Tavener / Barley / Digby - 99 Words - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Album Tracks 1. Partita No.1 in B, BWV 1002 Tempo Di Borea 2. Minuetto 3. Orphee Et Eurydice Melodie 4. VN Con No.7 in G, Op.76 Allegro Maestoso 5. VN Con No.7 in G, Op.76 Andante Tranquillo 6. VN Con No.7 in G, Op.76 Allegro Moderato 7. Kol Nidrei 8. Zigeunerweisen 9. Mignon Gavotte 10. Spanish Dance, Op.26 No.8 11. Salut D'amour 12. Four American Folk Songs My Old Kentucky Home/Old Black Joe/Shine On/Kingdom Comin' 13. Caprice on Dixie 14. Silver Threads Among the Gold 15. Petite Valse 16. Farfalla, Op.40, No.3 (Will-O'-The-Wisp) 17. Polonaise, Op.38 18. Guitarrero 19. Souvenir 20. Molly on the Shore 21. The Bee 22. Minute Waltz 23. Thais Meditation

Dan Welcher, a professor at the University of Texas, composed Haleakala How Maui Snared the Sun in 1991, when he was composer-in-residence at the Honolulu Symphony. The text, by Ann McCutchan, is drawn on a Polynesian folktale that sketches an origin for the seasons (yes, they do have them in Hawaii). Welcher's music, beginning with a Copland-esque vocabulary, follows the text closely but has convincing arcs of it's own; it is not a film soundtrack. Hawaiian percussion and bits of melody are employed. The story centers on a youthful trickster god named Maui, whose namesake is presumably one of the present Hawaiian islands. The narrator is none other than actor Richard Chamberlain. Album Tracks 1. Haleakala How Maui Snared the Sun (Tone Poem) 2. Light Coming on the Plains 3. Canyon with Crows 4. Starlight Night 5. Very Fast-Slowly-Dancing 6. Blues and Toccata (On the Name 'Benny Goodman')

Viktoria Mullova and Alasdair Beatson present their first with Signum Classics. Performed on a period-style fortepiano and gut strings, the works presented on this recording span the final decade of Schubert's life. Beginning with the Sonata in A of 1817, it's lyrical, wistful opening giving way to a Viennese joy and exuberance. Closing with the Rondo in B minor of 1826, thrilling in it's heroic journey through an abundance of themes, with twists and turns almost competitively athletic between the two instruments. At the heart of the recording, the Fantasie in C of 1827 - a music unutterably inspired, ravishingly beautiful, a tour de force of color and texture, an unpredictable and unparalleled dreamlike vision of another world. Viktoria Mullova is known internationally as a violinist of exceptional versatility and musical integrity. Her curiosity spans the breadth of musical development from baroque and classical right up to the most contemporary influences from the world of fusion and experimental music. Scottish pianist Alasdair Beatson works prolifically as a soloist and chamber musician. Renowned as a sincere musician and intrepid programmer, he champions wider repertoire with particular interest in Beethoven, Schumann and Schubert among others.