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Armenian Brilliance ABRAMIAN • ARUTIUNIAN • BAGDASARIAN BARKHUDARIAN • BEKARIAN • KHACHATURIAN KOMITAS • MIRZOIAN Nikolay Madoyan, Violin • Armine Grigoryan, Piano
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Small in form yet rich in artistic significance, these delightful Armenian works for violin and piano are both evocative and songful. Komitas Vardapet’s poetic examples include Krounk (‘The Crane’), the anthemic symbol of the motherland, whilst Khachaturian is represented by his enticing Dance in B flat major , his first ever work, and by violin arrangements from his popular ballet Gayane . This album presents some of Armenia’s finest composers in a programme of nostalgic evocations, folkloric infusions and exquisite melodies. Key Features: • This recording is violinist Nikolay Madoyan ’s debut album for Naxos. In 2017 he was entered into the Guinness Book of World Records for the ‘The Longest Violin Performance’ which lasted for 33 hours, 2 minutes and 41 seconds. •
8.574535 Release Date: 13 Oct 2023
Pianist Armine Grigoryan was awarded medals of the Ministry of Culture of Poland and Armenia, and is the director of the Aram Khachaturian Museum. She tours internationally with the Aram Khachaturian Trio.
Companion Titles – Armenian Composers 8.573467 | 8.570988 | 8.550800 | 8.570324
Nikolay Madoyan
Click to listen to VARDAPET, K.: Tsirani Tsar (‘The Apricot Tree’)
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Lorenzo PEROSI (1872–1956) Piano Quintets Nos. 3 and 4 String Trios Matteo Bevilacqua, Piano • Roma Tre Orchestra Ensemble
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Lorenzo Perosi was both a priest and a composer, enriching Italian music with a large body of transcendent choral music that was admired by Puccini. Much less well known is his chamber music, written during a creative outpouring after serious illness between 1928 and 1931. The piano quintets are marked by rich melodic ideas and a buoyancy of mood. The String Trio No. 1 in G minor is admirably concise and the accompanying six string trios reflect a strong command of counterpoint. Perosi’s piano quartets and String Trio No. 2 are available on Naxos 8.574375. Key Features: • This recording follows Perosi’s Piano Quintets Nos. 1 and 2 and String Trio No. 2 (8.574375): ‘The playing is ebullient and committed, and sometimes really sparkles… There is much that is dramatic and cinematic about this music’ ( Gramophone ). • Pianist Matteo Bevilacqua ’s recordings have been reviewed in prestigious publications such as Gramophone magazine, and have been featured on the Italian national radio station Rai Radio 3. One of his latest projects has involved a recital where the pianist has worn an EEG neuronal headset, capturing their brain activity and transforming it into real-time visual art. In this same month Bevilacqua will make his Grand Piano label debut, with the piano music of another Italian composer, Luciano Berio (GP903).
8.574484 Release Date: 27 Oct 2023
Companion Titles – 20th Century Italian Classics 8.574375 | 8.579042 8.572628 | 8.557661-63
Click to listen to Piano Quintet No. 3 in A minor: III. Vivo senza correre
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Leopold GODOWSKY (1870–1938) Piano Music, Vol. 15 53 Studies on the Chopin Études, Vol. 2 Konstantin Scherbakov, Piano
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Leopold Godowsky began composing his 53 Studies on the Chopin Études in 1894 when he was only 23, finishing two decades later. His fertile musical imagination and exceptional virtuosity ensure that the studies sound vastly more complex and daringly inventive than Chopin’s original material. Late Romanticism informed Godowsky’s conception and his use of the left hand, for example, reinforces the many demands that he considered necessary for contemporary virtuosity, with music that is fearsomely challenging and boundlessly inventive. This release completes the full set of Études that began with Volume 1 (Marco Polo 8.225372).
Click to listen to Seven Études, Op. 10 – No. 2 in D flat major
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8.225385 Release Date: 27 Oct 2023
Companion Titles – Previous releases in Leopold Godowsky Piano Music series 8.223793 | 8.223794 | 8.223795 | 8.223898 8.223899 | 8.225187 | 8.225267 | 8.225274 8.225226 | 8.225276 | 8.225350 | 8.225364 8.225367 | 8.225372
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