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Johann Simon MAYR (1763–1845) L’accademia di musica (‘The Academy of Music’) Farsa in one act (1799) Libretto by Gaetano Rossi • Sung in Italian Various Artists
Johann Simon Mayr was among the most successful composers prior to Rossini, and while he was long remembered as Donizetti’s teacher his excellent music is now gaining the recognition it deserves. L’accademia di musica is a single-act farsa or comedy, its narrative a variation on the familiar situation of an elderly rich man trying to seduce and marry his young maid and the complications and intrigues that ensue, including ‘play within a play’ and a concert held as part of the opera. With its vaudeville finale and metaphorical touches, this opera simultaneously recalls 18th-century traditions and anticipates Rossini. Key Feature:
8.660511 Release Date: 14 Oct 2022
This latest release from our ongoing and always popular recordings from Rossini in Wildbad sees a welcome return of the stylish Passionart Orchestra at this bel canto festival, with singers and instrumentalists brought together by the experienced baton of Nicola Pascoli to create a production of a virtually unknown opera that generated much acclaim. Click to listen to Sinfonia LISTEN
Companion Titles – Johann Simon Mayr, Composer
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Nicola Pascoli
Trumpet Concertos ARUTIUNIAN • SHOSTAKOVICH • WEINBERG Paul Merkelo, Trumpet • Jae-Hyuck Cho, Piano • Russian National Orchestra • Hans Graf The trumpet has had many concertos written for it by composers from the Soviet era and beyond. Appealing in its unabashed melodies and colourfully nostalgic feel, Arutiunian’s Trumpet Concerto became popular in the West, while Weinberg’s emotive Trumpet Concerto in B flat major was summed up by Shostakovich as a ‘symphony for trumpet and orchestra’. Shostakovich’s own playful Concerto No. 1, Op. 35 is recorded here with Timofei Dokschizer’s extended trumpet part, bringing it closer to the Baroque ‘double concerto’ model that the composer may initially have intended. Key Feature: The three works featured on this recording each has a connection with virtuoso trumpeter Timofei Dokshizer, who commissioned and premiered a succession of such pieces. A major attraction for this release is Paul Merkelo playing Shostakovich’s extremely popular Piano Concerto No. 1 (which also features acclaimed pianist Jae-Hyuck Cho ) in a version with archival cadenzas and ornamentation by Timofei Dokschizer.
8.579117 Release Date: 14 Oct 2022
Companion Titles – Trumpet Concertos 8.572363 | 8.570465 | 8.554806 | 8.550243
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Ferdinand RIES (1784–1838) Complete Piano Sonatas and Sonatinas Susan Kagan and Vassily Primakov, Pianos
Ferdinand Ries was a friend and pupil of Beethoven and was praised by Robert Schumann for his ‘remarkable originality’. He was also one of the great piano virtuosos of his age and perfectly placed to compose works for his instrument that honour the Classical tradition of Haydn and Mozart while foreshadowing the Romanticism of Schubert and Chopin. In Susan Kagan, an acknowledged authority on the composer, these works have found an interpreter of sympathy and eloquence who brings the composer’s fluency, poignancy and drama fully to life: ‘Ries could not have asked for a better pianist and proponent than he has found in Susan Kagan’ ( Fanfare ). WHAT’S INSIDE THE BOX DISC 3
8.506043 [6 Discs] Release Date: 28 Oct 2022
DISC 2 ‘Kagan plays [these pieces] powerfully, as befits this impressive music.’ – Turok’s Choice DISC 5 ‘Kagan’s performance is simply marvellous throughout… The recording and general technical quality are once again first-rate.’ – MusicWeb International
DISC 1 ‘These are not technically easy pieces to play…yet Kagan navigates them flawlessly.’ – Fanfare DISC 4 ‘[Kagan’s] playing is rock solid and dependable with a faint whiff of pedagogy.’ – Gramophone
‘This one is very well played and recorded… proves to be well worth having.’ – American Record Guide DISC 6 ‘[Kagan’s] pianism, along with Primakov, makes this one of the more enjoyable releases to come my way in a long time.’ – American Record Guide
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Companion Titles – Other releases of music by Ferdinand Ries 8.505257 | 8.573726 | 8.573851 8.573193 | 8.573717 | 8.573862
La rivista di musica classica fondata nel 1977
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