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Scott Morrison wrote:
>The piece generally thought to be Markevitch's best, 'Icare' ('Icarus'
>for soprano, men's voices and orchestra) will be issued next month in
>the U.S. by Marco Polo, I believe, along with his piano concerto and
>his 'Cantata.' You can hear if, it you're registered at their site, at
>the Naxos site here:
I have a tape of Bernstein doing Icare. As I recall hearing, or reading
somewhere, that Bartok thought highly of the work. I have several of
Markevitch's works in recording and found them difficult to approach.
Icare made a strong positive impression on me when I got that tape of
the Bernstein performance. His music seems to me to be very personal.
Sometimes the logic of its construction escapes me, and find it a
challenge. I am certainly looking forward to the Piano Concerto recording
as it is an early work of his...and perhaps I can follow it more easily.
Karl
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