New On Naxos | General Issue: October 2022

NEW ON NAXOS | OCTOBER 2022

INCLUDES WORLD PREMIERE RECORDINGS

Works for Violin and Percussion Orchestra AGÓCS • HARRISON • RODRÍGUEZ Nicholas Kitchen, Violin New England Conservatory Percussion Ensemble Frank Epstein

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The unique instrumentation of the three works in this album was pioneered by the innovative Lou Harrison, whose 1959 concerto encapsulates his culturally wide-ranging aesthetic. More conventional instruments work alongside calibrated extras such as wash tubs and flowerpots in a work of colour, languorous elegance and kinetic energy. The companion works were composed in its honour: Robert Xavier Rodríguez’s Xochiquetzal evokes the ancient Mayan world in imaginary folk music to form a synthesis of time periods and cultures, while the economical serenity of Kati Agócs’s concerto also includes bitonal effects and zesty syncopation. Key Features: • The New England Percussion Ensemble was founded by Frank Epstein in 1968 and is rapidly approaching its 55th anniversary They have recorded two albums of American percussion music for Naxos – Vol. 1 (8.559683) included Robert Xavier Rodriguez’s El dia de los Muertos , and was one of MusicWeb International ’s ‘Recordings of the Year’ in 2011. Vol. 2 is on 8.559684. •

8.574212 Release Date: 28 Oct 2022

Companion Titles – Percussion music 8.559683 | 8.559684 | 8.579028 | 8.573200

Epstein is devoted to the promotion of new music and his book Cymbalisms , a complete guide for the orchestral cymbal player, is now available from Hal Leonard Music Publishers.

Frank Epstein

Click to listen to RODRÍGUEZ, R.X.: Xochiquetzal: I. Xochiquetzal and Her Retinue of Hummingbirds (Andante grazioso) –

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Works for Guitar Sextet S. ASSAD • J.S. BACH • DE BIASI • KREBS OURKOUZOUNOV • RAVEL • ROSSINI Guitarra a Seis

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With specially made instruments and a range that can emulate that of a whole orchestra, the acclaimed Guitarra a Seis bring us a colourful programme that includes works written specially for the ensemble. Opening with a real feast for the ears in Bach’s lively Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 , we further encounter the magical moods of Ravel’s Ma mère l’Oye , a blend of Bulgarian folk and modern music from Atanas Ourkouzounov, Tobias Krebs’ jazz-infused Suite Panamericana , and Sérgio Assad’s humorous Juan Sebastian’s Bar , which alludes to Bach and Beethoven but is Brazilian through and through. Key Features: •

The guitar sextet Guitarra a Seis was founded in Zurich in 2012. The founder members include the three German guitarists Jens Stibal, Harald Stampa and Matthias Kläger as well as the Brazilian guitarist Edmauro de Oliveira. The Polish guitarist Adam Oleńczak joined in 2016, followed by the Swiss guitarist and composer Tobias Krebs in 2019. • This is Guitarra a Seis’ debut on the Naxos label, but this is an ensemble that has already established European renown in the guitar world and beyond for its innovative approach to performing and its imaginative programming of arrangements and original works, some of which have achieved wide exposure through a number of high-quality YouTube videos. Harald Stampa has also recorded the music of Frank Martin for the Musiques Suisses label (MGB-6264).

8.551475 Release Date: 14 Oct 2022

Companion Titles – Guitar Classics 8.551291 | 8.573473 | 8.573676 | 8.573592

From left to right: Matthias Kläger , Tobias Krebs , Jens Stibal , Adam Oleńczak , Harald Stampa and Edmauro de Oliveira

Click to listen to OURKOUZOUNOV, A.: Codex Bulgaricus

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GREAT COMPOSERS IN WORDS AND MUSIC Written by Davinia Caddy Narrated by Lucy Scott Fryderyk CHOPIN (1810–1849)

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Polish by birth, Fryderyk Chopin made his name in post-Revolutionary Paris and is often depicted as the archetypal Romantic artist – blessed with extraordinary talent but consumed by the flame of genius, tormented by intense and tempestuous relationships and doomed to an early death. But how much of this story is based on fact? This account of Chopin’s life and times separates myth and reality. Illustrated with numerous musical examples, the narrative takes us from his youthful beginnings as ‘a second Mozart’ to the darkness and light of his life and the brilliance of his work.

Companion Titles – Previous releases in the series 8.578361 | 8.578362 | 8.578363 | 8.578364 | 8.578366

8.578367 Release Date: 28 Oct 2022

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