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Glass: Violin concerto Overview
Philip Glass's signature doom-and-gloom minor sonorities and shifting rhythms scintillate and eddy under the touch of Adele Anthony and the Ulster Symphony. The solo line in the Violin Concerto is at odds with a unified orchestra throughout, and Anthony's romantic tone draws the listener in for an exploration of the texture, grain, and fiber of Glass's structural minimalism. The Ulster Symphony's rendering of Company and Akhnaten, under the leadership of Takuo Yuasa, forms brilliant darts of tonal color. As a musical adaptation of Samuel Beckett's prose of the same name, Company's dark ruminations are appropriate for the text's depiction of a solitary figure lying on his back in the dark. The orchestra seems aware of their repetitious mechanical task in performing these works, yet this human awareness is what makes Glass's orchestral work so compelling. --Alexis Odell
Glass: Violin concerto
Michael Bublé Christmas, Limited Edition
Michael Bublé Christmas, Limited Edition Overview
1. It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas 2. Santa Claus Is Coming To Town 3. Jingle Bells [featuring the Puppini Sisters] 4. White Christmas [duet with Shania Twain] 5. All I Want For Christmas Is You 6. Holly Jolly Christmas 7. Santa Baby 8. Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas 9. Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) 10. Silent Night 11. Blue Christmas 12. Cold December Night 13. I?ll Be Home For Christmas 14. Ave Maria 15. Mis Deseos/Feliz Navidad" [duet with Thalia] + 3 Bonus Tracks
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Every track on this CD contains a beautiful melody, many of them easily recognizable, all of them exuding tranquility. "O mio babbino caro" from Puccini's Gianni Schicchi opens the disc, with Bell delicately accompanied by a harp and spinning the long melody with great sensitivity. Bellini's "Casta diva" from Norma lives up to its reputation as the epitome of bel canto in Bell's hands; his violin sings. The middle movement of Mozart's 21st Piano Concerto takes well to the violin, and Debussy's "The Girl with the Flaxen Hair" is played with great warmth and sensuality. It would be easy to turn a recital like this into treacle, but Bell is wise enough to realize that the music is already sweet enough and he plays with great reserve and a minimum of sentimental slides. The light accompaniments always support, with woodwinds prominent but used with grace. This CD, in short, is a beauty: a fine gift, a lovely mood setter. --Robert Levine
