Giuliani / Cavatina Duo - Cavatina at the Opera - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Elena Urioste is a musician, yogi, writer, and entrepreneur, while Tom Poster is a musician whose skills and passions extend well beyond the conventional role of the concert pianist; they are musical and (now married) life partners. From Brighton to Brooklyn is an exploration and celebration of their British and American backgrounds and mutual fascination with music from each-other's home country. They comment 'All the pieces by English and American composers on this recording deserve to be heard far more often than they are none would be considered core repertoire, yet every one of them captivates through it's composer's distinctive voice. Some of the pieces have been known to one or both of us for many years; others we discovered only when we were dreaming up this recording. With the exception of Coleridge-Taylor's soaring, impassioned Ballade, this is a collection of miniatures and character pieces. Some, such as the works by Beach and Bridge, transport us to a world of elegant salons; others, such as the pieces by Britten and Schoenfeld, are colorfully virtuosic and certainly gave us a shot of adrenaline in the recording studio! Bridge's Heart's Ease, with which the album closes, perfectly encapsulates a more general tendency among our chosen pieces to convey the listener to another world, using relatively few notes, and it has become a particular favorite of ours. We hope that you, too, will discover some new treasures here.'

Flute and guitar ensemble Flauguissimo Duo make their Resonus debut with this unique programme of works for flute and guitar, 'A Salon Opera'. Taking it's inspiration from the Viennese salon music from the first half of the nineteenth century, when the music of the concert hall and opera was routinely brought into a more domestic setting, the Duo takes us on a journey through the rich repertoire both composed and arranged for the flute and guitar. Flauguissimo Duo was founded by flautist Yu-Wei Hu and guitarist Johan Lofving in 2008. Their wide repertoire, spanning from early music on period instruments to collaborations with new composers, has led to a particularly diverse performing career. They have performed many concerts in prestigious venues including Kings Place and Cadogan Hall in London as well as St. George's Bristol and Sage Gateshead in Newcastle. They were also invited to perform in the Stratford-on-Avon Festival, Utrecht Early Music Festival Fringe, and others.

The brilliant Cavatina Duo (Spanish flautist, Eugenia Moliner and Bosnian guitarist Denis Azabagic) offer a new of baroque masterpieces Telemann's 12 Fantasies, and French virtuoso Marin Marais' spectacular variations on InchFolies d'EspagneInch. Described by Gramophone as Inchrelentlessly mellifluousInch and by Grammy-winning producer and leading guitarist David Starobin as Inchsimply the finest flute-guitar duo on the planetInch, the Cavatina Duo offer a recording for our times music at once heartbreaking and uplifting. Dedicated soloists and chamber musicians, the Cavatina Duo breaks convention with their combination of instruments. Add to that their daring choices of varied and versatile repertoire, and the result is new sounds, colors and musical phrasings, which in return awakens a high level of emotion and audience response. A Cavatina Duo concert is a musical experience you don't want to miss.