Harold Farberman Concerto For Jazz Drummer/Carmen Suite UHQCD

American composer and conductor Harold Farberman studied percussion at the Juilliard School of Music and became the youngest musician to become a full member of the Boston Symphony Orchestra in 1951. During his time there, he took up composition studies, wrote his first own pieces and thus received some attention. His oeuvre includes three operas, works for orchestra and chamber ensembles, film music and compositions for dance companies.
The limited, numbered UHQ includes a recording of his Concerto for Jazz Drummer & Orchestra by the Kroumata Percussion Ensemble with drummer Louis Bellson as well as recordings with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra and the Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra.
UHQCD stands for Ultimate High Quality Compact Disc and is a joint development of the Japanese CD replication company Memory-Tech and the Audio Quality CD Company from Hong Kong. Unlike conventional CDs, UHQCDs are not pressed from polycarbonate, but cast from a photopolymer and cured with UV light. To scratch the softer photopolymer, another layer of high-purity polycarbonate is applied. The combination results in a significantly reduced reflection of the laser light inside the CD and an unmatched precise edge transition between pits and lands of the CD. UHQCDs are 100% compatible with normal CD players. Musically, the result is a sound strongly reminiscent of analog master tapes.

Features:

• Numbered, Limited Edition
• Made in Japan
• Ultimate High Quality CD
• Playable on conventional CD players
• Direct From Original Master Source

Musicians:

• Louis Bellson, drums (1-4)
• The Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra (1-4)
• The Kroumata Percussion Ensemble (5-17)
• The Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra (5-17)
• Harold Farberman, conductor (all)

Selections:

Harold Farberman (1929-2018)
Concerto for Jazz Drummer and Symphony Orchestra
1. Movement One
2. Movement Two
3. Movement Three
4. Movement Four
Georges Bizet (1838-1875) / Rodion Shchedrin (b. 1932)
Carmen Suite ("The Carmen Ballet")
5. (1) Einleitung (Introduction)
6. (2) Tanz (Dance)
7. (3) Erstes Intermezzo (First Intermezzo)
8. (4) Aufzug der Wache (Changing The Guard)
9. (5) Erscheinen der Carmen und Habanera (Entry Of Carmen And Habanera)
10. (6) Szene (Scene)
11. (7) Zweites Intermezzo (Second Intermezzo)
12. (8) Bolero
13. (9) Torero
14. (10) Torero und Carmen (Torero And Carmen)
15. (11) Adagio
16. (12) Kartenlegen (Wahrsagen) (Fortune Telling)
17. (13) Finale