From Here and There #2143
. . . a ‘host’s choice’ potpourri of unusual and arresting recordings sure to capture your attention.
Hour One
GIACOMO PUCCINI: 4 Sonatas (Nos. 10-7-2-15) and a March in G –Liuwe Tamminga (1903 Tronci/San Pietro Somaldi, Lucca, Italy & 1869 Landucci/San Lorenzo, Farnetta, Italy) Passcaille 1029
BELA BARTÓK (trans. Tabajdi): Dance Suite –Adam Tabajdi (1997 Kern/Concert Hall, Sapporo, Japan) Sapporo Concert Hall 021
LOUIS VIERNE: Epitaphe, fr Pieces en Style Libre, Op. 31, no. 4 –Scott Farrell (1905 Walker-1989 Mander/Rochester Cathedral, England) Regent 507
VIERNE: Final, fr Symphony No. 5 in a, Op. 47 –Stephen Tharp (1862 Cavaillé-Coll/St. Sulpice, Paris, France) Aeolus 11191
Filler – PUCCINI: Sonata No. 12 (see above)
Hour Two
NAJI HAKIM: Esquisses Grégoriennes –David von Behren (1997 Schoenstein/1st-Plymouth Congregational Church, Lincoln, NE) First-Plymouth 10122
CÉSAR FRANCK: Larghetto, fr String Quartet in D –Peter Van de Velde (1891 Schyven/Our Lady’s Cathedral, Antwerp, Belgium) Aeolus 11211
BENOIT MERNIER: Concerto for Organ (premiere) –Belgian National Orchestra/Hugh Wolff; Olivier Latry (1930 Stevens-2017 Westenfelder/Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, Belgium) Cypres 4649
Filler – MERNIER (see above)
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