CKCU: Dave Dalle's show Feb. 27
Dave Dalle
CKCU Canada's oldest community radio station
Thursday's 1-4pm, I specialize in (but am not limited to) folk and
classical music from around the world.
x=from my own private collection
nr=New Release
c=Canadian content
February 27th
1. Thomas Mapfumo: "Vanhu Vatema" from "Chimurenga Forever" Hemisphere x
2. Oumou Sangare: "Djorolen" from "Worotan" World Circuit
-A rather nice song, sparse texture but with flute and spanish guitar
accompanying Oumou's great vocals.
3. Mario Castelnuovo Tedesco: "Sonatina op. 205 for flute and guitar"
performed by Flavio Cucchi and Stefano Agostini ARC
-A good piece, a little jazz-flavoured I would think.
4. Djivan Gasparyan: "I Will not be Sad in this World" from "I Will not
be Sad in This World" Opal
-A little bit of duduk is never a bad thing.
5. Hossein Farjami: "Nagmeh Esfahan" from "...Plays Santur" ARC
-We have Majid Kiani coming to town in a couple of weeks, so I thought I'd
whet the appetite for some solo santur from this great album.
6. Osvaldo Golijov: "K'Vakarat" performed by the Kronos Quartet with
Mikhail Alexandrovich Nonesuch
-A piece incorporating the Jewish Cantor tradition with very intense
singing and string playing. A very emotional piece, found on Kronos's
best album "Night Prayers"
7-8. Jontef: "Fidl Wolach" & "Rumenie" from "A Touch of Klezmer" ARC
-an excellent album from a trio based in Germany. Not the first Klezmer
group out of Germany I've heard that's been great, nor the first good
Klezmer disc on ARC. Both seem to be good sources of Klezmer.
9-10. Boys of Lough: "That Night in Bethlehem" & "Mummer's
Jig/Christmas Eve" from "Midwinter's Dream" Blix Street
-A beautiful ballad folowed by a couple Irish Jigs, a great mix for great
Celtic music. Good piano in the first piece. These boys are coming to
town next Thurs. & Sat.
11. Max Reger: "Variations and Fugue on a Theme of J.S. Bach op. 81"
performed by Wolf Harden Naxos x
-A gorgeous piece, following the two earlier models of Brahms (Variations
and Fugues on a theme of Handel) and Beethoven (Variations and Fugue on an
original theme-the 'Eroica' variations). Tremendous technical skill is
required of course, but also great musicality and intellectual depth.
Particularly to hold the variations together. Unlike its two precursers,
Reger, in his set of variations goes very far afield from the original
theme. On first and even subsequent listenings, it is difficult to follow
the theme all the way through.
12. Toronto Tabla Ensemble: "Invocation" from "Toronto Tabla Ensemble"
indie c
-The best Indian fusion I've heard, even better than Zakir Hussain & the
Rhythmn ensemble or Shakti. This group is excellent at creating effective
music from combining different traditions. Great live as well.
13. Tubuai Choir: "Te Vahine" from "Polynesian Odyssey" Shanachie x
-Wonderful a cappella singing, great solo singing over droning and
rhythmic choral accompaniement.
14. Malaika: "What is Love" from "Live" indie c
-a good local a cappella quartet, apparently working on their first studio
album now.
15. Mother Tongue: "Tigel" from "Ashkaru" Triloka c
-Fantastic brass in this energetic song.
16. Orchestra Marrabenta Star de Mocambique: "Nwahulwana" from "Trance
Planet Vol. 3" Triloka
-Great singing and brass as well as guitar, in this one as well.
17. Rogers Scannuras: "Ritmo Flamenco" from "Ritmo Flamenco" Ritmo c nr
-I wonder what "Ritmo" is? Quite good solo flamenco guitar.
18. Astor Piazzolla: "Vuelva Al Sur" from "El Nuevo Tango de Buenas
Aires" Milan
-The first Piazzolla tune I've heard that has singing, though he started
his career accompanying singers like most tango musicians, his recording
and writing career seems to be mostly instrumental. He does well either way.
19. Loretto Reid & Brian Taheny: "Plainxty Robinson" from "Celtic
Mettle" Reta Ceol c
-A really neat celtic album, often fusing several traditions. This is
perhaps my favourite song off the album.
20. The Alarm: "The Stand" from "The Alarm" I.R.S.
-An old 80's tune, they sound a lot like the Clash on this song anyways.
I like it.
21. Test Dept.: "Statement" from "The Unacceptable Face of Freedom" MOP
-An uncommon direction for my show these days. An industrial band from
the early 80's, very political, but capable of really great steel
percussion. Some great theatrical works as well (Goddodin, Pax
Britannica). Like several good industrial bands from back then who are
still around today, they're producing utter crap now. Two others who are
wallowing in awful music now are Einsteurzende Neubauten and the following:
22. Laibach: "Panorama" from "1984" Mute
-A fairly simple track, showing their interest and use of late and
post-Romantic, heavy-handed orchestral music, like that of Sibelius, Holst,
Orff etc. I really like the ominous brass, those big deep, and sustained
horns in their early stuff.
Send any cds/lps/cassettes to CKCU-FM
1125 Colonel By Drive
Rm. 517 Unicentre
Ottawa On Canada
K1S 5B6
Phone: (613)520-2898
Fax: (613)520-4060
Dave
--
Tu as entendu l'histoire de l'homme qui est tombe de l'appartement? A chaque
niveau, il disait pour se rassurer: "A ce point la, tout va bien...a ce
point la, tout va bien...a ce point la, tout va bien" Mais c'est pas la
chute qui compte, c'est l'atterissage.
Dave Dalle
I apologize for being a bit lazy about getting these up recently, I will
become more strict with myself.
CKCU Canada's oldest community radio station
Thursday's 1-4pm, I specialize in (but am not limited to) folk and
classical music from around the world.
x=from my own private collection
nr=New Release
c=Canadian content
March 6th
1. Kine Lam: "Wadiou" from "Praise" Shanachie
-a very decent Senegalese pop album.
2. Malaika: "Mbombela" from "Live" indie c
-Played yet another concert today, a very popular Ottawa a cappella quartet.
3-4. Lisa Gerrard: "Persian Love Sone" & "Sanvean" from "The Mirror
Pool" 4AD
-Another decent album, two things I really like about this album: 1) she
got rid of that awful male singer/partner and 2) she uses a real string
orchestra, no synthesized strings. Acoustic always better.
5. Tori Amos: "Putting the Damage On" from "Boys for Pele" Atlantic
-A great album, particularly the horns on some tracks, like this one.
6. Frederic Chopin: "Etude Op. 10 no. 1 in C" performed by Idil Biret
Naxos x
-A wonderful etude, and one of the most difficult, ferocious arpeggios up
and down, up and down.
7. Maurice Ravel: "Gaspard de la Nuite" performed by Martha Argerich
Deustsche Grammaphone x
-Ravel's greatest piece for piano, a viciously difficult piece, but a
non-pianist wouldn't really notice. One of the heights of French
impressionism, such a gorgeous piece.
8. Claude Debussy: "Pour les Accords, from Douze Etudes no. 12"
performed by Mitsuko Uchida Philips x
-Debussy's last compositions for piano, from 1915; and this etude is a
fitting one to end off the set, rather flamboyant pianism.
9-10. Ustad Ali Akbar Khan & Pandit Swapan Chaudhuri: "Rag Marwa-alap"
and "Rag Puriya Kalyan-gat" from "Passing on the Traditions" AMMP
-a concert recorded in San Francisco, 1995. I wasn't aware that ragas
could be performed with just the alap, a performance of a rag with just
the gat is quite common, particularly in concert. Being the more
flamboyant part of a raga.
11. The Boys of the Lough: "The New Set: "The Golden Slipper/The
Streamstown Jig/Johnny Mclljohn's Reel/Sonny's Mazurka" from "Live at
Passim" Rounder nr
-A re-release of a concert from 1974, they're still around and still as
good; they came to Ottawa Thurs-Fri. I was at the Friday show and they
were truly great, very funny as well.
12. Loreena Mckennitt: "The Old Ways" from "The Visit" Quinlan Rd. c
-What can I say? Well for starters, possibly my favourite artist outside
classical music, everything she does is perfect. Fantastic musician and
artist.
13. Jose Maria Fonseca & Americo Silva: "Lisboa ao Amanhecor" from
"Songs & Melodies from Portugal" ARC
-A good album of Portuguese guitar and singing.
14. Francisco Fialho: "Portugal e uma Flor" from "Songs & Melodies from
Portugal" ARC
-It is the songs that really make this album, a great singer.
15. Burning Bush: "Russian Shers" from "Best of Yiddish, Klezmer &
Sephardic Music" ARC nr
-A very good album of Klezmer and Sephardic music, and a good rendition of
the "Russian Shers" is always welcome on my show.
16. Jontef: "Schmilik Gawrilik" from "A Touch of Klezmer" ARC
-Another good klezmer album, this song has a touch of tango to it I find.
17. Quartango (Richard Hunt): "Tango Sulla Morte d'un eroe" from
"Espresso" Justin Time c
-A truly great album, this track which I haven't played before uses many
quotes from various Beethoven pieces, really neat to hear them in a Tango
context.
18. Youssou N'Dour: "Xale Rewmi" from "Set" Virgin
-Of course, his stunning vocals, but with a string accompaniement that
sounds like it has a touch of yes, tango.
19. Asza: Shaanxi Air" from "Asza" Pacificline music c nr
-A B.C. world fusion group, the best parts are Chinese influences,
particularly this Chinese folk song which I really like.
Dave Dalle
CKCU Canada's oldest community radio station
Thursday's 1-4pm, I specialize in (but am not limited to) folk and
classical music from around the world.
x=from my own private collection
nr=New Release
c=Canadian content
March 13
1. A recording of an interview and several pieces with Majid Kiani from
PBS (I think) the pieces were taken off an Ocora recording from 1979. He
will be performing solo at the Museum of Civilization this Sunday, quite a
treat.
2. Jeremiah Clarke: "Prince of Denmark's March" performed by Wynton
Marsalis & the English Chamber Orchestra under Anthony Newman Sony
Classics x
3. Henry Purcell: "Sonata no. 2 in D for Trumpet, strings and bsso
continuo", same recording as above.
-Baroque trumpet, some of the greatest music written for this instrument,
all the more spectacular because the Baroque trumpet is not nearly as
capable as the modern valve trumpet.
4. Flying Bulgar Klezmer Band: "Sumkinda Hora" from "Agada" indie c
-One of the best Canadian Klezmer groups, this piece has solo trumpet,
which of course makes me very happy.
5-6. Tarig Abubakar & the Afro-Nubians: "Hobey Laik" & "El Maadi" from
"Hobey Laik" indie c nr
-Their third and best album to date, great brass, rhythmns and guitar, I'm
very pleased with this group.
7. Bezerra da Silva: "Pega Eu" from "Best of Carnival in Rio" ARC
-A great two-cd compilation of Brazilian music.
8. Sisa Pacari: "Cayambeno" from "Wardance Against the Invaders"
Novadisc nr
-Possibly my favourite Andean group, they spend most summers in Ottawa and
I heard them perform this song last summer and I'm glad they recorded it,
a song of incredibly sweet melancholy.
9. Royal Greek Festival Company:
"Youria-Youria/karagouna/Tsakonikos/Tora ta Poulia/Tsamikos/Tria Pedin"
from "Authentic Greek Folk Songs & dances" Legacy x
-They seem to like medleys as much as Celtic musicians
10. Klezmatics w/Yitzhak Perlman: "Honga Encore" from "Live in the
Fiddler's House" Angel x
-From one of the greatest albums ever, more on this later.
11. Zoltan Kodaly: "Marosszek dances" performed by Kornel Zempleni
Hungaratron
-A wonderful, flashy, fiery piano piece, but a piece that is rarely heard
or recorded in its original piano form, it's widely recorded in its
orchestra transcription, which hardly compares.
12. Yamato Ensemble: "Ryukyu Mingo ni Yoru Kumikyoku" from "Art of
Japanese koto, shakuhachi, & Shamisen" ARC
-A piece by Japanese composer Makino Yutaka which uses some modern writing
for these traditional instruments...which works really well.
13. Djole: "Kaira Kohkoba" from "Saltwater" indie c nr
-A group from Vancouver, there seems to be a lot of these world-fusion
groups out there. It's ok, but a little bit to laid-back and jazzy for my
taste.
14. Horacio Sulgan: "A Fuego Lento" from "Evita's Tango" Milan Latino nr
-Milan has put out quite a few good tango albums recently, this is anothr
good one. I really like this piece.
15. Roberto Goyeneche: "Ventanita Florida" from "Evita's Tango" Milan
Latino nr
-Another good tango.
16. Hiran'ny Tanoran'ny Ntao Lo: "Oah Lahy e" from "Music of Madagascar
c. 1930" Yazoo/Shanachie
-This song would be a good response if anyone ever asked you what was the
greatest song in the world.
17. Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji: "Prelude, Interlude, & Fugue" performed
by Michael Habermann MusicMasters x
-Sorabji is one of the strangest figures in 20C classical music. He is
notorious for having written the longest, most complex, and most difficult
piano music. This piece from 1922 however, is on a smuch smaller scale, a
very nice piece along the same lines as Cesar Franck's "Prelude, Chorale &
Fugue", but very much in the musical language of the 20's. I will be
broadcasting the North American radio premiere of his massive "Opus
Clavicembalisticum" in April.
18. Itzhak Perlman with the Klezmatics, Brave Old World, the Andy
Statman Klezmer Orchestra, and the Klezmer Conservatory band: "Finale:
Processional/Klezmer Suite/Ale Brider" from "Live in the Fiddler's House"
Angel x
-One of the supreme moments in all music, this finale to this wonderful
concert, I probably would have collapsed in a paroxysm of joy by the end
of it, Oy, oy, oy.
Dave Dalle
CKCU Canada's oldest community radio station
Thursday's 1-4pm, I specialize in (but am not limited to) folk and
classical music from around the world.
x=from my own private collection
nr=New Release
c=Canadian content
March 13