Bilbao Orkestra Sinfonikoa Sociedad Coral De Bilbao Silva - Maitena - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Conductor Robert Trevino's new album on Ondine - after a successful debut with a complete Beethoven symphony cycle - features six orchestral pieces by Maurice Ravel (1875-1937), one of the most famous Basque composers, played by the Basque National Orchestra. Born in a small town in France very close to the Spanish border, Ravel spent most of his life in Paris. However, he was extremely proud of his Basque background having absorbed himself to the culture already as a child, and many elements of Basque music can be found in his compositions. In this historic , we can finally hear Ravel's orchestral music being interpreted by Basque musicians in the form of the Basque National Orchestra. These performances on some of the most fantastic orchestral scores of the 20th Century also shed light to the Basque influences in Ravel's music.

Luis de Pablo's compositional output is tremendously attractive - for accordionists as well - in view of it's outstanding originality and quality. It is also entirely different from the remaining contemporary repertoire for accordion de Pablo's particularly expressive musical vocabulary is perfectly tuned to the dynamic capacities of the accordion bellows, as well as to the instrument's wide range of sonorities and extended performance options. We all agreed that an original work by a great master such as Luis de Pablo would make a valuable contribution to accordion repertoire. Iñaki Alberdi has collaborated closely with different current composers, and premiered work by Sofia Gubaidulina, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Luis de Pablo, Joan Guinjoan, Gabriel Erkoreka, Ramon Lazkano, Jesús Torres, Agustín Charles and José María Sánchez-Verdú. Album Tracks 1. InchCaprichoInch for solo accordion 2. InchTre riflessiInch for solo accordion~Fantasia 3. InchTre riflessiInch for solo accordion~Quasi corale 4. InchTre riflessiInch for solo accordion~Litania 5. InchAmicitiaInch for accordion and orchestra~Moto perpetuo 6. InchAmicitiaInch for accordion and orchestra~Imago 7. InchAmicitiaInch for accordion and orchestra~Velox 8. InchTangoInch for solo accordion 9. InchTres piezasInch for two accordions~Presto 10. InchTres piezasInch for two accordions~Andante 11. InchTres piezasInch for two accordions~Scherzo

This album, Galdosiana, not only compiles three of the most significant orchestral works by Gran Canarian composer Laura Vega, but it also highlights female interpretation with the esteemed conductor Lucia Marin from Jaen leading the Navarra Symphony Orchestra, alongside the prestigious Spanish soloists Maria Esther Guzman on guitar and Marta Zabaleta on piano. Four women spearheading the recording of three musical creations can be classified as a InchtrilogyInch characterised by programmatic and interdisciplinary elements the bright dawn of Caelum in terra, the mature and reflective sophistication of Galdosiana, and the mystical elevation found in Luz, Amor y extasis.Born in Gran Canaria, Laura Vega studied under composers such as Daniel Roca, Xavier Zoghbi, Jose Luis de Delas, and Jose Maria Sanchez Verdu. From 2008 to 2011, she served as President of the Las Palmas Association of Composers, Promuscan. Between 2003 and 2021, she was a professor in the Composition Department at the Canary Islands Higher Conservatory of Music, and in 2016, she earned her doctorate in Art History and Philosophy from the University of La Laguna. Since 2011, she has been a full member of the Royal Canarian Academy of Fine Arts, and in 2023, she began teaching at the Professional Conservatory of Music of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. Album Tracks 1. Caelum in Terra Para Piano y Orquesta 2. Galdosiana Para Orquesta 3. Luz, Amor y Éxtasis Para Guitarra y Orquesta