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Théodore Gouvy: Songs to Texts by Renaissance Poets
The instrumental and orchestral music of the Franco-German Romantic Théodore Gouvy (1819-98) is slowly being rediscovered. Gouvy also wrote a generous number of melodious songs, showing a predilection for the sixteenth-century love-poems of Pierre de Ronsard. Only eleven of the 26 songs on this CD have been recorded before, and none in the key the composer intended, as they are here for the first time; the others are first-ever recordings.
MeeAe Nam, soprano
John Elwes, tenor
Joel Schoenhals, piano
Théodore Gouvy: Sérénades for Flute and Strings
The rediscovery of the three Sérénades for flute and strings by the Franco-German Romantic Théodore Gouvy (1819-98) — two of them commissioned by the Philharmonic Club of New York — brings a welcome expansion to the repertoire of nineteenth-century chamber music for flute. Gouvy's charming melodic language disguises the expert craftsmanship of a composer who, not belonging to any national school, has not had the attention his warm-hearted music deserves.
Markus Brönnimann, flute
Kreisler Quartet, string quartet
Ilka Emmert, double-bass
Michael Kleiser, piano
Prokofiev’s Violin Partnerships
At the beginning of October Toccata Classics will release a new album, by the violinist Yuri Kalnits and pianist Yulia Chaplina, of music by Prokofiev…
Ottorino Respighi: L’Opera Per Pianoforte Solo
di Potito Pedarra Scrive Lorenzo Arruga presentando alcune “liriche più famose [di Respighi]: una volta le ho persino accompagnate in un piccolo concerto, accettando a…
The Balkan Piano, Volume One
The composing traditions of the ten Balkan countries are as good as unknown in the rest of the world. In this revelatory piano recital, the Albanian pianist Amir Xhakoviq presents a glittering array of keyboard jewels from his own country and its neighbours, ranging from wild and energetic toccatas to timeless evocations of bells and other ancient traditions, with a surprisingly wide range of references, from folk-music to Scarlatti and jazz. As ‘Volume One’ indicates, this album is intended as the first of a series that will continue to explore the unfamiliar music of the Balkans.
Amir Xhakoviq, piano