Dario Muller - Magic Boxes - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

On the occasion of Maurice Ravel's 150th anniversary in 2025, Un Tombeau pour Ravel presents a musical journey interweaving the styles of Ravel and the French Baroque, especially the works of Francois Couperin. The program of this CD revolves around Ravel's Le Tombeau de Couperin, composed during World War I as both a tribute to Baroque composers and a memorial for his comrades lost in the war. This recording includes original works and carefully crafted arrangements for harpsichord, tracing influences from 18th-century French music, illustrating Ravel's inspirations at the time of the piano cycle's creation, and exploring the tombeau as an homage genre. Album Tracks 1. Ma mère l'oye, M. 62~Pavane de la Belle au bois 2. Tombeau de Mr. de Blancrocher 3. Suite No. 1 in D Minor~La Couperin 4. Pièces de clavecin, 4e Ordre~Allemande la Couperin 5. Quatrième livre de pièces de clavecin, 21e ordre La Couperin 6. Art de Toucher le Clavecin Prélude No. 8 7. tombeau de Couperin, M. 68~Fugue 8. Quatrième Concert Royal~VII. Forlane 9. Rigodon Op. 97 10. sombrero de tres picos. Parte II~Danza del Corregidor 11. Six Pièces de Clavecin~Toccata 12. Quatrième livre de Pièces de Clavecin, 23? ordre L'Arlequine 13. Partita für Klavier, WV 63~IV. Tempo di Fox a la Hawai 14. Trois Chansons, M. 69 II. Trois beaux oiseaux du paradis 15. Homenaje InchTombeau de Claude DebussyInch 16. Ma mère l'oye, M. 62~XI. Apothéose Le jardin féerique

The Deutsche Philharmonie Merck presents the first edition of it's InchMagic of MovieInch series with film music by various composers, including John Williams and many more. Cinematic masterpieces are showcased here, including Jurassic Park, Indiana Jones, Superman, Titanic, and others. Deutsche Philharmonie Merck is named after the family of pharmacists, Merck, who in 1668 laid the foundation for the oldest pharmaceutical-chemical company in the world, today a leading science and technology company. The family's lineage includes Johann Heinrich Merck, who was a friend and sponsor of the poet Johann Wolfgang Goethe, and the family had before that always been known for their support of the arts. Deutsche Philharmonie Merck still feels the family's cultural commitment in a very special way. The orchestra has it's origins in the 'instrumental group at Merck' which was formed by music-loving employees in 1966. Over the years, the company orchestra has become one of the most competitive orchestras on the German music scene and according to the press is 'an orchestra headed straight to the top'. The orchestra now consists of up to 100 professional musicians and celebrated it's 50th anniversary in the 2016/2017 season.

The organ duo Marion Krall and Lars Schwarze take us to enchanted lands with their new GENUIN album, playing their own transcriptions of great orchestral works for organ with four hands and four feet. Since the Baroque era, orchestral works have been transcribed for the organ. Even today, the instrument's various colors make it possible to discover new, unexpected, but equally rich sounds in seemingly familiar works. The internationally awarded duo has now recorded works by Paul Dukas, Edward Elgar, Maurice Ravel and Igor Stravinsky. The contemporary contribution is the radiant tone poem Kalliope by the Austrian composer Franz Danksagmüller, which is positively overflowing with imagination. A surprising album featuring the sound of the organ in all it's grandeur and moments of true intimacy.