Ron Goodwin - Drake 400 Suite - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Zanichelli / Santi /Arlotti - Opera Transcriptions [COMPACT DISCS] date 06/02/2017

This is the final volume of Kemp English's pioneering world premiere recording of Leopold Kozeluch's complete solo keyboard sonatas. It is played, once again, on appropriate authentic instruments and charts just how profoundly Kozeluch's style changed over the decades, from the charming early Sonata No. 47 for harpsichord to the three late romantic sonatas. The virtuosic Sonata No. 49, with it's pedal effects and extended compass, shows techniques derived from the English Piano School and in the final sonata he encapsulates to perfection the sound world of early nineteenth-century Vienna. Album Tracks 1. Piano Sonata No. 47 in E Flat Major, P. XII 42 2. Piano Sonata No. 48 in B Flat Major, P. XII 43 3. Piano Sonata No. 49 in F Major, P. XII 44 4. Piano Sonata No. 50 in E minor, P. XII 45

Richard Strauss was appointed co-director of the Vienna State Opera in 1919 and soon set about composing a new ballet for the refurbished historic Redoutensaal in the city. At carnival in February 1923 the work was unveiled - a delectable series of eight arrangements of music by François Couperin called Tanzsuite. For the Divertimento, an orchestral suite that includes characteristic Straussian orchestration, and which was written many years later, Strauss rearranged six movements from the earlier work and added two further dances. About Jun MärklJun Märklis a highly respected interpreter of core Germanic repertoire and has become known for his refined and idiomatic explorations of the French Impressionists. His long-standing relationships with the state operas of Vienna, Berlin, Munich, Semperoper Dresden and the Metropolitan Opera have been complemented by his music directorships of the Orchestre National de Lyon and the MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra. Among the more than 50 albums Märkl has recorded are the complete Schumann symphonies with the NHK Symphony Orchestra; Mendelssohn and Wagner with the MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra; and a highly acclaimed Debussy series with the Orchestre National de Lyon. He is currently working on a cycle of works by Saint-Saëns, R. Strauss and Hosokawa. Album Tracks 1. Tanzsuite Nach Klavierstücken Von François Couperin, TRV 245 (1923) 2. Divertimento Aus Klavierstücken Von François Couperin FÜR Kleines Orchester, Op. 86 (1940-41)