Sophie Marilley - Complete Songs - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Emerging from the pandemic like a bubble of oxygen from the ocean depths, this recording project is built around two ideas that lie at the heart of the Chapelle Musicale Reine Elisabeth. On one hand it perfectly embodies the ideal of a continuing relationship between masters and artists in residence by bringing together three generations of musicians with Miguel Da Silva, Lorenzo Gatto and the young artists currently in residence at the Chapel, providing an opportunity for the former to pass on their mastery and knowledge to the latter. On the other, it also fulfils a desire to bring together a number of artists in an ensemble that unites chamber music with a string orchestra for major works. The string octet, a form made even more attractive by it's rarity, was adopted by two composers of genius Mendelssohn and Enescu. These youthful works, nonetheless mature and filled with musical riches, echo each other here by highlighting their contrasts. Album Tracks 1. String Octet in E Flat Major, Op. 20 2. Octet in C Major, Op. 7 3. Mouvement de Valse Bien Rythmée

Album Tracks 1. Marais Suite - I. L'agrã©Able 2. Marais Suite - II. La Provencale 3. Marais Suite - III. La Musette 4. Marais Suite - IV. La Matelotte 5. Marais Suite - V. Le Basque 6. Strawinsky Suite Italienne - I. Introduzione 7. Strawinsky Suite Italienne - II. Serenata 8. Strawinsky Suite Italienne - III. Aria 9. Strawinsky Suite Italienne - IV. Tarantella 10. Strawinsky Suite Italienne - V. Minuetto E Finale 11. Tournier Suite D'images N°4 - I. La Voliã¨Re Magique 12. Tournier Suite D'images N°4 - II. Cloches Sous la Neige 13. Tournier Suite D'images N°4 - III. Danse Du Moujik 14. Falla Suite Populaire Espagnole - I. El Paã±O Moruno 15. Falla Suite Populaire Espagnole - II. Asturiana 16. Falla Suite Populaire Espagnole - III. Jota 17. Falla Suite Populaire Espagnole - IV. Nana 18. Falla Suite Populaire Espagnole - V. Canciã³N 19. Falla Suite Populaire Espagnole - VI. Polo

How composers draw their creative lives to a close continues to fascinate. Are their final works the culmination of all that has gone before or suggest what might have come next? Did illness enhance their profundity or diminish their powers? Can we listen to such pieces without thinking of them as some kind of message from beyond the grave? The music featured on this fascinating program from violinist Sophie Rosa and pianist Ian Buckle each suggest different answers to these questions and challenges some preconceptions. In their last years, Robert Schumann (1810-1856) and Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951) both continued to be inspired by musicians around them. Schumann in post-revolutionary Germany and Schoenberg in post-war America looked back to classical models, to reinvigorate, even lighten, their compositional approach. That sense of playing with history is also evident in the music of Ukrainian composer Valentyn Silvestrov (b. 1937), who has claimed InchI do not write new music. My music is a response to, and an echo of what already exists.Inch Album Tracks 1. Sonata No. 3 for violin and piano, WoO 2~I. Ziemlich langsam 5. Phantasy for violin and piano, Op. 47 7. 'Post scriptum' Sonata for violin and piano~I. Largo - Allegro