Orchestra Filarmonica Italiana Coro Ab Harmoniae Agiman - Zingari - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Karol Szymanowski was quite possible the most celebrated Polish composer of the early 20th century. He is counted as a member of the modernist movement Young Poland. This recording includes the Mazurkas Op. 50, No. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 19, composed between 1924 and 1925, and his Sonata No. 1, Op. 8. In the words of former New York Times music critic Harold Shoenberg, Korean pianist Sang Mi Chung has Incheverything technique, temperament, and personality.Inch

At Chasing The Dragon, we have started to a series of Live Beethoven concert recordings. For our second, we present the wonderful pianist John Lenehan in an amazing performance of the Piano Concerto No. 5. John's playing, combined with the Locrian Ensemble of London, was an incredible event. I have recorded it using only 4 microphones, in an effort for you to connect directly with the jump factor we all felt on that very cold February evening! Part of the Live Beethoven Series On Compact Disc!

Based on a poem written in 1827 by Alexander Pushkin, Zingari is a tale of passion, jealousy and crime in a Gypsy camp on the banks of the Danube. This one-act opera was a huge success immediately after it's creation in London in 1912 and had an incredibly long run, both in London and the United States. Marking Leoncavallo's return to the verismo style of Pagliacci, Opera Rara's version of Zingari showcases rich, colourful orchestral music with powerful choral moments and seductive arias. The great Bulgarian soprano Krassimira Stoyanova brings life to the beautiful temptress Fleana, who encourages and later rejects the passionate advances of aristocrat Radu, powerfully sung by tenor Arsen Soghomonyan. The American baritone Stephen Gaertner completes the fatal love triangle as Tamar, the brooding Gypsy poet.