Neeme Järvi - Sonata for Violin & Piano - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Satie / Ogawa - Noriko Ogawa Plays Satie 2 [SUPER-AUDIO CD] Hybrid SACD date 06/02/2017

Another album in the Anthology of Polish A Cappella Music series was being created on the eve of the first anniversary of Juliusz Luciuk's death. This time, the 'Collegium Cantorum' Choir of the Czestochowa Philharmonic reached for the internationally unique work Vesperae in assumptione Beatae Mariae Virginis - Vespers on the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. While researching the output of the Czestochowa-Cracow composer one can sense his individual style, based on a few indefeasible pillars. One of them is profound respect for tradition, with particular emphasis on the Gregorian chant, both in terms of the melodic solutions of the monody and the entire culture and performance conditions surrounding the chant. Other pillars of his work are the quest for colour in harmony and the peculiar simplicity of emotions reflecting the composer's personality. The Vespers presented on this album can be considered the quintessence of the style of Juliusz Luciuk, an artist who was particularly passionate about sacred music.

Maarika Jeñrvi has performed with many well-known orchestras of the world. She has participated in several recordings among her CD InchMeditationsInch released on Chandos. Maarika has also performed and recorded all the most important Estonian concert compositions for flute, several of those premiered by her. Accompanied by the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra under the baton of her brother Kristjan Jeñrvi, Maarika presents a fine selection of modern Estonian flute music. Album Tracks 1. Flute Concerto 2. Three Pieces - Maarika Jarvi 3. Flute Concertino 4. Flute Concerto No. 1 5. Flute Concerto No. 2