisabeth - Sings Jerome Kern [COMPACT DISCS] date 03/22/2011

Vinyl LP pressing. 2017 from the vocalist best known for appearing on the 10th season of American Idol. What's That Sound? is Haley Reinhart's homage to her favorite music from the late '60s. Filled with fun and memorable covers along with three original songs, this albums features new versions of hits songs such as 'For What It's Worth', 'Baby It's You', 'The Letter' and many more.

Accordion and shawm - there could hardly be a greater contrast between instruments - at least at first glance. During the 14th to 17th centuries, the shawm - a double-reed wind instrument - was widely used. Performing together with the cornett, oboe and trombone, the Middle Ages and Renaissance are it's musical home. Town piper ensembles as well as representative and sacred music determined it's world of sound. On the other hand, for about 50 years the accordion - an aerophone of the 19th century - has been evolving into a concert instrument on the classical concert podium. Many contemporary composers write music for it and have learned to love it's tonal aesthetic. What can a combination of such very different instruments achieve and reveal today? Margit Kern and Katharina Bäuml were convinced from the beginning that it would have to be more than merely an experiment. A new beginning, a journey with an unknown destination. The present recording involves nothing less than an encounter between different historical periods and musical cultures; it really is more than merely a tonal experiment. Their present album looks at a musical icon of the Trecento and examines to what extent the themes of the 14th century are compatible with today's attitudes and aesthetics.