Jazzchor Freiburg - Sacred - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

A monument of piano literature, the grand finale of the InchNew Testament of the pianoInch Tomoko Ogasawara performs Ludwig van Beethoven's last three piano sonatas on her new GENUIN album. She captures the transcendent quality of these masterpieces, which transcend boundaries in every respect, with precision and sensitivity. The immense technical difficulties vanish, just as Beethoven must have wished, behind great seriousness and depth of feeling. Musical proclamation par excellence! Album Tracks 1. Piano Sonata No. 30 in E major, Op. 109~Vivace, ma non troppo - Adagio espressivo 2. Piano Sonata No. 30 in E major, Op. 109~Prestissimo 3. Piano Sonata No. 30 in E major, Op. 109~Gesangvoll, mit innigster Empfindung. Andante molto cantabile ed espressivo 4. Piano Sonata No. 31 in A-flat major, Op. 110~Moderato cantabile molto espressivo 5. Piano Sonata No. 31 in A-flat major, Op. 110~Allegro molto 6. Piano Sonata No. 31 in A-flat major, Op. 110~Adagio ma non troppo - Arioso dolente - Fuga. Allegro ma non troppo 7. Piano Sonata No. 32 in C minor, Op. 111~Maestoso - Allegro con brio ed appassionato 8. Piano Sonata No. 32 in C minor, Op. 111~Arietta. Adagio molto semplice cantabile

Album Tracks 1. Passacaglia in C BWV 582 2. Missa in G BWV 235 3. «Schmücke Dich, O Liebe Seele» BWV 654 4. «Christ Lag in Todes Banden» BWV 4

From Sappho's Lyre is a double-album of music by contemporary composer Constantine Caravassilis, featuring poetry by Sappho, Sara Teasdale, and Jeffrey M. Duban, who also narrates. The first disc is devoted to From Sappho's Lyre, a multimedia cantata for large chamber ensemble based on Sappho's two major surviving poems The Hymn to Aphrodite and He Appears to Me (Equal to the Gods). Conceived as a stage work to be accompanied by dance and action, the composition's design lavishly fuses elements of ancient Greek theatre with Western ballet and opera. Caravassilis conducts Tenth Muse Ensemble, with narration by the poetry's translator and interpreter, Jeffrey M. Duban. The second half of the draws together several song cycles by Caravassilis, all inspired by or based on Sappho, starting with Five Duban Songs performed by mezzo-soprano Ariana Chris with the Tallina Kammerorkester conducted by Kaisa Rose. In My Life a Lyric City we hear settings of Sara Teasdale's poetry, featuring soprano Jenni Klauder and pianist Maria Pikoula, while in Sappho de Mytilène, the first of his Sapphic inspirations, Caravassilis has orchestrated a translation into French of the poet Odysseus Elytis's Greek Album Tracks 1. From Sappho's Lure 2. Part a Hymn to Aphrodite 3. I. the Goddess Awakened 4. II. Earthward Summoned 5. III. Double Aria 6. IV. Fantasy (Chorale) 7. V. Pas de Deux 8. VI. Incantation (Air) 9. VII. Choros Deathless Aphrodite 10. Part B Equal to the Gods (He Appeared to Me) 11. VIII. Invocation 12. IX. Rapture 13. X. Seduction (Aria) 14. XI. Conveyance (Ancient Bazaar) 15. XII. Cosmic Canticle 16. XIII. Aegea Rectitative 17. XIV. Zenith (Aria) 18. XV. Dream Within 19. XVI. Apotheosis 20. XVII. Exodus 21. Five Duban Songs Eros Sanctified 22. My Life a Lyric Cry 23. Sappho de Mytilène