NEW ON NAXOS | DECEMBER 2023
INCLUDES WORLD PREMIERE RECORDINGS
Catalan Cello Works CASABLANCAS • CASALS • CASSADÓ • GRANADOS • MOMPOU Dmitry Yablonsky, Cello • Laia Martín, Piano The cello was a vital part of Catalan musical expression in the first half of the 20th century. Pablo Casals as composer and cello virtuoso was its revolutionary force, and his student Gaspar Cassadó joined him in writing superb transcriptions and expressive original works with a strong sense of tradition and national melodic flavour. Casablancas’ Cant per a Frederic Mompou ‘Remembrança’ pays homage to another great friend and colleague, while Enrique Granados’s soulful Madrigal is accompanied by delectable arrangements of piano works with cello such as the Goyescas . A digital single featuring more pieces by Casals, Cassadó and Mompou is available on 9.70354.
Click to listen to CASSADÓ, G.: Sonata nello stile antico spagnuolo: III. Danza con variazioni
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8.579097 Release Date: 1 Dec 2023
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Catalan Cello Works CASALS • CASSADÓ • MOMPOU * Only available for download and streaming
Companion Titles – Other Catalan music releases 8.570457 | 8.570533 | 8.573547 | 8.573602
9.70354 * Release Date: 1 Dec 2023
Zygmunt NOSKOWSKI (1846–1909) Władysław ŻELEŃSKI (1837–1921) Violin Sonatas Laurence Kayaleh, Violin • Bernadene Blaha, Piano
Both Zygmunt Noskowski and Władysław Żeleński were leading exponents of Polish nationalism in the period from the last quarter of the 19th century. Noskowski is best remembered as a symphonist but his large-scale Violin Sonata in A minor is an imposing work that suggests the influence both of Beethoven’s ‘Kreutzer’ Sonata and of Brahms. Żeleński was as eminent a teacher as he was a composer, seeking to broaden Poland’s provincial outlook through works such his opera Janek (Naxos 8.660521-22). His Violin Sonata in F major typifies the essentially conservative idiom that Żeleński pursued in his maturity.
8.574220 Release Date: 1 Dec 2023
Click to listen to NOSKOWSKI, Z.: Violin Sonata in A minor: I. Allegro con brio
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Companion Titles – Laurence Kayaleh, Violin 8.573345 | 8.572192 | 8.570298 | 8.573841
IN THE STUDIO: ZYGMUNT NOSKOWSKI & WŁADYSŁAW ELE SKI VIOLIN SONATAS
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Billy ARCILA (b. 1968) ARDILA • BECERRA • BIGNEY • OROZCO • SUPA Same River Twice Works for Guitar Billy Arcila, Guitar • Somnuek Saeng-arun, Khlui
Billy Arcila, raised in Medellín, Colombia, has lived in the United States for over 40 years, where he teaches and performs as one of California’s foremost guitarists. This album, the first to be made of Arcila’s music, contains works ranging across his entire compositional life, from his first published work to the most recent. Interspersed with the music of other admired composers which exploit nationalist elements, such as the bambuco and pasillo rhythms, Arcila’s autobiographical guitar music embraces the nostalgic, the verdant and the vibrant.
8.574488 Release Date: 1 Dec 2023
Click to listen to OROZCO, F.S.: Luna de Cristal (Bambuco)
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Companion Titles – Latin American Guitar Music 8.573059 | 8.574016 | 8.573631 | 8.573674
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