Mendelssohn Mid Summer Night's Dream

It goes without saying that recording has transformed music from an evanescent art to one which can be readily preserved for the study and enjoyment of future generations. the EMI Great Conductors Edition - Nikolai Golovanov Among its services is the perpetuation of the art of musicians who were barely known in their time outside their own immediate spheres of influence. Golovanov surely was among these. Although he was the dominant force in Russian opera for nearly thirty years, he was summarily purged in 1952 (literally refused admission to his opera house one morning), died the following year and was conveniently forgotten as a political imperative of Soviet rewriting of Russian cultural history. Only recently have his records resurfaced to reveal an extraordinary outsized personality, a visionary galaxies apart from the polished discipline of Mravinsky and others who better towed the party line, both politically and aesthetically, and whose art has been touted as representing the Soviet ideal. Over half this set is devoted to five Liszt tone poems from Golovanov's pioneering set.

A volte il processo creativo di produzione è stupefacente. Mi chiedevo, ascoltando le vecchie registrazioni di Keith Tippett o del primo album degli Aktuala di Lino, come potrebbero suonare se tutti fossero membri di una sola band. Quindi ho colto l'occasione per organizzarmi questa performance nella mia città natale per "Musiche Nuove a Piacenza Festival ". Avevo lavorato prima con tutti e quattro i musicisti e sentivo che poteva funzionare facendoli lavorare insieme. Furono tutti così generosi che accettarono di far diventare questo progetto una nuova band ed io sono sicuro che ce ne saranno altri in futuro. E 'stata davvero una serata magica.

"… simply loaded with proud pop songs … reads like a Greatest Hits: Then I Kissed Her, Help Me, Rhonda, You’re So Good To Me and California Girls are up there with any icons of West Coast sunshine."

This new recording presents the transcription for piano duet that Felix Mendelssohn made of his immensely popular music for Shakespeare's Ein Sommernachtstraum ( a Midsummer Night's Dream). Mendelssohn, one of the greatest piano virtuosos of his time, perfectly managed to maintain the fairytale atmosphere of the orchestral score in this beautifully written piano arrangement: the famous Scherzo shines with pianistic glitter and the Wedding March receives the appropriate festiveness and pomp.Brilliantly played by the Italian DuoKeira, prize winners of the 2010 IBLA Grand Prize World Music Competition and one of the recipients of the Global Music Awards.

Your perfect vintage soundtrack for hot summer days and nights! 1-CD with 20-page booklet, 31 tracks. Total playing time approx. 79 min. • Summer! Heat! Swimming! Nature! Beach parties … and music!!! • This edition mercilessly continues what was started in the predecessors, 'Banana Split' (BCD17513), 'Another Banana Split, Please' (BCD17601) and 'Good Old Summertime' (BCD17528) by Bear Family. • On 31 tracks from 1952-1963, the most beautiful season of the year comes extremely alive, whether as a 'soundtrack' in the car or as a musical enhancement of the garden party! • You’ll hear classics of famous artists, for example songs by Keely Smith, Dinah Washington, Conway Twitty, The Brothers Four or Hank Snow! • On the other hand, we present plenty of recordings from the rarities box, some appear here for the first time on CD! • Instrumentals by the Viscounts or by Tito Puente with a summery Latin flair can be heard as well as early surf sounds by Dave York & The Beachcombers or The Fleetwoods! • The musical range is wide: from pop to jazz, rhythm 'n' blues, doo-wop, country music and lots of rock 'n' roll, with Ricky Dean, Johnny O'Neill, Sammy Salvo, Paul Peek and many others!

Your perfect vintage soundtrack for hot summer days and nights! 1-CD with 20-page booklet, 31 tracks. Total playing time approx. 79 min. • Summer! Heat! Swimming! Nature! Beach parties … and music!!! • This edition mercilessly continues what was started in the predecessors, 'Banana Split' (BCD17513), 'Another Banana Split, Please' (BCD17601) and 'Good Old Summertime' (BCD17528) by Bear Family. • On 31 tracks from 1952-1963, the most beautiful season of the year comes extremely alive, whether as a 'soundtrack' in the car or as a musical enhancement of the garden party! • You’ll hear classics of famous artists, for example songs by Keely Smith, Dinah Washington, Conway Twitty, The Brothers Four or Hank Snow! • On the other hand, we present plenty of recordings from the rarities box, some appear here for the first time on CD! • Instrumentals by the Viscounts or by Tito Puente with a summery Latin flair can be heard as well as early surf sounds by Dave York & The Beachcombers or The Fleetwoods! • The musical range is wide: from pop to jazz, rhythm 'n' blues, doo-wop, country music and lots of rock 'n' roll, with Ricky Dean, Johnny O'Neill, Sammy Salvo, Paul Peek and many others!