Christopher Parkening · Elmer Bernstein ~ Concerto for Guitar - E. Bernstein · Albeniz · Marshall
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Edition: Music CDCD Release Date: 2000-10-24
Music Label: Angel Records
Soundtracks:
- Con - For Two Christophers: I.Guitar
- Con - For Two Christophers: II.Reflections
- Con - For Two Christophers: III.Celebration
- La Vega (From The Alhambra)
- Essay: Allegretto
- Essay: Andante Tranquillo
- Essay: Allegro Vivace
Music reviews of Christopher Parkening · Elmer Bernstein ~ Concerto for Guitar - E. Bernstein · Albeniz · Marshall
Music Review: A pleasure all the way through
Rating: 5 Stars
Here is one of the few works film composer Elmer Bernstein wrote specifically for the concert hall, with the maestro himself leading the London Symphony Orchestra.
Elmer Bernstein fans will want to know if it sounds like his film music. It does, because that is Bernstein's composing style in the same sense that Aaron Copland's movie music sounds like Copland. But the Concerto is not a set of themes & cues or a concert suite derived from them; it was composed for guitarist Christopher Parkening, an old friend of Bernstein's. Because it showcases acoustic guitar in a Spanish flavor setting, it incidentally calls to mind Bernstein's music for westerns. The thematic material is perhaps not as strong, but then there's no opening credits or love story to underscore; he's serving Parkening's art. The Concerto is skillfully composed & orchestrated in three movements approximating the traditional form of an Allegro, a lyrical Andante, & a spirited Finale, & at points features Bernstein's signature pulsating rhythms & flair for brass. Parkening performs marvelously. A lovely work.
Bernstein & Parkening include a beaufiful Jack Marshall adaptation of a piano work by Issac Albeniz, La Vega, as a tribute to the late L.A. based musician. Marshall (1921-1973) was a prominent guitarist, composer, & arranger (Peggy Lee's Grammy-nominated "Fever").
As an extra treat, The album concludes with Marshall's own "Essay for Guitar," a previously unreleased recording from 1967, & Parkening's first studio recording, conducted by Marshall. Very nice.
Bernstein loved being a film composer, was proud of his film music. He was comfortable with popular music (like the unrelated Leonard), & he was never compelled, like some of Hollywood's older European emigre composers, to keep reminding us that he could compose "pure" art music. Of course, he could. If you enjoy Bernstein & have his best movie soundtracks, you'll want this. We'll have no more "new" music from him, but given the amount of music he composed for documentaries, TV, & special commissions, there is a wealth of Elmer Bernstein to be rediscovered. For such an important figure in American music, he is woefully under-recorded.
This album clearly was a labor of friendship for Bernstein & Parkening, two fine musicians collaborating with care & mutual respect. If Bernstein left this world with any regrets, one was probably for not making more room for projects like this in his busy, fruitful creative life. The album is rather short at 48 minutes, but the music is choice. A pleasure all the way through.
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