Manami Suzuki - Piano Works - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Renowned period hornist Anneke Scott returns to Resonus with a programme of works for horn that chart a fascinating and pivotal period in the development of the instrument and it's repertoire in nineteenth-century France. Joined by pianist Steven Devine, this album, which also celebrates 200 years since the birth of Charles Gounod, features a selection of works composed for both natural and piston horns by Gounod, Meifred and Gallay, as well as a Gounod arrangement by François Brémond, all performed on original period horns and a grand piano by Érard. Anneke began her studies at The Royal Academy of Music (London) and then, specialising in aspects of period horn playing, undertook postgraduate study in France and the Netherlands. She is principal horn of a number of internationally renowned period instrument ensembles including Sir John Eliot Gardiner's Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique and The English Baroque Soloists, Raphaël Pichon's ensemble Pygmalion, Harry Christopher's The Orchestra of the Sixteen, the Irish Baroque Orchestra, and the Dunedin Consort and Players. She is similarly in great demand as a guest principal horn regularly appearing with orchestras and ensembles worldwide. Album Tracks 1. Six Mélodies Pour Cor À Pistons Et Piano, CG 566 2. Dix Vocalises from Méthode Pour Le Cor Chromatique Ou À Pistons 3. Les Chants Du Cœur Six Mélodies Favorites de François Schubert, Op. 51 4. À la Nuit, CG 321

Album Tracks 1. Grisaille 2. Levitation 3. Psalms 4. The Afterworld 5. The Hour of Silence III 6. Epitaph 7. Oracle

Franz Xaver Mozart was born the sixth child of Constanze and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart on September 21, 1791 in Vienna. His father died a few months later. Franz Xaver Mozart looked very much like his father, and Constanze called him Wolfgang. His works were published throughout his life under the name InchWolfgang Amadeus Mozart, son, fils or figlioInch. Constanze recognized the musical talent of her youngest son early on. She had him trained with the most important teachers, among them Salieri and Albrechtsberger, who, interestingly enough, were also Beethoven's teachers. Franz Xaver studied piano playing with Johann Nepomuk Hummel, a former student of his father. The first composition published was the Quartet in G Minor, 1805, which was created two years earlier. However, his compositions did not attract as much attention as his piano playing. From 1819 to 1821 Franz Xaver undertook extensive concert tours through German-speaking Europe, Denmark, Russia and Italy. For the pianist Mozart, variations were an ideal form to demonstrate his virtuosity, and they could also be used excellently in teaching. An instrument from the Beurmann Collection in Hamburg was used for these recordings The fortepiano by Johann Baptist Streicher (1863). Album Tracks 1. Sieben Variationen in D-Moll 2. FÜNF Variationen in C-Dur Op. 23 Über Die Romanze InchÀ Peine Au Sortir de L'enfanceInch Aus Der Oper InchJosephInch Von Étienne-Nicolas Méhul 3. Rondo in Es-Dur Op. 25 4. Sieben Variationen in F-Dur Op. 2 Über Das Menuett Des Ersten Finale Der Oper InchIl Don GiovanniInch Von Wolfgang Amadé Mozart 5. Sieben Variationen in D-Dur Op. 16 Über Den Marsch Der Oper InchCoriolanoInch Von Giuseppe Nicolini