NEW ON NAXOS | JULY 2022
INCLUDES WORLD PREMIERE RECORDINGS
Works For Two Cellos A. KRAFT • N. KRAFT • ROMBERG Alexander Rudin and Emin Martirosian, Cellos Musica Viva Moscow Chamber Orchestra
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The emergence of the cello as a solo instrument at the beginning of the 19th century encouraged composers to explore its melodic and sonorous potential, with compositions for two or more cellos becoming increasingly popular. Bernhard Romberg and Anton Kraft both had personal connections to Beethoven – their works offer inventive timbres, intimacy and substantial virtuosity. The world premiere recording of the sparkling Concertino by Kraft’s son Nikolaus completes an album of unique gems, influenced by Beethoven and Haydn, which helped to usher in the golden age of the cello.
Click to listen to ROMBERG, B.H.: Concertino for Two Cellos in A major, Op. 7
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Companion Titles – Previous recordings featuring Alexander Rudin 8.555992-93 | 8.558081-84 | 8.573966 | 8.573884
8.574386 • Release Date: 22 Jul 2022
Antonio SOLER (1729–1783) Keyboard Sonatas Nos. 96–98 Daumants Liepiņš, Piano
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Like many Catalan musicians of his time, Antonio Soler received initial training as a chorister before his excellence as an organist ensured high appointment at the Escorial, Spain’s royal palace. Here he absorbed the influence of Domenico Scarlatti, and the keyboard sonatas Soler composed remain his most lasting contribution to musical history. The three sonatas in this volume reflect his awareness of trends in Viennese music and are notable for their vivid pastoral elements, refined delicacy and sizzling virtuosic demands.
Click to listen to Keyboard Sonata No. 96 in E flat major, Op. 4, No. 6: I. Andante gracioso
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Companion Titles – Antonio Soler, Composer 8.573750 | 8.573863 | 8.574021 | 8.574344
8.574418 • Release Date: 22 Jul 2022
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Evocations Contemporary Organ Music BLOHN • BRANDMÜLLER • ESCAICH • JORDAN • PÄRT Christian von Blohn, Organ
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This album of contemporary organ repertoire features fascinating works that display a wide array of influences. Barry Jordan’s Praise Song , heard here its 2018 revision, draws on modern worship songs and African drumming rhythms, an element that also suffuses part of Thierry Escaich’s Évocation II, a work of electrifying intensity and vibrant colour. Arvo Pärt’s starkly beautiful Annum per annum is featured alongside Theo Brandmüller’s last work Sternenklänge . Dialogue vers les étoiles by Christian von Blohn – a student of Brandmüller – acts as a moving posthumous dialogue with his teacher.
Click to listen to PÄRT, A: Annum per annum
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Companion Titles – The Organ Encyclopedia 8.570892 | 8.572169 | 8.572436-37 | 8.574252-53
8.579122 • Release Date: 22 Jul 2022
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Kemal BELEVI (b. 1954) Cypriana Works for Violin and Guitar Silvia Grasso, Violin • Livio Grasso, Guitar
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Kemal Belevi’s works for the guitar, either solo or in combination, as heard on this album, exude the colour and allure of the eastern Mediterranean. Without alluding to any specific tunes, he evokes Cypriot folk music in Cypriana , while the linked Four Sketches show his variety in the work’s bracing modernity. Belevi is at heart a romantic and a melodist of touching beauty as can be heard in Catch 22 and in the subtle colour study Clouds . The poignant Suite Chypre is heard in this special arrangement made for Silvia and Livio Grasso.
Click to listen to Air and Dance
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Companion Titles – Kemal Belevi, Composer 8.574081
Companion Titles – Works for Guitar Duo 8.574389 | 8.574193 | 8.574061 | 8.573761
8.579104 • Release Date: 22 Jul 2022
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