New Books Shelf (June 18-25, 2008) June 19, 2008
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The latest installment in the Eastman Studies in Music series is on our new books shelf this week: Beyond ‘The Art of Finger Dexterity’: Reassessing Carl Czerny, edited by distinguished Duke Department of Music Ph.D., David Gramit. Stop by and have a look through this collection of essays exploring the life and art of Carl Czerny, hidden for generations behind his widely used technical exercises for piano. You will find essays on everything from Czerny’s cultural circle in Vienna to his promotion of Beethoven’s works, as well as studies of performance practice issues and analysis of Czerny’s own works from string quartets to church music.
This item will be available for circulation on June 25, 2008.
ML 410 .C99 B48 2008
Turning over a new leaf June 18, 2008
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Downloadable pdf piano-vocal scores for Bach Cantatas June 16, 2008
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Bach lovers can find a complete collection of piano-vocal scores for the cantatas in pdf here. Enjoy!
CD 15424: Mendelssohn, St. Paul June 13, 2008
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Although Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy died before he could write an opera, he did leave us with two powerfully dramatic works: his oratorios, St. Paul (Op. 36, 1836) and Elijah (Op. 70, 1846-47). Both works have been recorded by Frieder Bernius with the Kammerchor Stuttgart, the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, and soloists for the Carus label as part of the Mendelssohn church music series in twelve volumes (still in progress). Elijah was only just recently released and is consequently not yet available in our collection, but you can find the excellent recording of St. Paul in our collection as CD 15424. Bernius’ interpretation of this challenging work is exemplary. The chorales are crisp, the arias soar, and, most importantly, the dramatic impulse of Mendelssohn’s work is kept alive. While it is tempting to interpret Mendelssohn with an overly Romantic performance aesthetic, Bernius preserves the integrity of Mendelssohn’s Bach-infused style. Don’t miss the liner notes, written by Duke University’s R. Larry Todd.
Check out the CD and score, have a listen, and enjoy!
Mendelssohn, St. Paul, Op. 36:
CD 15424
Score: M2003.M53 P42 1997
On the Library in the New Age June 12, 2008
Posted by Tom Moore in : Uncategorized , add a commenta stimulating essay in the NY Review of Books on the library in the new age.
