Alejandro Pico-Leonis - Variations - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Alejandro Pico Leones was born in Alicante and received his first piano instruction at the age of seven. After his debut at New York's Carnegie Hall, critics praised his Inchenormous musical seriousness.Inch for many years he has been a regular guest at the Vienna Musikverein and at the Gasteig in Munich, among others. This is his second CD for Oehms Classics after InchVariationsInch - this time with a renowned and well known Mozart/Beethoven program.

Opus 2 & 4 Chamber Sonatas is the third in The Avison Ensemble's celebration of Corelli's chamber music and the fifth album in their critically acclaimed series of recordings with Linn. Released to mark the 300th anniversary of the death of the composer, the ensemble's greatly anticipated series explores the six opera of the eminent Italian's chamber music the concerti grossi, violin sonatas, chamber sonatas and church sonatas. Popular since their publication, Corelli's two sets of chamber sonatas are a pinnacle of Baroque Italian instrumental music. They demonstrate a superior level of craftsmanship; they are of the highest quality, exquisitely refined and a good example of perfection in music. Corelli's contribution to the history of violin performance was immense all six of his published collections of instrumental music demonstrate his exceptional skill as a violinist and composer, but it was in his chamber sonatas that he first used what was to be known as the 'Corelli clash'.

Claudia Corona - Mexican Piano Concertos [COMPACT DISCS] date 08/27/2013