NEW ON NAXOS | FEBRUARY 2024
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Carl CZERNY (1791–1857) Nocturnes Roberte Mamou, Piano
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Czerny is remembered as Beethoven’s favoured interpreter of his own piano works and is well known as Liszt’s teacher, but it is for his pedagogic works, still in use to this day, that he continues to enjoy renown. The Nocturnes offer a less familiar view of Czerny. These sensitively shaped, small-scale Biedermeier compositions offered domestic households the opportunity to savour their sense of delicacy and enigmatic mood changes. The Op. 604 set is rather more robust than Op. 368 , which is exquisitely sensitive, but equally convincing in characterisation and scope. Key Features: • Steinway Artist Roberte Mamou received a Diapason d’Or award for her recording of music by Cimarosa, where she was described as a ‘Poetess of Sound’. She has appeared as a soloist with the Berlin Symphony, the Dresden Philharmonic, the Moscow Soloists, the Collegium Instrumentale in Bruges, and the Orchestre Philharmonique de Lille. Mamou was nominated for Opus Klassik 2022 (Berlin) for her album Viennese Variations , in the instrumentalist of the year category. • Czerny’s Piano Concertinos can be heard on 8.574458: ‘Rosemary Tuck is a fine player with a delicately flexible touch, and in the second Concertino … she copes gracefully with every virtuoso challenge the score throws at her’ ( BBC Music Magazine ). His Romantic Piano Fantasies on Sir Walter Scott’s Novels was an American Record Guide Critic’s Choice, and was described as ‘exciting and brilliant with moments of true beauty’ ( American Record Guide ).
8.574581 Release Date: 9 Feb 2024
Companion Titles – Carl Czerny, Composer
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Click to listen to Huit Nocturnes, Op. 368: No. 1 in E major
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Eduard STRAUSS I (1835–1916) A Centenary Celebration, Vol. 3 Glühlichter • Pegasus-Sprünge • Widmungsblätter Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice Marek Štilec
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Though he is much less well remembered than his more famous brothers, Johann II and Josef, Eduard Strauss was the master of the quick polka and the galop with a succession of distinctive and beguiling melodies and a genius for orchestration. This latest release continues the rediscovery of his music with a succession of pieces, all of which are receiving their first commercial recordings. His music was performed at some of Vienna’s most glittering balls and carnival festivities with Eduard offering such à la mode pieces as the Electric Lights waltz and the ingenious equine polka, Leaps of Pegasus . Key Features: • Czech conductor Marek Štilec takes over for Vol. 3. He is a notable Czech music specialist and has finely reviewed recordings to his name on Naxos including works of Novák, Foerster, Fibich, Koželuch, Beck, Beethoven and also his multi-volume Wranitzky albums. • Vol. 1 of the series is conducted by the late John Georgiadis: ‘The selections on this recording are primarily waltzes, fast polkas, and galops, which were Eduard’s specialties. The performances are all energetic and beautiful’ ( American Record Guide on 8.225369). Vol. 2 is on 8.225371: ‘Georgiadis and his Czech forces once again have everything well in hand, providing over an hour’s carefree delight in fine sound. If you fancy Viennese waltzes, add this to your stash’ ( Fanfare ). • Eduard Strauss’ older brother, Johann II, is well-represented on Naxos. Recent recording include his operetta Waldmeister on 8.660489-90. ‘Waldmeister is a wonderfully melodious score, and stage productions and alternative recordings are clearly well overdue. Which is not to say that this wholehearted (and necessary) venture from Naxos is anything other than very welcome indeed’ ( Gramophone ).
8.225382 Release Date: 23 Feb 2024
Companion Titles – Previous volumes in the series
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Click to listen to Herz und Welt. Polka-Mazur, Op. 131
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