Mario Prisuelos - Resonare Fibris - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Following the acclaimed Brahms recording in 2021, Emmanuel Despax presents his sixth album with Signum Classics Chopin Piano Concertos (chamber versions) with Chineke! Chamber Ensemble. InchChopin's Piano Concertos are among his first and most significant points of departure, a marked liberation from the constraints of an early but short-lived respect for custom and tradition... I would say that the exceptional nature of this Chopin recording lies in the combination of the chamber music, quintet slimmed-down version of the Piano Concertos complemented by a pianist who plays with an almost epic size and grandeur.Inch (Bryce Morrison) Emmanuel Despax has gained worldwide recognition as a singular artist, whose interpretations bring a rare sincerity and imagination to the music. Chineke! Was founded in 2015 by the double bass player, Chi-chi Nwanoku OBE, to provide career opportunities for established and up-and-coming Black and ethnically diverse classical musicians in the UK and Europe. The Chineke! Chamber Ensemble comprises the principal players of the Chineke! Orchestra.

Blessed with a powerful and dynamic voice with an incredible vocal range, Tim Blunt son graces the South Florida music scene with an unparalleled vocal ability and an amazing musical stage presence. Collaborating with Montreal dance music producer Christian Dio who has been churning out hits since the mid-1990's, Tim takes on Journey's mammoth hit InchWho's Crying Now,Inch and turns it into an electro dance classic. Featuring 7 exclusive mixes, newly remastered.

The 20th century, the century of totalitarianism, has undoubtedly been marked by the horror of mass, industrialized crime. The world of music, like any other, could not have been oblivious to the ominous events brought by, as Karl Popper would say, the enemies of open society. Accordingly, we find a wide range of attitudes, from musicians of unwavering affinity towards totalitarian regimes, to those who were ousted, or in the worst of cases, even murdered by their compatriots in power. None of the three composers present on this album are at any of the extremes mentioned, but their respective biographies were indelibly marked by Soviet repression or National Socialism, or at worst by both. Beyond these historical circumstances, the great success of Mario Prisuelos in making this programme has been to detect how the three works he has chosen for his recording, written in a time interval of approximately a quarter of a century, are exemplary in terms of reflecting certain aesthetic changes of his time.