Nov 18 classical

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available November 18th 2016, call-off November 4th

NOVEMBER 18

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PROKOFIEV: Piano Sonatas 2, 6 & 8 Alexander Melnikov In this first volume of a complete cycle of the Prokofiev sonatas, his compatriot Alexander Melnikov reveals three emblematic works. The brilliant Second Sonata dates from 1912, when its composer was still a student at the St Petersburg Conservatory; with the Sixth (1939) and Eighth (1944) we meet the master in his full maturity, plunged in the darkest years of the Great Terror and the war. Echoes of his music for the theatre, lyricism and violence mingle amid ultra-virtuoso pianism.

1-4 Piano sonata no.2 op.14 (1913) D minor 5-8 Piano sonata no.6 op.82 (1940) A major 8-11 Piano sonata no.8 op.84 (1944) B flat major

Label: harmonia mundi File Under: Classical/Instrumental Catalogue No: HMC902202 Barcode: 3149020220221 NORMAL Price Format: 1 CD Packaging: digipack Alexander Melnikov [piano]

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%%& 0XVLF 0DJD]LQH $ZDUG :LQQHU “Few pianists have shown themselves to be so sensitive to music which is the response of a complex visionary to the corrosive banality of Soviet life at the time...[Melnikov] responds to all this with an impeccable all-Russian mastery and with a poetic commitment few could equal.� Gramophone Magazine, August 2010

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TCHAIKOVSKY: String Quartets 1 & 3 Heath Quartet The Heath Quartet makes its harmonia mundi dĂŠbut with this contrasting programme of Tchaikovsky’s String Quartets: his Quartet No. 1 (famed for its plaintive “Andante cantabileâ€?) and the tempestuous No. 3 (dedicated to the memory of Ferdinand Laub).

Since being selected by YCAT and winning 1st Prize at the Tromp Competition in 2008 the Heath Quartet has forged a strong international presence. In 2011 they were awarded a prestigious Borletti-Buitoni Special Ensemble Scholarship and undertook complete Beethoven cycles at the Facyl Festival in Salamanca and in Edinburgh. Highlights over the last year have included recitals at Wigmore Hall as part of the Emerging Talent scheme, including the premiere of a new work

by Luke Bedford and collaborations with Stephen Hough and Ian Bostridge. Future engagements include complete Tippett and BartĂłk cycles, and a recital with the soprano Anna Caterina Antonacci at Wigmore Hall, debut recitals at the Louvre and MusĂŠe d’Orsay in Paris, return visits to the Concertgebouw and their USA debut. “The music’s potency and bravura were conveyed with thrilling conviction.â€? The Guardian

Label: harmonia mundi File Under: Classical/Chamber music Catalogue No: HMU907665 Barcode: 093046766528 NORMAL Price Format: 1 CD Packaging: digipack Heath Quartet

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New South American Discoveries Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Miguel Harth-Bedoya 'New South American Discoveries' is a showcase for some of the most brilliant South American composers born post 1950. These composers create their works from a personal perspective bred in the academe, yet without losing unique accents and nuances of the sound world of their native cultures. Maestro Miguel Harth-Bedoya leads the Norwegian Radio Orchestra in a vibrant programme of orchestral music hailing from Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador, Colombia and Chile. All of the works are recorded here for the first time.

Grammy®-nominated and Emmy Award-winning conductor Miguel Harth-Bedoya is currently Chief Conductor of the Norwegian Radio Orchestra/Oslo and just concluded his 15th season as Music Director of the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra. He is also the Founder and Artistic Director of Caminos del Inka, Inc., a non-profit organisation dedicated to performing and promoting the music of the Americas.

Label: harmonia mundi File Under: Classical/Orchestral Catalogue No: HMU907670 Barcode: 093046767020 NORMAL Price Format: 1 CD Packaging: digipack Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Miguel Harth-Bedoya, Kristian Ofstad Lindberg 7 & 9 and Sveinung Bjelland 8 [piano]

1 Jorge Villavicencio GROSSMANN (*1973): Wayra (2011) 2 Víctor AGUDELO (*1979): El Sombrerón (2009) 3 Sebastián VERGARA (*1978): Mecánica (2005) 4 Diego LUZURIAGA (*1955): Responsorio (2000) 5 Diego VEGA (*1968): Música Muisca (2009) 6 Sebastián ERRÁZURIZ (*1975): La Caravana (2003) Agustín FERNÁNDEZ (*1958): Una música escondida (2004) 7 I. Preludio con vaticinios 8 II. Nana con despedida 9 III. Final con campanas 10 Antonio GERVASONI (*1973): Icarus (2003) ALSO AVAILABLE: HMU907628 Jimmy Lopez: Perú Negro, Synesthésie, Lord of the Air & América Salvaje “Committed playing by Jesús Castro-Balbi, and unarguably idiomatic response from the Norwegian Radio Orchestra…a disc which seems sure to raise López's profile - and deservedly so.” Gramophone Magazine, August 2015 “Virile, noisy and rhythmic, tonal and modal, the music of Peru’s Jimmy López (b.1978) is widely known in America but less so to audiences here...These orchestral works show the influence of Afro-Peruvian music, in the pulsating Perú Negro especially, but López is also an honorary European, having studied at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki.”

The Observer, 9th August 2015

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VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis BRITTEN: Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge ELGAR: Introduction and Allegro Roman Simovic LSO String Ensemble

Label: LSO Live File Under: Classical/Orchestral Catalogue No: LSO0792 Barcode: 822231179221 MID Price Format: 1 SACD Packaging: cristal Roman Simovic LSO String Ensemble CONCERTS: 24th November 2016, Barbican, Bruch Violin Concerto with Roman Simovic conducted by Sir Antonio Pappano 18th May 2017, Barbican, Brahms Double Concerto with Roman Simovic (violin) and Tim Hugh (cello), both of whom appear as part of the LSO String Ensemble

The LSO counts the finest orchestral players among its members and many of its principals are renowned soloists in their own right. They have developed new ensembles within the Orchestra to hone their incredible musicianship in different ways: from recent recordings of Reich by the LSO Percussion Ensemble to unique chamber performances of Stravinsky's 'The Soldier’s Tale' and Mozart's 'Gran Partita'. The LSO String Ensemble, directed by Orchestra Leader Roman Simovic, are a key example of this practice, showcasing the wealth of talent that the London Symphony Orchestra has to offer.

Following two well-received releases, the LSO String Ensemble continues on LSO Live with three English masterpieces: Vaughan Williams' 'Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis', a visionary fusion of folksong and sacred music; Britten's 'Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge', a challenging landmark of 20th-century string writing, here in a virtuosic performance; and Elgar's 'Introduction and Allegro', a work beloved of the LSO, having been composed for and premiered by the Orchestra.

"Delightfully sweet-toned lyricism, and an easy, smiling virtuosity". The Daily Telegraph on Roman Simovic.

An acclaimed soloist, performing at many of the world’s most prestigious venues, Roman Simovic has awarded prizes at numerous international competitions, placing him among the foremost violinists of his generation. He says of these pieces: "it’s a big challenge for me to perform this wonderful English programme with an English orchestra. The LSO has a really special, unique, sound and to produce this standing up without a conductor, well it’s quite a challenge! But my fellow players are all fantastic musicians with huge knowledge and I think people more and more are looking forward to our concerts, because it’s something really special: real chamber music."

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SCHUBERT: String Quartet No. 14 'Death & the Maiden' SIBELIUS: String Quartet 'Intimate Voices' Ehnes Quartet

Label: Onyx Classics File Under: Classical/Chamber music Catalogue No: ONYX4163 Barcode: 880040416326 NORMAL Price Format: 1 CD Packaging: cristal Ehnes Quartet: James Ehnes & Amy Schwarz Moretti [violins] Richard Yongjae O’Neill [viola] Robert deMaine [cello]

Death preyed heavily on the minds of both Schubert and Sibelius when they were composing the two string quartets on this new CD from the Ehnes Quartet. Sibelius had undergone several operations to remove a tumour in his throat. The bleak and highly personal 4th Symphony is the masterwork from this period, but the string quartet ‘Intimate Voices’ of 1908 should not be underestimated. Taut and highly concentrated, it has an almost Haydnesque construction, and the quartet’s first movement’s sheer perfection of form approaches that of the 3rd Symphony’s opening movement.

"I am the most unhappy and wretched creature in the world‌whose health will never be right again" wrote Schubert to a friend in 1824. With his emotions veering from happy memories of earlier years to shuddering terror at the prospect of death, he composed two string quartets and the Octet over a two- month period. The D minor quartet makes ingenious use of his earlier song ‘Death and the Maiden’ from 1817 in the slow movement’s variations. ‘Give me your hand, you fair and gentle creature; I am a friend and do not come to punish’ sings Death soothingly.

The music captures Schubert’s fearful state of mind in a remarkable ‘freeze frame’ effect.

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MusicWeb International, 3rd June 2014 ADVERTISED IN BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE

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The Queen's Harp Les Arts Florissants William Christie At the end of the 18th century, France and Germany developed a passion for harp music; the instrument was everywhere, in concerts and drawing rooms and many masterpieces were written for it. Queen Marie-Antoinette regularly played the pianoforte, and the harp, and the instrument has remained a symbol of the last two decades of the French court.

Label: harmonia mundi File Under: Classical/Instrumental Catalogue No: HAF8902276 Barcode: 3149020227602 NORMAL Price Format: 1 CD Packaging: digipack Xavier de Maistre [harp] Les Arts Florissants William Christie [conductor]

The harpist Xavier de Maistre has been leading a brilliant career for 25 years. At 22, he became solo harp at the Vienna Philharmonic which opened doors onto an international career. Passionate about his still little-known instrument and its extraordinary repertoire, he has chosen, with William Christie, the most evocative works of this golden age of the harp. They are inseparable from the image of the Queen of France, the elegance of her playing on an instrument which reached unequaled refinement in the age of Louis XIV. Xavier de Maistre appears courtesy of Sony Classical.

1-3 Johann Baptist KRUMPHOLZ: Concerto No. 5 Op.7 for harp and orchestra 4-7 Joseph HAYDN: Symphony n°85 "La Reine" 8-9 Johann David HERMANN: Concerto No. 1 Op. 9 for harp and orchestra 10 Christoph Williband GLUCK: OrphÊe et Eurydice, Dance of the Blessed Spirits (transcription: Xavier de Maistre)

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LIGETI, Six Bagatelles (1953), Kammerkonzert (1970) Dix pour quintette à vents (1968) Les Siècles, François-Xavier Roth François-Xavier Roth explains why he chose to tackle Ligeti’s work with Les Siècles, an ensemble best-known for playing works on period-appropriate instruments: There is a great desire within Les Siècles to play the music that interests us, music from the past and from the present, music that captivates us: both for myself as conductor and for the musicians. What fascinates us all in Ligeti’s music is this polarisation of colour. It is one of the basic principles of our work. Changing instrument to suit the music being played is not solely whimsical: it is about research, coherence and honouring the work. For Les Siècles, playing Ligeti means taking this exploration further and making it more consistent with the notion of colour.

Label: Actes Sud Musicales File Under: Classical/Orchestral Catalogue No: ASM26 Barcode: 3149028088526 NORMAL Price Format: 1 CD Packaging: digipack Les Siècles, François-Xavier Roth [direction]

From my own point of view, my work as a conductor has had a great connection to the composer. I had the chance to work with the SWR Sinfonieorchester of Baden-Baden and Freiburg, an orchestra that worked with Ligeti himself and that has conserved something of his heritage within their own history. Playing Ligeti’s work with them was a unique and fascinating experience. His music, especially the language of later works, like Lontano (1967), Kammerkonzert and his Cello Concerto (1966), is extraordinarily modern. It’s like it was written yesterday. It fascinates me, and I wanted to share this fascination with Les Siècles.

CONCERT: 2nd November, Royal Festival Hall, François-Xavier Roth and Les Siècles are joined by Jean-Efflam Bavouzet to perform a programme of French orchestral classics. http://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/whatson/les-siecles-francois-xavier-r-95736 Sunday 13th November, Royal Albert Hall: Berlioz Grand Messe des Morts, with BBCSO, BBCSC, LPC, Crouch End Festival Chorus

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Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Daniele Gatti With the release of this live recording of Hector Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique, RCO Live celebrates the start of its collaboration with Daniele Gatti as the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra's seventh chief conductor on 9 September 2016.

His unconventional take on this spectacular score evokes the astonishment audiences must have experienced at the time of the 1830 premiere. It is exactly this sense of surprise and freshness – founded on a thorough knowledge of the score – and the sheer joy of making music together that prompted the members of the RCO to choose Daniele Gatti as their new chief conductor.

“the string sound is silky, the brass glowing, the woodwind characterful” The Times, 16th September 2016

Label: RCO Live File Under: Classical/Orchestral Catalogue No: RCO16007 Barcode: 814337019303 NORMAL Price Format: 2 LPS [45RPM] Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Daniele Gatti [chief conductor]

Hector Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14 (1830) 1 Rêveries. Passions 2 Un bal 3 Scène aux champs 4 Marche au supplice 5 Songe d'une nuit du Sabbat

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PORPORA: Orlando version in 4 cantos by Juan Bautiosta Otera after Orlando Furioso by Ludovico Ariosto

Real Compañía Ópera de Cámara Juan Bautista Otero 'Orlando' is an operatic masterpiece by the Neapolitan Composer Nicola Porpora (1686-1768) who left an indelible mark on the 18th century and the careers of its greatest masters, from Hasse, Jommelli and Handel to Joseph Haydn, who was his pupil in Vienna.

Against the background of the old Carolingian epic, the valiant knight Roland is transformed here into a lover before becoming 'Orlando furioso' in this encounter of three mythical figures: Ariosto, Metastasio and Porpora. The gamut runs from epic to tragedy in this vibrant, crackling performance under the inspired direction of Juan Bautista Otero.

The present recording is a re-release of the celebrated former K617 edition.

Label: Pan Classics File Under: Classical/Opera & Vocal Catalogue No: PC10369 Barcode: 7619990103696 MID Price Format: 2 CD Packaging: digipack Robert Expert [Orlando] Olga Pitarch [Medoro] Betsabée Haas [Angelica]

“there is definitely room for more Porpora, especially when the singing and playing are as stylish as here” Opera

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Shostakovich plays Shostakovich

Shostakovich began his career with hopes of becoming a professional pianist, and throughout his life he maintained a close association with this instrument. He enjoyed playing in private and in public, and recorded compositions of his own in the 1940s and 1950s. Some of his most ebullient (Piano Concerto No. 1, op. 35) and personal (Jewish Folk Poetry op.49, Preludes and Fugues, op. 87) scores were written for the piano. Many of his piano recordings are unfamiliar to classical music lovers because of their poor sound quality, but this compilation makes for enjoyable listening.

CD1: 1-11 From Jewish Poetry - Moscow 15 January 1955 -Nina Dorliak, Zara Dolukhanova, Alexei Maslennikov 12-14 Piano Concert No. 2 - Moscow 10 May 1957 - Moscow Radio Symphony Orch., Alexander Gaouk 15-18 Piano Concerto No. 1 - Moscow 27 November 1957 - Moscow Phil. Samuel Samoussoud, Josef Volovmk 19 Concertino for 2 pianos Monscow Conservatory 1957 - Maxim Shostakovich

Label: Praga Digitals File Under: Classical/Orchestral Catalogue No: PRD250365/66 Barcode: 3149028102222 MID Price Format: 2 CD Packaging: cristal

CD2: 1-5 Piano Quintet Op. 57 - Moscow 10 May 1957 - Beethoven Quartet, Dmitry Shostakovich 6-9 Cello Sonata Op. 40 - live Moscow Conservatory 10 May 1957 - Mstislav Rostropovich [cello] 10-13 Preludes [2] Op. 34 arr for violin and piano by Dmitry Tryganov - Moscow Conservatory 1957 - Dmitry Tryganov 14-16 Preludes and Fugues Op. 87/5, 23, 3 - Moscow May 1957 - Dmitry Shostakovich [piano]

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Venezia 1700 Thibault Noally (violon) Les Accents Thibault Noally and Les Accents present a celebration of the Venetian Sonata. The term sonata was first coined at the end of the 16th century by Giovanni Croce and Andrea Gabrieli but it was Tartini, born and active in the Venetian Republic, who created some 200 sonatas for violin, the largest body of work in the form, followed by Vivaldi with 80. If Vivaldi borrowed from all an sundry [Caldara, Corelli, Matteis, Bonporti, Albinoni] then others were quick to borrow from him too and the Venetian sonata spread through competing musicians to Germany, via Pisendel and the Dresden court; France with Leclair and Guignone; and Russia with the Venetians Madonis and Dall'Oglio.

Thibault Noally is a recognised name on the international baroque stage. He best-known as the solo violin of Les Musiciens du Louvre-Grenoble with Marc Minkowski, with the Concerto KĂśln, Pulcinella or the Ensemble Matheus.

Label: ApartĂŠ File Under: Classical/Instrumental Catalogue No: AP128 Barcode: 3149028078121 NORMAL Price Format: 1 CD Packaging: digipack Thibault Noally (violon) Les Accents

1-2 TORELLI: Sonata in E minor for violin and continuo GieT 60* 3-6 BONPORTI: Invenzione in C minor for violin and continuo op. 10 n°6 (1712) 7 CALDARA: Ciaccona in B-flat major for 2 violins and continuo Op. 2 No. 12 [1699] 8-11 DALLâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ABACO: Sonata in G minor for violin and continuo Op. 4 No. 12* 12-15 VIVALDI: Sonata in B-flat major for violin and continuo RV759 16-19 CALDARA: Sonata in C minor for 2 violins and continuo Op2 No.7 [1699] 20-23 ALBINONI: Sonata in G minor for violin and continuo Op.4 No.5 [1708] 24 VIVALDI: Sonata in D minor for 2 violins and continuo Op. 1 No. 12 [1705] *world premiere recording https://soundcloud.com/apartemusic/dallabaco-sonata-in-g-minor-for-violin-continuo-thibault-noally-les-accents ALSO AVAILABLE: $SDUWp $3 ÂŹ 9LROLQR 6ROR %LEHU :HVWKRII %DFK %DOW]DU 9LOVPD\U 7HOHPDQQ 7KLEDXOW 1RDOO\ YLROLQ â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thibault plays with Zen-like calmness, and ends phrases and sections exquisitely...In his stylish performance of the Bach he plays thoughtfully, choosing sensible rather than showy tempi and always shaping his phrases with delicate rubato...We look forward to more from this promising violinist.â&#x20AC;? Gramophone Magazine, March 2014

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VEJVANOVSKY: Festive Baroque Music for trumpets and strings Ars Antiqua Austria Gunar Letzbor Pavel Josef Vejvanovsky was born in Moravia circa 1633 or 1639. Little is known of his musical education except that he studied in Opava at the Jesuit College (also attended by Heinrich Biber and others). He spent most of his life working as trumpeter and Kapellmeister for the Bishop Princes of Olmuz (res. in Kromeriz). Vejvanovsky was a colleague of Biber when the latter was himself briefly in the employ of Bishop Prince Karl Liechtenstein-Kastelkorn. The two remained in contact with each other throughout their lives and it is understood that they exchanged musical ideas and material with one another.

Much of the music presented here includes opulent writing for the trumpet. He wrote in a style similar to the Canzone da Sonar of the early Italians as well as mixing styles of the Viennese, Germans and French.

Label: Pan Classics File Under: Classical/Instrumental Catalogue No: PC10366 Barcode: 7619990103665 NORMAL Price Format: 1 CD Packaging: digipack Ars Antiqua Austria Gunar Letzbor

“The string parts are just as demanding, and there are baroque contrasts, weird juxtapositions and mordant harmonic inflexions aplenty. As the booklet says, "imaginative, rich, ornate, full and airy" —and played with real panache. This is a real find: do try it.” Gramophone, February 1998 1 Intradas for 2 trumpets, strings & continuo in C major 2 Sonata a 7, No 12 3 Sonata prima a 5 VIIa 4-8 Serenada XXVII 9 Sonata secunda a 6 VIIb 10 Offertur ad duos choros 11 Sonata a sette VI 12 Sonata paschalis 13 Sonata Natalis in C 14 Sancti Spiritus IX 15-20 Balletti a 6 XV 21 Sonata Venatoria in D major 22 Sonata a sei XI 23 Sonata a cinque XXVI 24 Sonata laetitiae for 2 violins & 3 violas, 4/11, A 471 25 Unspecified Sonata a 4, for winds & strings 26-30 Serenada XXIII

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Reminiscences Camille Thomas Julien Libeer Camille Thomas and Julien Liebeer, ardent champions of chamber music, have devised an exceptionally varied yet coherent recital of French music for cello and piano based around two large-scale compositions: César Franck’s illustrious 'Sonata' and the rarely-heard but splendid 'Sonata for unaccompanied cello' op.28 by Eugène Ysaÿe. The programme also includes celebrated short pieces by Duparc, Fauré and Saint-Saëns, all of them bywords for lyricism and imagination. An invitation to a universe of dreams and poetry, from two artists of the new generation who met on the train to Prussia Cove in 2012. This is their first recording.

Label: La Dolce Volta File Under: Classical/Instrumental Catalogue No: LDV29 Barcode: 3770001901497 NORMAL Price Format: 1 CD Packaging: digipack Camille Thomas [cello] Julien Libeer [piano]

1-2 FAURE: Elégie, Après un Rêve 3 SAINT-SAENS: The Swan [Carnival of the Animals] 4-7 FRANCK: Sonata FWV8 8-11 YSAYE: Sonata Op. 18 12-13 FAURE: Les Berceaux Op.23/1, Sicilienne 14 SAINT-SAENS: Sérénade [from Cello Suite Op.16] 15 DUPARC: L'Invitation au voyage https://soundcloud.com/ladolcevolta/faure-serenade-camille-thomas-julien-libeer

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Brahms, Franck, Debussy: Cello Sonatas Victor Julien-Laferrière Adam Laloum Two of the members of the piano trio Les Esprits [together with Mi-Sa Yang] Victor Julien-Laferrière and Adam Laloum now present three masterpieces for cello and piano created between 1865 and 1915, on either side of the Rhine.

1-3 BEETHOVEN: Cello Sonata No. 1 Op. 38 4-7 FRANCK: Violin Sonata arranged for cello 8-10 DEBUSSY: Cello Sonata in D minor ALSO AVAILABLE: MIR250 Brahms Clarinet Sonatas, Trio Op. 114 with Raphael Sévère

Label: Mirare File Under: Classical/Instrumental Catalogue No: MIR310 Barcode: 3760127223108 NORMAL Price Format: 1 CD Packaging: digipack Victor Julien-Laferrière [cello] Adam Laloum [piano]

“there is so much colour and expressiveness in Severe’s playing, and Laloum brings eloquent and purposeful authority to the piano part throughout. In short, this is one of the best modern recordings I’ve come across of these two valedictory masterpieces...This is a lovely recording, and one to which I shall return often.” International Record Review, December 2014

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Betweeen Orient and Occident Virgil Boutellis-Taft Guillaume Vincent Described as an “unrivaled violinist," "of fiery temperament", Virgil Boutellis-Taft takes us on a journey from 1896 to 1996, from the date of the premiere of 'Poème', by Chausson, through a selection of pieces down to 'Songs of the South' by Philippe Hersant. The historical borders of Europe and its identity are both questioned and expanded to reach new horizons in a constant back and forth 'Between East and West'.

Label: Evidence Classics File Under: Classical/Instrumental Catalogue No: EVCD028 Barcode: 3149028093629 NORMAL Price Format: 1 CD Packaging: digipack Virgil Boutellis-Taft [violin] Guillaume Vincent [piano]

1 KOMITAS: The Crane 2 CHAUSSON: Poème Op. 25 3-6 JANACEK: Sonata for Violin and Piano, in A flat minor 7 André HOSSEIN: Caravane (arrangement for violin and piano by Tara Kamangar) 8 Tara KAMANGAR: « Once there was and once there wasn’t » 9-14. Philippe HERSANT: Songs of the South, six short pieces for solo violin 15-20 BARTOK: Romanian Folk Dances 21-23 DEBUSSY: Sonata for Violin and Piano in G minor https://soundcloud.com/evidenceclassics/hossein-caravane-virgil-boutellis-taft-violin-guillaume-vincent-piano https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXxZVVyA5FA

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Petrus Wilhelmi de Grudencz: 15th-century music from Central Europe La Morra Corina Marti & Michal Gondko

Label: Glossa File Under: Classical/Early Catalogue No: GCD922515 Barcode: 8424562225152 NORMAL Price Format: 1 CD Packaging: digipack La Morra: Doron Schleifer, Ivo Haun de Oliveira, Giacomo Schiavo, Sebastian León [voices] Corina Marti [clavicembalum & recorders] Michal Gondko [lute] Anna Danilevskaia [fiddle] Corina Marti & Michal Gondko [direction]

The release of a new recording from La Morra is always exciting in terms of creative and imaginative artistry and not just within the realms of late medieval and early Renaissance music. With a disc focusing on the 15th-century composer Petrus Wilhelmi de Grudencz, in a production from the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis strand on Glossa, the ensemble is set to repeat its happy knack of alighting upon an area of largely untravelled repertoire and making a fascinating programme from it.

Wilhelmi was what can be called a Central-European composer: born in today’s Poland he was active in German, Bohemian and Silesian territory, a musician from within the Holy Roman Empire, and open to new trends coming from the West and South. Without being a cultural force to rival his near contemporary Guillaume Dufay, Wilhelmi provided music which had a long-lasting appeal for the learned, non-professional musicians in Central-European lands.

Corina Marti and Michal Gondko, the Swiss ensemble’s joint artistic directors since its formation back in 2000, add their skills as instrumentalists (keyboard, recorders and lute) to those of their quartet of singers in a survey which also embraces further Latin and secular-texted compositions by Nicolaus de Radom, Johannes Tourout and Othmarus Opilionis de Jawor, further examples of how Central European composers were absorbing ideas coming from the Franco-Flemish tradition, Italy and the Ars Nova from France.

Programme: Vocal and instrumental pieces by Petrus Wilhelmi de Grudencz (1392-?), Nicolaus de Radom (fl. early 15th century), Johannes Opilionis de Jawor (fl. c.1440), Johannes Tourout (fl. c.1460) and anonymous authors.