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2023-09-23 11:00:26
The baroque specialists thrill in a new edition of Mozart’s C minor Mass, while the Spanish string quartet go to the edge with Beethoven, Bartók and more• Formed in 1995, the
2022-02-16 08:08:55
On 22 February, Kamerorkest van het Noorden (the string orchestra based in Groningen, The Netherlands) is releasing SATSARA an EP that features SATSARA by the Ukrainian/Dutch composer Maxim Shalygin alongside Shalygin's string orchestra arrangement of music from Schnittke's Choir Concerto. Shalygin's SATSARA is inspired by the writings of Argentine-French novelist Julio Cortázar (1914-1984) and his ingenious use of palindromes. The composer describes it thus: "Palindromes in music are just as normal as the Fibonacci numbers in the structure of leaves on the trees. Therefore, when I read the story of Cortazar "Satarsa", I immediately felt the mysterious musical current in it. Surprisingly, for more than 15 years, I periodically return to his unusually rich work and find sources of inspiration for myself. My SATARSA is a desert of pleasure. A desert with gardens of paradise, crooked mirrors and an endless horizon, from which the melodies of our past lives are heard." - Maxim Shalygin Shalygin […]
2021-05-06 19:20:11
The Violin Channel, in conjunction with our good friends at Alpha Classics, is this week giving away five autographed copies of VC Artist Kerson Leong's newly-released "Ysaÿe Six Sonatas For Solo Violin" CD. The six sonatas are dedicated respectively to Joseph Szigeti, Jacques Thibaud, Georges Enesco, Fritz Kreisler, Mathieu Crikboom, and Manuel Quiroga. "It's clear […] The post appeared first on The World's Leading Classical Music News Source. Est 2009..
2020-07-04 09:01:41
French seasons and a Belgian violinist: I chat to Anna Ovsyanikova about her explorations of violin repertoire and her new disc
Julian Sinani and Anna Ovsyanikova (Photo Anton Phatianov) Violinist Anna Ovsyanikova and pianist Julia Sinani have a disc out on Stone Records this week, Les Saisons Françaises, of French music for violin and piano, exploring not just well known repertoire but more unusual items. I spoke to Anna recently, via Zoom, about the disc and Anna's love of late 19th and early 20th century music, most notably her researches into the Belgian violinist Mathieu Crickboom (1871-1947). Les Saisons Françaises is Anna's debut recital disc, and alongside the Violin Sonata by Claude Debussy (1862-1918), there is music by Lili Boulanger (1893-1918) and the lesser-known early sonata by Maurice Ravel (1875-1937), whilst the performance of the Violin Sonata by Francis Poulenc (1899-1963) features the composer's rather different first version of the final movement. Anna Ovsyanikova Anna and Julia have collaborated for over 10 […]