NEW ON NAXOS | JUNE 2022
Franz Joseph HAYDN (1732–1809) Piano Trios, Vol. 7 Nos. 16, 19, 35, 37 and 41 Oberlin Trio – David Bowlin, Violin • Dmitry Kouzov, Cello • Haewon Song, Piano
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Much of Joseph Haydn’s musical life was spent in service at the palace of Eszterháza on the Hungarian plains, a complex of buildings to rival Versailles in magnificence. Haydn’s reputation abroad was, however, already considerable by 1790, and he was invited to travel to London where the delightfully lively and at times brilliantly virtuosic trios Hob.XV:16 and 19 were published. Further trios from the 1760s express music of sheer joy, all performed here by the acclaimed Oberlin Trio.
Click to listen to Piano Trio in D major, Hob.XV:16: I. Allegro
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Companion Titles – Previous releases in the Haydn Piano Trios series 8.574362 NEW | 8.574361 | 8.573128 | 8.572063 | 8.572062 | 8.572040
8.574385 Release Date: 24 Jun 2022
Sigismond THALBERG (1812–1871) Fantasies on Operas by Verdi, Rossini and Bellini Francesco Nicolosi, Piano
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A student of Hummel, Sigismond Thalberg was one of the great virtuoso pianist-composers of the 19th century, who enjoyed a celebrated rivalry with Liszt that was largely fomented by the press. Thalberg’s influence on fellow pianists was enormous and his operatic paraphrases and fantasies, designed for his own use in concert performances, proved exceptionally popular. Even Liszt himself performed several of them. Berlioz praised Thalberg as the creator of ‘a new art’ and the thrilling examples here, taking the best-known themes from great Italian operas, reveal bravura embellishments and ingenious elaborations.
Click to listen to Souvenir de Un ballo in maschera, Op. 81
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Companion Titles – Sigismond Thalberg, Composer 8.555502 NEW | 8.553701 | 8.555498 | 8.555501
8.555503 Release Date: 10 Jun 2022
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Tan DUN (b. 1957) Eight Memories in Watercolor C-A-G-E- (In Memory of John Cage) Film Music Sonata • Traces • The Fire • Blue Orchid Ralph van Raat, Piano
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Tan Dun’s originality has been reflected in worldwide recognition of his music, which draws on both Chinese and Western musical languages. The Eight Memories in Watercolor are deft painterly reflections, while in Traces he balances sound with silence in this evocation of nature. The vibrant drama of Blue Orchid incorporates the opening motif of Beethoven’s Diabelli Variations . In Film Music Sonata , which here receives its first recording on general release, Tan Dun draws on his score for the film The Banquet . The kaleidoscopic C-A-G-E- , strikingly Chinese in sound, is a tribute to his teacher and spiritual compass, John Cage. The Fire , written for Ralph van Raat, contains some of Tan Dun’s most virtuosic and dramatic piano writing. Click to listen to Eight Memories in Watercolor: No. 6. Ancient Burial LISTEN
8.570621 Release Date: 10 Jun 2022
Companion Titles – Ralph van Raat, Piano 8.573894 | 8.572525 | 8.559360 | 8.559285
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Fernando LOPES-GRAÇA (1906–1994) Divertimento • Sinfonieta Cinco Velhos Romances Portugueses • Quatro Invenções Portuguese Symphony Orchestra • Bruno Borralhinho
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Fernando Lopes-Graça was one of Portugal’s greatest composers of the 20th century, whose artistic credo was the binding together of the folk music of his native country with modern techniques to create an alternative and original national identity. With its constantly shifting tonal context the Divertimento perfectly captures Lopes-Graça’s inimitable style, which is further enriched in the concisely constructed Sinfonieta by his admiration for Haydn. The moving, even tragic Cinco Velhos Romances Portugueses are based on traditional ballads while the challenging Quatro Invenções , in the composer’s words, explore ‘essentially atonal dramatic expressionism’.
Click to listen to Divertimento, Op. 107: I. Entrada
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Companion Titles – Fernando Lopes-Graça, Composer 8.572817 | 8.572892 | 8.579039 | 8.579082
8.574373 Release Date: 10 Jun 2022
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