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NEW ON NAXOS
The World’s Leading Classical Music Label
January 2013 |
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8.572698
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Antonín DVOŘÁK (1841–1904)
Symphony No. 6 in D major, Op. 60
Leoš JANÁČEK (1854–1928)
Idyll
Seattle Symphony • Gerard Schwarz
Dvořák’s was a strong voice in the re-establishment of Czech musical identity, and the noble themes, open landscapes and dancing Scherzo of the Symphony No. 6 bear the stamp of a genius at his height. The work can also be heard as a tribute to Brahms, who had helped him earlier in his career. Janáček’s charming Idyll reflects his preoccupation with Moravian folk-songs and rhythms as well as the influence of his friend Dvořák, identified by Jaroslav Vogel as the work’s “spiritual godfather”.
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8.572491
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Valentina Lisitsa Piano Recital
BEETHOVEN Piano Sonata No. 23 ‘Appassionata’
LISZT Totentanz SCHUMANN Kinderszenen
THALBERG Grand Fantasy on Rossini’s Il barbiere di Siviglia
Described by critics as a ‘bona fide angel playing’ and an ‘electrifying pianist’, the young Ukrainian-born, North Carolina-based Valentina Lisitsa has been receiving rave reviews ever since her début in Avery Fisher Hall for the Mostly Mozart Festival. It would be hard to conceive of a more thoroughly Romantic or demanding programme than she presents here: Beethoven’s radical ‘ Appassionata’ Sonata, via Schumann’s musical expression of an adult’s memories of childhood and Thalberg’s fantastic transformation of themes from Rossini’s most popular opera to Liszt’s pianistic danse macabre, inspired by a fresco by the medieval Italian artist Francesco Traini.
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8.573070
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James WHITBOURN (b. 1963)
Annelies (Chamber Version)
Arianna Zukerman, soprano Westminster Williamson Voices
The Lincoln Trio (with Bharat Chandra, clarinet) James Jordan
World Première Recording
The first major choral setting of The Diary of Anne Frank takes the teenager’s remarkable and penetrating observations, written whilst hiding in an Amsterdam attic, as the basis of its extraordinary and moving libretto. Whitbourn’s music for this work has been described as “woundingly beautiful” ( The Daily Telegraph). He reflects sounds of the Westerkerk bells and tunes heard on the radio in the Annexe, along with representations of Anne Frank’s Jewish and German heritage, details that add to a score “whose respectful understatement is its greatest strength” ( The Times).
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8.570990
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Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART (1756–1791)
Divertimento No. 11 in D major, K. 251
Divertimento No. 17 in D major, K. 334
Cologne Chamber Orchestra Helmut Müller-Brühl
Overflowing with Mozart’s characteristic melodic invention and deliciously abundant wit, these two celebratory Divertimenti are both associated with his time in Salzburg. K. 251 was probably written for the name-day of Mozart’s sister Nannerl, and K. 334 for the university graduation of a prosperous family friend. This is the late Helmut Müller-Brühl’s last recording.
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8.570487
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Nicolò PAGANINI (1782–1840)
Violin Concerto No. 5 in A minor (orch. F. Mompellio)
I palpiti, Op. 13 • Moto perpetuo in C, Op. 11
Ivan Pochekin, violin
Russian Philharmonic Orchestra
Dmitry Yablonsky
Paganini defined violin bravura in the first half of the nineteenth century. As one of the greatest and certainly the most spectacular executants of the instrument, he provoked a storm of excitement with his recital and concert performances. He wrote six concertos for the violin, the Fifth dating from around 1830. Despite the fact that only the solo part has survived – Federico Mompellio completed the work – it contains a lexicon of brilliant gymnastics and rich melodies cut from his finest cloth. Paganini’s sheer technical mastery can also be gauged from two of his most popular and dramatic pieces, the Moto perpetuo, Op. 11 and I palpiti, Op. 13.
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8.572357
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8.573071
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8.570944
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8.572713
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8.572759
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8.559731
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IBA 8.571295
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IBA 8.571296
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2.110296
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2.110311
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2.110318
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9781843792833
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9781843792581
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9781843792949
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9781843792987
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9781843792994
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9781843796732
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