Riyo Uemura - Serenade for Flute Violin & Cello - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

During their long study of the works of the composer Richard Mico (1590-1661), the musicians of the Concerto di Viole ensemble developed characteristic images and associations that make each of the pavanes and fantasies unique to them. Following the tradition of Mico's contemporaries, they have therefore given the pieces new titles to inspire the listeners' imagination. The Ensemble Concerto di Viole was founded in Basle in 1989 and has since then been playing with almost the same lineup. The four permanent members Arno Jochem, Brian Franklin, Brigitte Gasser and Rebeka Ruso have studied at the schola Cantorum Basiliensis at different times and also perform with various different ensembles. Album Tracks 1. Fantasia 3 À 5 (Sweet Roses) 2. Pavan 4 À 4 (Paradiso) 3. Fantasia 7 À 3 (Between Spring and Summer) 4. Fantasia 10 À 4 (On the Hexachord) 5. Pavan 2 À 5 (Bona Fide) 6. Fantasia 1 À 3 (The Italian) 7. Part 1. Claudio Monteverdi's LÀ Tra'l Sangu'e Le Morti 8. Part 2. Claudio Monteverdi's LÀ Tra'l Sangu'e Le Morti 9. Fantasia 4 À 5 (La Gabrieli) 10. In Nomine 11. Fantasia 5 À 3 (Cascades) 12. Pavan 3 À 4 (In Darkness) 13. Fantasia 1 À 2 (La Caccia) 14. Fantasia 6 À 4 (In Mourning Weeds/Heavenly Joys) 15. Fantasia 1 À 5 (I Wish You Were Here) 16. Pavan 2 À 4 (The Secret) 17. Fantasia 5 À 4 (Amaryllis Dance) 18. Pavan 1 À 5 (Nightfall) 19. Fantasia 3 À 4 (Time Stands Still) 20. Fantasia 3 À 3 (The Path of a River) 21. Fantasia 2 À 5 (O Lord) 22. Pavan 3 À 5 (Orfeo)

Dorothea Seel has engaged intensively both with the instruments and also with the playing techniques and sound aesthetics of 19th-century flutes and presented her findings in her artistic and scientific dissertation InchDer Diskurs um den Klang der Flöte i'm 19. JahrhundertInch (Inchthe discourse about the sound of the flute in the 19th centuryInch, Kunstuniversität Graz 2017, in preparation for publication). Evaluation of teaching works put her on the track of forgotten playing techniques. These practices, many of which would meet with the disapproval of modern-day exponents, include overlapping of notes, a glissando effect that the keys of modern instruments no longer permit. Dorothea Seel uses this and other techniques on the present recording. In congenial partnership with Christoph Hammer, she also sheds new light on the extraordinarily varied sound world of the 19th century and puts proven theory into virtuoso practice. She challenges the conventions that govern our listening and admirably illustrates the potential of research-based period performance practice. Above all, however, the works of Johann Nepomuk Hummel sound so utterly new, fresh and stimulating. Album Tracks 1. Flute Sonata in G Major, Op. 2 No. 2 2. Flute Sonata in D Major, Op. 50 3. Flute Sonata in a Major, Op. 64 4. Rondo Brillant in G Major, Op. 126 (Arr. for Flute and Piano)

The songs recorded for this span a whole female composer's life Still a student at Munz'sches Konservatorium in Karlsruhe, Germany, Margarete Schweikert wrote the songs Der Page on a poem of Frida Schanz and I'm Schilf on verses of A. W. Stern. They were premiered in a concert given by the students on June 7, 1905. Three of the 'Vier Lieder nach Gedichten von Martha Kropp' were performed for the first time on January 28 in 1955 in a concert arranged by the GEDOK Karlsruhe in presence of the composer. Her teachers were the violinist Carl Wendling and the composer Joseph Haas, a pupil of Max Reger, both lecturers at the local Königliche Konservatorium. During these years, Margarete Schweikert expanded her activities as violinist and as composer. She performed not only in Karlsruhe, but in other Southern German cities like Würzburg, Nürnberg and Stuttgart. In the programs that she organized, she often combined chamber music for violin with her songs. Again and again renowned singers campaigned for her songs. One example is the baritone Otto Wessbecher, who, from 1911 on, included Gomorra frequently in his programmes. This features renowned tenor Bernhard Berchtold and pianist Jeannette La-Deur performing a selection of Margarete's lieder, based on texts by Ehrler, Goethe, Goll, and more. Album Tracks 1. Der Schäfer 2. GLÜCK 3. Meine Hoffnung 4. Morgengebet 5. Lieder An Ein Mädchen Op.15 6. Es Liegt Der Heiße Sommer 7. Die Visitation 8. Märchenstunde 9. Zu Dritt 10. Des Sturmgotts Liebe 11. Süßduftende Lindenblüte 12. Kleine Tragik 13. Es War Ein Alter König 14. Slawisches Liebeslied 15. Wehmut Im Walzertakt 16. An Deiner Kirche 17. Im Bitteren Menschenland Op.9 18. Weltende 19. Der Säemann 20. Totenhausen 21. Die Entschlafenen