Polonaise, Op.29 by Dutch composer Peter Schat (1935-2003), played by Jacob Bogaart. From the 12-CD set of Schat’s (nearly) complete works released by Donemus/NM Classics.
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Mystery Polonaise
Here’s something a little different for the mystery track: a Polonaise for solo piano by one of my favorite 20th century composers. Don’t let the neo-Romantic elements fool you – he was a postwar composer in Western Europe and a prominent musical figure in his country
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All will be revealed June 26 at 1500 EST.
Mystery Pianist Revealed
Bach‘s Prelude and Fugue in b-flat minor from Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1, played by Tatiana Nikolayeva. Originally released by Melodiya, reissued in one of Scribendum’s superb Melodiya archival releases remastered at Abbey Road Studios.
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Mystery Track: Who Is Conducting?
Who is conducting this 78-era recording of Brahms‘s Hungarian Dance No.1? This one’s for you, Jessica Duchen!
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Find the answer here at 1500 EST on June 12.
Mystery Track Revealed
The final section of Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture, played by the USSR Gostelradio Orchestra conducted by the much-underrated Konstantin Ivanov. The recording was made in 1965, and is dubbed from a 15ips 1/4 inch tape in my private archive. And about that little “editorial change” to the coda: during the Soviet era, the ‘Gloria’ theme from Glinka’s A Life for the Tsar replaced the pretty-much-treasonous God Save the Tsar.
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Mystery Track: Name That Artist!
A little bombast for the first mystery clip in some time: the final section of Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture. Your mission: identify the conductor. One helpful clue: there’s something, well, a little different about the coda.
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Answer will be published at 1500 EST Friday.
Mahlerthon @ Carnegie Hall: LvdE and IX
David Rice’s review of LvdE is up at Classical Source, as is Elizabeth Barnette’s review of the final concert.
Mahlerthon @ Carnegie Hall: More on VIII
David Rice’s review is live at Classical Source.
Punchline: American Versailles
I’ve been saying it for years: do the denizens of Washington, DC realize what a joke they have become outside of their enclave? Go read Michael Winship’s edifying takedown of both press and politicians in the nation’s capitol.
Mahlerthon @ Carnegie Hall: VIII
The choir was a mere 120 singers. The boychoir a minuscule 40. And Carnegie Hall’s electric abomination of an “organ” should be put out of its misery (three simple words on this matter for Carnegie Hall’s management and donors: Marshall and Ogletree). But what a Mahler Eighth. Pierre Boulez…