Haydn / Haydn Chamber Ensemble - Klaviertrios - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Vasso Devetzi (1927-1987) was Born in Thessaloniki, Greece. She first performed in public at age seven. Her international career began in Paris when she played the Schumann Piano Concerto under Albert Wolff. Subsequently, she performed throughout the world with leading orchestras, from Athens to Brussels, Rio to Helsinki, and Stockholm to Zagreb. She lived for long periods in the 1960s and 70s in the former Soviet Union, where she often collaborated in concerts with Rudolf Barshai, David Oistrakh, Mstislav Rostropovich and Galina Vishnevskaya. Born in the former Soviet Union, Rudolf Barshai (1924-2010) was a renowned violist and conductor. As a violist, he appeared with Sviatoslav Richter and David Oistrakh and was in a trio with Mstislav Rostropovich and Leonid Kogan. His conducting career began with his founding of the Moscow Chamber Orchestra. Under Barshai, they became world famous and have made numerous recordings. After his emigration to Israel in 1977, he directed the Israel Chamber Orchestra. Subsequent conducting posts included the Vancouver Symphony, the national Orchestra of France and the Bournemouth Symphony. In addition, he was a permanent guest conductor with many orchestras throughout the world.

Album Tracks 1. Piano Sonata No. 1 in a Flat Major, Op. 7 Prestissimo Agitato 2. Scherzo Mit Solovioline, for Violin & Orchestra Mazurka in B Flat Major 3. Mazurka for Piano No. 49 in F minor, Op. 68/4, CT. 99 4. Les Regrets de la Nonnette, 'Petite Mélodie' for Piano 5. Canzone Napolitana (I), for Piano, S. 248A (LW A85A) 6. Hungarian Rhapsody, for Piano No. 19 in D minor (After Ábrányi, CSÁRDÁS Nobles), S. 244/19 (LW A132/19) 7. Nouvelle Soirées de Vienne for Piano Valse-Caprice No. 3 'Wahlstimmen' (After Strauss Jr., Op. 250) 8. Rhapsodies (4) for Piano, Op. 11 No 3 in C Major 9. Nutcracker, Suite from the Ballet, Op. 71A Dance of the Sugarplum Fairy, Arr for Piano By Philip Fowke 10. Sonata for Piano in E minor, Op 63 Movement 1 11. Sonata for Piano in E minor, Op 63 Movement 2 12. Sonata for Piano in E minor, Op 63 Movement 3

Bach's works are universal and essentially independent of the instrument the performer is playing. But the use of a modern grand piano is a challenge. Pianist Nils Anders Mortensen uses various approaches to the music, with a nod at times to the historical instruments, or an affirmation of the modern grand piano's inherent possibilities. Nils Anders Mortensen was born in Flekkefjord in 1971 and began playing piano at age three. In 1986 he won the Norwegian Young Pianist Competition. He studied at the Norwegian Academy of Music, École Normale in Paris, and Hochschule für Musik und Theater in Hannover. His most important teachers have been Einar Steen-Nøkleberg, Tatjana Nikolajeva, and Hans Leygraf. Album Tracks 1. Overture in the French Style, BWV 831 2. Sarabande Con Partite in C Major, BWV 990 3. English Suite No. 6 in D minor, BWV 811