NEW ON NAXOS | NOVEMBER 2023
WORLD PREMIERE RECORDINGS
Sir William WALTON (1902–1983) Roberto MOLINELLI (b. 1963) Cello Concerto Viola Concerto (arranged for viola) ‘Lady Walton’s Garden’ Anna Serova, Viola Haydn Orchestra of Bolzano and Trento Roberto Molinelli With his distinctive blend of incisive drama and lyrical expressiveness, Sir William Walton was one of the greatest English composers of the 20th century. He and his wife Susana made their home on the Italian island of Ischia where he composed the Cello Concerto – a work he considered to be the best of his three concertos for string instruments – heard here for the first time in a stunning transcription for viola by Anna Serova. The Italian composer Roberto Molinelli pays homage to Susana’s Argentine roots and the beautiful garden she created, La Mortella, with his concerto Lady Walton’s Garden , displaying a colourful use of South American and Neapolitan instruments. William’s Rock and The Missing E are also dedicated to La Mortella. Key Features: • This fascinating project marks the 40th anniversary of Sir William Walton’s death, and it presents four world premiere recordings, all composed on and celebrating the island of Ischia and the Walton’s famous Giardini La Mortella, still regarded today as one of the most captivating gardens in the world. • Violist Anna Serova has several compositions dedicated to her in recent years by some of the most important contemporary composers. Her Naxos recording of Boris Pigovat’s Holocaust Requiem (8.572729) received wide critical acclaim, including from Classical Lost and Found : ‘Violist Anna Serova is spectacular, delivering exceptionally confident, technically brilliant, sensitive renditions of Pigovat’s heartfelt scores’.
8.573990 Release Date: 10 Nov 2023
Companion Titles – Viola concertos
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INCLUDES A WORLD PREMIERE RECORDING
Edino KRIEGER (1928–2022) Canticum Naturale *
Ludus Symphonicus • Variações Elementares Flavia Fernandes, Soprano * • São Paulo Symphony Choir Goiás Philharmonic Orchestra • Neil Thomson
Edino Krieger was a leading figure in Brazilian music as both composer and arts director who influenced a generation of his compatriots during his long life. Krieger’s works can be divided into three phases: serial, neo-Classical, and a fascinating synthesis of traditionalism and the avant-garde. From the second category comes the transitional Variações Elementares whereas his final creative phase, his peak of artistic maturity, is represented by the remainder of the programme. Included is one of his most emblematic pieces, Canticum Naturale , an expansive Amazonian painting in sound, and the virtuosic and expressive Ludus Symphonicus . Key Features: •
8.574408 Release Date: 10 Nov 2023
Neil Thomson has been principal conductor and artistic director of the Goiás Philharmonic Orchestra since 2014, leading the orchestra to national prominence with its championing of Brazilian and contemporary repertoire. They have recently recorded the music of Claudio Santoro on 8.574410, which was hailed as ‘An utterly fascinating and unique disc’ by The Art Music Lounge . •
Companion Titles – Neil Thomson and the Goiás Philharmonic Orchestra
Neil Thomson
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Vol. 2 of Santoro’s complete symphonies on 8.574406 is admired by Gramophone : ‘These impressive and rarely heard works are all played with absolute conviction and panache by the Goiás Philharmonic under Neil Thomson, and the recordings are crystal-clear’.
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Goiás Philharmonic Orchestra
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