Hans-Kristian Sorensen Kjos - Open - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

In addition to his own career, conductor Christoph Eschenbach has always promoted young talented musicians. One of these young prodigies is the German-Korean pianist Christopher Park, who has begun to forge his own successful path. In a rare moment both artists came together for a concert and production with NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester in 2014. This performance is presented here. The features solo piano pieces by Christopher Park and shows us that he simply cannot mask his virtuosity and musical talent.

Michaela Fukacova - Complete Cello & Piano Works [COMPACT DISCS] date 09/16/1993

Handel's years in Italy (ca. 1706-1710) were extremely creative. His chamber cantatas were performed by the most eminent singers and instrumentalists in Rome. Exploring the art of continuo playing in Handel's 'continuo cantatas', harpsichordist Christian Kjos releases an album with captivating interpretations, describing his project in these words InchContinuo playing can be rendered in various degrees of complexity, depending on the skill of the performer. The treatise Grosse General-Baß-Schule (Hamburg, 1731) by Johann Mattheson - Handel's friend from his Hamburg years - gave me the incentive to research this rarely heard approach and to try it out in Handel's equally rarely played continuo cantatas where the continuo part is so fundamental to the result.Inch Christian has been a research fellow at the Norwegian Academy of Music since 2015 with the artistic research project 'Releasing the 'Loudie', harpsichord accompaniment in the G. F. Handel's continuo cantatas'.