Sara Sant’Ambrogio - Paradise Found - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Album Tracks 1. Il Sogno Della Vergine, for Voice & Piano 2. Nebbia, for Voice & Piano 3. La Mia Sera, for Voice & Piano 4. Lungi Lungi, for Voice & Piano 5. Passa la Nave Mia, for Voice & Piano 6. Vere Novo, for Voice & Piano 7. Ad Annie, for Voice & Piano 8. Astrea, for Voice, Chorus & Orchestra Genere Umano Addio

Bohemian Stories encapsulates an intimate introspection of some Inchmusical talesInch from the Bohemian Romantic chamber music repertoire for violin and piano. In the 19th century we are spectators to an awakening of national consciousness that spreads to literary salons and theaters through the tendency of musicians to want to emancipate themselves from the ways of the hegemonic musical art, through a revaluation of popular heritage, highlighting characters of different historical-musical traditions. Freedom, independence, political autonomy, love of country and the security of one's own identity are the main driving forces of this era. The intent of the musicians of this era is to create a style that will elevate the country's musical language to a musical language of art, infusing it with new elements and an authentic national Inchcharacter.Inch In Bohemia, then included in the Habsburg Empire, this nationalist movement has a particular intensity, and by the late nineteenth century one can speak of a true InchCzech style.Inch Among the earliest composers devoted to the exaltation of the particular pitch of the Czech melody we have Bedrich Smetana a style of descriptive music writing in which he tells stories inspired by national legends, very remote historical events, natural landscapes, folk motifs, and rhythms of village dances. The other distinguished representative of Czech music of the second half of the 19th century is Antonín Dvorák, who enriched his vast musical output with elements drawn from the folk heritage not only of the Czech but also of other Slavic peoples (of Slovakia, Moravia, Ukraine, Russia). Leoš Janácek, that poor professor of music in the Moravian province, with a life without any great adventures or illustrious acquaintances, without too much travel and without recognition until the age of sixty where he totally identified with his inner s

Hailed by George Bernard Shaw as one of the 19th century's greatest virtuoso pianists, Agathe Backer Grøndahl was also a pioneer among women composers, juggling marriage, motherhood and an extensive career. She was taught by Liszt in Weimar, and as one of Norway's most respected composer-pianists, created a large body of work that displays colorful stylistic variety and poetic breadth. The beautiful Sérénade from Trois Morceaux, Op. 15 may well be Backer Grøndahl's most popular piano composition, but her concert études are virtuoso masterpieces - the folk-tune arrangements drawn from her Op. 30 and Op. 33 sets illustrate her perceptive absorption of her country's folk music. The remarkable fairy-tale suite I blaafjellet, Op. 44 is possibly the first impressionist piece by a Norwegian composer. Album Tracks 1. Suite, Op. 20~I. Prélude 2. 3 Morceaux, Op. 15~I. Sérénade 3. Études de concert, Op. 57/1 4. Norske folkeviser og folkedanse, Op. 30~I. Brudeslaat (Lom?) 5. 6 Idylles, Op. 24~I. Allegretto leggiero 6. Norske folkeviser og folkedanse, Op. 30~IX. Siklebækken (Møllargutten) 7. Norske folkeviser og folkedanse, Op. 30~X. Kivlemöyerne (Møllargutten) 8. Norske folkeviser og folkedanse, Op. 30~XI. Fanitullen (Møllargutten) 9. 6 Idylles, Op. 24~V. Allegretto tranquillo 10. 6 Fantasistykker. Barnlige Billeder, Op. 66~I. Ride, ride ranke 11. Norske folkeviser og folkedanse behandlede, Op. 33~III. Laat i Fjellet 12. 3 Ungarske studier (Three Hungarian Studies), Op. 38~II. Intermezzo 13. Fantasistykker for Piano, 2den Samling, Op. 39~Hefte I I. Souvenir 14. Norske folkeviser og folkedanse, Op. 33~VIII. Bruralaat (Valdres) 15. 4 Skizzer (Sketches), Op. 19~I. Allegretto leggiero 16. Norske folkeviser og folkedanse Behandlede, Op. 33~I. Halling 17. Smaa fantasistykker for Piano, 4de Samling, Op. 55~IV. Et Farvel 18. Norske folkeviser og f