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Music@Menlo LIVE Maps and Legends (eight-disc boxed set) (2010)
Music@Menlo’s eighth season, Maps and Legends, explored a wide compass of times, places, and universal phenomena. The season’s offerings ranged from programs that celebrated a nation’s identity to music composed in response to the changing of the seasons and the trauma of war. The 2010 edition of Music@Menlo LIVE chronicles this fascinating journey, preserving for listeners the exceptional performances that made Maps and Legends such a memorable experience. | Liner Notes
Selections
The Four Seasons (1723) | Antonio Vivaldi (40:51)
- Inon Barnatan, Harpsichord
- Timothy Braun, Violin
- Gabriel Cabezas, Cello
- Molly Carr, Viola
- Daniel Ching, Violin
- Joshua Gindele, Cello
- Ani Kavafian, Violin
- Erin Keefe, Violin
- John Largess, Viola
- Scott Pingel, Double Bass
- Philip Setzer, Violin
- Ian Swensen, Violin
- Sandy Yamamoto, Violin
Music for a Summer Evening (Makrokosmos III) (1974) | George Crumb (35:02)
- Christopher Froh, Percussion
- Gilbert Kalish, Piano
- Ayano Kataoka, Percussion
- Wu Han, Piano
A Charm of Lullabies, op. 41 (1947) | Benjamin Britten (14:12)
- Inon Barnatan, Piano
- Sasha Cooke, Mezzo-Soprano
Piano Quartet (1918–1921, revised 1955, 1974–1975) | William Walton (29:12)
- David Finckel, Cello
- Lily Francis, Viola
- Ani Kavafian, Violin
- Wu Han, Piano
Piano Quintet in a minor, op. 84 (1918–1919) | Edward Elgar (35:07)
- Inon Barnatan, Piano
- Miró Quartet
Keyboard Concertino in C Major, Hob. XIV: 11 (1760) | Joseph Haydn (9:56)
- David Finckel, Cello
- Jorja Fleezanis, Violin
- Erin Keefe, Violin
- Wu Han, Piano
String Quartet in f minor, op. 59, Serioso (1810–1811) | Ludwig van Beethoven (21:14)
- Miró Quartet
Sextet no. 2 in G Major, op. 36 (1864–1865) | Johannes Brahms (40:02)
- David Finckel, Cello
- Jorja Fleezanis, Violin
- Lily Francis, Viola
- Erin Keefe, Violin
- Ralph Kirshbaum, Cello
- John Largess, Viola
String Quartet no. 8 in c minor, op. 110 (1960) | Dmitry Shostakovich (20:07)
- Miró Quartet
Quintet in g minor, op. 39 (1924) | Sergey Prokofiev (20:23)
- Jonathan Fischer, Oboe
- Beth Guterman, Viola
- Erin Keefe, Violin
- Todd Palmer, Clarinet
- Scott Pingel, Double Bass
Chamber Symphony no. 1, op. 9 (1922; arr Webern, 1922–1923) | Arnold Schoenberg (21:15)
- Lily Francis, Violin
- Joshua Gindele, Cello
- Gilbert Kalish, Piano
- Tara Helen O’Connor, Flute
- Todd Palmer, Clarinet
La création du monde, op. 81 (1923) | Darius Milhaud (31:09)
- Jupiter String Quartet
- Wu Han, Piano
Movement for String Quartet (ca. 1923) | Aaron Copland (6:13)
- Jupiter String Quartet
Violin Sonata no. 2 (1923) | George Antheil (8:05)
- Alessio Bax, Piano
- Jorja Fleezanis, Violin
Barcarolle no. 13 in C Major, op. 116 (1921) | Gabriel Fauré (4:30)
- Alessio Bax, Piano
Berceuse sur le nom de Gabriel Fauré (1922) | Maurice Ravel (2:39)
- Alessio Bax, Piano
- Erin Keefe, Violin
Sonata for Clarinet and Bassoon, op. 32 (1922) | Francis Poulenc (7:45)
- Dennis Godburn, Bassoon
- Todd Palmer, Clarinet
“Amor”
“Blue”
“Song of Black Max” | William Bolcom (10:16)
- Sasha Cooke, Mezzo-Soprano
- Wu Han, Piano
An American in Paris (1928) | George Gershwin (22:25)
- Ken Noda, Piano
- Wu Han, Piano
Piano Trio (1914) | Maurice Ravel (27:15)
- Alessio Bax, Piano
- Laurence Lesser, Cello
- Arnaud Sussmann, Violin
La oración del torero (1925) | Joaquín Turina (8:45)
- Jupiter String Quartet
String Quartet in g minor, op. 10 (1893) | Claude Debussy (26:21)
- Jupiter String Quartet
String Quartet no. 12 in F Major, op. 96, American (1893) | Antonín Dvořák (28:23)
- Jupiter String Quartet
“By an’ By”
“Deep River”
“Wade in de Water” | Henry T. Burleigh (6:26)
- Sasha Cooke, Mezzo-Soprano
- Wu Han, Piano
Four Songs, op. 13 (1940) | Samuel Barber (9:25)
- Sasha Cooke, Mezzo-Soprano
- Wu Han, Piano
Quintet for Two Violins, Two Violas, and Cello in E-flat Major, op. 97, American (1893) | Antonín Dvořák (33:55)
- Liz Freivogel, Viola
- Beth Guterman, Viola
- Erin Keefe, Violin
- Laurence Lesser, Cello
- Arnaud Sussmann, Violin
Sonata in A Major, K. 331 (1781–1783) | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (22:56)
- Juho Pohjonen, Piano
Ballade in g minor in the Form of Variations on a Norwegian Folk Song, op. 24 (1875–1876) | Edvard Grieg (16:44)
- Juho Pohjonen, Piano
Suite in B-flat Major, vol. 2, no. 1, HWV 434 (1733) | George Frideric Handel (7:21)
- Juho Pohjonen, Piano
Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel, op. 24 (1861) | Johannes Brahms (25:30)
- Juho Pohjonen, Piano
Til våren (To Spring), op. 43, no. 6 (1886) | Edvard Grieg (2:30)
- Juho Pohjonen, Piano
Ordre 27ème de clavecin in b minor: L’exquise (1728) | François Couperin (4:06)
- Juho Pohjonen, Piano
Artists
- Inon Barnatan, Harpsichord
- Inon Barnatan, Piano
- Alessio Bax, Piano
- Timothy Braun, Violin
- Gabriel Cabezas, Cello
- Molly Carr, Viola
- Daniel Ching, Violin
- Sasha Cooke, Mezzo-Soprano
- David Finckel, Cello
- Jonathan Fischer, Oboe
- Jorja Fleezanis, Violin
- Lily Francis, Viola
- Lily Francis, Violin
- Liz Freivogel, Viola
- Christopher Froh, Percussion
- Joshua Gindele, Cello
- Dennis Godburn, Bassoon
- Beth Guterman, Viola
- Jupiter String Quartet, String Quartet
- Gilbert Kalish, Piano
- Ayano Kataoka, Percussion
- Ani Kavafian, Violin
- Erin Keefe, Violin
- Ralph Kirshbaum, Cello
- John Largess, Viola
- Laurence Lesser, Cello
- Miró Quartet, String Quartet
- Ken Noda, Piano
- Tara Helen O’Connor, Flute
- Todd Palmer, Clarinet
- Scott Pingel, Double Bass
- Juho Pohjonen, Piano
- Philip Setzer, Violin
- Arnaud Sussmann, Violin
- Ian Swensen, Violin
- Wu Han, Piano
- Sandy Yamamoto, Violin
Total Time: 588:45
Discs: 8
Price: $100.00
Year Recorded: 2010
Liner Notes