Oaken Voices - Woven Roots - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

The composers Maia Cabeza unites on her debut album come from the Czech Republic, Hungary and Romania. She traces the musical traditions that flowed into the compositions of the 1920s and 1930s by Janacek, Veress, Holliger, Enescu, Schulhoff and Bartók. The exception in this picture is Heinz Holliger's sparkling Spring Dance of 2001 a very unique approach to the musical heritage of his native Switzerland. The Canadian-American violinist Maia Cabeza, winner of the 2018 Johann Sebastian Bach Competition, together with Zoltan Fejérvari on the piano, makes these different influences delicately audible.

This album by the young ensemble Salaputia Brass is dedicated to works by composers from England. The English tradition with the different brass formations meets here on the one hand arranged classical works by Gustav Holst, an original work by Arthur Butterworth, through arranged pieces by Anthony Holborne to the cross-genre themes from James Bond to the Beatles All you need is Brass! They modestly call themselves Inchlittle fellowsInch (lat. Salaputia), but they have it all behind their ears - or rather, in their lips. Because nothing is too difficult for the young virtuosos from Salaputia Brass! The newcomers have already delighted in numerous concerts, including several times in the Hamburg Elbphilharmonie, at the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival, at the Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Festival, at the Meran Brass Festival and as a guest on the ARTE TV program InchStars von MorgenInch. With their thematically designed programs, they manage the balancing act between the highest musical standards and entertaining listening pleasure for everyone.

Braden / Various - Ravens [COMPACT DISCS] date 01/20/2017