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Derek BERMEL (b. 1967) Intonations Music for Clarinet and Strings
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Derek Bermel, Clarinet • Christopher Otto, Violin Wiek Hijmans, Electric guitar • JACK Quartet
Twice GRAMMY-nominated composer and performer Derek Bermel studied with Henri Dutilleux, Dutch avantgardist Louis Andriessen, and ragtime revivalist William Bolcom. In his music, seemingly antithetical qualities – classical and vernacular, comic and serious – merge and transform each other unpredictably, their inspiration ranging from theatre ( Ritornello ), to gestalt psychology ( Figure and Ground ), to meditations on cosmology ( A Short History of the Universe ). Thracian Sketches explores and reimagines Bulgarian folk music, while the Violin Etudes distill Bermel’s intellectual creativity into its purest form. Key Feature: Derek Bermel received a GRAMMY nomination for Best Contemporary Classical Composition for his Migration Series (Naxos 8.559871). Fanfare wrote: ‘[this] contains works that involve the collision of the classical and non-classical musical worlds, an event that does produce quite a few intriguing musical sparks…this is, then, a disc with something for everyone on it’. His many honours include the Herb Alpert Award in the Arts, Rome Prize, American Academy of Arts and Letters, Guggenheim and Fulbright Fellowships. Click to listen to Intonations: I. Harmonica LISTEN
8.559912 Release Date: 26 Aug 2022
Companion Titles – American Classics series 8.559871 | 8.559904 | 8.559900 | 8.559902
Konstantin VASSILIEV (b. 1970) Guitar Works, Vol. 1
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El Faro Mágico • Wanderer in Time • Rose in the Snow Synestha • The Jazz Story • Hommage à Tom Jobim Yuri Liberzon and Patrick O’Connell, Guitars
Konstantin Vassiliev’s music synthesises several different styles including jazz, Russian folk music and contemporary Western traditions. This album contains music written over a 22-year period, with three works composed specifically for guitar soloist Yuri Liberzon. The Hommage à Tom Jobin was inspired by one of the creators of the bossa nova style, while the melancholic and lyrical contrasts of Rose in the Snow reveal Vassiliev’s gift for storytelling. Arias, romantic miniatures, variations and multi-character episodes further reveal Vassiliev to be a vibrant and exciting composer of wide-ranging gifts. Key Features: • Yuri Liberzon has transcribed music of Domenico Scarlatti and Johann Sebastian Bach for guitar. His transcriptions have been published in SoundBoard magazine and are distributed in Europe by Bergmann Edition. • Classical Guitar Magazine wrote of him, ‘If there were anyone in the classical guitar world that could manage to combine musical elegance with architectural logic, it would be Yuri Liberzon.’ • ‘He played virtually without flaws but not without taking risks. He played with warmth and musicality and a care for the notes, like a great chef preparing a marvellous musical banquet’, also wrote Marlow Guitar Series . • His guitar partner from the group Duo Equilibrium, Patrick O’Connell , joins him for two pieces – Obrio [track 12] and the Two Russian Pieces [tracks 15 and 16]. Click to listen to Hommage à Tom Jobim: III. Jam Beat LISTEN
8.574315 Release Date: 26 Aug 2022
Companion Titles – Guitar Collection 8.573308 | 8.573920 | 8.574117 | 8.579058
GREAT COMPOSERS IN WORDS AND MUSIC Written by Davinia Caddy Narrated by Lucy Scott Erik SATIE (1866–1925)
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Famous today for his Trois Gymnopédies , Erik Satie was an eccentric and solitary figure who was nevertheless viewed by some as a prophet of French musical modernism, his striking creativity championed by Ravel and Debussy. From tragedy and trauma in his early years, through his time as a pianist and Parisian provocateur at Le Chat Noir cabaret, and as house composer to the mystical Rose+Croix cult and beyond, Satie’s eventful life is told in this fascinating revue of a composer whose unique music is still influential today. The narrative is illustrated with musical excerpts from works including Gymnopédie No. 3 , Gnossienne No. 3 , Sports et Divertissements , Trois Morceaux en forme de poire and Relâche , among others.
8.578366 Release Date: 26 Aug 2022
Companion Titles – Previous releases in the series 8.578361 | 8.578362 | 8.578363 | 8.578364
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