F. Busoni - Complete Works for Cello & Piano - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Xelo Giner is one of the great exponents of contemporary saxophone music, and her program binds together each piece in a logical progression that also reflects the turbulence and vicissitudes of the European avant-garde. Kurtág's miniatures, in arrangements by the composer, summon up the essence of his aesthetic ideology, while Stockhausen explores elements of antagonistic forces in In Freundschaft. Steen-Andersen's de Profundis demands extreme virtuosity, and Hèctor Parra's sonic alchemy in Chymisch shows how composers are extending the instrument's technical compass. Xelo Giner is an internationally renowned saxophonist and is the dedicatee of over 70 works, who has given the national premieres of pieces by composers such as Iannis Xenakis, Phill Niblock, Alvin Curran and Mauricio Sotelo, among others. She performs internationally and has appeared under the baton of Zubin Mehta, Lorin Maazel and Roberto Abbado. Album Tracks 1. Jelek, Jatékok ÉS Üzenetek ('Signs, Games and Messages') 2. In Freundschaft for Soprano Saxophone, Work No. 46 9/10 (1977) 3. Chymisch (2005) 4. De Profundis (Version for Soprano Saxophone & Percussion) (2000, Rev. 2013) 5. Theatrique (2009) 6. Jelek, Jatékok ÉS Üzenetek ('Signs, Games and Messages') (Selection) (1977-2011) 7. Saxophone (From Jahreslauf ('Course of the Years'), Act I of Dienstag Aus Light ('Tuesday from Light'), Work No. 2 Ex 47 (Version with Bongo) (1977)) 8. Juana la Loca (2016)

Rosen / Artymiw - Complete Works Cello & Piano [COMPACT DISCS] date 04/20/2018

Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco wrote that 'the cello is an instrument I've always particularly loved,' and this is reflected in the deft way he exploits it's colors and techniques in chamber works recorded here that include unpublished gems and a world premiere. The sophisticated Cello Sonata and Sonatina also reveal the composer's skill as a pianist, giving equal roles in a symbiotic relationship that tests both players' virtuosity. Impressionist flavors in I nottambuli or 'Night Owls' contrast with a Toccata that blends fireworks with lyricism, as does the Jewish soulfulness of the popular Chant hebraique with the playful Scherzo that uses the English traditional tune 'Sumer is icumen in.' Album Tracks 1. Cello Sonata, Op. 50 (1928) 2. Sonatina, Op. 130 (1946) 3. I Nottambuli (Variazioni Fantastiche), Op. 47 (1927) 4. Toccata, Op. 83 (1935) 5. Chant Hébraïque, Op. 53 (1928) 6. Scherzino, Op. 82, No. 2 (1935) 7. Notturno Sull'acqua, Op. 82 No. 1 (1935) 8. Kol Nidre 'Meditation' (1941)