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November 08 2017

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November 08 2017

Kulturtipp: Leuchtende Klanggemälde, Orazio Sciortino

Im Begrif Kammermusik schwingen leise auch die Attribute klassisch und kanonisch mit. Wie schön also, die Erstaufnahmen von Kompositionen zu hören, die vor kurzem erst entstanden sind. Das Basler Pianotrio Ambra und das Streichensemble New Wave aus Zürich spielen Kammermusik von Orazio Sciortino, die klangliche Räumlichkeiten neu defnieren. Der...


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November 07 2017

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November 07 2017

Crescendo Magazine: Un Italien en Suisse

Le label suisse Claves publie un CD monographique de la musique d’Orazio Sciortino consacré à sa musique récente pour piano et cordes. Le programme débute par un duo violoncelle – piano, Journal d’un poète, une œuvre écrite en 2013, mais qui utilise aussi du matériau de 2004, des lieder sur des textes de Ungaretti à propos de la mort de son enf...


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November 07 2017

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November 07 2017

Gramophone (UK): SCIORTINO Chamber Music for Piano and Strings

Italian contemporary music has struggled to find renewed focus in recent years, with Orazio Sciortino (b1984) evidently among its leading lights. A formidable pianist (witness his set of opera transcriptions by Liszt and Tausig) as well as composer, the piano fairly dominates this disc of chamber works written during 2012‑13, but Diario di un p...


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November 07 2017

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November 07 2017

Gramophone (UK): LEVINAS Le Petit Prince

Marks out of ten for product management: zero. Here we have an audio recording of an opera sung in French with no libretto (not even on the web) and no synopsis in the booklet, but instead a sycophantic three-page biography of the composer in laughable English that refers to the aforementioned opera in the future tense, ‘to be created in 2015’ ...


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November 06 2017

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November 06 2017

Gramophone (UK): Budu in the 50 greatest Chopin recordings

Our journey through the greatest Chopin recordings continues, from Pires in the Nocturnes to Pogorelich in the Scherzos All of the reviews printed below were originally published in Gramophone, the world's leading classical music magazine. To find out more about subscribing, visit: gramophone.co.uk/subscribe Listening to his impressive new rec...


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November 06 2017

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November 06 2017

CD Hotlist: Charles du Plessis Trio, Baroqueswing Vol. II

Baroque music, particularly the music of J.S. Bach, has proved irresistible to jazz musicians for decades now. I think it’s the combination of harmonic richness and rhythmic regularity: Bach’s countrapuntal lines are so much fun to play in straight rhythm that the temptation to makes those lines swing can just be kind of overpowering. This Sout...


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November 02 2017

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November 02 2017

Das Orchester: Harp Concertos, Anaïs Gaudemard

Anaïs Gaudemard, geboren 1991, kann schon in ihren jungen Jahren auf eine glänzende internationale Karriere zurückblicken. Noch während ihres überaus erfolgreichen und mit Preisen gekrönten Studiums am Conservartoire National von Lyon und der Haute École de Musique von Lausanne gewann sie 2012 den ersten Preis bei dem berühmten internationalen ...


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November 01 2017

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November 01 2017

Audiophile Audition: George Robert, sax – Plays Michel Legrand

Michel Legrand at the movies, on sax. With the passing of George Robert (1960-2016), we have lost a very fine jazz musician and esteemed educator. He played with many of the top big bands, including Lionel Hampton and Phil Woods. A longish stint with Tom Harrell is also a highlight of his discography. Robert is quite a traditional alto stylist ...


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October 30 2017

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October 30 2017

Audiophile Audition: Charl du Plassis Trio, Baroqueswing Vol II

Jazz versions of top Baroque and other melodies. This disc was recorded live at the 2015 Festival Muskdorf Ernen in Switzerland. Du Plessis has chosen baroque works by Bach, Gluck, Vivaldi and Handel and ends with a six-movement jazz suit and a closing track of Gershwin’s I Got Rhythm theme. Du Plessis sort of continues the efforts of the ”Play...


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October 30 2017

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October 30 2017

Scènes Magazine: Elektra, la chanteuse touche au sublime - Gwyneth Jones

« Orest ! Orest ! Orest ! Orest ! ». On ne peut aujourd'hui entendre Gwyneth Jones chanter sa complainte sur la scène du Grand-Théâtre de Genève sans être submergé par l'émotion. Habitée par le message straussien qu'elle porte à la perfection, la chanteuse touche au sublime. Le disque ne pouvait se passer d'un tel document. Depuis qu'Antonin Sc...


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