Word: violin
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...chamber works by Ned Rorem and Elliott Carter, both contrasting the tangy harpsichord with bland woodwinds. Rorem strings together short, romantic "songs without words," while Carter builds a severe, towering structure out of tiny musical blocks. Highlight of the recording is the plangent Concerto for Harpsichord, Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Violin and Cello by Manuel de Falla...
SCHUBERT TRIO NO. 1 IN B FLAT (Columbia). Never have violin, piano and cello sounded more radiant than when played by the illustrious trio of otherwise solo virtuosos Isaac Stern, Eugene Istomin and Leonard Rose. Schubert's music kindles this continuous glow, for it is filled with sunlight, in contrast to the black Winter Journey of the same period, shortly before the composer's death...
...BATH (through June 20), on the Avon 106 miles west of London, is in one of England's most beautiful cities, whose elaborate baths are the largest Roman relics in England. Guiding genius for the concerts is Violinist Yehudi Menuhin, who will premiere Malcolm Williamson's Violin Concerto on June 15. Other highlights include performances by the London Symphony as well as Menuhin's hand-picked Bath Festival Orchestra...
...TWENTIETH CENTURY (CBS, 6-6:30 p.m.X "Man with a Violin: Isaac Stern...
Stokowski is making his debut in Phase4 Stereo, a recording technique involving, among other abracadabra, 20 mikes and a 20-channel mixer. The effects are sensuous, sonically exhilarating and unnatural. The listener feels as if he were floating almost as close to the solo violin as the bow itself, while Phase 5, the last stage of the mixing, goes on between his ears...