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Mario CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO (1895–1968) Greeting Cards – 21 pieces for guitar Andrea De Vitis, Guitar
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Between 1953 and 1967, the Italian composer Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco wrote a series of Greeting Cards . These 52 musical folios, 21 of which were written for the guitar – an instrument that had inspired him since he first heard Segovia perform – are pen portraits of admired colleagues. Castelnuovo-Tedesco’s imagination and technical mastery are reinforced by the use of rhythms associated with the dedicatees’ nationality or through evocations inspired by their names. The cycle offers a surprising, generous and rewarding body of musical cryptology that belies its small-scale form. Key Features: • Andrea De Vitis is considered one of the most talented guitarists of his generation and has won over 40 awards at several prestigious competitions, including the Guitar Masters International Guitar Competition in Wrocław, the ‘Altamira’ Guitar Competition in Iserlohn, and the Guitar Foundation of America International Concert Artist Competition. • He has recorded two volumes of Tansman’s guitar music for Naxos. Volume 1 is on 8.573983 which American Record Guide said was ‘A great addition to the Naxos catalogue. I look forward to the next instalment.’ The second volume can be heard on 8.573984 which was also commended by the American Record Guide : ‘This is a lovely recording of little-known works!’ • Naxos has two albums of Castelnuovo-Tedesco’s music for two guitars on 8.570778: ‘This is great playing. This is wonderful music played at the highest interpretive level’ ( American Record Guide ). On 8.570779, MusicWeb International wrote: ‘thoroughly enjoyable and recommendable’.
8.574246 Release Date: 14 Apr 2023
Companion Titles – Andrea De Vitis, Guitar 8.573983 | 8.573984 Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Composer 8.570778 | 8.570779 | 8.572252-53 | 8.574319
Click to listen to 52 Greeting Cards, Op. 170: No. 6. Rondel on the Name of Siegfried Behrend
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Dieter AMMANN (b. 1962) Core – Turn – Boost & unbalanced instability Simone Zgraggen, Violin • Basel Sinfonietta • Baldur Brönnimann
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Dieter Ammann has won numerous international awards and is now one of the most renowned Swiss composers of his generation. The multilayered unbalanced instability is a concerto for violin and chamber orchestra that seeks unpredictability and shifting perspectives between solo and orchestra. Ammann’s slowly developed orchestral triptych reflects his meticulous working methods. Core reshapes and transcends its improvised origins, while the slowly unfolding Turn serves as an adagio in the set. The irrepressible energy of Boost forms the kind of dramaturgy of tension and release that led Boulez to describe Ammann’s music as ‘artistic reflected spontaneity at the highest level’. Key Features: • This release will be Dieter Ammann ’s debut on our label. • Ammann is renowned in his native Switzerland and beyond, with numerous works recorded on the Musiques Suisses label, as well has having significant works such as the Piano Concerto ‘Gran Toccata’ released on the BIS label (BIS-2310), and The Freedom of Speech on Hat Hut Records (hat[now]ART 158).
8.551474 Release Date: 14 Apr 2023
Companion Titles – Swiss Composers 8.555411 | 8.570829 | 8.573241 | 8.572192
Sergey RACHMANINOV (1873–1943) Pianist and Conductor Legendary Recordings, 1919–1942 Sergey Rachmaninov, Piano • Conductor The Philadelphia Orchestra • Leopold Stokowski • Eugene Ormandy E R H MA 1 8 7 3 YEARS
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Rachmaninov’s 78rpm discs constitute one of the most important recorded legacies in the history of music. He started recording for Edison in 1919 but thereafter was a Victor artist for the remainder of his life. These acoustical and electrical recordings attained technical and interpretative heights seldom equalled and saw collaborations with conductors Leopold Stokowski and Eugene Ormandy in the four piano concertos. Rachmaninov performs a broad selection of his own solo piano works as well as favourites from his repertoire by other composers. Symphony No. 3 and The Isle of the Dead can also be heard with The Philadelphia Orchestra under the composer’s baton. The set includes discs not issued at the time and the critically acclaimed remastering has been carried out by Ward Marston and Mark Obert-Thorn.
8.109001 [9 Discs] Release Date: 28 Apr 2023
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Companion Titles – Other Great Pianists on Naxos Historical 8.111387 | 8.112052 | 8.111116 | 8.111366
Naxos Historical recordings are not available in the United States
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