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Music@Menlo LIVE Maps and Legends (eight-disc boxed set) (2010)

Music@Menlo <em> LIVE Maps and Legends </em> (eight-disc boxed set)

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

Music@Menlo <em> LIVE Maps and Legends </em> (eight-disc boxed set) Total Time: 588:45
Discs: 8
Price: $100.00
Year Recorded: 2010
Liner Notes