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Sing We Noel: Christmas Music from England & Early America (The Boston Camerata, Joel Cohen director, Nonesuch). Charpentier: Messe de Minuit pour Noel; Senate a Six (The Boston Camerata, Joel Cohen director, Desmar). The album of folk-inspired Christmas music, a welcome change from today's homogenized carols, ranges from a 12th century Latin tune, Ad cantus leticie, to a rousing Gloucestershire Wassail from modern Britain. Marc-Antoine Charpentier's Mass, based on French Christmas carols, is a graceful work, and the voices of The Boston Camerata are perfectly balanced...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: The Pick of the Holiday Season | 12/18/1978 | See Source »

...summer festival-is by now standard. Last year, he won a $2,500 Avery Fisher prize, awarded by Lincoln Center to "exceptionally talented younger instrumentalists." He has performed as guest soloist with many major chamber groups. He has released two solo albums; the latest, The Art of Richard Stoltzman (Desmar), is a marvelous collection of 19th century French clarinet pieces. He will make his debut with the New York Philharmonic next year. Says Violinist Isaac Stern: "Rarely have I heard such a virtuoso use of the clarinet. He has searched out its possibilities, and he has the sort of solo...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: A Young Virtuoso Goes Solo | 8/14/1978 | See Source »

French Masterpieces for the Cello & Piano (Jeffrey Solow, cello; Irma Vallecillo, piano; Desmar; $6.98). This is one of the first releases of a new classical label that plans to feature unusual repertory by young artists along with previously unissued historic performances. Debussy's cello Intermezzo is a concert rarity never before recorded. It is dreamy, emotionally vague and inconsequential. His piano and cello Sonata No. 1 in D Minor is another matter. Here Cellist Solow gets the chance to display his flawless intonation and generous technique as the cello imitates a guitar, flute, mandolin and tambourine. The Saint...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Classical Records | 2/23/1976 | See Source »

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