Solomon, HWV 67: The Arrival Of The Queen Of Sheba (by George Frideric Handel)

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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

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Vol. 1

Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major, K. 488 II. Adagio

Deezer

"Waiting Places" is a Modern Dance show by Bobbi Jene Smith and Or Schraiber, created and performed in Copenhagen in March 2024. In October 2024 it screened as a movie in San Francisco. Daskal wrote and performed the music in collaboration with Betty Nansen Theater (Copenhagen) and dancers from the Royal Danish Ballet. In August 2024 Daskal recorded the original motion picture soundtrack for the movie that became out of the show.

Daskal - PAVANE POUR UNE INFANTE DÉFUNTE M. 19 (Maurice Ravel)

My mellow attempt on this famous piece. Home recording using Tascam im2 for iPad/Garageband/Adobe Soundbooth

Jean Sibelius - Étude Op.76 no. 2 (A minor)

Charles Gounod - Ballet Music from Faust: 3. Variations du Miroir

Extraits du disque d'Emmanuelle Swiercz "Nocturnes - Chopin"

1 - 01 Frederic Chopin  Trois Nocturnes, Op. 9 - Larghetto En Si Bémol Mineur

Frédéric Chopin - Prelude in E-Minor (op.28 no. 4)

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

Miniatures

Rachmaninoff: Thirteen Preludes, Op. 32: No. 12 G-sharp minor (Live)

Edvard Grieg: Arietta

Newspaper critics are unanimous in their praise of Vadim's interpretations deeming them as «sensitive and expressive», «intelligent and powerful». With record-breaking 235 million views, his interpretation of the «Nocturne in E-flat Major» by Frederic Chopin is among the most popular classical music recordings on YouTube.

Rachmaninoff: Thirteen Preludes, Op. 32: No. 12 G-sharp minor (Live)

Vadim Chaimovich