intense  (classical + orchestral)

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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

The Secret History
From “The Architect”
Kerry Muzzey with the Chamber Orchestra of London

The Secret History

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Vol. 1

Requiem in D minor, K. 626 Lacrimosa

Vivaldi: L'Estro Armonico

Concerto For Two Violins In A Minor, Op. 3, No. 8, RV 522: I. Allegro

O Vos Omnes - Tomás Luis de Victoria

Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 23, Symphony No. 40 & Don Giovanni Overture

Don Giovanni, K. 527: Overture

The Music for Ballet Classes series is a collection of CDs designed to provide dancers and dance teachers with all the music necessary for a complete classical ballet class. The featured piano on this album is a fantastic Fazioli concert grand with a wonderfully deep and resonant timbre. 
This fourth volume marks a departure from those previous in that tracks are not repeated for barre exercises, in order to provide some exercises with alternative tempi or time signatures. This makes Volume 4 the most flexible and best value album to date, featuring 40 separate tracks that span a wide variety of musical genres

39 - Pointe Pirouettes - Dream Variation From Raymonda Act 1 - Alexander Glazunov - Preview

Johann Sebastian Bach
The Musical Offering
Ensemble Aurora
Marcello Gatti, flute
Enrico Gatti, violin
Gaetano Nasillo, cello
Guido Morini, harpsichord

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Bach: The Musical Offering - Fuga Canonica In Epidiapente — Ensemble Aurora & Enrico Gatti

Tomaso Antonio Vitali: Chaconne in G Minor

Musica Notturna 11

V013-Antonio Vivaldi – The Four Seasons Concerto No. 2 In G Minor, RV 315, Summer I. Allegro non molto

Vivaldi Four Saesons and Other Classical Music Favorites - Best Relaxing Classical Music Online

Antonio Vivaldi The Four Seasons - Winter

Classical Music for Meditation, Relaxation and Yoga. Famous Classical Music and Relaxing Classical Music Composers. Best Classical Music of All Time

Erik Satie - Gymnopédie No.2

Marche Slave, Op. 31 by Tchaikovsky performed at the July 21st concert to benefit the Sean Hanna Foundation

Marche Slave, Op. 31 by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Epilogue

Femme fatale: II. Hedda Gabler

Hailed by world-renowned violinist and pedagogue Zvi Zeitlin as “two gifted boys”, the critically acclaimed Irrera Brothers has captivated audiences throughout the United States and abroad. The New York Concert Review cited their 2013 concert in Carnegie Hall as a “riveting and dynamic performance”. Joseph and John have also performed at Lincoln Center, the Kennedy Center, the Eastman Theatre, and internationally throughout France, Germany, Italy, and Costa Rica.

Joseph and John each began their musical education at the age of five. Their talent for music was quickly recognized and after only six years the brothers entered the Eastman School of Music’s Pre-College Division where they received a multi-faceted musical education.

After graduating from their preparatory education, both Joseph and John remained at the Eastman School of Music completing their Bachelor of Music Degrees in Performance with Distinction, where they worked with esteemed Eastman faculty including the Grammy Award winning Ying Quartet. After earning the coveted Performer’s Certificate during his undergraduate studies, John remained at the Eastman for his Masters Degree, while Joseph pursued his graduate studies at the Peabody Conservatory of the Johns Hopkins University.

In addition to their duo collaboration, Joseph and John are also celebrated soloists. Joseph, a Steinway Artist, has appeared with the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra and performed with conductors including Leonard Slatkin and Christopher Seaman. John has also appeared as soloist with the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra and has collaborated with notable musicians such as Michael Tilson Thomas, Peter Oundjian, and composer Tan Dun.

Joseph and John have won numerous national and international competitions both as soloists and as the Irrera Brothers. Highlights from the Irrera Brothers 2014-2015 Concert Season include appearances at Atlanta’s Spivey Hall, the Rio Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Eastman’s Hatch and Kilbourn Halls, and Steinway Hall in Dallas, Texas with members from the Dallas Symphony Orchestra. 

In May of 2014 the brothers graduated from the Eastman School of Music with their Doctor of Musical Arts degrees. This marked the first time in Eastman’s ninety-three year history that two siblings graduated in the same year, each with doctorate degrees. In addition, each has served on the faculty of the Eastman School of Music and the Eastman Community Music School, the very same department in which they began their musical journey.

Joseph and John are on the artist roster of New York City management firm, Parker Artists.

Tomaso Antonio Vitali: Chaconne in G Minor

Irrera Brothers

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