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1807 & Friends - CD Recordings |
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| Breaking news! | We will have the latest CDs available at our concerts. These include Live! Volume 4 and Live! Volume 5. | ||
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The
Philadelphia Connection features composers who lived around or who had close connections to the
Philadelphia area. World-renowned composer Samuel Barber was
born in West Chester, PA. The famous "Adagio for
Strings" is the slow movement of his String Quartet, Op. 11,
and is performed by the Wister Quartet. Quartet for Bassoon and
String Trio (1950) by Philadelphia Orchestra bassoonist Bernard
Garfield. Sonata for Violin and Guitar by guitarist/composer
Allen Krantz, and Lament for Solo Violin by Bonnee Hoy are also
featured. |
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Live!
Vol. I
features the Wister Quartet playing Puccini's Crisantemi; Dohnányi's
String Quartet in Db Major, Op. 15; and Brahms' String Quartet in A
Minor, Op. 51, No. 2. |
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Live!
Vol. 2
presents Beethoven's monumental "Archduke" Piano Trio
and Dohnányi's Piano Quintet, Op. 1. Performers are the members of
the Wister Quartet with Marcantonio Barone, piano. |
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Live!
Special Edition
features the major compositions of 1807 & Friends' Lloyd Smith
-- his Cello Sonata, Op. 1; String Quintet, Op. 2; and String
Quartet, Op. 3. Performers include members of the Wister Quartet, bassist Miles
B. Davis and pianist Marcantonio Barone. |
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Wister Quartet first CD, featuring Mephisto Waltz No. 1 by Liszt, arranged by Sándor Devich; String Quartet No. 4 by Polish composer Grazyna Bacewicz; and Dvorák's String Quartet in G Major, Op. 106. This CD was nominated for a Grammy Award." | ||
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Live! Vol. 3 presents the Wister Quartet playing Charles Tomlinson Griffes' "Two Sketches based on Indian Themes", Haydn's "Serenade" string quartet, and Shostakovich's String Quartet No. 8 (in memory of the victims of fascism and war). The Wister Quartet also plays six of its favorite romantic encores." | ||
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Live! Vol. 4 features the Wister Quartet performing Verdi’s virtuoso String Quartet in E Minor, Louis Gesensway’s colorful “Five Russian Pieces”, Ravel’s sensuous String Quartet in F Major, and Lloyd Smith’s fun “Storm Echoes Suite” for accordion and three strings. Watch for the lightning bolt! | ||
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Live!
Vol. 5 Duo Paganini, is from an 1807
concert featuring great music for violin/viola and guitar. All
works, written by guitarist/composer Allen Krantz, include:: an original
composition "Nocturne" for viola and guitar; arrangements of
Schubert's lovely "Arpeggione" sonata; Piazzolla's colorful
"Histoire du Tango"; and by Paganini - the Genoese violin
virtuoso who loved both the violin and the guitar. The viola featured on this recording is The Pellegrina, an asymmetrical "ergonomic" viola made by gifted, innovative luthier David Rivinus. It delivers the sound of a large instrument but the playing ease of a small viola. |
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| How to order |
The
Philadelphia Connection CD is available at Direct-to-Tape
Recording Co. The Live! series recordings are available directly from 1807 & Friends. Contact us by e-mail or purchase these CDs at any of our concerts. |
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