Mescal Wilson - Music for Cello - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

I solisti di Pavia was founded about twenty years ago and nowadays can be seen as a stable and affirmed ensemble in both the Italian and European music scenes. Along with their leader, Italian cellist Enrico Dindo, the group has become internationally renowned. This ensemble presents a Chamber repertoire which runs from the XVIII Century to present day giving to the audience an interpretation which joins accurate historical performance practice with a fresh and lively musicality. In this album Enrico Dindo and the ensemble Solisti di Pavia present some of the most famous works for cello from Max Bruch Kol Nidrei (opening the album) to Saint-Saëns Le Cygne.

Peter Donohoe - Concerto for Piano & Winds / Works [COMPACT DISCS] date 10/21/1997

On this , Aleksandra Dabek, young pianist and laureate of numerous music competitions all over the world, presents her interpretations of Romantic music; one of the greatest piano works is included - Carnaval, Op. 9 by Robert Schumann, as well as a selection of Chopin's nocturnes and polonaises. Aleksandra Hortensja Dabek is a pupil of the Mieczyslaw Karlowicz Secondary School of Music in Katowice, in the piano class of Professor Wojciech Switala. She began her musical education at the age of seven in the class of Beata Zajac at music school in Krzeszowice, before continuing her training under Olga Lazarska in Cracow. She has many significant achievements in piano competitions to her name, including First Prize in the under-18 category at the 21st International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition for Children and Youngsters in Szafarnia (2013), a first class distinction in the 7th EPTA Piano Competition for Secondary School Pupils in Cracow (2012), and Third Prize in the 14th All-Poland Halina Czerny-Stefanska Piano Tournament in Zagan (2009).