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Saturday, July 31, 2021

Vladimir Rebikov - Piano Works (Anatoly Sheludyakov)


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Composer: Vladimir Rebikov

CD1:
  • (01) Four Pieces, Op. 6
  • (05) From 'Reveries of the Fall', Op. 8
  • (18) Dreams of Happiness (1890)
  • (23) Evening Lights (1900)
CD2:
  • (01) Pastoral Scenes, Op. 28
  • (06) Autunm Leaves, Op. 29
  • (12) Silhouettes – Nine Childhood Pictures, Op. 31
  • (21) Among Them, Op. 35
  • (27) Feast, Op. 38
  • (34) White Songs, Op. 48
  • (38) Three Idylls, Op. 50
  • (41) Dances, Op. 51
CD3:
  • (01) Three Etudes
  • (04) Autumn Flowers
  • (07) From a Forgotten Notebook
  • (14) In the Twilight, Op. 23
  • (23) Play of Sounds (1912)
  • (26) Remembrance of Past Days (1910)
  • (32) Small Bells Dance
  • (33) In the Forest, Op. 43 (1911)
  • (39) Three Miniaturies, Op. 33

Anatoly Sheludyakov, piano
Date: 2009
Label: Artservice

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Friday, July 30, 2021

Vladimir Rebikov - Piano Music (Anthony Goldstone)


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Composer: Vladimir Rebikov
  • (01) Les démons s'amusent, Op. 15 No. 2
  • (02) Les géants dansent, Op. 27 No. 1
  • (03) Feuilles d'automne, Op. 29
  • (09) Une fête, Op. 38
  • (16) Chansons blanches, Op. 48
  • (20) Esclavage et liberté, Op. 22
  • (21) Two episodes from Yolka (The Christmas Tree), Op. 21
  • (23) Trois idylles, Op. 50
  • (26) Scènes bucoliques, Op. 28
  • (31) Tableaux pour enfants, Op. 37
  • (38) Parmi eux, Op. 35

Anthony Goldstone, piano
Date: 2013
Label: Divine Art

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Thursday, July 29, 2021

Alexander Grechaninov - String Quartets, Opp. 75 & 124 (Utrecht String Quartet)


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Composer: Alexander Grechaninov
  • (01) String Quartet in C minor, Op. 75
  • (05) String Quartet in F major, Op. 124

Utrecht String Quartet
Eeva Koskinen & Katherine Routley, violins
Sven Arne Tepl, viola
Sebastian Koloski, cello

Date: 2006
Label: Musikproduktion Dabringhaus und Grimm


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Wednesday, July 28, 2021

Alexander Grechaninov - String Quartets, Opp. 2 & 70 (Utrecht String Quartet)


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Composer: Alexander Grechaninov
  • (01) String Quartet in G major, Op. 2
  • (05) String Quartet in D minor, Op. 70

Utrecht String Quartet
Eeva Koskinen & Katherine Routley, violins
Sven Arne Tepl, viola
Sebastian Koloski, cello

Date: 2003
Label: Musikproduktion Dabringhaus und Grimm


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Tuesday, July 27, 2021

Alexander Grechaninov - Piano Trios (Moscow Rachmaninov Trio)


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Composer: Alexander Grechaninov
  • (01) Piano Trio No. 1 in C minor, Op. 38
  • (04) Cello Sonata in E minor, Op. 113
  • (07) Piano Trio No. 2 in G major, Op. 128

Moscow Rachmaninov Trio
Viktor Yampolsky, piano
Mikhail Tsinman, violin
Natalia Savinova, cello

Date: 2002
Label: Hyperion

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Monday, July 26, 2021

Alexander Grechaninov - Symphony No. 5; etc. (Valery Polyansky)


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Composer: Alexander Grechaninov
  • (01) Missa oecumenica, Op. 142
  • (07) Symphony No. 5 in G minor, Op. 153

Tatiana Sharova, soprano
Ludmila Kuznetsova, mezzo-soprano
Oleg Dolgov, tenor
Dmitry Fadeyev, bass
Margarita Koroleva, organ

Russian State Symphonic Cappella
Russian State Symphony Orchestra
Valery Polyansky, conductor

Date: 2000
Label: Chandos

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Sunday, July 25, 2021

Alexander Grechaninov - Symphony No. 4; etc. (Valery Polyansky)


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Composer: Alexander Grechaninov
  • (01) Symphony No. 4, Op. 102
  • (05) Cello Concerto, Op. 8
  • (09) Missa festiva, Op. 154

Alexander Ivashkin, cello
Ludmila Golub, organ
Russian State Symphonic Cappella
Russian State Symphony Orchestra
Valery Polyansky, conductor

Date: 1997
Label: Chandos

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Saturday, July 24, 2021

Alexander Grechaninov - Symphony No. 3; etc. (Valery Polyansky)


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Composer: Alexander Grechaninov
  • (01) Symphony No. 3, Op. 100
  • (05) Cantata 'Kvalite Boga' (Praise the Lord), Op. 65

Ludmila Kuznetsova, mezzo-soprano
Russian State Symphonic Cappella
Russian State Symphony Orchestra
Valery Polyansky, conductor

Date: 1999
Label: Chandos

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Friday, July 23, 2021

Alexander Grechaninov - Symphony No. 2; etc. (Valery Polyansky)


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Composer: Alexander Grechaninov
  • (01) Symphony No. 2 in A minor 'Pastoral', Op. 27
  • (05) Mass 'Et in terra pax' Op. 166

Anatoly Obraztsov, bass
Ludmila Golub, organ
Russian State Symphonic Cappella
Russian State Symphony Orchestra
Valery Polyansky, conductor

Date: 1996
Label: Chandos

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Thursday, July 22, 2021

Alexander Grechaninov - Symphony No. 1; etc. (Valery Polyansky)


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Composer: Alexander Grechaninov
  • (01) Symphony No. 1 in B minor, Op. 6
  • (05) Snowflakes, Op. 47
  • (15) Missa Sancti Spiritus, Op. 169

Ludmila Kuznetsova mezzo-soprano (5-14)
Tatiana Jeranje contralto (15-20)
Russian State Symphonic Cappella (15-20)
Russian State Symphony Orchestra
Valéry Polyansky, conductor

Date: 1995
Label: Chandos

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Tuesday, July 20, 2021

Ottorino Respighi - Transcriptions of Bach & Rachmaninov (John Neschling)


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Composer: Ottorino Respighi
  • (01) Prelude & Fugue in D major, P. 158 (after J.S. Bach's BWV 532)
  • (03) Passacaglia in C minor, P. 159 (after J.S. Bach's BWV 582)
  • (05) Tre Corali, P. 167 (after J.S. Bach)
  • (08) Cinq Études-Tableaux, P. 160 (after Rachmaninoff)

Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège
John Neschling, conductor

Date: 2021

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Monday, July 19, 2021

Ottorino Respighi - Vetrate di chiesa; etc. (John Neschling)


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Composer: Ottorino Respighi
  • (01) Trittico botticelliano
  • (04) Il tramonto
  • (05) Vetrate di chiesa

Anna Caterina Antonacci, soprano (4)
Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège
John Neschling, conductor

Date: 2017

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Ottorino Respighi - Sinfonia Drammatica; Belfagor Overture (John Neschling)


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Composer: Ottorino Respighi
  1. Sinfonia drammatica, P. 102: I. Allegro energico
  2. Sinfonia drammatica, P. 102: II. Andante sostenuto
  3. Sinfonia drammatica, P. 102: III. Allegro impetuoso
  4. Belfagor (ouverture per orchestra): Allegro

Orchestre Philharmonique de Liège
John Neschling, conductor

Date: 2016
Label: BIS
http://bis.se/label/bis/respighi-sinfonia-drammatica

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Review

Completed in June 1914, the Sinfonia drammatica is essentially an expression of Respighi’s anxieties about the impending First World War. At its premiere a year later, however, when Italy was moving towards entering the conflict on the allied side, the score was criticised as overly Germanic. Elsa Respighi’s subsequent failure to mention it in her biography of her husband, together with her statement that his first ‘characteristic’ work was The Fountains of Rome in 1916, has led to its frequent dismissal.

Listening to John Neschling’s recording, you can understand the the initial controversy. The influences are, in fact, as much French as German: Franck’s D minor Symphony is the structural model; Debussy lurks behind the chordal woodwind-writing. The main debt, however, is to Strauss’s Elektra, from which its five-note principal theme derives, and the turbulent mood of which it to some extent replicates.

‘Drammatica’ is an indication of tone rather than content, and this is a score that seems to be in constant, violent motion, though there are also flashes forwards to The Pines of Rome in the closing peroration, with its massive crescendo over a steady, repetitive pulse. Neschling admirably sustains the fever pitch throughout – nothing becomes overblown or unduly hysterical – and the playing is first-rate in its dark intensity and force.

The filler is the Belfagor overture, reworking material from an unsuccessful 1923 opera of the same name about the devil assuming human form in order to corrupt the virtuous heroine Candida. It’s an attractively scored piece of diablerie, superbly played.

-- Tim Ashley, Gramophone

More reviews:
ClassicsToday  ARTISTIC QUALITY: 7 / SOUND QUALITY: 9
http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2016/May/Respighi_sinfonia_BIS2210.htm
http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2016/Aug/Respighi_sinfonia_BIS2210.htm
http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2016/Oct/Respighi_sinfonia_BIS2210.htm
https://www.audaud.com/respighi-sinfonia-drammatica-belfagor-ov-%E2%80%92-orch-philharmonique-royal-de-liege-john-neschling-%E2%80%92-bis/
https://www.allmusic.com/album/respighi-sinfonia-drammatica-belfagor-overture-mw0002945576

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Ottorino Respighi (9 July 1879 – 18 April 1936) was an Italian composer and musicologist. He is best known for his orchestral music, particularly the three Roman tone poems: Fountains of Rome (Fontane di Roma), Pines of Rome (I pini di Roma), and Roman Festivals (Feste romane). His musicological interest in 16th-, 17th- and 18th-century music led him to compose pieces based on the music of these periods. Although Respighi was known primarily as composers of instrumental and orchestral music, he also wrote a number of operas, the most famous of which is La fiamma.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottorino_Respighi

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John Neschling (born May 13, 1947 in Rio de Janeiro) is a Brazilian orchestral and operatic conductor. He studied conducting under Hans Swarowsky and Reinhold Schmid in Vienna and under Leonard Bernstein and Seiji Ozawa in Tanglewood. Later, he won several international conducting competitions. Neschling was music director and chief conductor of the São Paulo State Symphony from 1997 to 2008. During the twelve years under his leadership, the OSESP became a first rate international orchestra, and recorded a series of CDs, winning 5 Diapason d'Or and one Latin Grammy. 

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Sunday, July 18, 2021

Ottorino Respighi - Metamorphoseon; etc. (John Neschling)


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Composer: Ottorino Respighi
  • (01) Metamorphoseon
  • (14) Ballata delle gnomidi
  • (15) Belkis, Regina di Saba

Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège
John Neschling, conductor

Date: 2015

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Saturday, July 17, 2021

Ottorino Respighi - Impressioni brasiliane; La Boutique fantasque (John Neschling)


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Composer: Ottorino Respighi
  • (01) Impressioni brasiliane
  • (04) La Boutique fantasque

Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège
John Neschling, conductor

Date: 2014

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Ottorino Respighi - Roman Trilogy (John Neschling)


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Composer: Ottorino Respighi
  • (01) Fontane di Roma
  • (05) Pini di Roma
  • (09) Feste Romane

São Paulo Symphony Orchestra
John Neschling, conductor

Date: 2010
Label: BIS
http://bis.se/composer/respighi-ottorino/respighi-roman-trilogy

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Friday, July 16, 2021

Ottorino Respighi - Violin Concerto in A major; etc. (Laura Marzadori; Salvatore Di Vittorio)


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Composer: Ottorino Respighi
  • (01) Aria for strings, P. 32
  • (02) Violin Concerto in A major, P. 49
  • (05) Suite for strings, P. 41
  • (11) Rossiniana: Suite for orchesra, P. 148

Laura Marzadori, violin
Chamber Orchestra of New York
Salvatore Di Vittorio, conductor

Date: 2011
Label: Naxos

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Thursday, July 15, 2021

Ottorino Respighi - Piano Concerto in A minor; etc. (Konstantin Scherbakov)


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Composer: Ottorino Respighi
  1. Piano Concerto in A minor
  2. Toccata
  3. Fantasia Slava

Konstantin Scherbakov, piano
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
Howard Griffiths, conductor

Date: 1995
Label: Naxos

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Wednesday, July 14, 2021

Ottorino Respighi - Concerto in modo misolidio; Concerto a cinque (Konstantin Scherbakov)


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Composer: Ottorino Respighi
  • (01) Concerto in modo misolidio
  • (04) Concerto a cinque

Konstantin Scherbakov, piano
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
Howard Griffiths, conductor (1-3)
Capella Istropolitana
Ewald Danel, conductor (4-6)

Date: 1999
Label: Naxos

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Monday, July 12, 2021

Various Composers - Polish Chamber Music for Wind Instruments


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  • (01) Ignacy Feliks Dobrzyński - Duo for Clarinet and Piano, Op. 47
  • (04) Wojciech Kilar - Sonata for Horn and Piano
  • (07) Franciszek Lessel - Grand Trio for Piano, Clarinet and Horn, Op. 4

Roman Widaszek, clarinet
Tadeusz Tomaszewski, horn
Joanna Domańska, piano

Date: 2013

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Sunday, July 11, 2021

Ignacy Feliks Dobrzyński; Józef Elsner - Sextet & Septet (Camerata Vistula)


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Composer: Ignacy Feliks Dobrzyński; Józef Elsner
  • (01) Dobrzyński - String Sextet in E flat major, Op. 39
  • (05) Elsner - Septet in D major

Magdalena Adamek, piano
Konstanty Andrzej Kulka, violin

Camerata Vistula
Andrzej Gębski, violin
Grzegorz Chmielewski, viola
Elżbieta Piwkowska, cello
Radosław Nur, double bass
Robert Nalewajka, flute
Artur Pachlewski, clarinet
Andrzej Wróbel, cello

Date: 2001
Label: Acte Préalable

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Saturday, July 10, 2021

Ignacy Feliks Dobrzyński - String Quintets (Wilanów String Quartet)


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Composer: Ignacy Feliks Dobrzyński
  • (01) String Quintet No. 1 in F major, Op. 20
  • (05) String Quintet No. 2 in A minor, Op. 40

Wilanów String Quartet
Tadeusz Gadzina & Paweł Łosakiewicz, violins
Ryszard Duź, viola
Marian Wasiółka, cello
&
Tomasz Strahl, cello

Date: 2001
Label: Acte Préalable

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Friday, July 9, 2021

Ignacy Feliks Dobrzyński - Chamber Works with Piano, Vol. 2 (Les Explorateurs)


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Composer: Ignacy Feliks Dobrzyński
  1. Fantaisie, for violin and piano, Op. 32
  2. Introduction and Variations, for violin and piano, Op. 9
  3. Les Larmes, for violin and piano, Op. 41
  4. Souvenir de Dresde, for violin, cello and piano, Op. 47
  5. Introduction and Variations, for flute and piano, Op. 18
  6. Andante e Rondo alla Polacca, for flute and piano, Op. 42

Les Explorateurs
Joanna Ławrynowicz, piano
Anna Orlik, violin
Łukasz Tudzierz, cello
Jagoda Sokołowska-O'Donovan, flute

Date: 2013
Label: Acte Préalable

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Thursday, July 8, 2021

Ignacy Feliks Dobrzyński - Chamber Works with Piano, Vol. 1 (Les Explorateurs)


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Composer: Ignacy Feliks Dobrzyński
  1. Piano Trio in A minor, Op. 17: I. Allegro moderato
  2. Piano Trio in A minor, Op. 17: II. Scherzo
  3. Piano Trio in A minor, Op. 17: III. Adagio fantastico
  4. Piano Trio in A minor, Op. 17: IV. Rondo
  5. Souvenir de Dresde, for oboe, cello and piano, Op. 47
  6. Les Larmes, for cello and piano, Op. 41
  7. Introduction et Variations, for violin and piano, Op. 18

Les Explorateurs
Joanna Ławrynowicz, piano
Anna Orlik, violin
Łukasz Tudzierz, cello
Grzegorz Stec, oboe

Date: 2013
Label: Acte Préalable

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Wednesday, July 7, 2021

Ignacy Feliks Dobrzyński - Piano Concerto; Symphony No. 2 (Emilian Madey; Łukasz Borowicz)


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Composer: Ignacy Feliks Dobrzyński

CD1:
  • (01) Overture to 'Monbar, or Te Filibusters', Op. 30
  • (02) Piano Concerto in A flat major, Op. 2
CD2:
  • (01) Symphony No. 2 in C minor, Op. 15 'Characteristic'
  • (05) Original slow movement of Symphony No. 2 (Andante grazioso)

Emilian Madey, piano
Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Łukasz Borowicz, conductor

Date: 2013
Label: Chandos

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Monday, July 5, 2021

Astor Piazzolla - Complete Tango! (Isabelle van Keulen Ensemble)


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Composer: Astor Piazzolla

CD1:
  1. Escualo
  2. Verano Porteño
  3. Invierno Porteño
  4. Tristezas de un Doble A
  5. Michelangelo '70
  6. Contrabajísimo
  7. Oblivion
  8. Libertango
  9. Tangata
  10. Tanti anni prima
  11. Concierto para Quinteto
CD2:
  1. Bando
  2. Otoño porteño
  3. Le grand tango (arr. Christian Gerber)
  4. Soledad
  5. Tres minutos con la realidad
  6. Kicho
  7. Primavera porteña
  8. Adiós nonino
  9. Tango para una ciudad
CD3:
  1. Allegro tangabile
  2. La Camorra I
  3. Romance del diablo
  4. Vayamos al diablo
  5. Tango del diablo
  6. Poema valseado
  7. Fuga y misterio
  8. Introducción al ángel
  9. Milonga del ángel
  10. Muerte del ángel
  11. Resurrección del ángel

Isabelle van Keulen Ensemble
Isabelle van Keulen, violin
Christian Gerber, bandoneon
Ulrike Payer, piano
Rüdiger Ludwig, double bass

Date: 2021
Label: Challenge Classics

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Sunday, July 4, 2021

Astor Piazzolla; Antonio Vivaldi - Tango Seasons (Cappella Gabetta)


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Composer: Astor Piazzolla; Antonio Vivaldi
  • (01) Vivaldi - Violin Concerto in E major 'Spring', RV 269
  • (04) Piazzolla - Las cuatro estaciones porteñas: Invierno Porteño
  • (05) Vivaldi - Violin Concerto in G minor 'Summer', RV 315
  • (08) Piazzolla - Las cuatro estaciones porteñas: Verano Porteño
  • (09) Vivaldi - Violin Concerto in F major 'Autumn', RV 293
  • (12) Piazzolla - Las cuatro estaciones porteñas: Otoño Porteño
  • (13) Vivaldi - Violin Concerto in F minor 'Winter', RV 297
  • (16) Piazzolla - Las cuatro estaciones porteñas: Primavera Porteña
  • (17) Roberto Molinelli - Estate Reloaded

Andrés Gabetta, violin
Mario Stefano Pietrodarchi, bandoneon
Cappella Gabetta

Date: 2019
Label: Sony Classical

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Saturday, July 3, 2021

Astor Piazzolla; Heitor Villa-Lobos - Americas (Anne Gastinel)


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Composer: Astor Piazzolla; Heitor Villa-Lobos
  1. Piazzolla - Adiós Nonino
  2. Piazzolla - Le Grand Tango
  3. Piazzolla - Histoire du Tango: Café 1930
  4. Piazzolla - Michelangelo 70
  5. Piazzolla - Oblivion
  6. Villa-Lobos - Bachianas brasileiras No. 1: I. Introdução (Embolada)
  7. Villa-Lobos - Bachianas brasileiras No. 1: II. Prelúdio (Modinha)
  8. Villa-Lobos - Bachianas brasileiras No. 1: III. Fuga (Conversa)
  9. Villa-Lobos - Bachianas brasileiras No. 5: I. Aria
  10. Villa-Lobos - Bachianas brasileiras No. 5: II. Dança (Martello): Allegretto

Anne Gastinel, cello
Sandrine Piau, soprano (9, 10)
Orchestre National de France

Date: 2015
Label: Naïve Records

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Friday, July 2, 2021

Alberto Ginastera; L. Bernstein; S. Moussa - Works for Violin and Orchestra (Andrew Wan)


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Composer: Alberto Ginastera; Leonard Bernstein; Samy Moussa
  • (01) Ginastera - Violin Concerto, Op. 30
  • (12) Bernstein - Serenade for Solo Violin, Strings, Harp and Percussion
  • (17) Moussa - Violin Concerto 'Adrano'

Andrew Wan, violin
Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal
Kent Nagano, conductor

Date: 2020
Label: Analekta

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Thursday, July 1, 2021

Joan Manén - Violin Concerto No. 3; Symphony No. 2 (Ana María Valderrama; Darrell Ang)


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Composer: Joan Manén
  • CD1: Violin Concerto No. 3 'Ibérico' (sin tono), Op. A-37
  • CD2: Symphony No. 2 'Ibérica', Op. A-47

Ana María Valderrama, violin
Barcelona Symphony Orchestra
Darrell Ang, conductor

Date: 2020
Label: Naxos

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