Carolina Ullrich - Songs - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

JoAnn Falletta - Symphony No 2 Piano Sonata [COMPACT DISCS] date 08/27/2013

Emocion is the debut of German-Chilean soprano Carolina Ullrich and Brazilian pianist Marcelo Amaral featuring works by Fernando J Obradors, Reynaldo Hahn, Richard Strauss and Francisco E. Braga. Carolina Ullrich is a winner of the 2008-09 YCA International Auditions in New York and the 2008 European YCA Auditions in Leipzig. She has appeared in numerous roles on the opera stage and pursues a busy schedule of song recitals and appearances with symphony orchestras throughout Europe.

Carlo Domeniconi is a master of guitar composition. His fusion of Western and Eastern elements is a distinctive feature of his writing, and this album presents a body of work for the unusual combination of mandolin and guitar. The large-scale Durandarte charts a medieval knight's wild journey through the countryside, which is accompanied by poignant love songs, elegies, and agitated cross-rhythms. In Tarantula precox he summons up a dervish-like dance; while in the kaleidoscopic moods of Zemrude the Orient and the Middle East merge dramatically. All but one of these works have been composed especially for the Mare Duo. The Mare Duo has inspired numerous composers to enrich the repertoire for their formation, including Carlo Domeniconi, Jaime Zenamon, Konstantin Vassiliev, Jürg Kindle, Frank Wallace, Thomas Allen LeVines, Lars Wüller, and many others. The Mare Duo is also interested in performing the classical repertoire for their formation as well as playing innovative transcriptions. Annika and Fabian have released several solo, duo and chamber music albums with labels such as Naxos, Schott Music and Gyre Records, and they have appeared on TV productions including MTV Unplugged.