CLASSICAL MUSIC
John PICKARD Chamber Music
Rupert Marshall-Luck (violin, viola) Sophie Harris (cello) Ian Mitchell (bass clarinet) Matthew Rickard (piano) Reviews of music by the English composer John Pickard (b. 1963) have stated that ‘he has the technique and the temperament to emerge as one of the great symphonists of the 21st century’, even that ‘his place among the greats is secure’. This conspectus of his chamber music traces the evolution of his style over two decades, from the Piano Trio of 1990 to Snowbound of 2010, revealing a powerful rhythmic drive, a feeling for toughly argued drama and a poetic sensitivity to atmosphere among its most prominent characteristics. TOCC0150
David BRAID: Chamber and Instrumental Music
Grace Davidson (soprano) • Peter Cigleris (clarinet) • Yuri Kalnits (violin) • Julia Morneweg (cello) • John Paul Ekins (piano) • Sergei Podobedov (piano) • Jelena Laković (piano) Tippett Quartet (string quartet) Erato Piano Trio (piano trio) • Rossitza Stoycheva and Mikako Hori (piano duo) The British composer David Braid, born in North Wales in 1970, studied in London, Oxford and Kraków, and his music shows something of that double inheritance, bringing together the lyricism of such English composers as Dowland and the dynamism of the Polish school of Lutosławski. This debut CD of his music presents chamber and instrumental works written between 2006 and 2011. Steve Reich described the raga-like Morning for soprano and string quartet – the Pablo Neruda setting which opens this disc – as ‘beautifully done – very honest stuff’; the other works here encompass a divergent range of moods, from the melancholy of Infinite Reminiscence to the energetic drive of Music for Dancers. TOCC0149
Cello Heroics Vol.1: SCHUMANN.R: Concerto for Cello & Orchestra Op.129 in A minor Sinfonia Varsovia (Orchestra) Misha Katz (Conductor) Gavriel Lipkind (Cello)
Leo ORNSTEIN Piano Music, Volume One Arsentiy Kharitonov (piano)
The Russian-born American composer Leo Ornstein (1893–2002) lived long enough – an astonishing 109 years – to see his music both fall into and re-emerge from obscurity. His earliest surviving work dates from around 1905; his last was composed in 1990. Not surprisingly, his music embraces a range of styles, ranging on this first CD – in the first extended series devoted to his piano works – from the atmospheric impressionism of the Four Impromptus via the fiery virtuosity of the Fourth Piano Sonata to the Rachmaninov-like Romanticism of the Cossack Impressions and In the Country.
TOCC0141 The Unknown ENESCU, Volume One: Music for Violin Sherban Lupu, violin (conductor) Masumi Per Rostad (viola) Marin Cazacu (cello) Dmitry Kouzov (cello) Ian Hobson (piano) Ilinca Dumitrescu (piano) Samir Golescu (piano) Enescu Ensemble of the University of Illinois (ensemble) George Enescu (1881–1955) is one of the great composers, although the world has yet to realise the extent of his achievements. Enescu’s small published œuvre of 33 opus numbers belies the amount of music he produced: he composed prolifically but, as he was both a perfectionist and a busy performer, much of his music is still unknown. This CD reveals solo, chamber and concertante pieces featuring the violin, played by his fellow Romanian Sherban Lupu, who understands Enescu’s idiom like few other musicians.
TOCC0047
Cello Heroics Vol. 2: SHOSTAKOVICH Cello Concerto No.1 Op.107 in E-flat major Sinfonia Varsovia (Orchestra) Wojciech Rodek (Conductor) Gavriel Lipkind (Cello)
The Cello Heroics recording series aims to become an exhaustive anthology of the concertante repertoire for cello (“The Heroes of the Cello“), but also serves as a kind of touring diary of solo cellist Gavriel Lipkind. A carefully planned audio documentary over many albums wherein every composition is seen as a “Hero”, and each is celebrated as a stand alone production serving the needs of one specific work.
LP006-H01-ED Cello Heroics Vol.3: SAINT-SAËNS Cello Concerto No.1 Op.33 A minor Sinfonia Varsovia (Orchestra) Antony Hermus (Conductor) Gavriel Lipkind (Cello)
LP012-H03-ED
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LP009-H02-ED Cello Heroics Vol.4: Dohnanyi KONZERTSTÜCK for Cello and Orchestra Op.12 Het Gelders Orkest (Orchestra) Ivan Meylemans (Conductor) Gavriel Lipkind (Cello)
LP015-H04-ED
AUG-SEP 2012