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Lara St. John: Shiksa
by C. Michael Bailey
..."all this music from different countries and cultures pulled together and recorded by a random Canadian chick." And that is the charm of Lara St. John. One-time enfant terrible violinist Lara St. John has morphed into a beautifully iconoclastic and enigmatic cultural presence in the staid world of classical music. ...
Marie-Pierre Langlamet: Schubert
by C. Michael Bailey
Marie-Pierre Langlamet is the principal harpist for the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. She recently joined forces with Canadian violinist Lara St. John for a novel take on Bach on Bach Sonatas (Ancalagon, 2012). On Schubert Langlamet takes the helm of a project, released on Lara St. John's label Ancalagon Records, focusing on the music of Franz Schubert ...
Polkastra: “I Do” The Wedding Album
By Polkastra
Label: Ancalagon
Released: 2013
Track listing: The Ceremony: Frumpet Voluntary; Bridle Chorus; J.S. Bachelor Party;
.Ave Maria; Canon in D, Mostly; Salut d’ Amour; Shotgun Wedding March.
The Party: Celtic Wedding Medley; Kosher Chicken Dance; Le Jardin d’
Amour; Fun der Khupe; O Sole Mio; Napoloni; Por Una Cabeza. End of the
Night: 4th Street Drag; My Buddy.
Polkastra: “I Do” The Wedding Album
by C. Michael Bailey
The international group Polkastra is the brainchild of one Lara St. John. Yes, that Lara St. John--the Bach enfant terrible of the mid-1990s who evolved to record a definitive set of The Six Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin inagurating her own Ancalagon label in 2007 , followed by notable recordings of Hindson, Vivaldi, Mozart and ...
Bach Sonatas
Label: Ancalagon
Released: 2012
Track listing: Sonata No. 1 for Violin and Keyboard in B minor, BWV 1014: I. Adagio;
II. Allegro, III Andante, IV Allegro; Sonata No. 3 for Violin and
Keyboard in E major, BWV 1016: I. Adagio, II. Allegro, III. Adagio ma
non tanto, IV. Allegro; Sonata for Violin and Keyboard in G minor, BWV
1020: I. Allegro, II. Adagio, III. Allegro; Sonata for Flute and
Keyboard in B minor, BWV 1030: I. Andante, II. Largo e dolce, III.
Presto; Sonata for Flute and Keyboard in B minor, BWV 1030: IV.
Siciliana.
Lara St. John and Marie-Pierre Langlamet: Bach Sonatas
by C. Michael Bailey
Can classical music performance be controversial? Most often, this is true only when a performance departs from contemporary (or not-so-contemporary) conventional wisdom, which often relies on both a uniform and blinding reverence to how things ought to be." Every composer who ever put pen to parchment may have designated a specific instrument in a given piece, ...
Mozart
By Scott and Lara St. John / The Knights / Eric Jacobsen
Label: Ancalagon
Released: 2010
Track listing: Sinfonia Concertante for Violin and Viola in E-flat Major, K. 364: 1.
Allegro Maestoso, 2. Andante, 3. Presto; Violin Concerto No. 1 in B-flat
Major, K. 207: 4. Allegro Moderato, 5. Adagil, 6. Presto; Violin Concerto
No. 3 in G Major, K. 216: 7. Allegro, 8. Adagio, 9. Rondeau (Allegro).
Scott and Lara St. John / The Knights / Eric Jacobsen: Mozart
by C. Michael Bailey
Ever since the consumptive and mysterious Nicolo Paganini took the stage, breaking three of his four famous fiddle strings, playing on the remaining G, and declaring the Artist as Hero," the cult of personality of the artist has become as important and, Indeed, compelling, as that of the composer and the music composed. Today we would ...