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After its rediscovery in the second half of the 20th century, Vivaldi’s Four Seasonshas become so popular that it has become a model of inspiration for similar collections that have the same subject matter, use similar instrumental forces and, often, are commissioned to be played alongside the original. |
Artist: Alessandro Quarta, Dino De Palma & Gianna Fratta|
Forty years have passed since Gidon Kremer created a little musical oasis in the Austrian town of Lockenhaus in 1981. The violinist’s open-minded attitude has left its mark on this event, which has become a must in the concert calendar, and the cellist Nicolas Altstaedt, who took up the torch in 2012, continues the same philosophy. |
Artist: Nicolas Altstaedt|
The twelfth volume in the Haydn2032 series, in which Giovanni Antonini conducts the Kammerorchester Basel, is devoted to ‘games and pleasures’. |
Artist: Kammerorchester Basel & Giovanni Antonini|
CRD Records announces In London Town: British Organ Music on the Dobson Organ of Saint Thomas Church, Fifth Avenue (CRD3541), featuring Benjamin Sheen performing works by Elgar, Walton, Ireland, Whitlock, Judith Bingham, Andrew Carter, and others. |
Artist: Benjamin Sheen|
Atrium, Danish cellist and composer Josefine Opsahl's debut on Dacapo Records, is a strikingly original statement that explores the duality of her music. Opsahl's distinctive set-up consists of cello and live electronics, which are combined into a well-defined box of digital loops, bodies and buildings, woman and machine. |
Artist: Josefine Opsahl|
Kemal Belevi’s works for the guitar, either solo or in combination, as heard on this album, exude the colour and allure of the eastern Mediterranean. Without alluding to any specific tunes, he evokes Cypriot folk music in Cypriana, while the linked Four Sketches show his variety in the work’s bracing modernity. |
Artist: Silvia Grasso, Livio Grasso|
Art Hirahara is a jazz pianist/keyboardist with multiple albums as a leader and side musician. Hirahara’s piano and compositional sound are an amalgamation of the varied musical influences he has studied and the wide range of leaders he has worked for. |
Artist: Art Hirahara|
What makes the new recordings of the Janoska Ensemble so special? Their sensitivity to subcutaneous atmospheres, the ability to transcend conventional articulatory conciseness and, last but not least, the way they deliberately turn a blind eye to genres and styles. |
Artist: Janoska Ensemble|
Cellist Jan Vogler’s new album, a collaborative project from the Moritzburg Festival, features chamber music of Antonin Dvořák. He enlists the talents of several younger colleagues who have promising careers in their own right. The centerpiece selections are the Op. 87 Piano Quartet and Op. 90 “Dumky” Trio with three shorter works interspersed. |
Artist: Jan Vogler, Moritzburg Festival Ensemble|
The survey by Jean-Efflam Bavouzet of Haydn’s piano sonatas reaches its conclusion with this eleventh volume. As in previous releases, the acclaimed pianist has mixed repertoire from different periods of Haydn’s career to create a recital of interest in its own right. |
Artist: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet