NEW ON NAXOS | MARCH 2023
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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