NEW ON NAXOS | MAY 2025
Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART (1756–1791) Piano Transcriptions of Orchestral Dances 12 Minuets, K. 103 • 16 Minuets, K. 176 (fragment) 12 Kontretänze, K. Anh. C29.01 (fragment) March in C major, K. 408, No. 1 Tung Nguyen, Piano
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The music on this recording was written between 1772 and 1782, largely during Mozart’s difficult time in Salzburg employed as Konzertmeister under the regime of Prince-Archbishop Colloredo. Transcribed for keyboard from orchestral originals by Mozart himself, these dances were composed as part of his court duties and they reflect both the tastes of the day, and Mozart’s facility in refining popular genres into stylish pieces with his typical grace and panache. As an exception, the March No. 1 in C major was mentioned by Mozart’s widow Constanze as a piece ‘my husband of blessed memory composed for me’. Key features: • Young Vietnamese pianist Tung Nguyen appears here in his Naxos debut. He has performed in numerous concerts in Europe and Oregon as a soloist and collaborative pianist, and is the laureate of national and international piano competitions, notably the Young Musician International Competition ‘Città di Barletta’ in Italy, and the Music Teachers National Association (MTNA) Young Artist Competition spanning Oregon and the Northwest region. • Tung Nguyen has performed with major chamber groups and orchestras in Oregon, including the Eugene Symphony, Oregon Bach Collegium, Oregon Mozart Players and at the Oregon Bach Festival.
8.574582 Release date: 23 May 2025 Companion titles –Other piano transcriptions
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Erich ZEISL (1905–1959) Lieder, Vol. 3 Sara Hershkowitz, Soprano So-Mang Jeagal, Gloria Cheng, Pianos
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By the age of 30 Erich Zeisl was considered one of Vienna’s leading composers. His compositions included chamber works, choral and orchestral pieces, opera and ballet, and Lieder. His settings from Des Knaben Wunderhorn invariably evoke a Mahlerian lineage as Zeisl draws on imagery of light and dark, sunshine and death. In this volume his early songs are juxtaposed with his last, from 1938, a graphic setting of Komm süsser Tod . In exile he wrote no more songs. After the Anschluss, which wrecked his career, Zeisl escaped to America where he endured frustration and ultimately rejection as a film composer at MGM. During this time he composed a piano anthology for his daughter, Barbara, in which he created charming miniatures tailored for the young learner. Key features: • 2025 is the 120th anniversary of Zeisl’s birth. • Sara Hershkowitz is an American coloratura soprano active in Germany. Her debut with the Los Angeles Philharmonic was praised by The New Yorker as one of the top opera picks of 2018. • Gloria Cheng won a GRAMMY Award for her 2008 Piano Music of Esa-Pekka Salonen, Steven Stucky, and Witold Lutosławski, and a nomination for The Edge of Light: Messiaen/Saariaho . ‘[It] was Cheng, who played with her customary refined brilliance for tone colour, rhythmic devotion and striking capacity to make every gesture matter, that turned disparate pieces into both garland and garden’ ( Los Angeles Times ). • So-Mang Jeagal won the Grand Prize at the Korea Music Foundation Competition and First Prizes at esteemed international competitions such as the Washington International Piano Competition and the Liszt International Music Competition.
8.551471 Release date: 9 May 2025
Companion titles – Erich Zeisl, Composer
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