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Track(s) taken from CDA67067

Blaze away!

composer
1901

New London Orchestra, Ronald Corp (conductor)
Recording details: February 1998
St Jude-on-the-Hill, Hampstead Garden Suburb, London, United Kingdom
Produced by Oliver Rivers
Engineered by Tony Faulkner
Release date: June 1998
Total duration: 3 minutes 46 seconds
 

Reviews

‘These lovely old tunes have a freshness and charm akin to the best light-hearted literature or illustration from the same period. A splendid successor to the previous volumes’ (Gramophone)

‘These guys can take on the Boston Pops any day!’ (Classic FM)

‘A lovely, irresistible record’ (Birmingham Post)

«Une collection indispensable aux amateurs du genre!» (Diapason, France)

„Hewitt’s Liszt interpretations are both refined and dramatic, very personal and technically flawless. For anyone keen on getting a new view of Liszt this is enriching listening“ (Pizzicato, Luxembourg)

Abe Holzmann (1874–1939) was born in New York City and studied at the New York Conservatory before becoming a staff composer and arranger for various publishers. He wrote many songs and other pieces but was most successful with his two-step marches, of which the rousing Blaze Away! (1901) achieved the greatest success. Its swinging rhythms and ebullient melody make it one of the select number of marches that can be ranked with the best of Sousa, being as familiar on the dance floor as a two-step as on the parade ground as a march.

from notes by Andrew Lamb © 1998

Abe Holzmann (1874–1939), né à New York City, étudia au New York Conservatory avant de devenir compositeur et arrangeur pour divers éditeurs. Il écrivit de multiples mélodies et pièces, mais son plus grand succès fut les marches de pas de deux, notamment l’entraînante Blaze Away!. Ses rythmes swinguants et sa mélodie exubérante en font l’une des rares marches du même rang que les meilleures pièces de Sousa, aussi familière sur la piste de danse, comme «two-step», que sur le terrain de manœuvres, comme marche.

extrait des notes rédigées par Andrew Lamb © 1998
Français: Hypérion

Abe Holzmann (1874–1939) wurde in New York City geboren und studierte am New Yorker Konservatorium, bevor er bei diversen Verlegern eine feste Stellung als Komponist und Arrangeur hatte. Er komponierte zahlreiche Songs und andere Nummern, doch am erfolgreichsten war er mit seinen Twostep-Märschen, von denen der mitreißende Blaze Away! (1901) den größten Erfolg hatte. Sein schwingender Rhythmus und seine überschwengliche Melodie machen ihn zu einem der wenigen Märsche, die, dadurch, daß er auf der Tanzfläche als Twostep ebenso bekannt ist wie als Parademarsch, einem Vergleich mit Sousas besten Märschen standhalten können.

aus dem Begleittext von Andrew Lamb © 1998
Deutsch: Anke Vogelhuber

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