Hansjacob Staemmler - Bartok Hindemith & Poulenc - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

The story begins with Kevin Morby absentmindedly flipping through a box of old family photos in the basement of his childhood home in Kansas City. Just hours before, at a family dinner, his father had collapsed in front of him and had to be rushed to the hospital. That night Morby still felt the shock and fear lodged in his bones. So he gazed at the images until one of the pictures jumped out at him his father as a young man, proud and strong and filled with confidence, posing on a lawn with his shirt off. This was in January of 2020. As the months went on and the world dramatically changed around him, Morby felt an eerie similarity between his feelings of that night and the atmosphere of those spring days. Fear, anxiety, hope and resilience all churning together. The themes began twisting in his mind. History, trauma and the grand fight against time. Having the courage to dream, even while knowing the tragedy that often awaits those who dare to dream. While his father regained his strength, Morby meditated on these ideas. And then, he headed to Memphis. He moved into the Peabody Hotel and spent his days paying tribute and genuflecting to the dreamers he admired. In the evening, he would return to his room and document his ideas on a makeshift recording set-up, with just his guitar and a microphone. The songs, elegiac in nature, befitting all he had seen, poured out of him. Produced by Sam Cohen (who also worked on Morby's Singing Saw and Oh My God), This Is A Photograph features musical contributions from longtime staples of Morby's live band, as well as old friends and new collaborators alike. If Oh My God saw Morby getting celestial and in constant motion and Sundowner was a study in localized intent, This Is A Photograph finds Morby making an Americana paean, a visceral life and death, blood on the canvas outpouring. As Morby reminds us early on, time is undefeat

Album Tracks 1. Michelangelo Rossi Toccata No.1 in C Major 2. Michelangelo Rossi Tre Correnti 3. Michelangelo Rossi Toccata No.2 in a Minor 4. Azzolino Bernardino Della Ciaia Sonata in G Major Toccata 5. Azzolino Bernardino Della Ciaia Sonata in G Major Canzone 6. Azzolino Bernardino Della Ciaia Sonata in G Major Primo Tempo 7. Azzolino Bernardino Della Ciaia Sonata in G Major Secondo Tempo 8. Girolamo Frescobaldi Toccata in G Major 9. Girolamo Frescobaldi Fuga in G minor 10. Domenico Zipoli Pastorale in C Major 11. Benedetto Marcello Sonata in B Flat Major Lento 12. Benedetto Marcello Sonata in B Flat Major Allegro Non Troppo 13. Benedetto Marcello Sonata in B Flat Major Allegro 14. Benedetto Marcello Sonata in B Flat Major Maestoso

Following the much-acclaimed duo album recorded with her husband Jeremy Menuhin, the pianist Mookie Lee-Menuhin is now presenting her debut GENUIN as a soloist. The musician has put together a subtle programme which is characterized by numerous cross-references Berg's early sonata op. 1, Schubert's extroverted Sonata in D Major, the Romanian Folk Dances by Béla Bartok, and the world premiere recording of Éric Tanguy's Toccata (2006). The works describe dealing with the past and traditions - and the break with these. Mookie Lee-Menuhin presents all this with a sophisticated sound and a gorgeous pianistic touch - a real success! Born in Seoul, South Korea, Mookie Lee-Menuhin has performed throughout mainland Europe and in Scandinavia, Great Britain and Asia, both as a soloist and chamber musician. She has appeared in some of the major halls in Europe and Asia, including Geneva's Victoria Hall, the Tonhalle Zurich, and Bern Casino in Switzerland. In 2003 Mookie received the prestigious Augustinus Award and the Prince Joachim and Princess Alexandra's International Prize, as well as winning the Yamaha competition in 2002. Album Tracks 1. Sonata Op 1 (C 1909) 2. Sonata in D Major Op 53 D. 850 (1825) 3. Romanian Folk Dances (1915) 4. Toccata (2006) 5.