Mirko Ludwig - War & Peace - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

As the centenary of the Great War approaches, the choir of Jesus College Cambridge presents a new program of works titled War & Peace, a beautiful and moving collection of choral works that are united in various ways by the experiences and impact of war. Album Tracks 1. Crossing the Bar 2. Nunc Dimittis 3. The Beatitudes 4. A Child's Prayer 5. Greater Love Hath No Man 6. There Is An Old Belief 7. September 1914 For the Fallen 8. Geistliches Lied 9. Elegy 10. Blahoslovy Dushe Moya Hospoda 11. Justorum Animae 12. The Souls of the Righteous 13. Faire Is the Heaven 14. For the Fallen 15. Kontakion of the Dead 16. Lord, Thou Hast Been Our Refuge

This brings together works composed by Jean Rogister (1879-1964) during World War I like most of his coreligionists, banned by edict of the occupying forces from appearing in public or even from teaching, Rogister did InchprofitInch in one way from the Great War in that he developed a new embryonic vocation. Whole-heartedly adopting the post-Franckian vein, and remaining faithful to traditional tonality, he forged his own musical idiom, partly due to his melodic verve. A century after the end of the war, now that a Inchnew simplicityInch is gaining ground, his meditative and melancholy works, shot through here and there by tensions of various kinds, should have no difficulty in appealing to a new listening public. Album Tracks 1. Viola Concerto in a Major - Thérèse-Marie Gilissen/Pécs Symphony Orchestra 2. Lamento - Orchestre Royal de Chambre de Wallonie 3. Allegro Energico - Orchestre Royal de Chambre de Wallonie 4. I. Lento Misterioso - Allegro 5. II. Larghetto 6. III. Scherzo 7. IV. Allegro 8. Adieu - Anne Leonardo/Orchestre Royal de Chambre de Wallonie

This new features major works of music for violin and piano from the era of WWII that were inspired by the holocaust. Dr. Betul Soykan is the Assistant Professor of Violin at Wichita State University, having previously taught at the University of Texas-RGV IN Brownsville. Being trained at one of the best conservatories of Europe, she holds four degrees in violin performance and string pedagogy. Some of her influential teachers throughout her studies were; Iwona Wojciechowska, the great Romanian virtuoso Ion Voicu and world-renowned violinist and pedagogue Igor Ozim. Costa Rican pianist Juan Pablo Andrade maintains a very active international career as a soloist, recitalist, collaborative pianist, pedagogue, adjudicator and clinician. He is the recipient of numerous awards, among them are the First Prize at the Artlivre International Piano Competition in Sao Paulo, Brazil; First Prize in the National Piano Competition in CR; First Prize in the Concert of Soloists Competition at Arizona State University; First Prize at the UNCG Concerto Competition and Second Prize in the University of Costa Rica Concerto Competition.