Jaeden Izik-Dzurko - Jaeden Izik-Dzurko - Piano Recital - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Antonio Soler enjoyed high prestige at Spain's royal palace, the Escorial, where his contributions to keyboard technique, harmonic innovation and his Spanish musical identity served to bridge the stylistic gap between the late Baroque and early Classicism. Soler's innovations have often been overlooked but the intricate modulations and rhythmic vitality found in his sonatas offer compelling evidence of their importance. Sonatas Nos. 99-111 offer a wealth of entrancing features, which include sophisticated ornamentation, a synthesis of contrapuntal and Iberian folkloric traditions, and humorous cadences. Album Tracks 1. Sonata No. 99 in C major, Op. 8, No. 3~I. Andantino 2. Sonata No. 99 in C major, Op. 8, No. 3~II. Minuetto I-II 3. Sonata No. 99 in C major, Op. 8, No. 3~III. Rondo pastoril. Allegretto 4. Sonata No. 99 in C major, Op. 8, No. 3~IV. Allegro vivo 5. Sonata No. 100 in C minor 6. Sonata No. 101 in F major 7. Sonata No. 102 in D minor 8. Sonata No. 103 in C minor 9. Sonata No. 104 in D minor 10. Sonata No. 105 in E flat major 11. Sonata No. 106 in E minor 12. Sonata No. 107 in F major 13. Sonata No. 108 in C major InchDel GalloInch 14. Sonata No. 109 in F major 15. Sonata No. 110 in D flat major 16. Sonata No. 111 in D major

It must have been quite an exciting experience to have been at a dance or jook joint where Gus Cannon's Jug Stampers were providing the music, for they can really swing! The two excellent collections of Gus Cannon and his associates are a must for early country blues enthusiasts providing all 42 tracks of Gus Cannon's issued output, covering all aspects of his music. From his first recording session in Chicago. From November 1927 comes the memorable, InchPoor Boy, Long Ways From HomeInch, with Gus playing slide banjo! The first session with the Jug Stampers came in January 1928 and was recorded in Memphis, with Gus playing jug and banjo, Ashley Thompson on guitar and Noah Lewis on harmonica. Their most enjoyable song from this session is InchMadison Street RagInch where it sounds like everyone is having a good time. Noah Lewis is a fine harmonica player and adds a great deal to the 'band' and for me he is often the driving force. From this first volume my particular favourite, which again has some fine playing from Noah, is InchBugle Call RagInch and the final track InchRiley's WagonInch has a nice rag feel. The opening tracks on Volue 2 InchLast Chance BluesInch and InchFourth And BealeInch has Gus with the guitar player Hosea Woods, and they called themselves 'The Beale Street Boys'. There are same very nice guitar riffs particularly on InchFourth And BealeInch, (The personnel notes on the sleeve are incorrect for Hosea Woods is given as a banjo player! Gus said InchHosea Woods play the guitar and cornet... we was good... sure wasInch...) Mistakes apart, Woods shows himself as a fine singer, recording with Gus until 1930, after which little is known about his life. It is thought he died during the 1930s. For me the most interesting and enjoyable tracks are the harmonica solos by Noah Lewis with InchDevil In The WoodpileInch, showing all of his skills and reminding

Honggi Kim, winner of the 2018 Jaen Prize International Piano Competition, has chosen a fascinating recital programme for his Naxos recording debut. Both Scarbo and Los requiebros are pillars of the piano repertoire, brimming with expressive and technical challenges for any performer, as is Carl Vine's beautifully written but rarely heard Piano Sonata No. 1. Sanchez-Verdu's Jardin de espejos ('Garden of Mirrors') is influenced by the multiple layers in Islamic art, the 'mirrors' of the title lending shape to a tradition of listening, silence and echoes. The programme concludes with Schumann's Piano Quintet in E flat major, an outstanding work in the chamber-music literature. Album Tracks 1. Goyescas, Book I (1911) - I. Los Requiebros 2. Gaspard de la Nuit (1908) - III. Scarbo 3. Piano Sonata No. 1 (1990) 4. Jardín de Espejos (2017) 5. Piano Quintet in E Flat Major, Op. 44 (1842)