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Release Date: 01/28/2003 Label: Nonesuch Catalog #: 79657 Spars Code: n/a Composer: Peter Heidrich, Franz Waxman, Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Alfred Schnittke, Adrien François Servais, Vato Kakhidze, Edward Bor, Ladislav Kupkovic Performer: Marta Sudraba, Ula Ulijona, Gidon Kremer, Louis Lortie, Vato Kakhidze, Lasma Muceniece Conductor: Gidon Kremer Orchestra/Ensemble: Kremerata Baltica
Number of Discs: 1 |
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This entertaining disc features an eclectic mix of pieces both serious and humorous in celebration of the Kremerata Baltica's fifth anniversary. The best of them is Franz Waxman's hilarious "Auld lang syne" Variations, four movements in the style of Mozart, Beethoven, Bach, and "Shostakofiev" respectively. Joseph Ghys and François Servais team up to produce a typical 19th-century showpiece variation set, in this case on "God save the King" (a very popular tune for variations), the intention here being purely virtuosic rather than witty. Peter Heidrich's "Happy Birthday" Variations also mimics famous composers (with Haydn and Mozart being especially well differentiated), but the work concludes with a delightful series of "free" variations that let the composer's own fanciful imagination take center stage. Teddy Bor's McMozart's eine kleine bricht Moonlicht nich Musik might be funny had P.D.Q. Bach not done the same thing on a much larger scale and with far more amusing results. Vato Kakhidze's strangely multi-cultural "Blitz" Fantasy adds melismatic vocal contributions to music that hovers somewhere between poignancy and Muzak. Three shorter pieces--Tchaikovsky's Elegy, Schnittke's Polka, and Ladislav Kupkovic's Souvenir--round out this enterprising collection. It goes without saying that the performances do full justice to the music, and also to Kremerata Baltica's avowed purpose of presenting programs that offer musical food for thought and occasional surprises in addition to more normal fare. Excellent sonics capture the festivities warmly and vividly. Clearly, a good time was had by all, though the notes take the entire project rather too seriously. [2/11/2003] --David Hurwitz, ClassicsToday.com |
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| Works on This Recording | Back to Top | ||||
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Variations on "Happy Birthday" for String Quartet by Peter Heidrich | ||||
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Orchestra/Ensemble:
Kremerata Baltica
Period: 20th Century Written: 1994 |
Date of Recording: 06/1999 Venue: Reitschule, Grafenegg Length: 11 Minutes 33 Secs. |
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Variations on "Auld Lang Syne" by Franz Waxman | ||||
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Performer:
Marta Sudraba (Cello),
Ula Ulijona (Viola),
Gidon Kremer (Violin),
Louis Lortie (Piano) Conductor: Gidon Kremer Orchestra/Ensemble: Kremerata Baltica Period: 20th Century Written: 1947; USA |
Date of Recording: 09/1999 Venue: Jesus Christus Kirche, Berlin, Germany Length: 12 Minutes 47 Secs. |
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Elegy for Strings in G major by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky | ||||
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Performer:
Gidon Kremer (Violin)
Conductor: Gidon Kremer Orchestra/Ensemble: Kremerata Baltica Period: Romantic Written: 1884; Russia |
Date of Recording: 09/1999 Venue: Jesus Christus Kirche, Berlin, Germany Length: 6 Minutes 1 Secs. |
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Esquisses: Polka by Alfred Schnittke | ||||
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Performer:
Gidon Kremer (Violin)
Conductor: Gidon Kremer Orchestra/Ensemble: Kremerata Baltica Period: 20th Century Written: 1985; Moscow |
Date of Recording: 12/2001 Venue: Nalepastrasse Studio, Berlin, Germany Length: 2 Minutes 19 Secs. |
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| Notes: Arranged: Sergei Dreznin | |||||
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Variations brillantes et concertantes on "God Save the King", Op. 38 by Adrien François Servais | ||||
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Performer:
Gidon Kremer (Violin),
Marta Sudraba (Cello)
Conductor: Gidon Kremer Orchestra/Ensemble: Kremerata Baltica Period: Romantic Written: 19th Century; France |
Date of Recording: 11/2001 Venue: State Philharmonic Hall, Ludwigshafen Length: 10 Minutes 0 Secs. |
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| Notes: This work was written in collaboration with Joseph Ghys. | |||||
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Blitz Fantasy by Vato Kakhidze | ||||
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Performer:
Vato Kakhidze (Synthesizer),
Vato Kakhidze (Piano),
Lasma Muceniece (Voice),
Vato Kakhidze (Voice), Gidon Kremer (Violin) Conductor: Gidon Kremer Orchestra/Ensemble: Kremerata Baltica Period: 20th Century Written: 1999; Georgian Republic |
Date of Recording: 09/1999 Venue: Jesus Christus Kirche, Berlin, Germany Length: 14 Minutes 1 Secs. |
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McMozart's Eine Kleine Bricht Moonlicht Nicht Musik by Edward Bor | ||||
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Conductor:
Gidon Kremer
Orchestra/Ensemble: Kremerata Baltica Period: 20th Century Written: 1981 |
Date of Recording: 09/1999 Venue: Jesus Christus Kirche, Berlin, Germany Length: 3 Minutes 21 Secs. |
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Souvenir by Ladislav Kupkovic | ||||
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Performer:
Gidon Kremer (Violin)
Orchestra/Ensemble: Kremerata Baltica Period: 20th Century Written: 1971 |
Date of Recording: 09/1999 Venue: Jesus Christus Kirche, Berlin, Germany Length: 5 Minutes 43 Secs. |
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