JoAnn Falletta - Symphony No 2 Piano Sonata - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Scriabin composed most of his single-movement fourth symphony The Poem of Ecstasy between 1905 and 1908 in Italy and France. He originally intended it to be called Poème orgiaque ('Orgiastic Poem') with it's unprecedented raw sensuality and overpowering aesthetic, taking chromaticism beyond even Wagnerian voluptuousness. His earlier Symphony No. 2 in C minor adopts César Franck's cyclical ideas to which Scriabin layered sweeping climaxes, majestic intensity and rich orchestral colour that enliven it's five movements with ceaseless invention. Album Tracks 1. 1. Le Poème de L'extase (The Poem of Ecstasy), Op. 54, InchSymphony No. 4Inch 2. * Symphony No. 2 in C minor, Op. 29 (Title, Not a Track) 3. 2. I. Andante - 4. 3. II. Allegro 5. 4. III. Andante 6. 5. Iv. Tempestoso - 7. 6. V. Maestoso

Carlo Domeniconi is a master of guitar composition. His fusion of Western and Eastern elements is a distinctive feature of his writing, and this album presents a body of work for the unusual combination of mandolin and guitar. The large-scale Durandarte charts a medieval knight's wild journey through the countryside, which is accompanied by poignant love songs, elegies, and agitated cross-rhythms. In Tarantula precox he summons up a dervish-like dance; while in the kaleidoscopic moods of Zemrude the Orient and the Middle East merge dramatically. All but one of these works have been composed especially for the Mare Duo. The Mare Duo has inspired numerous composers to enrich the repertoire for their formation, including Carlo Domeniconi, Jaime Zenamon, Konstantin Vassiliev, Jürg Kindle, Frank Wallace, Thomas Allen LeVines, Lars Wüller, and many others. The Mare Duo is also interested in performing the classical repertoire for their formation as well as playing innovative transcriptions. Annika and Fabian have released several solo, duo and chamber music albums with labels such as Naxos, Schott Music and Gyre Records, and they have appeared on TV productions including MTV Unplugged. Album Tracks 1. Durandarte (2015) 2. Le Città E Gli Occhi - Zemrude ('The Cities and the Eyes - Zemrude') (2013, Rev. 2018) 3. Tempelmusik ('Temple Music') (2018) 4. Palastmusik ('Palace Music') (2018) 5. Tarantula Precox ('The Tarantula the Grew Up Too Soon') (2013)

Portuguese composer Vasco Mendonça regards this portrait album as a letter to himself - written over time and with different chapters that throw light on his long-standing obsessions with drama, ritual and precision mechanism. Group Together, Avoid Speech highlights the string and woodwind principals of the wonderful Gulbenkian Orchestra to create 'a Baroque concerto grosso on steroids', while Unanswerable Light is a memorial to a friend and a meditation on fury and loss. The piano concerto Step Right Up is 'a ritual celebration between the most incredible music box - the orchestra - and the most beautiful sound machine - the piano.' This is Vasco Mendonça's Naxos debut recording. Including the world premiere of Mendonça's new piano concerto Step Right Up, this programme of remarkable orchestral works will raise his profile and deservedly introduce this exciting compositional voice to a wide audience Album Tracks 1. Step Right Up (2018) 2. Group Together, Avoid Speech (2012) 3. Unanswerable Light (2016)