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trueMark Berry2006-11-03T10:21:00-05:002006-11-03T15:51:25Z2006-11-03T15:48:31Ztag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16931474.post-116256891165441976Ives String Quartets Now on Naxos with the Blair QuartetLast Tuesday, Naxos released a new recording of Charles Ives' two String Quartets, performed by the Blair Quartet of Nashville, that has already received a positive response from one influential taste-maker: in an earlier post this week, Jerry picked this disc as one of his favorites for November and praised the ensemble for "play(ing) up a storm."
Cornelia Heard, violinist for the Blair Quartet,falseMark Berry2006-10-27T12:23:00-04:002006-10-27T16:46:37Z2006-10-27T16:42:33Ztag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16931474.post-116196735394310695Elliott Carter, Stravinsky, Boulez Films at MoMA November 4thOn November 4th, the Museum of Modern Art will present documentaries by Dutch filmmaker Frank Scheffer of Elliott Carter, Boulez, and Stravinsky, an all-day event entitled "Music and Film/Film on Music."
All three films are available on DVD in the US as part of the Juxtapositions series of music documentaries, distributed by Naxos of America.
In his work, Scheffer adapts the structure and stylefalseMark Berry2006-10-18T11:25:00-04:002006-10-18T15:36:06Z2006-10-18T15:36:06Ztag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16931474.post-116118576603002012Spectrum Concerts Berlin at Zankel Hall November 3 and 5Naxos artist Spectrum Concerts Berlin--whose new disc of music by Ernst Toch comes out October 31st--will perform two concerts at Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall on November 3rd and 5th.
The first concert includes music by Robert Helps, Brahms, and Schoenberg; the second concert includes music by Penderecki, Schulhoff, and Schubert.
Spectrum Concerts Berlin, led by Artistic Director Frank DodgefalseMark Berry2006-10-10T12:13:00-04:002006-10-10T16:46:15Z2006-10-10T16:37:38Ztag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16931474.post-116049825899392615Elliott Carter DVD Review in Dallas Morning NewsThe Dallas Morning News published a lengthy review on Saturday by Scott Cantrell of the new DVD Labyrinth of Time: Elliott Carter, directed by Frank Scheffer.
The DVD, distributed by Naxos of America, is part of the Juxtapositions series on contemporary composers (www.ideale-audience.com), including Arvo Pärt, Philip Glass, and Luciano Berio.falseMark Berry2006-09-29T16:22:00-04:002006-10-10T16:45:39Z2006-09-29T20:28:23Ztag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16931474.post-115956170342780712New Elliott Carter DVD Now Available
Idéale Audience, one of the DVD labels we here at Naxos of America distribute, have just released a new documentary DVD on Elliott Carter. Labyrinth of Time: Elliott Carter, directed by Frank Scheffer, includes commentary from Daniel Barenboim, Charles Rosen, Pierre Boulez, and others. The DVD is part of Idéale Audience's Juxtapositions series of on contemporary composersfalseMark Berry2006-09-22T12:43:00-04:002006-09-22T17:56:01Z2006-09-22T16:50:48Ztag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16931474.post-115894384836919339New Glenn Gould Documentary DVD September 26th
On September 26th, the DVD of Glenn Gould Hereafter will arrive in stores. This documentary by Bruno Monsaingeon, a long-time friend of Gould's who also directed the 1974 film Glenn Gould: The Alchemist, opens Glenn Gould Unveiled, A Film Festival on October 20th, part of Lincoln Center’s Great Performers series.
Famously, Gould retired from live performance in 1964 to devote his time to makingfalseMark Berry2006-09-11T12:45:00-04:002006-09-11T16:54:16Z2006-09-11T16:54:16Ztag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16931474.post-115799365667178206Ned Rorem at Lincoln Triangle Barnes and Noble September 11th
Ned Rorem will join conductor Jose Serebrier, violinist Philippe Quint, and flutist Jeffrey Khaner at the Lincoln Triangle Barnes and Noble in New York City (Broadway and West 65th) tonight at 7 pm to discuss the recent Naxos CD of the composer's Flute and Violin Concertos.
Soprano Carole Farley will also be on hand to discuss the recetn VAI DVDs of Poulenc's La Voix humaine and Menotti's Thefalse