Martin Chalifour in Walt Disney Concert Hall - Trésors Ensevelis, Hidden Treasures
6/7/2011, 17 Tracks, 1:03:17
Featuring
Martin Chalifour
Joanne Pearce Martin
Maia Jasper
Bryan Pezzone
Francis Poulenc
Robert Waldman
Arnold Schoenberg
Claude Debussy
Maurice Ravel
Igor Stravinsky
Robert Schumann
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Instruments
The Steinway piano used for this recording was chosen by Hélène Grimaud and is the Los Angeles Philharmonic's instrument for Walt Disney Concert Hall, preferred by the producer for its darker, more linear 'New York sound'.
Instruments
The album features five different violins, including the 1716 'ex Goldmann' Stradivarius, once owned by Nathan Milstein, and the 1729 'Joachim' or 'Jack Benny Strad,' owned by comedian Jack Benny and given to the Los Angeles Philharmonic.
Recording & Production
The recording aimed for acoustic transparency, with the producer recommending listening at a natural level to appreciate the delicate hall acoustic, rather than turning it up loud.
Compositional Technique
Martin Chalifour's arrangement of Poulenc's Flute Sonata for violin includes added double stops, pizzicati, and transpositions to lower registers, and for the Cantilena movement, the violin's G string is tuned a half step lower for deeper resonance.
Recording & Production
The recording used two matched U-47 Neumann microphones with original VF14M tubes for most tracks, and an AKG C-24 stereo microphone for the Schönberg duets, with no equalization curve adjustments made during production.
Recording & Production
This album was recorded in Walt Disney Concert Hall, where Martin Chalifour, the Principal Concertmaster for the Los Angeles Philharmonic, performs over one hundred concerts each year.
