(A-dwär La-lo’) 1823–92 French composer After studies at the Paris Conservatoire, Lalo joined a string quartet, composing salon music and songs. In 1874, after a fallow period, he first achieved success with the Symphonie espagnole (‘Spanish Symphony’, 1874), a scintillating violin concerto whose five movements exude Spanish rhythmic zest and lyricism (he was of Spanish descent). This was ...
Recording: Violin Concerto in Hungarian Style, op. 11, Aaron Rosand, Luxembourg Radio SO (cond) Louis de Froment (Vox) Introduction | Late Romantic | Classical Personalities | Edouard Lalo | Late Romantic | Classical ...
pounding, dissonant chordal complexes created from the superimposition of distantly related triads and seventh chords. The score itself, as well as the production, elicited strong reactions. Pierre Lalo wrote of Stravinsky that ‘nobody has practised the system and cult of the false note with so much ambition, zeal and sourness of temper’. Debussy, on the other ...
‘Julius Cesar in Egypt’ Handel’s operas usually revolve around the voices and particular gifts of the singers that were available to him. Giulio Cesare in Egitto was created in 1724 as a vehicle for Senesino and Cuzzoni, although the characteristic trademark of Handel’s best operas is that the emotions and experience of the characters are not sacrificed to the virtuosity ...
(Guitar, b. 1956) Satriani was an influential teacher – students include Steve Vai, Kirk Hammett of Metallica and Primus’s Larry LaLonde – before becoming a recording artist in his late 20s. He is not simply a stunt-guitarist, even though some of his playing on his debut Surfing With The Alien (1987) is jaw-dropping. It reached the US Top ...
American guitarist Joe Satriani is widely credited with pioneering the rock-instrumental style in the 1980s, opening up the genre for guitarists like Steve Vai, Eric Johnson and Yngwie Malmsteen. His talent for creating highly evolved music, using a pop-song structure with tuneful melodies before applying his own virtuoso skills, has made him one of the most successful ...
(Vocal/instrumental group, 1986–present) A wilfully avant-garde Californian trio of Les Claypool (bass, vocals), Larry Lalonde (guitar) and Tim ‘Herb’ Alexander (drums) whose left-field instrumental prowess and Claypool’s emphatic vocals pleased themselves. As their sound, humour and greater prowess developed so did a larger audience with albums like Pork Soda (1993) and Tales From The Punch Bowl (1996) winning ...
The term tech-house came from one of the music’s main proponents and champions. Mr C, the former Shamen rapper, coined it to describe the fusion of tough, US garage ‘dubs’ – instrumental versions of vocal tracks – and deep, Detroit techno that London DJs such as Eddie Richards, Colin Dale, Terry Francis and C himself ...
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