Nikos Ibarra Mante, pianist
Recorded on a Yamaha Arius
Recording date: 19 July 2013

Edvard Grieg - Lyric Pieces Book V, Op. 54, no. 4 "Notturno"

SALES TEXT
Cellist Beatriz Blanco and pianist Federico Bosco follow the success of their first Odradek album with Of Love and War, a sumptuous programme of music by Nadia Boulanger, Richard Strauss, Debussy, Webern, Hindemith and Fauré, featuring mezzo-soprano Solenn’ Lavanant-Linke.

Of Love and War, partly inspired by Eduardo Galeano’s novel Days and Nights of Love and War, draws parallels between the isolation and pent-up passions of wartime and the experiences of the current pandemic. Much of this repertoire was composed around the time of the First World War, but also embraces broader themes of beginnings and endings, night and day, love and loss. 

Nadia Boulanger is celebrated as a teacher of great composers, but was a composer in her own right; her Three Pieces occupy a similar soundworld to that of Debussy, whose Cello Sonata is at the heart of the programme, and Fauré, whose song Les berceaux we hear in an arrangement for cello and piano. There are works by Webern that show us ‘before and after’ his early lessons with Schoenberg: the Zwei Stücke für Cello und Klavier of 1899, written when Webern was only 16, and the Drei Kleine Stücke, Op. 11 and Cello Sonata, both dating from 1914. The album discovers a softer side to Hindemith in his richly Romantic Three Pieces, Op. 8, and the whole recital is framed by glorious songs by Strauss and Debussy, performed by Solenn’ Lavanant-Linke.

15 - NADIA BOULANGER - 3 Pieces For Cello And Piano - I. Modere

French Suites 1, 2 & 3

French Suite No. 2 in C minor, BWV 813: II. Courante

Timeless Classical Piano

12 Lieder von Franz Schubert, S. 558: No. 12, Ave Maria

"2. Largo" from "Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major Op. 15" by Ludwig van Beethoven

Borodin: String Quartet No. 2 In D Major - III. Notturno Andante

2018 Walton Music

2. Dreamsong (Dreamweaver)- Ola Gjeilo

BACH, VIVALDI. CONCERTOS
Einar Steen-Nøkleberg, piano (1–3, 7–8, 13–15)
Alexander Zagorinsky, cello (4–6, 10–12)
The Chamber Orchestra of the Vologda Philharmonic Society
Conductor – Alexander Loskutov

Johann Sebastian Bach. Harpsichord Concerto No. 1 in D minor, BWV 1052
1 I. Allegro
2 II. Adagio
3 III. Allegro
Antonio Vivaldi. Cello Concerto in A minor, RV 422
4 I. Allegro
5 II. Largo cantabile
6 III. Allegro
Johann Sebastian Bach. Harpsichord Concerto No. 4 in A major, BWV 1055
7 I. Allegro
8 II. Larghetto
9 III. Allegro ma non tanto
Antonio Vivaldi. Cello Concerto in G major, RV 413
10 I. Allegro
11 II. Largo
12 III. Allegro
Johann Sebastian Bach. Harpsichord Concerto No. 5 in F minor, BWV 1056
13 I. [Allegro]
14 II. Largo
15 III. Presto

Recorded In 2018.
Sound engineer – Alexander Volkov
Editor – Dmitry Maslyakov
Design – Anna Kim
Cover photo – "Sky Of Vologda" By Tanya Sazansky
Translation – Nikolay Kuznetsov
Digital Release: Dmitry Maslyakov, Roman Tomlyankin

MEL CD 1002592

02. Bach: Harpsichord Concerto No. 1 in D minor, BWV 1052 - II. Adagio

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"2. Largo" from "Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major Op. 15" by Ludwig van Beethoven

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