The Rivingtons - Liberty Years - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Risonanze is the début solo album of London-based viola da gamba player Ibrahim Aziz, who is one of the greatest performers of the instrument of his generation. This recording is a performance of immense expression, expertly delivered on a viol made by English string maker Barak Norman in 1712. The album includes one of the highlights of the baroque era the Cello Sonata No. 2 by J.S. Bach as well as other baroque works. Risonanze also includes contemporary works, including one specially written for Aziz. Popular between the 15th-18th centuries, the viol has a unique quality of the sound through plangent tones of it's middle voice, silvery and vibrant high notes, and the depth of it's bass and human-like qualities. It's bow is played with a technique that discourages sharp attacks on the strings, but instead draws out and threads together each note like beautiful pearls on a maiden's neck, glowing with a silky halo. This quality of sound is not volume but resonance.

Various Artists - Vivat Rzeczpospolita [COMPACT DISCS] date 06/07/2019

Concord, Massachusetts is an American city that in the nineteenth century was a haven for thinkers and activists who focused on the trend of transcendentalism representing values such as equality, independence and self-reliance. The ideas of transcendentalists was inherent in Charles Ives works. His 4-part Piano Sonata II Concord, Mass. 1840-1860 is devoted to Inchfour wise peopleInch associated with Concord - important representatives of this trend. During Ives's life the Sonata was considered almost impossible to perform, and as a result was rarely recorded. It was eventually recorded in Poland for the first time. This task was undertaken by pianist Daniel Brylewski, laureate of international contests for contemporary music, specializing in the 20th and 21st century repertoire. The present presents that recording.