Rachmaninov and Shostakovich sonatas. Leonard Elschenbroich, cello & Alexei Grynyuk, piano. ONYX 4116. Distributed by Harmonia Mundi. What an interesting contrast of works! Rachmaninov’s Cello Sonata in G minor of 1901, was written when the composer was 28 and had another … Continue reading
Low reed specialist Brian Landrus made this chamber jazz album by bringing a string quartet into his quintet Kaleidoscope. He calls it, Mirage, and I say “quite rightly,” because the changes fade like coral over a sunken sub into “something … Continue reading
The way I hear it, Science Welded by Love is a duet between guitarist Simon Legault, who wrote most of the tunes, and the tenor sax of Frank Lozano. If this were classical music, the setlist suggests a time between Bach … Continue reading
Gilad Hekselman, This Just In, Jazz Village (Harmonia Mundi). Gilad Hekselman, guitar, synth,glockenspiel, Joe Martin bass, Marcus Gilmore, drums saxophonist Mark Turner guest tenor sax. After three successful albums, This Just In is guitarist Hekselman’s fourth, and likely to go … Continue reading
Exoticism –The Music of Karol Szymanowski. Jerzy Kaplanek, violin; Stéphan Sylvestre, piano. Marquis. First among Polish composers who lately are gaining the reknown their music deserves is Karol Szymanowski (1882-1937). Two questions. Why does he deserve to be better known? Why … Continue reading
A duet can be a three out of two thing: three being the “one more” that happens when the two go past what they know. Add to that the special case of the clarinet and other instruments: how Mozart composed … Continue reading
BRITTEN: Les Illuminations, Op. 18 for soprano and string orchestra; Variations on a theme of Frank Bridge; Serenade Op. 31 for tenor, horn and string orchestra; Barbara Hannigan, soprano/ James Gilchrist, tenor/ Jasper de Waal, horn/ Amsterdam Sinfonietta/ Candida Thompson … Continue reading
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August 20th, 2013. Jazz Bistro, Toronto. Music-lovers, friends and family packed the Jazz Bistro on Tuesday night. Around the corner, at Yonge & Dundas Square, the audience was captivated by Space Balls playing on a massive screen, but inside the Bistro’s … Continue reading
