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Justin Dello Joio (b. 1955): Two Concert Etudes (2001), Garrick
Ohlsson,
piano; Music for Piano Trio "The March of Folly" (2006), Ani Kavafian,
violin; Carter Brey, violoncello; Jeremy Denk, piano; Sonata for Piano
(1987, rev. 2005), Garrick Ohlsson, piano
BRIDGE 9220 DDD Total Time: 59:03
This recording presents first recordings of three recent compositions
by the
American composer Justin Dello Joio. John Corigliano writes that
"Justin
Dello Joio is a born composer- a real musician with a sparkling craft
who
has something urgent to say in his works, and the ability to say it. In
an
age when so much contemporary music seems dictated by its
technologically
sophisticated means, it is wonderful to hear music that is composed
completely by ear, mind and heart." Performed by four superb virtuosi,
the
performances heard on these recordings provide vibrant realizations of
the
music of an exciting new voice in contemporary music. Writing about
Dello
Joio's Trio, John Corigliano says that the work "demonstrates Dello
Joio's
ability to forge a large shape that is clear, and meaningful while
providing
subtle and remarkable details along the way. Not a note is wasted in
Dello
Joio's music. It is concise yet expansive, detailed yet unified,
intellectual yet dramatic." Justin Dello Joio is the 7th generation of
composer in the Dello Joio family, the son of the well-known Norman
Dello
Joio. A student of Persichetti, Sessions and Diamond at Juilliard, he
has
received numerous awards and has composed a large catalog of works
ranging
from solo through orchestral, and recently, opera.
(Eminent Lives)This addition to the Eminent Lives Series by Pulitzer-winning biographer Morris (Theodore Rex; Dutch) does not disappoint. The author provides a close analysis of only one cantata, the early (written at 19) and relatively obscure Joseph II, but leaves no doubt he could easily do the same for the more radical and magisterial works, which are "bothersome to orthodox opinion" about Beethoven's time, were the ground not so well trodden.
BRIDGE 9217A/B (Two Discs for the Price of One) ADD Total Time: 2:13:30
These recordings represent Bridge's latest investigations into the
concert
and studio legacy of the great Polish piano virtuoso, Artur Balsam.
This set
of recordings features never-before-issued BBC broadcasts of four
concertos,
performed with the superb Haydn Orchestra of London, conducted by the
late
Harry Newstone. The concerto recordings were taken from a series of
broadcasts that Balsam, Newstone and the Haydn Orchestra made in June
of
1956. These broadcasts, long thought to be lost, were restored by Adam
Abeshouse, and reveal Balsam as a great Mozartean, performing with
luminous
touch, an unerring sense of proportion, and great warmth of spirit. A
biographical essay about the late Canadian conductor, Harry Newstone,
gives
a wealth of information about this undeservedly forgotten maestro. In
addition to his work with his own Haydn Orchestra, Harry Newstone was
the
conductor of the BBC Welsh Orchestra, and the Sacramento Symphony.
Newstone's work pre-figured many of the techniques that the
early-instrument
movement were to adopt a generation later. In addition to the concerto
recordings, these specially-priced discs offer two solo performances-
Mozart's beloved C major Sonata, K. 330, from Balsam's Concert Hall
Society
LP, made in the 1950s; and the beautiful, late, Rondo in A minor, K.
511,
taken from a recital Balsam gave in New York City, in 1980.
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