Jenny Lin CD info needed.

[lontano]

I recently bought Jenny Lin's "Preludes to a Revolution" in mp3 format downloaded from Amazon.com. Unfortunately, whoever made this CD available for download failed to include the names of the composers of each work. The only works I recognized were Scriabin's (op.74 I believe). All the others were Russians from around the same time.
The list of names include: Liadov, Gliere, Stanchinsky, Lourisse, Alexandrov, Feinberg, Roslavec and Obouhov (German spellings).

So I would ask if anyone happens to have a copy of the CD with the names and associated Preludes, I'd be much obliged.

Lontano

[Bob]

Does Amazon have audio clips with the CD?  You could post the link to Amazon and people could listen.

[lontano]

Does Amazon have audio clips with the CD?  You could post the link to Amazon and people could listen.

That's not a ready option. What Amazon has (when I downloaded the mp3s of the whole album) is nothing more than what I received using their download application. I know a bit about setting up a schema for a (classical) database under Linux (or with a good set of unix-like tools under any OS). The individual tracks were listed by Title but had no Composer connected to any work.

While it's very quick and easy to download full albums, and parts thereof, it really is up to the special employees to discern the differences between "classical style - Composer & Performer properly associated", and CDs of Symphonies, Concertos, and most other  music. It's easy if it's a CD of one composer, but when you have several composers with only a few opus numbers (others ignored) spread across 20-odd works, Amazon has failed to my dismay, and I have doubts I can get the composer -> link info anytime soon from them.

I've isolated the Lourie Op.1 "Preludes fragiles", and (of course) the late Scriabin set. I've scanned through IMSLP and other online score archives, but it's a tedious, almost blind-folded task.

What did composers do to get their music to performers and eventually audiences before modern computer databases became connected to the WWW?

One might wonder that even to this day the majority of the people living on this Rock we call Earth have yet to discover indoor plumbing (like toilets, bathtubs and the lot). And I digress..

L.

[furtwaengler]

For some reason I had thought you were an audiophile who'd want the real thing, Lontano.  Was it for the sake of instant gratification? Anyway, I really like Jenny Lin. She's special.

https://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/Drilldown?name_id1=50740&name_role1=2&bcorder=2&name_id=3676&name_role=1

[retrouvailles]

I also really like Jenny Lin. Check out her disk entitled "The Eleventh Finger", which is something for the 20th-21st century buffs out there, which much virtuosic modern music. For the traditionalists, she recorded a CD of Bloch's works for piano and orchestra, a disk I would reallly like to get. I heard some of it on the radio and it was played very well.

[furtwaengler]

Yes, I agree, Retrouvailles. It's a great disk, and she's a technical marvel who moves with great intentionality. I see too that a recording of Shosty's op. 87 has been released. This I shall like to hear!

[lontano]

For some reason I had thought you were an audiophile who'd want the real thing, Lontano.  Was it for the sake of instant gratification? Anyway, I really like Jenny Lin. She's special.

There was a time when I was an audiophile, in no small measure due to the fact my employer gave me a lot of money to purchase some very decent audio equipment, including some awesome recording gear (as mentioned elsewhere). So for the 16 years I held my position I was well within the boundaries of an "upper-mid level audiophile". However, once I left (15 years ago) I couldn't take it with me  and with the meager wages I've had to live on most of my life, I had to turn down the level of perfection quite a few degrees. Add to that the inherent quality of 320kbps MP3 files (Amazon's standard) and that I am rapidly being squeezed by my CD collection, I don't buy CDs as often as I once did.

I also  really like Jenny Lin  , a lovely and wonderfully gifted musician who's not afraid to tackle rare, new and challenging works, and pulls it off with magical grace. So I thank you very much for the link to the listing of the works on her Preludes CD!

L.

[lontano]

Yes, I agree, Retrouvailles. It's a great disk, and she's a technical marvel who moves with great intentionality. I see too that a recording of Shosty's op. 87 has been released. This I shall like to hear!

"The 11th Finger" is a very interesting set (I can hardly keep up with 8 fingers - I still have 2 on reserve), and now Jenny's released Shosty's Op.87! Wow, I guess I'm going to have to splurge once again on this one. So far my favorite recording of the complete set remains Roger Woodward's. I also have Keith Jarrett's CDs, and even though I'm a bit biased, I like it. While his studio recording of Bach's WTC (and some other works) received mostly luke-warm reception, seeing him play Book 1 live was really quite amazing. Very polished and not at all "ordinary" - quite exciting in fact. But I do believe if anyone can bring a fresh interpretation to op.87, Jenny Lin can!