This month's New on Naxos for November 2024 presents a new John Rutter Christmas album, featuring the Black Dyke Band. 'Brass at Christmas' brings together a selection of Rutter's most famous Christmas carols in beautiful new arrangements for brass. Discover Faure's Violin Concerto alongside short works performed by National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland & Jean-Luc Tingaud. Gabriel Schwabe & Nicholas Rimmer return with the second volume of Beethoven's complete works for cello and piano. The most famous of Brockes Passion's is one by Handel, Naxos Audiovisual celebrate Walter Sutcliffe's new production with the Oper Halle and conductor, Michael Hofstetter. Enjoy!
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8.574564 Release date: 8 Nov 2024
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John RUTTER (b. 1945) Brass at Christmas arranged by Luc Vertommen Black Dyke Band Sheffield Philharmonic Chorus
Click to listen to O Clap Your Hands LISTEN
Nicholas Childs Darius Battiwalla
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This excellent release, regarded by the composer as ‘a gem from start to finish’, follows on from a previous programme of John Rutter ’s Anthems, Hymns and Gloria for Brass Band on Naxos 8.574130. Also performed by the Sheffield Philharmonic Chorus and the Black Dyke Band, this earlier volume was admired in the American Record Guide : ‘These pieces were, of course, originally intended to be sung, but they sound wonderful as played skilfully and sensitively by one of England’s finest brass bands. It is a pleasure to hear the restraint, [and] the emphasis on warmth and sweetness.’ • Black Dyke Band holds the highest rank in the worldwide brass band community. It has continued to win significant competitions under its music director, Nicholas Childs , and in 2015 the band became European Champion Band for the 13th time – in 2014 the band, for the 30th time, was declared British Open Champions. Companion titles – John Rutter, Composer
John Rutter is probably the most acclaimed and successful composer of carols alive today. His large selection of popular sacred choral pieces in the genre reflect and celebrate the Christmas story. Rutter’s unerring sense of melody combined with a rich harmonic palette makes his music instantly accessible to both performers and audiences alike. This recording brings together a selection of his most famous Christmas carols in beautiful new arrangements for brass performed by the Black Dyke Band.
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Jean-Luc Tingaud © Vincent Lappartient @studiojadore
8.574587 Release date: 8 Nov 2024
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Gabriel FAURÉ (1845–1924) Violin Concerto * Pénélope – Prélude Berceuse * • Élégie ** Romance * • Fantaisie *** • Dolly Pierre Fouchenneret, Violin * • Martin Johnson, Cello ** Catriona Ryan, Flute *** National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland Jean-Luc Tingaud
Key features: • Conductor Jean-Luc Tingaud is a regular guest in leading opera houses in Europe and the US, and his discography includes Sapho recorded at Wexford (Fonè), Werther recorded at Martina Franca (Dynamic), La Voix humaine recorded at Compiègne (DVD) and Rossini’s Le Siège de Corinthe (Naxos 8.660329-30) recorded at Bad Wildbad. Tingaud’s orchestral recordings for Naxos include an acclaimed album of works by Paul Dukas with the National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland (8.573296) regarded by Fanfare as being ‘at the head of the pack. We seem to have before our ears a French George Szell in the making. Tingaud’s performance of La Péri would sweep the field’. • About Jean-Luc Tingaud, Conductor Jean-Luc Tingaud studied with the French conductor Manuel Rosenthal. Notable opera engagements have included Pénélope and Le Roi malgré lui (Wexford Festival Opera), Roméo et Juliette (Arena di Verona), Faust (Macerata), The Turn of the Screw (Lille), Dialogues des Carmélites , La Bohème and Madama Butterfly (Pittsburgh) among others. Orchestras he has conducted include the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, English Chamber Orchestra, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Filarmonica Arturo Toscanini, the Warsaw and Kraków Philharmonics, Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire, Orchestre National de Lyon, Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin and the orchestras of the Teatro Carlo Felice, Genoa and the Teatro Massimo, Palermo. Quartet and others he has been involved in recordings of chamber music by Beethoven, Brahms, Fauré and Schumann. • From its foundation in 1948 as the Radio Éireann Symphony Orchestra, the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra has been at the forefront of symphonic music in Ireland. Today, the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra plays a central role in classical music in Ireland through year-long programmes of live performances, schools and educational projects, broadcasts, recordings and new commissions. The orchestra has been critically acclaimed for its recordings across labels including Naxos, Claves and RTÉ lyric fm. Making his Naxos debut with this recording, violinist Pierre Fouchenneret ’s commitment as a soloist and as a chamber musician has seen him much in demand at venues around the world, his ‘extraordinary bow’ ( Le Figaro ) rapidly seeing him collaborating with exceptional musicians. As a founding member of the Strada
Gabriel Fauré is best known for his Requiem and Pavane , but these are not typical of an output that focused largely on solo piano pieces, songs and chamber music, many of which were orchestrated by others. His Violin Concerto was never completed but the surviving first movement reveals Fauré’s characteristic playfulness with rhythm and harmony. The short prelude to Pénélope , Fauré’s only opera, conveys the sombre and passionate moods of its heroine, heard here alongside favourites such as the poignant Élégie , the beloved Dolly and, famous among flautists, the distinguished Fantaisie .
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Companion titles – Jean-Luc Tingaud, Conductor
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Daniel-François-Esprit AUBER (1782–1871) Overtures, Vol. 7 Le Cheval de bronze
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Le Lac des fées • Marco Spada Jenny Bell • Das eherne Pferd Janáček Philharmonic Ostrava Dario Salvi
This seventh volume of Auber’s overtures features the ‘fairy opera’ Le Cheval de bronze (1835). The overture expresses the magical and mystical dynamism of the story, while the 1857 opéra-ballet version presents an interpolated dance sequence, exemplifying some exotic chinoiserie. Poetic and graceful, Le Lac des fées was highly regarded in Germany, and proved influential on Wagner who saw it in Paris. Marco Spada evinces some of Auber’s most accomplished and sustained mood setting. The overture to Le Cheval de bronze is also heard here in the arrangement by Engelbert Humperdinck ( Das eherne Pferd , 1889). Key features: •
8.574597 Release date: 22 Nov 2024
This volume is the second outing in this series for the Janáček Philharmonic Ostrava (JPO). JPO is one of the leading symphonic orchestras of the Czech Republic, with its distinctive sound and progressive repertoire held in the highest esteem by audiences and critics alike. The JPO dates back to the first half of the 20th century and the founding of a radio orchestra in Ostrava, which saw performances with Hindemith, Prokofiev and Stravinsky. •
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Vol. 6 employed yet another Czech orchestra, the Karlovy Vary Symphony Orchestra – previous releases have included the Janáček Philharmonic, the Moravian Philharmonic and the Czech Chamber Philharmonic Pardubice. • Vol. 5 in this series can be heard on 8.574335: ‘This is the Janáček Philharmonic Orchestra’s first appearance in this series…They play the music well… As for Scottish- Italian conductor Dario Salvi , this is a labour of love for him, and I have nothing but admiration for his persistence and scholarship’ ( Fanfare ). Vol. 3 is on 8.574007: ‘The Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra is clearly a well-drilled and accomplished body that responds well to his idiomatic direction. Its performances are enhanced by a fine recording’, wrote MusicWeb International.
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Ludwig van BEETHOVEN (1770–1827) Complete Works for Cello and Piano, Vol. 2
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Gabriel Schwabe, Cello Nicholas Rimmer, Piano
After establishing a new genre with his Sonatas for Piano and Cello, Op. 5 , Beethoven returned to it a decade later, working on his Sonata in A major, Op. 69 in parallel with his Fifth and Sixth symphonies. With its unexpected shifts of harmony and mood, this is a work filled with virtuoso flourishes and experimental surprise, elements shared in the defiance of convention and lyrical brilliance of the two Sonatas, Op. 102 . Beethoven considered Handel to be ‘the greatest composer that ever lived’, demonstrating pianistic dexterity in the Variations, WoO 45 on the popular melody ‘See the conqu’ring hero comes’. The first volume in this series is available on Naxos 8.574529.
Click to listen to Cello Sonata No. 3 in A major, Op. 69: II. Scherzo: Allegro molto
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8.574530 Release date: 8 Nov 2024
Companion titles – Recordings featuring Gabriel Schwabe and Nicholas Rimmer
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Michael Zehe as Jesus © Falk Wenzel
2.110755 Filming date: 26–27 April 2023 Filming venue: Oper Halle, Germany Picture format: NTSC 16:9 Sound format: Dolby Digital 2.0 and DTS Surround 5.1 Language: German Subtitles: German, English, French, Japanese, Korean Region code: 0 (worldwide) No. of disc/s: 1 (DVD 9) Release date: 8 Nov 2024
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George Frideric HANDEL (1685–1759) Brockes Passion The Story of Jesus, Suffering and Dying for the Sins of the World Oratorio in two parts, HWV 48 (1716) Libretto by Barthold Heinrich Brockes (1680–1747) Soloists and Chorus of Oper Halle Influential German poet Barthold Heinrich Brockes reinvented the Passion oratorio tradition, transforming its textures into a much- admired poetic meditation that took hold of the imagination of many German Baroque composers. Of several settings Handel’s is by far the most famous, creating an eloquent and moving score from his friend’s libretto. This acclaimed staged version directed by Walter Sutcliffe extends the vision of the original by asking fundamental questions about the evolution of mankind and its dangerous implications for planet Earth. Händelfestspielorchester Halle Michael Hofstetter, Conductor Walter Sutcliffe, Stage Director
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Walter Sutcliffe has directed critically acclaimed productions in both theatre and opera, working in the UK, USA, Germany, Austria, Estonia, the Czech Republic, Italy, France and beyond. Sutcliffe took up his position as the artistic director of Oper Halle from the summer of 2021. •
This production was much admired in the critical press. ‘In his second premiere and direction in just five weeks – preceded by Britten’s Midsummer Night’s Dream – Walter Stucliffe shows more clearly what he is about. He wants clear images – certainly with material effort, but also with content-related statements… Sutcliffe and his team approach these different levels thoughtfully, but not in an uptight manner. Without extroverted portrayals, episodic characters such as Leandro Marziotte as Judas and Jorge Navarro Colorado as Peter alongside the intuitively gripping Jesus by Michael Zehe also gain in contour’ ( Die deutsche Bühne) .
Leandro Marziotte
Jorge Navarro Colorado
Also available on Blu-ray video: NBD0167V Filming date: 26–27 April 2023 Filming venue: Oper Halle, Germany Picture format: HD 16:9 Sound format: PCM Stereo and DTS Master Audio 5.1 Language: German Subtitles: German, English, French, Japanese, Korean Region: A, B, C (worldwide) No. of disc/s: 1 (BD 50) Release date: 8 Nov 2024
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Vittorio RIETI (1898–1994) Piano Concertos Alessandro Marangoni, Orazio Sciortino, Pianos Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Grazioli
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Dedicated to Francis Poulenc, Vittorio Rieti’s First Piano Concerto formed part of his early success in Paris during the 1920s, the work’s high spirits reflecting Rieti’s recent marriage and the birth of his son Fabio. The Second Piano Concerto started out as a harpsichord concerto for Wanda Landowska but was later recast. The Third Piano Concerto is notable for its deeply felt central Andantino , while the Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra is exuberant with cinematic themes. All of these works feature witty passages for orchestral soloists in dialogue with the piano, imbued with Rieti’s original and unpredictable style.
Click to listen to Piano Concerto No. 2: I. Allegro con fuoco ed energico
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8.574505 Release date: 8 Nov 2024
Companion titles – Alessandro Marangoni, Piano
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Charles IVES (1874–1954) Orchestral Works Four Ragtime Dances Set of Incomplete Works and Fragments Arrangements Orchestra New England Orquesta Sinfónica de Navarra James Sinclair CHARLES IVES 150 YEARS
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Charles Ives was a master of miniatures, and this program brings together a miscellanea of numerous shorter pieces that includes seven world premieres. Embracing ragtime before it became a craze at the end of the 19th century, Ives’ Four Ragtime Dances juxtapose the sacred and profane as part of his lifelong quest to find unity in all humanity. Chromâtimelôdtune is one of Ives’ most startling creations, appearing here alongside experiments, marches, arrangements and enticingly incomplete fragments that form a musical selection of remarkable variety.
8.559954 Release date: 1 Nov 2024
Click to listen to Four Ragtime Dances: Ragtime Dance No. 1
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Companion titles – Charles Ives’ works conducted by James Sinclair
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Ukrainian Christmas Arranged by Bohdan Kryvopust Solomiya Ivakhiv, Violin Lviv National Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra Serhii Khorovets
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Ukraine has a long and vibrant tradition of Christmas carols, whose melodies and meaning – now, more than ever – hold an important place in the hearts of the country’s people. Some carols date back centuries and cover a wide variety of themes, but they are united by a common thread – an appreciation of the beauties of heaven and earth, and the coming of the Saviour. The Ukrainian violin virtuoso Solomiya Ivakhiv is the soloist in Bohdan Kryvopust’s imaginative arrangements, which bring out the variety and beauty of the carols. Kryvopust’s own Fantasia is a delightful festive montage. Key features: • Composer and arranger Bohdan Kryvopust has had compositions performed by Ukrainian and international ensembles. In 2021 he won First Prize in the Ukrainian Concert Overture competition in celebration of the 30th anniversary of Ukraine’s renewed independence. • Violin soloist Solomiya Ivakhiv was named Honoured (Merited) Artist of Ukraine, the country’s highest cultural honour, in 2021. •
8.574677 Release date: 8 Nov 2024 Companion titles – Other Ukrainian music releases
Conductor Serhii Khorovets has served as the conductor of the Lviv National Philharmonic Academic Symphony Orchestra since 2019.
Solomiya Ivakhiv
Serhii Khorovets
Click to listen to All around the world, good tidings
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Jules Émile Frédéric MASSENET (1842–1912) Hérodiade Opera in four acts (1878–79, rev. 1884) Libretto by Paul Miliet (1848–1924) and Georges Hartmann (Henri Grémont) (1843–1900), based on a draft scenario by Angelo Zanardini (1820–1893) Nicole Car, Soprano • Clémentine Margaine, Mezzo-soprano Matthew Polenzani, Tenor • Etienne Dupuis, Baritone Orchestra and Chorus of the Deutsche Oper Berlin Enrique Mazzola
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Many years before Richard Strauss composed his opera on the subject of Salome and John the Baptist, Jules Massenet had explored the same relationship in Hérodiade . However, in Massenet’s opera it is the vengeful Hérodiade, Salomé’s mother, who demands John the Baptist’s head, not her naïve innocent daughter. The opera’s lyrical inwardness focuses on the characters’ most intimate feelings in a way that had not been heard before and was considered radical at the time. Key features: • ‘It’s not often in Verdi that the conductor deserves pride of place. Enrique Mazzola goes beyond the usual niceties of Italianate style and focuses on the tautness of the drama to an exceptional degree, breathtakingly intense in some of the quietest passages’ wrote The Financial Times . • Gramophone wrote of soprano Nicole Car that ‘She possesses a lovely lyric soprano… full of dewy freshness, nowhere more so than in Mimì’s aria, where the voice has a rosy bloom’. • ‘Few singers today command the sheer beauty of timbre and dynamic control of Matthew Polenzani … almost impossibly beautiful pianissimo’ ( Opera News ). •
8.660540-41 Release date: 22 Nov 2024
Companion titles – Jules Émile Frédéric Massenet, Composer
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Of Massenet’s Werther at the Vienna State Opera, Online Merker , the international cultural platform wrote that ‘ Clémentine Margaine thus becomes the vocal centre of the opera evening and, thanks to her impressive presence, clearly has the upper hand. Her emotionally performed tearful aria “Air de larmes” a melancholic slow waltz, does not fail to have its effect’.
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Click to listen to Celui dont la parole efface toutes peines – Il est doux, Il est bon
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FERRUCCIO BUSONI 100 YEARS
Ferruccio BUSONI (1866–1924) Doktor Faust Olga Bezsmertna, Soprano • Daniel Brenna, Joseph Dahdah, Tenors Dietrich Henschel, Baritone • Wilhelm Schwinghammer, Bass Orchestra e Coro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Cornelius Meister
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Doktor Faust , which Busoni considered a personal creative drama and which occupied him for over twelve years, was left incomplete on his death at the age of 58. He had searched for a dramatic subject that he hoped would represent the apex and summary of his entire career. The opera was completed by Philipp Jarnach in 1925. As the librettist, Busoni managed to avoid comparison to Goethe, and in favouring an open, discontinuous form ‘in panels’, he developed a unique structure cast in two preludes, an orchestral intermezzo and three scenes to investigate poetic questions of operatic artifice.
Click to listen to Euerer Magnifizenz Verzeihung
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8.660531-33 Release date: 8 Nov 2024
Companion titles – Recent opera releases
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Claudio SANTORO (1919–1989) Complete Piano Sonatas Alessandro Santoro, Piano
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Written over a 46-year period, Claudio Santoro’s six piano sonatas document the evolution of his creative and formal skills – together they present a survey of the composer’s entire aesthetic development. Always radiating a forceful inner power and with expressive lyricism at their heart, the early sonatas explore twelve- note technique as a unifying element, transitioning to a distinctive Brazilian nationalist character by the Third and Fourth sonatas. The Fifth Sonata , from the end of Santoro’s life, is a synthesis of the various idioms he had used over the decades. This is the first complete recording of Santoro’s piano sonatas, performed by the composer’s son, Alessandro Santoro. Key features: • This release joins three volumes of Claudio Santoro’s symphonies in this series, volume three of which (8.574410) contains ‘powerful and strongly articulated pieces’ ( MusicWeb International ), while a further album with the Fantasias Sul América (8.574407) received support from Gramophone : ‘it would be truly wonderful if these works could become more widely known as a consequence of such fine recordings’. • Born in Rio de Janeiro, Alessandro Santoro has performed across Europe as a member of ensembles La Petite Bande and Orchestra of the 18th Century, and was founder of Den Haag Baroque Orchestra. His discography comprises 22 albums, with his release of works by Leclair, alongside Luís Otávio Santos and Ricardo Rodríguez Miranda, receiving a Diapason d’Or.
8.574486 Release date: 22 Nov 2024 Companion titles – The Music of Brazil series
Click to listen to Piano Sonata No. 2: I. Allegro
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Franz LISZT (1811–1886) Piano Favourites Goran Filipec, Piano
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Franz Liszt was a unique personality in the musical world of the 19th century. He was a model and inspiration for many generations of musicians and was magnificently successful as a virtuoso pianist, educator, composer and conductor. Presenting a cornucopia of musical delights, this selection of Liszt favourites includes works inspired by folklore and Italian culture, literary texts and poetry, opera, the brilliance of Paganini and a sheer delight in pianistic virtuosity. Goran Filipec joins a long tradition of making arrangements and personal adaptations to find new vitality and freshness in this much-loved music.
Click to listen to Années de pèlerinage, second year, Italy supplement, S162/R10 – Venezia e Napoli: No. 3. Tarantella
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Companion titles – Other Liszt works performed by Goran Filipec
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Crimson Roses Contemporary American Choral Music TURRIN, J. • EINHORN, R. • LYONS, G. Erinn Sensenig, Soprano • Frederica von Stade, Mezzo-soprano Musica Viva NY Choir and Orchestra • Alejandro Hernandez-Valdez
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The three world premiere choral recordings on this album represent the enduring commitment of Musica Viva NY’s artistic director, Alejandro Hernandez-Valdez, to perform new works by living composers. Richard Einhorn’s The Luminous Ground is a deeply reflective and spiritually engaging work, while Gilda Lyons’ brilliantly written Momotombo is inspired by the spectacular volcanic landscape of Nicaragua. Joseph Turrin’s Crimson Roses Once Again Be Fair is a moving cantata that marks the centenary of the First World War Armistice in November of 1918 – the piece is dedicated to those who bravely fought and died, forever enshrined in history. Key features: • Appearing here in its Naxos debut, Musica Viva NY is a chamber choir based in Manhattan’s historic All Souls Church. Its mission is to bring world-class music to ever- widening audiences through its annual concert series and other activities, and this recording is in line with this ambitious artistic vision. Conductor and artistic director Alejandro Hernandez-Valdez wholeheartedly believes in these three phenomenal compositions and, through this recording project, aims to encourage organisations around the globe to include them in their repertoire in order to extend their reach. • This recording is the culmination of a ten-year journey and, in addition to the renowned Musica Viva NY Choir and Orchestra, we are thrilled to welcome the internationally renowned mezzo-soprano Frederica von Stade , who takes the solo in Joseph Turrin’s cantata. Soprano Erinn Sensenig is a regular soloist with choirs and ensembles in New York, having recently performed as soprano soloist on the Poulenc Gloria with Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church Chamber Choir, and as soprano soloist in the Schubert Mass in G with Musica Viva NY.
8.559944 Release date: 22 Nov 2024
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Click to listen to TURRIN, J.: And Crimson Roses Once Again Be Fair: VII. Anthem for Doomed Youth
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Erich J. WOLFF (1874–1913) Complete Songs, Vol. 3 Hans Christoph Begemann, Baritone Klaus Simon, Piano
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Regarded as a first-rate but tragically neglected composer of Lieder, Erich J. Wolff has, until recently, only been familiar to a small number of music enthusiasts. The beautiful 1909 song cycle Neun Gedichte , set to texts by the composer’s close friend Cäsar Flaischlen, is notable for its juxtaposition of rapture, joy and fear. Amongst the numerous profound, dignified and sublime settings on this album the Hafis Lieder represent a multi-faceted and oriental flavoured sequence, ranging from calm sadness and defiant heroism to a rapturous conclusion. Key features: • Acclaimed baritone Hans Christoph Begemann has a reputation particularly as a singer of Lieder. He has recorded three volumes in our complete Lieder of Peter Cornelius, of which Vol. 4 in the edition (8.572859) was regarded in MusicWeb International as ‘an unexpected major pleasure… fascinating and delightful music, well performed and well presented’. • German pianist Klaus Simon has a particular focus on song, and at the heart of his work as a Lieder accompanist are the German late-Romantic and early-modern composers. For Naxos he has recorded the complete songs by Pfitzner and Korngold. He has also recorded Schulhoff’s complete Lieder with singers Sunhae Im, Tanja Ariane Baumgartner and Hans Christoph Begemann, winning the German Record Critics’ Award in 2021, and the complete songs of Alfano, which was released in November 2023, for bastille musique.
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Click to listen to Neun Gedichte aus Jost Seyfried von Cäsar Flaischlen, Op. 19: No. 1. Sieh, wo du bist, ist Frühling
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Ferruccio BUSONI (1866–1924) Piano Music, Vol. 13 Prelude and Fugue in C minor Menuetto capriccioso in C major Klavierübung in fünf Teilen Wolf Harden, Piano
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FERRUCCIO BUSONI 100 YEARS
The final volume in this acclaimed series of Busoni’s piano music focuses on beginnings and endings. Early works and transcriptions are featured, plus a substantial body of music that Busoni wrote for his multi-volume Klavierübung (‘Piano Exercise’). The early miniatures are teasing and witty but also inventive examples of his mastery of Bachian procedure. The excerpts from Klavierübung , in which he uses his own music and that of others, embody the full breadth of his creative vision. They make a fitting end to this series performed by Wolf Harden, whose playing of Busoni has been described as ‘the clear current benchmark’ ( BBC Music Magazine on Volume 2, 8.555699). Key features: • American Record Guide wrote of Vol. 9: ‘Each is a gem, a delight to be savoured from a composer who was to develop into a master of more complex extended forms. The notes are good, the sound excellent, and the pianism is perhaps the best this pianist has given us so far’. • Of Vol. 8 [8.572845] ClassicsToday.com wrote, ‘ Wolf Harden ’s clean, refined, and fully committed pianism makes the best case for these early works on disc, along with Naxos’ fine engineering and Richard Whitehouse’s accurate, perceptive booklet annotations’.
8.574613 Release date: 22 Nov 2024
Companion titles – Previous releases in the Ferruccio Busoni Piano Music series
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Click to listen to Prelude and Fugue in C minor, Op. 21, BV 85
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Erich ZEISL (1905–1959) Lieder, Vol. 2 Michelle DeYoung, Mezzo-soprano • Jeremy Reger, Piano
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Though he composed in a variety of genres – choral and orchestral works and an opera among them – Erich Zeisl was a consummate Lieder composer whose songs are richly melodic, inventive, and cast in a late Romantic idiom. In his settings he responded to a range of ideas – the subjects of the night and light were potent ones, and he mined a vein of irony and humour. Forced from Austria in 1938 he did not write any Lieder after settling in America but arranged some Spirituals, drawing on the music of a people similarly oppressed as his own. Key feature: Multi-GRAMMY winning mezzo-soprano Michelle DeYoung appears regularly with the New York Philharmonic, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Cleveland Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Vienna Philharmonic, the Concertgebouworkest, and the Sydney Symphony. She has also performed at the prestigious festivals of Ravinia, Tanglewood, Saito Kinen, Edinburgh and Lucerne. Equally at home on the opera stage, DeYoung has appeared with The Metropolitan Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Teatro alla Scala, Bayreuth Festival, Berliner Staatsoper and the Paris Opera. She sang the role of Fricka in the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra Wagner Ring Cycle on the Naxos label (8.660374-35 and 8.660394-97).
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RETURN HOME
BREAKING NEW MOULDS. SHAPING NEW SOUNDS.
FITKINWALL UIST
NXN2021 Release date: 1 Nov 2024 BUY NOW!
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RED RED ROSE BEINN DORAIN GAOL NAM BAN SEVENTEEN COME SUNDAY HARRIS GREGOR ATHOLL
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