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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | Traditions & TransformationsSounds of Silk Road Chicago
Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Wu Man (pipa) Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Silk Road Ensemble, Miguel Harth-Bedoya & Alan Gilbert "Chicago has a long history of being at the crossroads of the world," Yo-Yo Ma said as he described the
landmark year long collaboration known as 'Silk Road Chicago'.This unique celebration, partnering Ma's Silk
Road Project with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and dozens of cultural institutions throughout the city
from June 2006 through June 2007, was an unprecedented adventure in discovery that moved a city to learn
and explore musical traditions and cross-cultural connections, inspired by both the legendary Silk Road trade
route and an unending spirit of curiosity.
Traditions and Transformations: Sounds of Silk Road Chicago on CSO Resound is an aural record of this remarkable
journey, featuring a rich tapestry of musical works and passionate, virtuosic performances by cellist Yo-Yo Ma,
the Silk Road Ensemble, pipa soloist Wu Man, and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of
Miguel Harth-Bedoya and Alan Gilbert.
Mongolian composer Byambasuren Sharav’s Legend of Herlen is an extraordinarily visceral piece that the
Ensemble has been touring since 2001. It has been recorded on Sony BMG, but not with the CSO brass. It's
scored for morin khuur: Mongolian horsehead fiddle, which Yo-Yo plays, long song, piano, three trombones and
percussion. Lou Harrison's Pipa Concerto is beautifully virtuosic and a real showcase for Wu Man. It has been
recorded before, but not by an orchestra of CSO calibre. Recorded live in Orchestra Hall at Symphony Center on April 12, 13, and 17;
May 17, 18, 19, and 22, 2007 “Bloch suggested the cello in Schelomo could represent the voice of Solomon. Ma invests the solo part with regal and sagacious qualities, but shot through with frailty. Khongorzul Ganbaatar contributes a nape-prickling vocal to Sharav's Legend of Herlen. Harrison's Pipa Concerto is predominantly bright in texture and lively in demeanour. Prokofiev's suite is very exciting and allows the Chicago SO to show off its power.” BBC Music Magazine, July 2008 **** | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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Linda Finnie (contralto) Royal Scottish National Chorus, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Neeme Jarvi | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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Carolyn Watkinson Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Kurt Masur | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Prokofiev - Alexander Nevsky
Linda Finnie (contralto) Scottish National Orchestra & Scottish National Chorus, Neeme Järvi In this re-issue Chandos brings together Prokofiev’s epic and colourful cinematic cantata Alexander Nevsky (referring to the original disc, CD Review called it ‘the greatest performance and recording of this I have ever heard, live or on disc’), the powerful Scythian Suite (derived from the composer’s mythological ballet Ala et Lolly, written for Diaghilev) and the suite from the ballet The Steel Dance. “Järvi catches the icy bitterness of the Russian winter snows at the very opening and is pungently overwhelming in the “Battle of the Ice”… It’s difficult to envisage anyone quite matching Järvi’s intimidatory SNO brass in this score’s more savage pages… a terrific display, excitingly engineered.” Gramophone Magazine “Listening to this has been a little like running some Technicolor, super-Panavision, Dolby stereo remake of Eisenstein’s 1938 black-and-white classic through one’s head. Such is Järvi’s graphic and wonderfully evocative sense of the visual and cinematic… and once again Järvi is handsomely served in his epic endeavours by some quite spectacular Chandos engineering” Hi-Fi News “Time has proved Järvi's 1988 recordings of film score suites by Prokofiev uncontested, which explains their re-release. Time also reminds us what a stunning contralto the Scot Linda Finnie was. Here she soothes the Russian Army with a sad folk melody in the Alexander Nevsky Suite, excised from the score for Eisenstein's eponymous patriotic film. Strength, not age gave Finnie those voluminous low notes - too little was made of her career. Järvi, conducting the Scottish National Orchestra and Chorus, achieves a quivering sheen in the Battle on the Ice and a passionate noise from the singers as they undiplomatically name their enemy (the Swedes).” The Times, 16th August 2008 **** | 
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| |  | Prokofiev - Concertos
Efrem Kurtz, Walter Susskind, Martha Argerich, Frank Peter Zimmermann, Michel Béroff & János Starker Philharmonia Orchestra, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal, Berliner Philharmoniker, Simon Rattle, Charles Dutoit, Lorin Maazel & Riccardo Muti |
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City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Simon Rattle "A Prokofiev Fifth as vibrant, intelligent and meticulously prepared as you'd expect from this partnership." And they found the Scythian Suite no less worthy of praise: “Rattle's coupling is a pretty stunning Scythian Suite, combining foundation-threatening pagan spectacle and heart-stopping beauty in ideal equilibrium.” Gramophone | | | Usually despatched in 3 - 4 working days. |
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| |  | Gergiev in Rehearsal
Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Valery Gergiev | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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Ukrainian State Symphony Orchestra, Theodore Kuchar | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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