CAPELLA CRACOVIENSIS
Mónika Tóth

Recorded live on Feb 20th, 2014 in Krakow Philharmonic Hall during a concert with Italian baroque. With talented young cellist Agnieszka Oszańca and Capella Cracoviensis on historical instruments led by Mónika Tóth, Hungarian concertmaster and violinist.

Recorded and produced by Tomasz Lida.

Antonio VIVALDI Concerto in G minor for strings & basso continuo (RV 156) - Allegro

270 — Piano

Rachmaninov Concerto n°2 para piano e orquestra - Solista: Sofya Gulyak

Rachmaninoff - Piano Concerto No.2 - 1o movimento - Sofya Gulyak

Victoria Bragin - F. Chopin: Polonaise E flat minor op. 26 no. 2

David Loebel conducts the New England Conservatory Philharmonia and pianist Cristian Budu in a performance of Schumann's Concerto for Piano in A minor, Op. 54. Recorded live in Jordan Hall, Boston November 4, 2015.

Schumann: Concerto for Piano in A minor, Op. 54 Intermezzo: Andantino grazioso

Chopin's etude, known as the Revolutionary etude in the key of c minor. It features a powerful combination of fast and furious left hand running passages with right hand intense chords. Towards the end, and after an unexpected change of key to G-flat major, the music suddenly struggles between major and minor keys, ending triumphantly in a powerful "victory" chord of C MAJOR. Chopin did not call the etude "Revolutionary" but it is said to represent the struggle of his native country, Poland, as it was being invaded by Russia. The ending in a big, loud C Major Chord is very meaningful, as it could represent victory to his homeland.

Frederic Chopin (Poland)- Etude op. 10, No.12 in c minor "Revolutionary"

From the album 'Schubert: Fantasie in C Major, Op. 15, D. 760 "Wanderer"; Chopin: 4 Ballades'. 
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Frederic Chopin: Ballade No.1 in G minor, Op. 23

Frederic Chopin: Ballade No.4 in F minor, Op. 52

Sonata 46 for violin and classical guitar

Sandra Haniszewska - Violin
Tomasz Kandulski - Classical Guitar

I was attending music school as an undergraduate in 1998 at the University of Texas at Austin. At the time, Matthew Gould (of Duo 46) was attending as a Doctoral student in guitar and living in Austin with his partner, violinist Beth Schneider. They had started Duo 46 maybe a few years before this. I was hanging out with them a lot in those days - just going over to their apartment or whatever. One day, Matt said to me, "Hey man, why don't you write us a piece?", and I said, "Umm.. ok."

At this point, I don't think they expected much. They hadn't had that many pieces written for them yet, and I was just starting as a composer, only in my second year of school. I decided I wanted to write something that would really show off what they could do technically and musically, and that would leave audiences breathless.

Not knowing how to begin, I lifted a line from a piece that I had just written - a solo flute piece titled "The Five Rings of Miyamoto Musashi". That became the opening line of the piece. Then, inspired by the one movement sonatas of Domenico Scarlatti, I wrote the piece based on that line. The piece is full of things that I was just discovering and becoming influenced by at the time: baroque sonatas, renaissance lute music (hence the "lute" tuning of the guitar), the tangos of Piazzolla as well as the ever-present rock and heavy metal that has always been part of my music. Since Duo 46 premiered the piece in 1999, Sonata 46 has become one of my most frequently and widely performed pieces.

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Sonata 46 (Haniszewska-Kandulski Duo)

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Ludwig van Beethoven.  Sonata No. 21 in C Major ("Waldstein" / “L’Aurora”), Op. 53: I. Allegro con brio

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Camille Saint-Saens, violin concerto N.3 in B minor op 61, 2nd m

Internationally acclaimed, multi-award-winning pianist, recording artist and educator, Sophia Agranovich is “a bold, daring pianist in the tradition of the Golden Age Romantics...A tigress of the keyboard” - Fanfare. Her performances are captivating audiences by the “orison of uncommon beauty” - Audiophile, “the ideal balance she achieves between the intellectual and the emotional” - Fanfare, “interpretation that dares to be different”, “magnificent shading and superior musicianship” - American Record Guide.
A Steinway Artist, she has performed at famed venues in USA, Europe, Israel, and Canada. Recently she played solo recitals at the Pennautier Festival and Juan-les-Pins in France and was invited to China and Brazil. Among her venues are Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall, Merkin Hall, Steinway Hall, Bargemusic, Salle Cortot, and Ehrbarsaal. She has collaborated with such
prominent musicians as Mark Peskanov, Shlomo Mintz, Christopher Collins Lee, Andrew Litton, Alexander Mishnaevsky, Gregory Singer, Anatole Wieck, Kathleen Supove, members of the major orchestras, chart-topping and Grammy® winning artists. She is a six-time Grammy® balloted artist, First Prize winner of Ukrainian Young Artists--now Mykola Lysenko International Competition-- and Bergen Philharmonic competitions, and is a recipient of 3 Gold and 8 Silver Medals by Global Music Awards, 2 Gold Medals by Prestige
Music Awards, Winner of the IInd place in Piano Solo by the American Prize, Best Classical Solo from Akademia Music Awards, 3 Best Classical Piano Albums by Clouzine International Music Awards, 4 Radio Music Awards and Hall of Fame by Indie Music Channel, 2 Platinum, Gold and Instrumentalist of the Year awards by LIT International Talent Awards, Best Classical Album by One World Music Radio, Industry Leader and Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime
Achievement Awards, and more. Her numerous albums and live concerts are broadcast on major stations worldwide, most recently in Brazil, Germany, England, Italy, New Zealand, Japan, Israel, Canada and in New York at WQXR Greene Space live with Elliott Forrest, on WWFM “Between the Keys” with Jed Distler, WWFM “Piano Matters” and WQXR “Reflections from the Keyboard” with David Dubal.

Ms. Agranovich holds Bachelor and Master Degrees from the Juilliard School where she had a full scholarship and Fellowship teaching Piano Minor at Juilliard, and continued Doctoral studies at Columbia University. Her professors at Juilliard were legendary Sascha Gorodnitzki and Nadia Reisenberg.

Sophia Agranovich is an esteemed pedagogue and adjudicator and is a recipient of numerous teaching awards. Her students are winning top prizes in regional, national and international competitions. Ms. Agranovich is the voting member of NARAS, listed in “Who’s Who in America” and “Who’s Who in the World”, Artistic Director of classical music series at the Watchung Arts Center and Program Chair of Music Educators Association of New Jersey.

Frederic Chopin: Ballade No.4 in F minor, Op. 52

Sophia Agranovich

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