Soprano

Blackbird performed by the GTA Guitarist on Classical Guitar

The Beatles - Blackbird

Eleanor Rigby

Ingo Goritzki, Bach-Collegium Stuttgart, Helmut Rilling

J.S. Bach: Oboe concerto in g-Moll BWV 1056R - II. Adagio, III. Presto

THOMAS GOULD Live in Riga
Sinfonietta Riga

1-3. Violin Concerto in D, Op. 61 - Ludwig van Beethoven
	I. Allegro ma non troppo
	II. Larghetto
	III. Rondo (Allegro)

4. The Lark Ascending - Ralph Vaughan Williams  

Produced by Raphaël Mouterde
Executive producer Dave Stapleton

‘Live in Riga’ is the major new album from the celebrated 31 year old British violinist Thomas Gould.  Recorded live in concert with Sinfonietta Riga on April 11th 2014 at the Great Guild Hall in Riga, Latvia, it confirms Gould’s enormous potential as one of the most inventive and colourful instrumentalists of his generation.  Gould is no ordinary classical musician but one of a new generation who refuse to be defined by a single genre.  He has developed impressive jazz credentials, but it is in this environment as soloist/director of classical repertoire where he really excels.  The Times recently described Gould as “intent on becoming the Nigel Kennedy of his generation”.  Gould, however, is incomparably his own musician.  Bold and courageous enough to forge his own path and follow his singular vision, he steps outside the footsteps of the greats.

‘Live in Riga’ is a defining album for Gould, his first disc of a three-album deal with forward-thinking British jazz and classical record label Edition Classics.  Over the last decade he has been in demand as a soloist with major orchestras worldwide, including the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Hallé Orchestra and LA Phil New Music Group.  He is also much in demand as a leader/director, working with Britten Sinfonia, Aurora Orchestra, Mahler Chamber Orchestra and the Australian Chamber Orchestra’s ACO2, but it’s when he brings these disciplines together that the magic happens.  As Gould explains, “It means that everyone plays in a more engaged way. There is a group commitment to making it work, so the process is much more collaborative than when working with conductor.”

Sinfonietta Riga is an orchestra with a story to tell.  Formed in 2006, their vision is as bold as Gould’s.  Equally happy to play in concert dress or T-shirts they are intent on building new audiences for the music while reaching for the highest artistic standards.  Their collaboration is a perfect match and a unique experience for both the orchestra and for Gould.  This live concert recording bears witness to this special musical symbiosis.

To release an album featuring Beethoven’s Violin Concerto and Vaughan Williams’s The Lark Ascending is a bold decision.  As two cornerstones of the violin repertoire, there are plenty of performances to compare, but Gould’s versions demonstrate a brilliance of tone and colour that demands attention.  His flexibility and breadth of musical interests is fully evident.  Gould’s playing has the clarity you would expect from any major performer but radiates a freedom in its expression as though improvised with an immediate elegance and poise.

For Gould it’s all about achieving the right balance.  Whether it’s jazz or classical, written or improvised, as soloist or director, Gould is right in the eye of the storm.  If the dark clouds gathering in the wider music world imply that the days of the single-minded virtuoso are coming to an end; if to succeed in that brave new world we need to attract more diversity and brighter colours, then in Thomas Gould we may have found the lightning conductor to spark a new generation.


THOMAS GOULD Beethoven - Violin Concerto In D, Op.61 - II. Larghetto

Fernando Núñez Straub- ''ah! Vous Diraij - Je,maman'' Mozart

Audius Classical Music
https://audius.co/classicalmusic

Eine Kleine Nachtmusik (Serenade No. 13 for strings in G major), K. 525, is a 1787 composition for a chamber ensemble by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. 

The German title means "a little serenade," though it is often rendered more literally but less accurately as "a little night music." The work is written for an ensemble of two violins, viola, and cello with optional double bass, but is often performed by string orchestras.

This first movement is in sonata-allegro form. It opens with an ascending Mannheim rocket theme. The second theme is more graceful and in D major, the dominant key of G major. 

The exposition closes in D major and is repeated. The development section begins on D major and touches on D minor and C major before the work returns to G major for the recapitulation. There is a brief coda.

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Best of Mozart Deezer
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Mozart on Spotify
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Mozart Playlist
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Orchestral samples included in this recording from the Vienna Symphonic Library.

Best of Mozart

Serenade No.13 in G Major, K. 525 "Eine Kleine Nachtmusik" I. Allegro

John Williams Theme From Schindlers List

Do you like Bach? I simply love this piece!

Bach Präludium Fis-moll WTKII

The Atlanta Baroque Orchestra live in concert, Sunday, 13 February, 2011 at Roswell Presbyterian Church in Roswell, Georgia. Julie Andrijeski, Karen Clarke, violins, and Stephanie Vial, cello.

Grand Concerto in G, Op. 6 No. 1, G. F. Handel, Movement 2

The Brussels Virtuosi Orchestra:
Concertos Virtuoses et airs d'opéra
Historical venue of St Paul’s Anglican Church, Athens
Tuesday 1st December 2015

Vivaldi | Orlando Furioso 
"Sol da te mio dolce amore" 

Brussels Virtuosi Orchestra
http://www.naxos.com/person/Brussels_Virtuosi/89728.htm

Marc Grauwels, flute
http://www.marcgrauwels.be/

Nikos Spanatis, countertenor
http://www.nikosspanatis.com/en

The Brussels Virtuosi, a music ensemble of exceptional virtuosity, which was founded by internationally awarded Belgian flutist Marc Grauwels, in a unique concert in Athens, within the frame of their tour in Greece, will present a program with works by Mozart, Vivaldi, Cimarosa, Doppler, Rachmaninoff and Delibes, on Tuesday 1st December, at 20:30, at St Paul’s atmospheric church.
The renowned orchestra Brussels Virtuosi joins their creator and flutist Marc Grauwels, soprano and protagonist of National Opera, Vassiliki Karagianni and established countertenor Nikos Spanatis.

Organization and Communicating: spes 'n' arts
Arte Atene

Media Sponsor: MEGA 

Sound Recording: MetaDeftero (web radio)
Mastering by Costas Bokos (st19)

Vivaldi | Orlando furioso "Sol da te mio dolce amore" | M. Grauwels, N. Spanatis & Brussels Virtuosi

Ireland: Timeless Songs of the Emerald Isle

The Cliffs of Dooneen

ccradiocc.tk classical channel for morning free

17 Mozart Clarinet Concerto In A Major K622 Adagio

バッハのマタイ受難曲より、高橋悠治編曲による「主よあわれみ給え」を弾いてみました。
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8o4aaZHbxM
http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm18036132

J.S.Bach = Yuji Takahashi "Erbarme dich, mein Gott (Matthäus-Passion BWV244)"

violin: Paolo Chiavacci
conductor: Franco Pisciotta 

photo: Tom Ford - Sophie Dahl for Opium

Bach - Violin Concerto in A minor

Solo Violin: Ainhoa Galvany
Violins: Laura Torcal & Raquel Paleo
Viola: Isa Juarez
Cello: Queralt Garcia
Harpsichord: Ilil Danin

Recorded at the Fentener van Vlissingenzaal
Recording: NanoGrammophon

June2013
Utrecht

Bach - Violin Concerto in A minor

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