Various Artists - Baby Needs Baroque / Various - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Great works always attract artists of many different instruments, and for good reason - it is only then that they are illuminated in their full scope. New sounds and colors enrich the original material. The unusual combination of clarinet/basset horn and harp reveals a powerful emotionality to the listener and, particularly in Brahms's Intermezzi, highlights complex chamber music qualities already concealed within the piano version. Transcriptions, to which this is exclusively devoted, have never been uncommon. Since the original repertoire from this period for harp, both as a solo instrument and in chamber music works, is relatively limited, the literature for piano and for harpsichord holds a special appeal for harpists. In addition, it was a widespread practice with duo pieces at that time to print the piano part in an alternative version for harp. Due to technical limitations, many composers found no use for the harp. This changed, however, at the beginning of the nineteenth century when the piano and harp manufacturer Sébastien Érard invented the double-action mechanism, which made it possible to play in any key - just in time to avoid missing out on the increasingly chromatic music of the Romantic period. But the harp was not the only instrument that enjoyed it's heyday during Romanticism; it was during this era that the clarinet, too, flourished for the first time. Likewise, in the early nineteenth century, Iwan Müller designed the InchClarinette Omnitonique,Inch an instrument with thirteen keys; thanks to this innovation, the clarinet was now also able to play in every tonality. The clarinet is considered to be the wind instrument that comes closest to the human voice. Hector Berlioz praises it for it's Inchbeautiful instrumental sopranoInch and Incha middle register that is favorable to the expression of the most poetic feelings and ideas.Inch (Grand traité

Album Tracks 1. Divertimento No. 1, K. 136 (Adante) 2. Canon in D - the Brazilian Guitar Quartet 3. Four Seasons, Concerto No. 1, InchSpringInch (Allegro) - Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra 4. Bagatelle in a Minor, Woo 59, InchFseInch - Carol Rosenberger 5. About Faraway Lands and People (Scenes from Childhood, Op. 15) - Carol Rosenberger 6. Eine Kleine Nachtmusik (A Little Night Music), K. 525 (Andante) - Anthony Newman 7. Piano Concerto No. 21 in C, K. 467 (Andante) - Carol Rosenberger 8. Cradle Song - Carol Rosenberger 9. Lullaby, or Cradle Song (Wiegenlied) 10. May Night (Die Mainacht) 11. Air on the G String from Suite No. 3 in D for Orchestra, BWV 1068 12. Water Music, Suite No. 1 in F (Allegro) - Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra 13. Paloma - Angel Romero 14. Suite in C minor, BWV 997 (Trans. B minor) (Fugue) - the Brazilian Guitar Quartet 15. Symphony No. 1 in C Major, Op. 21 (Andante Cantabile Con Moto) - Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

Born in 1924 in the then Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia), Gerard Schurmann grew up in England, and after serving in the Royal Air Force during the war, combined his career as a concert pianist with a diplomatic role as Cultural Attache at the Netherlands Embassy. On the recommendation of Alan Rawsthorne, Ealing Studios commissioned Schurmann for the score for the Jack Hawkins police drama 'The Long Arm' (released as 'The Third Key' in the US). More commissions followed, initially from the burgeoning British 1950s horror scene (represented here by Konga and Horrors of the Black Museum and then from mainstream cinema. 'The Ceremony,' directed by and starring Laurence Harvey was followed by 'Dr. Syn, alias The Scarecrow' and the WWII action movie 'Attack on the Iron Coast,' starring Lloyd Bridges. Rumon Gamba completes this overview with scores from Claretta, a lavish portrayal of the final days of Mussolini and his mistress Claretta Petacci; and finally the 1997 film 'The Gambler' in which Sir Michael Gambon vividly portrayed the great Russian novelist Fyodor Dostoyevsky. Album Tracks 1. Dr Syn, Alias the Scarecrow (1963) Suite for Orchestra 2. Konga (1961) Suite for Orchestra 3. Claretta (1984) Suite for Orchestra 4. The Ceremony (1963) Suite for Orchestra 5. Tailing the Suspect from 'The Long Arm' (1956) for Orchestra 6. Horrors of the Black Museum (1959) Suite for Orchestra 7. The Gambler (1997) Suite for Orchestra 8. Main Title from 'Attack on the Iron Coast' (1967) for Orchestra