Various Artists - Milano Spagnola - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

With the of The Queen's Favourites in 2021, La Petite Ecurie provided listeners insight into the original repertoire for the Oboe Band, which was very much in vogue at the time of Queen Anne (c. 1700). The debut album received five Diapasons in the renowned French magazine and numerous positive reviews. The International Double Reed Society described their Inchbeautiful tone, precise intonation, rhythmic vigor, and wonderful sense of style.Inch The inspiration for the latest album by La Petite Ecurie, No Strings Attached, originates from the preface of Johann Christian Schieferdecker's thirteen Musikalische Concerte, in which he expressed that InchThey were composed with such care that, in the absence of the necessary people, they could also be performed with only 4 voices, namely 3 Hautbois and 1 BassoonInch. With this sentence, Schieferdecker encapsulates the fundamental idea that strings are sometimes redundant! No Strings Attached presents music by composers from Germany (Schieferdecker & Keiser), France (Boismortier & Dornel), Italy (Vivaldi) and England (Handel & Purcell), whose compositions showcase the endless virtuosic capabilities of the Oboe Band. Album Tracks 1. Curtain Tune on a Ground from InchTimon of AthensInch, Z. 632 2. Sonata Op. 34 No. 6 in a Minor 3. Concerto Grosso Op. 3 No. 4 in F Major, HWV 315 4. Sonate en Quatuor in a Minor from InchLivre de SimphoniesInch 5. Concerto No. 8 in F Major from InchMusicalische ConcerteInch 6. Concerto in G minor, RV 153 7. Ouverture a 4 in D Major (3 Hautbois Et Basson)

The talented Chemirani family - Keyvan, Bijan and Maryam - have recorded an album called Hâl (pronounced 'Hol'), which explores the intersection of Iranian, Indian and Irish music. Subtitled 'Love ballads', it features love poems with texts sung in English or Persian. The 'hâl' corresponds to the moment when one let's oneself go, that ecstatic state between awakening and self-forgetfulness... Keyvan, a zarb and percussion virtuoso, and Bijan, an expert on the saz lute and also a percussionist, are known from the highly regarded Trio Chemirani, formed with their father. This album introduces their sister Maryam, a singer but also a nurse, who followed in the footsteps of Mother Teresa in India, then worked in the Alpes de Haute Provence. Keyvan devised this program especially for her, inspired both by her voice which is 'warm and deeply generous' and her compassionate spirit which imbues her performance with added emotion. The incredible flute player Sylvain Barou, their brother in music, completes the ensemble. Album Tracks 1. Bâman Sanamâ 2. Lord Baker 3. Seven Fishes 4. An Indian Way 5. 138 6. Miraqsan 7. Berceuse Pour Maël 8. Irish Suite Emmet's Hedgehog/The Kish's Jig 9. The Limerick Rake

Is debut album, the violinist Paul Huang has chosen to spotlight the colour and poetry of his instrument in a kaleidoscopic recital of sonatas by Saint Saëns, Respighi, Chopin and Paganini. Paul Huang is undoubtedly a virtuoso. A graduate of the Juilliard School in New York, winner of the 2011 Young Concert Artists International Auditions, he is already renowned, and has been a guest at the most prestigious venues such as the Kennedy Center and the Lincoln Center. The sonatas by Saint-Saëns and Respighi are also undeniably virtuosic, and among the most difficult works in the violin repertoire. But virtuosity is not the most important quality that Huang focuses on here he was initially attracted to the instrument as a young boy for Inchit's sonority and it's wonderful lyric qualitiesInch. Album Tracks 3. Violin Sonata in B Minor P.110~Passacaglia Allegro moderato ma energico 4. Cantabile in D Major Op. 17 MS 109 5. Violin Sonata No. 1 in D Minor Op. 75~Allegro agitato