The March New on Naxos celebrates the Tippett Quartet's new recording of Korngold's String Quartets Nos 1-3, the 150th anniversary of Rachmaninov with a Compete Symphonies Box Set with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra conducted by Leonard Slatkin. JoAnn Falletta conducts brand new concertos from famous film composer Danny Elfman on Naxos, and Naxos Audiovisual presents Emilio de' Cavalieri's opera Rappresentatione di Anima et di Corpo in collaboration with the Theater an der Wien.
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From left to right: John Mills , Jeremy Isaac , Bozidar Vukotic and Lydia Lowndes-Northcott © School Farm Studios
Erich Wolfgang KORNGOLD (1897–1957) String Quartets Nos. 1–3 Tippett Quartet Erich Wolfgang Korngold wrote a significant body of chamber music (the Piano Trio and String Sextet are on Naxos 8.574008). His three String Quartets reflect differing periods of composition. The First marries impetuousness with enticing harmonies and rapt eloquence. The Second , which dates from 1933, is notable for its clarity, rhythmic impetus and melodic directness. The post-war Third is more relaxed, unexpectedly juxtaposing the archaic and modern with a joyful conclusion. Key Features: • The Tippett Quartet won Gramophone magazine’s Recording of the Month for Górecki’s String Quartet No. 3 (Naxos 8.574110). Of the Górecki Quartets Nos. 1 and 2 (Volume 1) on 8.573919, ‘the Tippett Quartet proves totally committed to Górecki’s esoteric and richly textured sound world’ ( The Strad ). • Their recording of the Penderecki quartets for Naxos 8.574288 was described as ‘life-enhancing’ by The Times and gained a 5-star review in BBC Music Magazine . This was an extremely special disc having received a letter giving permission from Penderecki in January 2020 to record the Fourth Quartet . • They have also recorded Panufnik and Lutosławski on 8.573164 which Gramophone called ‘vital performances, edgy and energetic but rich in tone…’ • ‘The Tippett Quartet’s well integrated sound is a pleasure throughout, and together with their first Tippett disc (8.570496) this completes a rewarding survey’ ( Gramophone on 8.570497).
8.574428 Release Date: 10 Mar 2023
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Click to listen to String Quartet No. 1 in A Major, Op. 16: I. Allegro molto LISTEN
Companion Titles – Previous recordings featuring the Tippett Quartet
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8.503278 [3 Discs] Release Date: 10 Mar 2023
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Leonard Slatkin © David Duchon-Doris
About Leonard Slatkin, Conductor Internationally acclaimed conductor Leonard Slatkin is Music Director Laureate of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra (DSO), Directeur Musical Honoraire of the Orchestre National de Lyon (ONL), and Conductor Laureate of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra. He maintains a rigorous schedule of guest conducting throughout the world and is active as a composer, author, and educator. Slatkin has received six GRAMMY awards and 35 nominations. Slatkin has conducted virtually all the leading orchestras in the world. As Music Director, he has held posts in New Orleans; St. Louis; Washington, DC; London (with the BBC Symphony Orchestra); Detroit; and Lyon, France. He has also served as Principal Guest Conductor in Pittsburgh, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, and Cleveland. Sergey Rachmaninov’s symphonic career had a rocky start with the premiere of his First Symphony , now recognised as one of the great Russian symphonic works of the late 19th century. Both the powerful First Symphony and the gloriously melodic Second , with its lushly harmonic Adagio third movement, are haunted by the Dies irae chant melody. Rachmaninov considered his Third Symphony to be one of his finest works, alongside the exquisitely orchestrated and virtuosic Symphonic Dances . The enduring attraction of these symphonies is enhanced by the ‘impressive, highly desirable interpretations’ ( Gramophone ) in this acclaimed edition conducted by Leonard Slatkin. Sergey RACHMANINOV (1873–1943) Complete Symphonies The Isle of the Dead Symphonic Dances • Vocalise Detroit Symphony Orchestra Leonard Slatkin E R H MA 1 8 7 3 YEARS
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Rachmaninov stands tall today as one of the last great Russian Romantic composers, and his symphonies only yield in their popularity to his piano concertos. There have of course been many recordings of these works, but with critical comments such as ‘I’m not sure one could cite more committed and accurately played performances of these works by any other orchestra’ ( Classical Net on 8.573051) this edition has become a first choice for many. • This series received wide praise on its original releases. The Second Symphony (8.572458) was a performance ‘which really held attention… hearing his performance one is convinced that his musicians are truly inside the music emotionally’ ( BBC Music Magazine ). The Third Symphony (8.573051) was welcomed by Fanfare : ‘Leonard Slatkin and his marvellous Detroit Symphony really hit a home run with their splendid Naxos release of Rachmaninov’s Third Symphony and Symphonic Dances . The First Symphony (8.573234) brought the series to a resounding conclusion: ‘Leonard Slatkin completes his second go-round of the Rachmaninov symphonies with a splendid First featuring powerful playing by the revitalised Detroit Symphony. • The Detroit Symphony Orchestra (DSO) is known for trailblazing performances, collaborations with the world’s foremost musicians, and a deep connection to its city. Alongside their acclaimed recordings of Rachmaninov’s symphonies for Naxos, the DSO has also recorded Aaron Copland’s Third Symphony (8.559844), in which ‘Slatkin’s attention to colouristic detail, and the expressive intensity of the Detroit Symphony’s playing, are riveting’ ( Gramophone ), and Copland’s Rodeo and other works (8.559758) was a MusicWeb International ‘top recommendation… The Detroit Orchestra, in superb form for their inspirational conductor are captured in spectacular and beautiful sound.’
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JoAnn Falletta © Eric Frick
8.559925 Release Date: 10 Mar 2023
Click to listen to ELFMAN, D.: Violin Concerto “Eleven Eleven”: II. Spietato LISTEN
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Danny ELFMAN (b. 1953) Violin Concerto “Eleven Eleven” * Adolphus HAILSTORK (b. 1941) Piano Concerto No. 1 ** Sandy Cameron, Violin * Stewart Goodyear, Piano ** Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra JoAnn Falletta
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Two attractively communicative and entirely new American concertos in a single release will always have wide appeal, and the inclusion of famous film composer Danny Elfman provides a guarantee of healthy sales. • Adolphus Hailstork is less of a household name, but the Naxos catalogue already includes recordings of his three substantial symphonies – the first recorded by the Virginia Symphony Orchestra and JoAnn Falletta (Naxos 8.559722), with ‘all credit to JoAnn Falletta and her Virginians for hitting the bullseye when it comes to projecting [its] spiky rhythms and equally piquant harmonies’ ( Fanfare ), and the second and third recorded by the Grand Rapids Symphony and David Lockington (Naxos 8.559295), considered ‘heartfelt, serious works by an underrated American composer who doesn't choose to fit in with the major stylistic currents the post-war 20th Century… a pleasant surprise’ ( American Record Guide ). • Declared ‘brilliant’ by The Washington Post , violinist Sandy Cameron is one of the most strikingly unique artists of her generation. Danny Elfman's Violin Concerto, ‘Eleven Eleven’ was written for Ms Cameron, and she had the great pleasure and honour of presenting the world premiere with conductor John Mauceri at the Proclaimed ‘a phenomenon’ by the Los Angeles Times and ‘one of the best pianists of his generation’ by the Philadelphia Inquirer , Stewart Goodyear is an accomplished concert pianist who has performed and recorded with many of the major orchestras and chamber music organisations around the world. His Prague Proms in June 2017. It was received with great success, and Ms Cameron continues to enjoy performing the piece for audiences worldwide. • recital disc For Glenn Gould on the Dorian Sono Luminus label was considered ‘a unique, creative project, and played brilliantly’ by The WholeNote .
This recording presents brand new concertos from two vibrant and contrasting American composers. Adolphus Hailstork’s First Piano Concerto draws on his African American heritage to create a work brimming with energy and high spirits, reflecting the rich traditions of jazz and blues. The Violin Concerto “Eleven Eleven” by Danny Elfman – renowned for his many film scores – has its roots in the composer’s rock, film and television background, but also illustrates his love for the music of Shostakovich and Prokofiev. In keeping with his famous Batman score, this work is a true violin concerto noir that Multiple GRAMMY-winning conductor JoAnn Falletta serves as music director of the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra (BPO) and music director laureate of the Virginia Symphony Orchestra. She has guest conducted many of the most prominent orchestras in America, Canada, Europe, Asia and South America. As music director of the Buffalo Philharmonic, Falletta became the first woman to lead a major America ensemble. With a discography of over 120 titles, she is a leading recording artist for Naxos. is both haunting and compelling. About JoAnn Falletta, Conductor
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8.574409 Release Date: 24 Mar 2023
Fabio Mechetti © André Fossati
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Carlos GOMES (1836–1896) Opera Overtures and Preludes Minas Gerais Philharmonic Orchestra • Fabio Mechetti
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This is Volume 14 in Naxos’ The Music of Brazil series. These are also the first recordings of the overtures and preludes of Gomes to be made available for an international audience. • Fabio Mechetti and the Minas Gerais Philharmonic Orchestra are leading figures in the Naxos ‘Music of Brazil’ series – in 2008, Mechetti became the founding music director and principal conductor of the orchestra. • The Minas Gerais Philharmonic Orchestra has received numerous awards and accolades, including CONCERTO magazine’s Grand Prize (2015, 2020), the Carlos Gomes Award for the best Brazilian Orchestra (2012), and being named classical music ensemble of the year (2010) by the São Paulo Association of Art Critics (APCA). • Together conductor and orchestra have recorded the music of Pedro I which can be heard on 8.574404: ‘The sure orchestral direction of Fabio Mechetti …provide a triumphant demonstration of how far understanding of the performance of repertoire from the 18th century in Brazil has come over the past few decades, and the recorded sound, captured at the Sala Minas Gerais in Belo Horizonte, is exemplary’ ( Gramophone ). • They have also recorded Almeida Prado on 8.574225 which was nominated for a Latin GRAMMY in 2020 (Best Classical Album category): ‘The Minas Gerais Philharmonic Orchestra, under the expert direction of Fabio Mechetti, provides a well- considered and exemplary accompaniment. The recorded sound is very good’ ( Fanfare ).
About Fabio Mechetti, Conductor Fabio Mechetti has been artistic director and principal conductor of the Minas Gerais Philharmonic Orchestra since its foundation. Under his leadership, the orchestra has received numerous awards, recorded nine albums, including several for Naxos, and undertaken a tour of South America. In 2014, he became the first Brazilian music director of an Asian orchestra when he was appointed principal conductor of the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra. In the US, Mechetti conducted the Jacksonville Symphony for 14 years and is now its conductor emeritus. Carlos Gomes was not only Brazil’s leading operatic composer, but he also helped pave the way for Italian verismo during the latter part of the 19th century. The preludes and overtures from his operas chart a course from early experimentation with orchestral sonority to a new conception of atmosphere and tension in his historically based dramas. In Alvorada (‘Dawn’) from Lo schiavo his descriptive writing comes close to the status of a symphonic poem. The music from his greatest artistic triumph, Il Guarany , weaves themes into an organic whole, while his final opera, Condor , is reminiscent of French orchestral music in its employment of whole-tone scales.
Companion Titles – The Music of Brazil
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Anett Fritsch as Anima and Daniel Schmutzhard as Corpo © Werner Kmetitsch
2.110750 Picture format: NTSC 16:9 Sound format: PCM stereo Language: Italian Subtitles: Italian, English, German, Japanese, Korean Region code: 0 (worldwide) No. of disc/s: 1 (DVD 9) Release Date: 10 Mar 2023
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Emilio de’ CAVALIERI (c. 1550–1602) Rappresentatione di Anima et di Corpo Opera in three acts (1600) Libretto by Agostino Manni Prologue by Robert Carsen Anett Fritsch, Soprano • Carlo Vistoli, Countertenor Cyril Auvity, Tenor • Daniel Schmutzhard, Georg Nigl, Baritones • Florian Boesch, Bass-baritone Arnold Schoenberg Chor • Il Giardino Armonico Giovanni Antonini, Conductor • Robert Carsen, Stage director Emilio de’ Cavalieri’s Rappresentatione di Anima et di Corpo was premiered in 1600 in Rome. It was conceived to be performed in costume, bringing text and music together in a dramatic form, and is accepted as the first surviving opera, pre-dating works by Peri and Monteverdi. Its theme is the dialogue of Soul and Body, a pivotal concept of the Italian Counter-Reformation, presented in allegorical form. This production by the acclaimed director Robert Carsen was hailed as ‘an unmitigated, tremendous success’ and its ‘musical production was extraordinary’ ( bachtrack.com ).
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Robert Carsen , one of the world’s leading directors directed Pagliacci and Cavalleria rusticana (2.110670 / NDB0117V): ‘The best pairing I’ve seen on film of opera’s most famous twins. Robert Carsen’s production is a radically fresh interpretation, but it works really well, and it’s wonderfully sung and conducted’ ( MusicWeb International ). •
Anett Fritsch had great success in her debuts at Glyndebourne singing Almirena in Handel’s Rinaldo and with the part of Merione in Gluck’s Telemaco at the Theater an der Wien. She also made a triumphant debut as Fiordiligi in Così fan tutte at the Teatro Real Madrid, and has since made her Salzburg Festival debut. Florian Boesch who sings Consiglio has recorded Schubert for Naxos on 8.570067: ‘Boesch has a dark and heroically commanding voice; it has marvellous agility for such a large voice that he can use with declamatory power and reduce dramatically to a mere whisper with stunning results’ ( American Record Guide ). Daniel Schmutzhard has sung Haydn in a theatrically spectacular version of The Creation on Naxos DVD (2.110581 / NBD0080V). He has given concerts and song recitals in the Wiener Musikverein and Konzerthaus, Berlin Philharmonie, Festspielhaus Baden-Baden, Kölner Philharmonie, Salle Pleyel Paris,
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Salzburger Osterfestspiele and the Salzburger Mozartwoche and worked with Daniel Barenboim, Sir Simon Rattle, Franz Welser-Möst, Bertrand de Billy and René Jacobs.
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Philip LANE (b. 1950) British Light Music, Vol. 15 Sleighbell Serenade Diversions on a Theme of Paganini • Cotswold Dances Divertissement * • Three Christmas Pictures Verity Butler, Clarinet * Royal Ballet Sinfonia • Gavin Sutherland
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Philip Lane has long been a stalwart of British light music and this recording provides an excellent survey of his concert works. London Salute marked the 60th anniversary of the BBC, while the lyrical and frivolous Diversions on a Theme of Paganini was originally written for brass quintet. Partly inspired by childhood memories, the Cotswold Dances reflect the composer’s own part of the country, Gloucestershire and the Cotswolds. Composed for clarinet soloist Verity Butler, the Divertissement quotes liberally from Lane’s earlier works, the most popular of which is the Sleighbell Serenade , a piece that has been performed all
over the world. Key Feature:
8.555880 Release Date: 24 Mar 2023
This volume of our rejuvenated British Light Music edition is first released in 2001. Of the original release, the American Record Guide wrote that ‘both the sound and musicianship are excellent’, and Gramophone commented that ‘ Philip Lane 's music is expertly written and has an easy-going charm that makes it well worth getting to know in these affectionate performances.’
Companion Titles – British Light Music series 8.555175 | 8.555218 | 8.574324 | 8.555193
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Lera AUERBACH (b. 1973) 24 Preludes for Violin and Piano Christine Bernsted, Violin • Ramez Mhaanna, Piano
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A renaissance artist for our times, Lera Auerbach is internationally renowned as a composer whose exquisitely crafted, emotional, and boldly imaginative music reaches a global audiences. Her 24 Preludes for Violin and Piano is a cycle of compact but ‘meaningful and complete’ works that follows the key scheme of Chopin’s 24 Préludes , while exploring stark contrasts that range from primordial darkness to naïve innocence. Using a highly original tonal language with clear references to classical traditions, this pioneering work fully represents Auerbach’s ability to put music at the service of a broader expression of human need and fallibility. Key Features: • Lera Auerbach is a contemporary musical phenomenon whose unstoppable career started with a highly successful opera written at the age of 12. Her work has been widely performed and recorded on labels such as ECM, Alpha, Hänssler and many more, and there can be few collectors of new music who are unaware of her name and eager to acquire fine new recordings of recent work such as this one. •
8.574464 Release Date: 24 Mar 2023
Companion Titles – Other piano and violin works 8.559903 | 8.579035 | 8.572730 | 8.559306
The young Danish duo of Christine Bergsted and Ramez Mhaanna have been working together since 2019, establishing a reputation for fiery energy and the ability to find Apollonian beauty and emotionally expressive passion in their performances. With numerous awards between them as individual musicians, this duo has already been recognised with prizes such as the Rødovre Music Prize for their work as performers and communicators of music via the podcast medium. Giacomo MEYERBEER (1791–1864) Jephtas Gelübde
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Andrea Chudak, Soprano • Ziazan, Mezzo-soprano Marcus Elsäßer, Tenor • Laurence Kalaidjian, Baritone Sönke Tams Freier, Bass-baritone Caroline Bruker, Ivaylo Yanev, Narrators Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus • Dario Salvi
Meyerbeer, long considered one of the greatest of operatic composers, is being rediscovered. His first music drama was Jephtas Gelübde , based on the biblical story of Jephta and his rash vow of sacrifice. The musical language is varied in expression, with an exceptionally advanced use of leitmotif and a subtle depiction of psychological process, all revealing a powerful command of material. Marches and dances of radically different moods, allied to choruses of folk-like simplicity and grandiose power, are part of a mature score in which intense monologues and gripping ensembles embody music of lyricism, drama and rapture. Key Feature: This was previously available as a digital-only release on 9.70332: ‘Another recording of historical significance from the seemingly endless treasures of lesser known grand operas is given here by a young and promising cast under the baton of Dario Salvi .’ ( The Light Music Society )
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8.225383-84 [2 Discs] Release Date: 24 Mar 2023
Companion Titles – Other operas by Giacomo Meyerbeer
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Frederic RZEWSKI (1938–2021) Dreams • War Songs Winter Nights
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Saints and Sinners Bobby Mitchell, Piano
Frederic Rzewski was one of the most important American composer-pianists of his time. The themes explored in his late piano works are typical of his entire body of work in their uncompromising and universal nature. The intensely contrapuntal Ruins and virtuoso Wake Up are the last pieces in his vast piano cycle Dreams , while the War Songs weave together six war and anti-war songs from the last seven centuries. Winter Nights was written for Bobby Mitchell. Rzewski said of the three movements that they were intended to help with insomnia in a similar way to Bach’s Goldberg Variations , though they are inevitably very different in the darkness of their moods.
Click to listen to Dreams: Part II – No. 7. Ruins
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8.559928 Release Date: 10 Mar 2023 Companion Titles – Frederic Rzewski, Composer 8.559759 | 8.559760 | 8.559360
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9.70345 Release Date: 10 Mar 2023
Eugene ZÁDOR (1894–1977) Celebration Music Chamber Concerto * Suite for Horn, Strings and Percussion ** Bálint Képíró * , Imre Kováts * , Zoltán Szőke ** , Horns • Katalin Sarkady, Piano * Budapest Symphony Orchestra MÁV • Mariusz Smolij
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Eugene Zádor was an established composer by the time he moved from Europe to the United States in 1939 where he worked as a film composer. Many of the works on this album exhibit Zádor’s finest traits, blending neo-Classicism and neo-Romanticism with expert orchestration and rhythmic verve, and a dedication to tonality liberally peppered with gentle dissonance. The Chamber Concerto was composed while he was still in Vienna, and the Suite for Horn, Strings and Percussion only received its premiere after Zádor’s death. The programme concludes with spectacular off-stage effects and a joyous affirmation of life in Celebration Music. Key Feature: Consisting entirely of world premiere recordings, this release joins a now substantial collection as the seventh volume of Eugene Zádor’s music on the Naxos label.
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8.574262 Release Date: 10 Mar 2023
Companion Titles – Eugene Zádor, Composer 8.574108 | 8.573800 | 8.573529 8.573274 | 8.572548 | 8.572549
Click to listen to Suite for Horn, Strings and Percussion: III. March
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Johannes BRAHMS (1833–1897) Hungarian Dances and the Hungarian Tradition Adrienn Miksch, Soprano • János Bándi, Tenor Ferenc Szecsődi, Violin • Szilvia Elek, István Kassai, Fortepiano and Piano
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Brahms had long been immersed in the folk traditions and spirit of Hungary’s musical repertoire, not least through the famous violinist Ede Reményi, for whom he played as piano accompanist. Brahms employed melodies that he had heard, as well as those based on sheet music, and in this album his Hungarian Dances are presented alongside their source material and variants, as well as some elements that Brahms omitted from his settings. Contextualised in this way, the heroic strength and dynamism, as well as the melancholy of the Dances can be heard as never before.
Click to listen to BRAHMS, J.: Hungarian Dance No. 1 in G minor
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Companion Titles – Johannes Brahms, Composer 8.501803 | 8.574465-67 8.574345 | 8.574291 8.574424-25 [2 Discs] Release Date: 10 Mar 2023
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Hungarian Dances – Traditional dance-music transcriptions and folk-style compositions that inspired Brahms
Click to listen to NITTINGER, A.: Rózsabokor csárdás (‘Rose Bush Csárdás’)
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9.70344 Release Date: 14 Apr 2023
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Louis VIERNE (1870–1937) Complete Piano Works, Vol. 2 12 Préludes • Solitude Sergio Monteiro, Piano
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Louis Vierne will always be best remembered as one France’s most outstanding organ composers, but his piano works are part of a significant wider oeuvre and notable for their colourful and inspired inventiveness. Each of the Douze Préludes carries an evocative title in music filled with the pain and tumult of war and loss, while the epitaphs in Solitude were composed shortly after the deaths of Vierne’s brother and eldest son. Including recently published manuscripts, this is the second of two albums covering repertoire that deserves a place in the pantheon of French piano music. Key Features: • Louis Vierne’s name will always be associated with the organ. He is well known for his six Organ Symphonies and is considered one of the great fin de siècle French organists. As organist at Notre- Dame de Paris from 1900 to 1937 and teacher of Nadia Boulanger and Maurice Duruflé, among others, he is recognised as a highly influential figure in early 20th-century music. • The first volume of this series (Naxos 8.574296) was welcomed as a ‘lost treasure of the French composer – a task well worth undertaking’ in Pizzicato , with Sergio Monteiro further acclaimed as a pianist who ‘knows exactly how to create moods, how to distil refined tones, to let the music rest and reverberate inwardly, so that it also has an emotional effect.’
8.574480 Release Date: 24 Mar 2023
Companion Titles – Sergio Monteiro, Piano 8.574296 | 8.574075 | 8.573946 | 8.573485
Click to listen to Douze Préludes, Op. 36: No. 1. Prologue: Maestoso
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Leone SINIGAGLIA (1868–1944) Complete Works for String Quartet, Vol. 2 Gavotta • Novelletta • Momento antico String Trio in A major • Trio-Serenata, Op. 33 Wawrzyniec Szymański, Horn Archos Quartet
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The second volume of Leone Sinigaglia’s music for string quartet (Volume 1 is on 8.574183) explores a series of generally shorter pieces for the medium. These deeply expressive works, such as the yearning Romanza for string quartet and horn, combine compositional rigour with a flowing Italianate lyricism nurtured in the years 1888–89. Also included are the String Trio in A major , which evokes the world of the Baroque through its Bachian counterpoint, and the Trio-Serenata , fusing elysian beauty with joyful elegance. All but one of these pieces are world premiere recordings, many of which are played from the composer’s original
manuscripts. Key Feature:
8.574495 Release Date: 24 Mar 2023
This is Volume 2 in the series. Of Volume 1 which can be heard on 8.574183 the American Record Guide noted that ‘The young Archos Quartet deserves top marks for making such an improbable debut, and Naxos was broadminded enough to let them do it.’ It was a ‘Critic’s Choice’ disc.
Companion Titles – 20th Century Italian Classics 8.574183 | 8.572753 | 8.573438 | 8.572628
From left to right: Filip Jeska , Maria Odvody, Francesca Fiore and Radenko Kostadinov
Click to listen to Romanza for String Quartet and Horn, Op. 3
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Carlo DOMENICONI (b. 1947) Sindbad A Fairy Tale for Solo Guitar, Op. 49 Celil Refik Kaya, Guitar
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Renowned both as a guitarist and a composer, Carlo Domeniconi has written over 150 compositions, combining Eastern and Western elements in striking and individual ways. Sinbad, a Fairy Tale for Solo Guitar is a perfect example of his imaginative style and is one of the most remarkable works in the entire solo guitar repertoire, evoking the panoramic journey of the sailor and adventurer known from The Arabian Nights . The piece draws on diverse sources including Oriental-Persian scales, Arabic oud ornaments and extended techniques to chart, in three cycles, the Middle Eastern atmosphere through which Sinbad travels. Key Features: • Volume 1 in this series is on 8.573675. Of it American Record Guide wrote, ‘the music needs a sense of contemplation, and Kaya offers that more than any I’ve heard.’ • Guitarist Celil Refik Kaya was the youngest contestant to win First Prize in the 2012 JoAnn Falletta International Guitar Concerto Competition, and is a prize-winner of international guitar competitions across Europe and the US.
Companion Titles – Celil Refik Kaya, Guitar 8.574004 | 8.573898 | 8.573897 8.573675 | 8.573514 8.574240 Release Date: 24 Mar 2023
Click to listen to Sindbad, ein Märchen für Gitarre solo, Op. 49: Cycle I: No. 3. Sindbads Reise (‘Sinbad’s Journey’)
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BREAKING NEW MOULDS. SHAPING NEW SOUNDS.
RETURN HOME
NXN1009 Release Date: 24 Mar 2023
NXN3002 Release Date: 10 Mar 2023
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Solace Christina Sandsengen, Guitar
The Distance Django Novo, Vocals Tov Ramstad, Cello
Christina Sandsengen is an educated classical concert guitarist, and has performed in concert halls around the world. Solace is her debut album as a composer and the album highlights her technical skills as well as a wide range of contrasts, emotions and feelings. Sometimes dark and dramatic, then suddenly brighter and melodic. Christina says: “The classical guitar is the key to my unconscious world of emotions and thoughts, and so I put the classical guitar in the center and use different soundscapes and elements to highlight or enhance the colours and the expressions from the guitar, and I use a lot of imitation of church bells played on the guitar to capture the empty and painful feeling of a funeral.” The album consists of 13 tracks and invites the listener on a personal musical journey from dark and light, grief, passion, and pain. The melodic language of the music are similar to Norwegian folk music. Fredrik Falk has produced the album and also contributes with piano and soundscapes. Recorded by Ole Teigen in Crowtown recordings and mastered by Kenneth Amundsen. Artwork by Nihil. About Christina Sandsengen, Guitar Norwegian National Opera, in Britain, Sweden, Norway, Turkey, Bolivia, Peru, Chile, Venezuela, Spain, Italia, Mexico, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, China, Japan and the USA, and she has participated in many masterclasses with leading international guitarists worldwide. In the fall of 2014 she released her debut album, Shades & Contrasts , on Odradek Records. The album has received numerous outstanding reviews, from The Independent and Gramophone Magazine among others. She recorded Clair de Lune by Claude Debussy in legendary EastWest Studios in Los Angeles, and released a music video and single on RMN Classical later that year. In 2019 she received Akademia's prestigious and most honorable award, the ‘‘Executive Award’’ for her outstanding creativity, artistry and professional achievements in the field of music. Christina Sandsengen studied classical guitar at the Norwegian Academy of Music and at the Conservatorio Superior de Música ‘Manuell Castillo’ in Spain before studying with Gérard Abiton in Paris. She has performed at the
The Distance is a piece of modern rock and pop art created by duo Tov Ramstad and Django Novo. Centered around the cello playing of Tov and Django's vocal they have managed to build a new exciting sound around well-written lyrics giving the listener a deep cinematic experience. To further expand their sound they have invited a selection of brilliant musicians to add trumpet, keyboards and harmonica always with carfeulness and true to the duo's vision. TRACKLIST: 1 Let Nothing Happen 2 Unnamed Road 3 Mirage 4 The Distance Between us 5 It’s Too Late
6 The Screen You Look Upon 7 It’s a Small World After All
8 Last Song 9 Cayambe 0 Time Travel
! But Then Again @ A Stolen Moment
About Django Novo, Vocals and Tov Ramstad, Cello
Django Novo and Tov Ramstad is a dynamic duo built on years of development and close cooperation. They mainly work as a studio act where they thoroughly and patiently mould their cinematic and sometimes dramatic rock sound.
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