Sumi Jo - Les Bijoux: French Arias - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

American violinist Jennifer Koh's Bach & Beyond Part 3 concludes her critically acclaimed series of recordings based on her groundbreaking, multi-season recital series of the same name that The New York Times has called Inchindispensable.Inch Koh, Incha virtuoso with quirky and wonderful ideasInch (San Francisco Chronicle), again pairs two of J.S. Bach's landmark Sonatas and Partitas for solo violin with Bach-inspired 20th- and 21st-century works. On this series-finale album, Bach's florid and fanciful Sonata No. 2 in A minor and Sonata No. 3 in C major, celebrated for it's colossal Fuga movement, frame Luciano Berio's expressive, chaconne-like Sequenza VIII and Pulitzer Prize winner John Harbison's alluring For Violin Alone, a dance suite inspired by Bach's partitas, written for Koh (a world-premiere recording). Album Tracks 1. Disc 1 - Bach / Berio 2. Sonata No. 2 in a Minor, BWV 1003 3. Sequenza VIII for Solo Violin 4. Disc 2 - Harbison / Bach 5. For Violin Alone 6. Sonata No. 3 in C Major, BWV 1005

Distinguished international pianist Jorge Federico Osorio brings his flair for French music to works of the Baroque, Romantic, and early 20th century eras by Jean-Philippe Rameau, Emmanuel Chabrier, Gabriel Fauré, Claude Debussy, and Maurice Ravel. Fittingly, Osorio opens The French Album with Fauré's exquisite Pavane and concludes with the ever-popular Pavane pour une enfante défunte by Fauré's student, Ravel. The Mexican-born, European-trained pianist offers eight of Debussy's pictorial Préludes, each with it's unique sound world, including the mystical La Cathédrale engloutie, one of the most stunning pieces ever composed for piano. Another audience favorite is Debussy's evocative Claire de lune from his Suite bergamasque. Providing contrast, Rameau's whimsical Les Tricotets conjures the back-and-forth motion of knitting needles. A set of Spanish-flavored works include Chabrier's Cuban-inspired Habanera; Debussy's lively La Puerta del Vino, depicting sailors carousing and enjoying their wine, and La soirée dans Grenade, where the piano imitates the sound of a guitar; and Ravel's Alborado del gracioso, brimming with Iberian rhythms.

Album Tracks 1. Il Pleuvait 2. Je T'aime 3. Jour de Noces 4. Dans Les Ruines D'une Abbaye 5. Le Papillon Et la Fleur 6. Mai 7. Notre Amour 8. Ici-Bas 9. Reve D'amour 10. Fleur Jetee 11. La Romance D'ariel 12. Caprice 13. Romance 14. Chanson Espagnole 15. Nuit D'etoiles 16. Air Du Rat 17. Spleen 18. La Grenouille Americaine 19. Air Du Poete 20. Chanson Du Chat 21. Dapheneo 22. Chanson 23. Elegie 24. Les Fleurs 25. Le Chapelier 26. Je Te Veux 27. Les Anges 28. La Diva de L'empire