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NEW ON NAXOS
The World’s Leading Classical Music Label
February 2013 |
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8.572662
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Felix MENDELSSOHN (1809–1847)
Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64 *
Violin Concerto in D minor, MWV *
Violin Sonata in F minor, Op. 4 †
Tianwa Yang, violin Romain Descharmes, piano†
Sinfonia Finlandia Jyväskylä* Patrick Gallois*
Filled with Mendelssohn’s signature freshness and lightness of touch, the Violin Concerto in D minor and the Sonata, Op. 4 are youthful products but written with an assurance which is startling in its maturity. The substantial earlier concerto gives a foretaste of the originality and soaring inspiration which has made the Violin Concerto, Op. 64 one of the most enduring works of its age. Acclaimed as “an unquestioned master of the violin” ( American Record Guide), Tianwa Yang has quickly established herself as a leading international performer and recording artist, with highly acclaimed discs of works by Sarasate, Piazzolla and Wolfgang Rihm.
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8.660323-25
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Johann Adolph HASSE (1699–1783)
Didone abbandonata
Theresa Holzhauser (Didone) Flavio Ferri-Benedetti (Enea)
Valer Barna-Sabadus (Iarba) Magdalena Hinterdobler (Selene)
Maria Celeng (Araspe) Andreas Burkhart (Osmida)
Hofkapelle München Michael Hofstetter
One of the outstanding composers of his day, Johann Adolph Hasse was seen as possessing “the same qualities of true genius, taste and judgment” as his librettist Pietro Metastasio. Didone abbandonata represents the once hugely popular 18th century genre of opera seria, exploring the same tragic story as Purcell’s earlier Dido and Aeneas while expanding the heroine’s conflicts between regal duties, love, and helplessness in the face of desertion.
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8.559737
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Duke ELLINGTON (1899–1974)
Black, Brown, and Beige • Harlem
Three Black Kings • The River Take the ‘A’ Train
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra JoAnn Falletta
World Première Recording
Edward Kennedy ‘Duke’ Ellington wrote some of the twentieth century’s greatest Big Band music, but he also wrote in a variety of forms. The boisterous and evocative Harlem pays tribute to Ellington’s roots, Black, Brown, and Beige sets work songs and spirituals, whilst the suite from The River shows his genius in writing for the stage. Three Black Kings, scored as a ballet, was left unfinished at his death, but shows no lessening of invention. Ellington’s arrangement of Billy Strayhorn’s Take the ‘A’ Train became famous around the world after the outbreak of World War II, and ranks among the most widely recorded standards of all time.
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8.572873
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Mieczysław WEINBERG (1919–1996)
Symphony No. 8 ‘Polish Flowers’, Op. 83
Rafał Bartmiński, tenor
Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir Antoni Wit
A product of Mieczysław Weinberg’s remarkable burst of creativity in the 1960s, the Eighth Symphony uses texts drawn from Julian Tuwim’s epic poem Polish Flowers which reflect on Poland’s troubled past and ominous future. Social inequities, poverty, cruelty in times of war and a final luminous vision of hope are eloquently expressed in one of Weinberg’s most personal and powerful artistic statements.
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8.572994
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Giovanni BOTTESINI (1821–1889)
Messa da Requiem
Marta Mathéu, soprano Gemma Coma-Alabert, mezzo-soprano
Agustín Prunell-Friend, tenor Enric Martínez-Castignani, baritone
Joyful Company of Singers London Philharmonic Orchestra Thomas Martin
Renowned worldwide in his lifetime and remembered today as a double bass virtuoso, Giovanni Bottesini excelled in every branch of musicianship, but his operas and sacred works were overshadowed by those of Verdi and have fallen into neglect. Composed in response to the death of his brother Luigi, Bottesini’s large scale Requiem combines ecclesiastical counterpoint with formal innovation and the expressive lyricism and dramatic orchestration of operatic models.
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8.572363
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8.573052
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8.572805
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8.572549
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8.573033
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8.572830
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8.572870
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8.572993
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8.572893
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Naxos Historical is in the privileged position of being able to transform the legendary recordings of the past into remarkable digtial sound, using today’s most advanced audio engineering technology.
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MORTON GOULD: American Legend
A 3-CD collection of masterpieces from the legendary 20th Century American composer Morton Gould.
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*Not Available in the United States due to possible copyright restrictions
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9781843793007
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9781843793014
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9781843797487
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