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 CD135: Duos for Cello and Bass. COENRAAD BLOEMENDAL, CELLO; JOEL QUARRINGTON, BASS.  UPC 00941471352-0    ORDER NOW  

Gioacchino Rossini, Duetto for Cello and Bass; Luigi Boccherini, Sonata in Bb; Franz Joseph Keyper, Rondo Solo for Bass; Jacques Offenbach, Duo for Cello and Bass; Jules Massenet, Duo for Bass and Cello; Charles Nicolas Baudiot, Theme and Variations; Don Thompson, In Memory of Glenn (Duo for Cello and Bass).

            Joel Quarrington is probably the best-known soloist on the string bass in North America and probably the world. He was principal bass with the Toronto Symphony from 1991 to 2006, and is presently principal bass with the National Arts Centre Orchestra in Ottawa. He has performed solos throughout the world and performed with many of the world’s leading string quartets. Coenraad Bloemendal has performed solos with orchestras through Canada and plays with some of the best chamber ensembles in Canada. This CD presents duos by well-known names from the classical period as well as the world premiere recording (and performance) of a piece, based on themes by Bach, written especially for the duo by renowned award-winning composer and jazz bassist Don Thompson. The name “In Memory of Glenn” refers to Glenn Gould, with whom Bloemendal, Quarrington, and Thompson worked frequently. They were involved in the last recording that Glenn Gould did before his death.

ossini:  Duetto  I. Allegro   II. Andante molto   III. Allegro    Boccherini: Sonata  I. Allegro moderato   II. Grave   III. Minuetto    Keyper: Rondo Solo for Bass    Offenbach: Duo  I. Allegro   II. Andante   III. Allegretto    Massenet:  Duo   Baudiot:  Theme and Variations    Thompson:  In Memory of Glenn

CD639: AN AMERICAN CELLOBRATION. Richard Slavich, Cello. William Bolcom, Sonata for Cello and Piano; Ned Rorem, After Reading Shakespeare (solo cello); George Rochberg, Ricordanza; John Harbison, Suite for Solo Cello; Aaron Copland, Billy the Kid (Suite for Cello & Piano). with Alice Rybak, Piano.    UPC 00941476392-1 ORDER NOW

 

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Bolcom Sonata:  Mvt 1 (Allegro)   Mvt 2 (Adagio)   Mvt 3 (Allegro assai)     Rorem Shakespeare: Lear   Katharine   Titiana and Oberon   Caliban   Portia   Why Hear'st Thou Music Sadly?   Our Minutes Hasten To Their End   Remembrance of Things Past   Iago and Othello    Rochberg: Ricordanza Soliloquy    Harbison: Suite for cello  Preludio   Fuga-Burletta   Sarabanda   Giga    Copland: Billy the Kid   Waltz   Celebration

CD766: Trumpet Colors.  Trio Chromos: Ismael Betancor, Trumpet; Jos_(c) Luis Castillo, Piano; Carlos Rivero, Cello.   William Schmidt: Jazzberries; Alex Shapiro: Elegy; Astor Piazzolla: Las cuatro estaciones porteñas; Scott Robbins: Three Blues for Cello & Trumpet; Robert J. Bradshaw: Statements, Commanding.  UPC 00941477662-4     ORDER NOW    Please click here for CD cover photo and additional information.

This CD explores various colors of trumpet in ensemble with piano and cello. William Schmidt, one of the world’s leading exponents of brass writing, explores his Jazzberries: Raspberry Riffs, Blackberry Blues, Boysenberry Boogie, and Strawberry Jam. Piazzolla, the best known composer of tangos, contributes four wonderful tangos, transcribed from bandoneon here for trumpet, piano, and cello. American composers Shapiro, Robbins, and Bradshaw round out this wonderful album featuring the Spanish group Trio Chromos, all members of the Gran Canaria Philharmonic Orchestra in Spain.

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Schmidt: Jazzberries   Raspberry Riffs   Blackberry Blues   Boysenberry Boogie   Strawberry Jam   Shapiro: Elegy   Piazzolla: Las cuatros estaciones porteñas  Primavera Porteña   Verano   Porteño   Otoño Porteño   Invierno Porteño   Robbins: Three Blues  Mvt.1   Mvt.2   Mvt.3   Bradshaw: Statements, Commanding  George Washington   Theodore Roosevelt   Abraham Lincoln   Thomas Jefferson

CD772: ISOLA ROMANTICA. Carl Czerny, Grande Serenade Concertante for Clarinet, Horn, Cello, and Piano; Gustav Jenner, Trio for Clarinet, Horn, and Piano; Frederic Duvernoy, Sonata No. 1 and 2 for Horn and Cello.  All played by Ensemble Isola: Radovan Cavallin, clarinet; Jose Zarzo, horn; Carlos Rivero, cello; Juan Francisco Parra, piano.
UPC 00941477722-5 ORDER NOW

 Ensemble Isola members are all principals in the Gran Canaria Philharmonic in Spain, and they are fabulous.  This is the group's second CD on Crystal.
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Czerny: Grande Serenade  Mvt 1 (Introduction: Adagio) Mvt 2 (Theme)  Variation 1  Variation 2  Variation 3  Variation 4  Variation 5  Variation 6  Variation 7  Mvt 3 (Adagio)  Mvt 4 (Allegro vivace con fuoco)    Jenner: Trio in Eb Mvt 1 (Moderato)  Mvt 2 (Adagio)  Mvt 3 (Presto)  Mvt 4 (Allegro non troppo)    Duvernoy: Sonata No. 1 Mvt 1 (Allegro)  Mvt 2 (Adagio)  Mvt 3 (Allegretto)    Duvernoy: Sonata No. 2 Mvt 1 (Allegro)  Mvt 2 (Adagio)  Mvt 3 (Allegro)
 

CD831: THE ETHNIC CELLO.  Roger Malitz, Cello. Miklos Rozsa, Duo for Cello & Piano; Gaspar Cassado, Sonata for Cello & Piano; Ernest Bloch, From Jewish Life Prayer, Supplication, Jewish Song), and Meditation Hebraique.  with Mitchell Andrews and Pia Sebastiani, Piano.   UPC 00941478312-7 ORDER NOW

 

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Rozsa Duo:  Mvt 1 (Allegro)   Mvt 2 (Tema conVariazioni)    Cassado Sonata:  Mvt 1 (Rapsodia)   Mvt 2 (Aragonesa)   Mvt 3 (Saeta)   Mvt 4 (Paso doble)    Bloch: From Jewish Life   Mvt. 1 (Prayer)   Mvt. 2 (Supplication)   Mvt 3 (Jewish Song)    Meditation H_(c)braïque

GENESIS RECORDS GCD113 (two CD set): Hermann Goetz (1840-1876). Complete Chamber Music.  Piano Quartet in E Major, op. 6; Three Easy Pieces for Violin and Piano, op. 2; Piano Trio in G Minor, op. 1; Piano Quintet in C Minor, op 16.  Gerald Robbins, piano; Glenn Dicterow, violin; Alan de Veritch, viola; Terry King, cello; Dennis Trembly, bass.  UPC 00941481132-5 (This is priced as two CDs) ORDER NOW

 

Cassettes

C135:    DUOS FOR CELLO & BASS.    Coenraad Bloemendal, cello;  Joel Quarrington, bass.  Rossini: Duettino;  Boccherini: Sonata;  Offenbach: Duo;  Massenet: Duo;  Baudiot: Theme & Variations;  Keyper: Rondo.  009414713544  Cassette only ORDER NOW

C303:  EDGAR  LUSTGARTEN, CELLO.   J.S. Bach:  Adagio;  Valentini:  Sonata in E;  Ernest Bloch:  Prayer;  Debussy: Menuet;  Dvorak:  Rondo in G Minor;  Chopin:  Nocturne in C# Minor;  Joaquin Cassado: Serenata Espagnole.   009414730343  Cassette onlyORDER NOW

 
 

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