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Alexey SHOR (b. 1970) Composer’s Notebook, Vol. 4 Cello Concerto No. 1 ‘Musical Pilgrimage’ Violin Concerto No. 3 ‘The Four Seasons of Manhattan’ Phoenix • Schubertango Alexander Chaushian, Cello Zia Hyunsu Shin, Dumitru Pocitari, Kristóf Baráti, Violin Kyiv Virtuosi John Warner • Massimiliano Caldi • Dmitry Yablonsky
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Memorable melodies and a descriptive sense of place mark out Alexey Shor’s two concertos. The Cello Concerto juxtaposes styles across the epochs in pursuit of a unique ‘musical pilgrimage’, while in the Violin Concerto No. 3 his focus is on ‘seasonal’ Manhattan, as he adds a contemporary vision to the historical precedents set by Vivaldi and Piazzolla. Phoenix is a rhapsodic fantasy, lyrical and full of variation, which evokes a sense of renewal and transformation, while Schubertango offers a celebration of playful contrasts. Key features: • Internationally admired Armenian cellist Alexander Chaushian ’s recent concerto appearances include concerts with Royal Philharmonic and Philharmonia Orchestras, the Academy of St Martin in the Fields and Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. He is ‘a force to be reckoned with’ ( The Guardian ), while The New York Times singled out ‘[the nobility] of Mr. Chaushian’s firmly sustained phrasing’. • South Korean violinist Zia Hyunsu Shin won top prizes in all the major international competitions, including the Long–Thibaud International Competition, the Premio Paganini International Violin Competition, the Tibor Varga International Violin Competition, and many others. • Dumitru Pocitari has been concertmaster of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra since 2019. In 2022 he won the ‘Classic Strings’ International Competition and received two special prizes, and in 2023 he was appointed a concertmaster of the Wiener Symphoniker. Kristóf Baráti was a prize-winner of the Long–Thibaud and Queen Elisabeth competitions, and he won the Paganini Competition in Moscow in 2010.
8.579142 Release date: 13 Jun 2025
Companion titles – Previous releases in the series
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Click to listen to Cello Concerto No. 1 ‘Musical Pilgrimage’: III. Ritmico
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Goffredo PETRASSI (1904–2003) Concertos for Orchestra Nos. 4–6 Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma Francesco La Vecchia
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Goffredo Petrassi was 28 when his Partita (recorded on Naxos 8.572411) propelled him to European fame. He fused neo-Classicism with more contemporary traits reinforced by his mastery of polyphony, qualities that can be found in his eight Concertos for Orchestra ( Nos. 1–3 are available on 8.573702). Concertos Nos. 4–6 were written in the mid-1950s and are striking examples of emotional turbulence and structural compression, fastidiously scored and imaginative in their formal conception. The soloistic writing of Invenzione concertata (Concerto No. 6) adds another layer of sonic complexity to these gripping concertos. Key features: • Francesco La Vecchia was the permanent conductor and artistic director of the Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma , born from his own project, for 14 years. He was Principal Guest Conductor of the Berliner Symphoniker for five years. He is an Honorary Academician of the Beijing Conservatory, emeritus professor of the University of Seoul and Ambassador of the UN and FAO for Culture in the World. •
8.573703 Release date: 27 Jun 2025
The orchestra also undertook a wide-ranging and well- received series of recordings, principally for Naxos, of important compositions by Italian composers of the 19th and 20th centuries, including Busoni, Catalani, Ferrara, Ghedini, Malipiero, Mancinelli, Martucci, Mercadante, Petrassi, Sgambati and Wolf-Ferrari. Many of these are world premiere recordings.
Companion titles – Francesco La Vecchia and Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma
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Click to listen to Quarto Concerto per orchestra d’archi: Allegro inquieto –
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