Scarlatti / Liu - Xianji Liu Guitar Recital - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

This fascinating collection of rare and distinctive piano works, from the 18th century to the present, is inspired by stories of how women composers created music while meeting the expectations of family and society. Hiroko Ishimoto brings together a remarkably varied programme including works by Ana Bon who was 'chamber music virtuosa' at the Prussian court of King Frederick the Great, the bold harmonies of Vítezslava Kaprálová (a student of Martinu), as well as pieces by Amy Beach based on the calls of the hermit thrush, and so much more. Album Tracks 1. Blumenleben (Life of Flowers), Op. 19 No. 5. Rose 2. Valse-Caprice, Op. 33 3. Keyboard Sonata in B-Flat Major, Op. 2, No. 2 4. 3 Romances, Op. 21 No. 1 in a Minor 5. 3 Morceaux, Op. 15 No. 3. Humoresque in G minor 6. Hermit Thrush at Eve, Op. 92, No. 1 7. Scottish Legend, Op. 54, No. 1 8. Valses Viennoises 9. 3 Morceaux Pour Piano 10. Cananéa, Valsa (Arr. for Piano) 11. Água Do Vintém 12. 3 Klaverstykker, Op. 35 No. 2. Albumblad 13. Douce Rêverie, Mazurka 14. Piano Sonata in E minor II. Andante 15. Album for Children, Op. 19 (Selection) 16. Dubnová Preludia (April Preludes), Op. 13 No. 2. Andante 17. 43° North - a Tango (2019 Version for Piano)

Album Tracks 1. Estudio de Trémolo 2. Recuerdos de la Alhambra 3. Preludios de Primavera 4. Bolero 5. Homenaje a Julián Arcas 6. Nocturnal After John Dowland, Op. 70 7. Tres Cuentos Para Alhambra 8. Aire Vasco 9. Torre Bermeja, Op. 92, No. 12

Representing three generations of Spanish composers, these works reveal the diversity and depth of the Iberian musical imagination. Albeniz's Suite is a perennial evocation of Iberian Romanticism that transcribes naturally from piano to guitar, and Jose's original and inventive Sonata revives a reputation cut short by the Spanish Civil War. Dedicated to Segovia, Manen's Fantasia-Sonata is rich in Catalonian sentiment both elegiac and celebratory. Vojin Kocic's debut recording, 'and what a debut it is' (The WholeNote), can also be heard on Naxos.