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...Recorded Cello: The History of the Cello on Record, with his evocative 1915 performance of Schumann's Traumerei. Among the 74 other masters represented here are Enrico Mainardi, whose version of Dvorak's Concerto in B minor is stately and deeply hued; and Gregor Piatigorsky, playing variations on Paganini with heart- skipping joy. All the tracks demonstrate the delicate timbres and subtle nuances that make the cello one of the most majestic of all instruments...
...Paganini, or maybe the Jimi Hendrix, of the five-string banjo recalls the first time he heard that instrument. "I was four or five years old," says Bela Fleck. "My brother and I were on my grandparents' bed watching TV when The Beverly Hillbillies came on. The theme music started, and I had no idea it was the banjo. It was Earl Scruggs in his prime. I only remember hearing something beautiful. It called...
Harvard's Bach Society, under the direction of Alan Gilbert '89, performs three pieces this weekend, with a special violin concerto by renowned musician Midori. The Bach Society will perform Stravinsky's Octet for Winds, Nielsen's Clarinet Concerto with John Montgomery as soloist, and Paganini's Violin Concerto in D, with Midori as soloist. Tickets...
...Slavic features firmly set in contemplation of the coming battle. No makeup or jewelry lends even a hint of frivolity to her appearance as she wraps one large hand around the neck of her Strad, tucks it confidently under her chin and prepares to stare down the ghost of Paganini. For Viktoria Mullova, there are no frills in concert, just her, the night and the music. & "I work better under pressure," she says. "I am more concentrated...
...also bristle with some hair-raising atonal passages, while Phantom's glorious credo, The Music of the Night, contains one of Lloyd Webber's most daring dissonant endings. Overt classical references abound: Cats has a fugue, the Dance section of Song & Dance is an extended set of variations on Paganini's 24th Caprice, and Phantom boasts an intricate sextet called Prima Donna that is reminiscent of Donizetti. (Song & Dance played for 13 months in New York City. It was cobbled together from Lloyd Webber's song cycle Tell Me on a Sunday and Variations, a piece for cello and rock...