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Post by the Scribe on Jul 1, 2020 8:40:23 GMT
Dennis James CRISTAL Glass Music through the agesProduced by Linda Ronstadt and John Boylan 2001
playlist: www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nwHcZ2JDaRkiDKn1LnCm7MeDxFJqnqYHM 1. Irish Lullaby 2. Quintet- Dance 3. Quintet- Song 4. Quintet- Brisk 5. Non Temere Alma Immortale 6. Allegro 7. Caprice 8. Pavane, Op.50 Pavane, Op.50 9. Largo In G Minor 10. O Cessate Di Piagarmi 11. Adagio In C Major, K.356 12. Adagio 13. Rondo 14. Adagio 15. Andantino 16. Petite Impression
Ronstadt turns co-producer (with John Boylan) in 2002 for the release of a Sony Classical disc by glass armonica virtuoso Dennis James, with whom she first worked on “Winter Light.” The other-worldly sounding instrument was invented by Benjamin Franklin. Ronstadt sings a pair of Italian classics on the disc, which also features operatic soprano Ruth Ann Swenson and French singer Veronique Dietsche.
Though it was her first classical co-production, Ronstadt had previously produced or co-produced discs for Aaron Neville, Jimmy Webb and David Lindley. The Neville recording, “Warm Your Heart,” co-produced with George Massenburg, featured the hit “Everybody Plays
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Post by the Scribe on Nov 14, 2021 7:51:39 GMT
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Post by the Scribe on Nov 14, 2021 7:54:57 GMT
The Glass Armonica: Played by Dennis James 14,768 viewsJul 17, 2019
News 8 WROC 20.2K subscribers The glass armonica is an instrument that *Benjamin Franklin* invented in seventeen sixty-one. Playing it is Dennis James - one of the few masters of the instrument. Franklin was inspired when he saw a player of the "musical glasses."
Dennis James is playing the Lake Music Festival Friday, July 19th. Ticket info is at Rochesterfirst.com.
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