AudioNotes

“The quality of these CDs—their sound, commentary, music, and performers—deserves a separate category in the classical Grammy Awards. AudioNotes engage the concertgoer’s senses, brain, and heart, so that the spirit of music can come through.” —San Francisco Classical Voice

AudioNotes, Music@Menlo’s innovative series of CD-based preconcert listener guides, offer audiences engaging and entertaining introductions to each festival Concert Program and Carte Blanche Concert. AudioNotes explore the when, why, and how behind the music, highlighted by musical examples and interviews with festival artists. By arming listeners with an informed perspective in advance of the performance, AudioNotes enrich the concert experience and prepare listeners for a rewarding musical journey. AudioNotes CDs are provided free with each advance ticket order. NOTE: This season’s AudioNotes will be available in CD or downloadable-MP3 format. Details and download instructions will be provided once you submit your online order.

AudioNotes Outtakes

Interviews with festival artists have been a hallmark of AudioNotes since its inception: the singular insights of musicians who have lived with and thought deeply about the music featured on Music@Menlo’s concert programs offer listeners a unique perspective on the repertoire. AudioNotes Outtakes, a new component this season, feature excerpts of conversations with festival artists and Artistic Administrator Patrick Castillo that do not appear on AudioNotes CDs/mp3s, offering additional insights and anecdotes on the music of the 2010 festival season.

Listen to and Download AudioNotes MP3 Files

To DOWNLOAD the MP3 files, right-click (for MacOS, control+click) on the file name (the red text). Your computer will ask for instructions on where to save the file. (The language for your computer will vary—look for language like “save linked file as…” or something similar.) You may then use your preferred audio software (such as iTunes) to listen to the AudioNote(s).

To LISTEN ONLINE without downloading the file, simply click the link.

AudioNotes Outtakes
Concert Program I: Pianist Gilbert Kalish on premiering George Crumb’s Music for a Summer Evening

OT-CPI-TheSeasons1.MP3 » [2.1MB, MP3]

AudioNotes Outtakes
Concert Program II: Encounter leader Bruce Adolphe on the Englishness of Edward Elgar

OT-CPII-TheEnglishVoice1.MP3 » [2.6MB, MP3]

AudioNotes Outtakes
Concert Program II: Pianist Inon Barnatan on the music of England

OT-CPII-TheEnglishVoice2.MP3 » [2.5MB, MP3]

AudioNotes Outtakes
Concert Program II: Inon Barnatan on the piano quintet medium

OT-CPII-TheEnglishVoice3.MP3 » [2.4MB, MP3]

AudioNotes Outtakes
Concert Program II: Inon Barnatan talks about Benjamin Britten

OT-CPII-TheEnglishVoice4.MP3 » [2.9MB, MP3]

AudioNotes Outtakes
Concert Program III: Violinist Jorja Fleezanis on Brahms and Romanticism

OT-CPIII-Vienna1.MP3 » [2.8MB, MP3]

AudioNotes Outtakes
Concert Program VI: Spanish Inspirations: Jason Vieaux on the sound of Spanish music

OT-CPVI-SpanishInspirations1.MP3 » [7.3MB, MP3]

AudioNotes Outtakes
Concert Program VI: Spanish Inspirations: Jupiter Quartet cellist Daniel McDonough on the challenges of preparing the Debussy String Quartet

OT-CPVI-SpanishInspirations2.MP3 » [1.3MB, MP3]

AudioNotes Outtakes
Concert Program VII: Dvořák’s America: Mezzo-soprano Sasha Cooke’s interpretation of Samuel Barber’s “Nocturne”

OT-CPVII-DvoraksAmerica1.MP3 » [2.2MB, MP3]

AudioNotes Outtakes
Carte Blanche Concert I: Pianist Gilbert Kalish on his relationship with Schubert’s Winterreise

OT-CarteBlanche-I1.MP3 » [8.6MB, MP3]

AudioNotes Outtakes
Carte Blanche Concert IV: Pianist Alessio Bax discusses Enrique Granados’s “El amor y la muerte”

OT-CarteBlanche-IV1.MP3 » [3.7MB, MP3]