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George WALKER (1922–2018) Complete Piano Works, Vol. 2 Alexandre Dossin, Piano University of Oregon Philharmonia David M. Jacobs
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George Walker’s international reputation as a composer and pianist was recognized with numerous commissions and awards, including a Pulitzer Prize in 1996. His piano music is colorful and brings to life unique musical soundscapes as heard in the cyclical Fourth Piano Sonata which alternates between sections of virtuoso muscularity and lyrical repose. The Piano Concerto integrates expansive Classical forms with inspiration derived from songs by Duke Ellington, something also cleverly hidden in Guido’s Hand . Walker concluded his impressive contribution to the modern repertoire with his passionate Fifth Piano Sonata – a work that packs monumental expressive range into an extremely concise span. Volume 1 of this two-volume complete edition can be heard on Naxos 8.559916. Key features: • This second volume of George Walker’s piano music joins its predecessor on Naxos 8.559916, released in April 2024, together forming a unique complete piano works edition. Including the rarely heard Piano Concerto , this is the first such recording done by one pianist. George Walker’s truly impressive Piano Concerto has not been recorded in more than 10 years, and this is only the third commercial recording available of this work. •
8.559942 Release date: 23 Aug 2024 Companion titles – Alexandre Dossin, Piano
Acclaimed by international critics, Steinway Artist Alexandre Dossin has already firmly established himself as an artist of the first rank, with awards for both First Prize and the Special Prize at the Martha Argerich International Piano Competition. Other awards include the Silver Medal in the Maria Callas Grand Prix and both the Third Prize and Special Prize at the Mozart International Piano Competition, among many international and national accolades received throughout his career.
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Click to listen to Piano Concerto: Movement III
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Eugene ZÁDOR (1894–1977) Piano Quintet (version for piano and string orchestra) Accordion Concerto • Suite for Brass Instruments • Hungarian Fantasy Budapest Symphony Orchestra MÁV Mariusz Smolij
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Devoted to music that celebrated the human spirit, Eugene Zádor took pleasure in composing for unusual ensembles. One such example of what he called ‘underprivileged’ instruments was the accordion and his delightful concerto for the instrument is tonal but coloured by a communicative, contemporary vocabulary. As befits the man who was Miklós Rózsa’s exclusive film-score orchestrator, Zádor finds glorious sonority and colour in the Suite for Brass Instruments . The evocative smaller pieces have been arranged by Mariusz Smolij as has the characterful and wide-ranging Piano Quintet of 1933 that won the Hungarian National State Prize. Key features: • Naxos has a sequence of seven other Zádor recordings all performed by the Budapest Symphony Orchestra MÁV under Mariusz Smolij . Celebration Music and other pieces was released in March 2023 on 8.574262: ‘The performances are uniformly superb… The orchestral sound is rich and warm, and conductor Mariusz Smolij is expressive with his rubato and generous in his dynamic shading’ ( Fanfare ). • Sinfonia Technica and other pieces are on 8.574108 . Records International wrote that it was ‘warmly expressive and colourful music’. •
8.574448 Release date: 23 Aug 2024 Companion titles – Eugene Zádor, Composer
The Budapest Symphony Orchestra MÁV is one of the leading orchestras in Hungary. It was founded in 1945 after the Second World War by the president of the Hungarian State Railway (MÁV). The orchestra’s repertoire ranges from Baroque to contemporary works, with an audience of over 50,000 people annually, reaching out to many more through radio and television broadcasts and online platforms. Successful tours have gained the orchestra acclaim across Europe and South America, as well as in China, Egypt, Hong Kong, Japan, Lebanon, Oman and South Korea.
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Click to listen to Accordion Concerto: III. Rondo alla zingaresca
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