Mendelssohn / Kapralova Quartet - Mendelssohn, Verdi & Suk: String Quartets - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

This is an album of celebration, of encounter, which aims to give universal meaning to the island identity, which has been worked with care, delicacy, heart and rigor. A work and a trajectory of Las Palmas Symphony Orchestra, which we can all be proud of. With this album, our beloved orchestra celebrates it's twentieth birthday and has chosen the path of rereading old melodies of folklore and folk song. They contain a review of genres and songs that keep all their freshness, but seasoned with curious arrangements, melodic and rhythmic turns that give a new aesthetic value to our popular musical heritage. In the Canary Islands it is not new that classical musicians are interested in folklore. We all remember the work of Power and his Canarian Songs, which are a symbol of the Canarian identity. However, he was not the only one of his time to approach the Canarian tradition in order to adapt it to the symphonic language. Less well known, but just as important is the figure of Bernardino Valle, who bequeathed us an exquisite review of Canarian airs in his work Suite Sinfónica Canaria, from 1898. Album Tracks 1. El Sorondongo 2. Malagueña 3. El Baile Del Vivo 4. Tamadaba 5. Algo de Lo Nuestro 6. Chipude 7. Gran Canaria 8. Sombra Del Nublo 9. Navidad Canaria 10. Alma Llanera

An exciting new collaboration between Somm Recordings and the Tippett Quartet begins with striking performances of early and late string quartets by Mendelssohn. Fiercely imbued with the spirit of Beethoven, Mendelssohn's Opp. 12, 13 and 80 quartets brim and boil with an innovation, dynamism, emotional sincerity and technical flair some would deny the composer. These deeply felt performances from the Tippett Quartet present Mendelssohn in a new light and challenge Hans von Bülow's notorious observation that he Inchbegan as a genius and ended as a talent.Inch All three quartets - Op. 13, composed when Mendelssohn was just 18-years-old, and Op. 80, his last major work, completed two months before his death at 38 - speak movingly of loss. Op. 12 laments the passing of Beethoven, Op. 13 regrets unrequited love, Op. 80 an inconsolable response to the death of Mendelssohn's sister, Fanny. The earlier works, the Tippett Quartet says, Inchcommand an astounding expressive power and technical prowess with all the exuberance and intensity of a young man searching for the sublime and the profound.Inch Mendelssohn's last significant musical utterance, the valedictory Op. 80, Inchturns his sense of loss, grief and, most of all, anger into a truly sublime work of artInch. InchWhen we were recording them, Inch says the Tippett Quartet, Inchit felt like we were playing brand new pieces by a living composer, not works that carry, and have become burdened by, the weight of traditionInch. These poignant, powerful, emotionally raw, musically rich performances make persuasive claim for music of passion, poetry and profundity and offer fresh insights into Mendelssohn as he was meant to be played. Album Tracks 1. I. Allegro Vivace Assai 2. II. Allegro Assai 3. III. Adagio 4. IV. Finale Allegro Molto 5. I. Adagio Non Troppo - Allegro Non Tardante 6. II. Canzonetta Allegretto

Album Tracks 1. Piano Trio in F minor, Op. 65 2. Elegie (Under the Impression of Zeyer's Vyšehrad) 3. Trio No 3 in C Major InchGrand TrioInch for Violin, Cello and Piano