Jean-Efflam Bavouzet - Piano Sonatas 9 - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Mevan Younes was born in the multicultural city of Al Hassaka in northern Syria. With the Buzuq he specialized in a traditional instrument. Already at the age of seven years old, he began his musical education with his father, initially learning mainly Kurdish music. Later, Mevan continued his musical education with Askar Ali Akbar at the Damascus Higher Institute of Music. Higher Institute of Music). In 2013 he left Syria, lived in Kurdistan/Iraq and for some years in Germany. Younes was a member of the Syrian Arab National Orchestra and performed as a soloist at renowned festivals. He plays regularly with the baroque ensemble Musica Alta Ripa and gave guest performances with the Kammersymphonie Berlin at the Berlin Philharmonie. ETHER is the debut album of Mevan Younes. He wants to convince the listener to engage in an aesthetic-artistic adventure with the Buzuq. In the process, differentiated and contradictory worlds emerge. Different styles of music form the thread and context for this journey. They carry the music like the ether carries the light. The ether as an ancient philosophical construct is meant, says Mevan Younes, the fifth element next to water, earth, air and fire. An inspiring force that gives his album it's name. Album Tracks 1. For You 2. And the North 3. Fugoo 4. Remembrance 5. Crossing Dance 6. Ajam Semai 7. Nusaybin 10 KM 8. Nights 9. Ether

Album Tracks 1. Keyboard Sonata in D Major, H. 16/24 1. Allegro 2. Keyboard Sonata in D Major, H. 16/24 2. Adagio. Larghetto - 3. Keyboard Sonata in D Major, H. 16/24 3. Finale. Presto 4. Keyboard Sonata in B minor, H. 16/32 1. Allegro Moderato 5. Keyboard Sonata in B minor, H. 16/32 2. Menuet. Tempo Di Menuetto - Trio. Minore 6. Keyboard Sonata in B minor, H. 16/32 3. Finale. Presto 7. Keyboard Sonata in a Flat Major, H. 16/46 1. Allegro Moderato 8. Keyboard Sonata in a Flat Major, H. 16/46 2. Adagio 9. Keyboard Sonata in a Flat Major, H. 16/46 3. Finale. Presto 10. Keyboard Sonata in C Sharp minor, H. 16/36 1. Moderato 11. Keyboard Sonata in C Sharp minor, H. 16/36 2. Scherzando. Allegro Con Brio 12. Keyboard Sonata in C Sharp minor, H. 16/36 3. Menuetto. Moderato - Trio

The multi-award winning and ever-popular Jean-Efflam Bavouzet is back with Volume 2 of Chandos' highly acclaimed Haydn Sonata series. This new follows Bavouzet's complete Debussy cycle and a number of recent concerto recordings all of which have been extraordinarily well received by critics and audiences alike, picking up numerous awards along the way. For the recording Bavouzet brought in a specially selected Yamaha piano which he feels gives the sort of tonal quality he is looking for, and it shows in the program for Volume 2 which includes the elegantly virtuosic Sonata in E minor, No. 19; Sonata in B flat major, No. 20; Sonata in G minor, No. 32; Sonata in C major, No. 48, and Sonata in D major, No. 50. Album Tracks 1. Keyboard Sonata in C Major, H. 16/35 1. Allegro Con Brio 2. Keyboard Sonata in C Major, H. 16/35 2. Adagio 3. Keyboard Sonata in C Major, H. 16/35 3. Finale. Allegro 4. Keyboard Sonata in G minor, H. 16/44 1. Moderato 5. Keyboard Sonata in G minor, H. 16/44 2. Allegretto 6. Keyboard Sonata in D Major, H. 16/37 1. Allegro Con Brio 7. Keyboard Sonata in D Major, H. 16/37 2. Largo E Sostenuto - 8. Keyboard Sonata in D Major, H. 16/37 3. Finale. Presto, Ma Non Troppo 9. Keyboard Sonata in E minor, H. 16/47Bis. Add. 1. Adagio - 10. Keyboard Sonata in E minor, H. 16/47Bis. Add. 2. Allegro 11. Keyboard Sonata in E minor, H. 16/47Bis. Add. 3. Finale. Tempo Di Menuet 12. Keyboard Sonata in B Flat Major, H. 16/18 1. Allegro Moderato 13. Keyboard Sonata in B Flat Major, H. 16/18 2. Moderato