Various Artists - Roots - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

The composers Maia Cabeza unites on her debut album come from the Czech Republic, Hungary and Romania. She traces the musical traditions that flowed into the compositions of the 1920s and 1930s by Janacek, Veress, Holliger, Enescu, Schulhoff and Bartók. The exception in this picture is Heinz Holliger's sparkling Spring Dance of 2001 a very unique approach to the musical heritage of his native Switzerland. The Canadian-American violinist Maia Cabeza, winner of the 2018 Johann Sebastian Bach Competition, together with Zoltan Fejérvari on the piano, makes these different influences delicately audible. Album Tracks 1. Sonata for Violin and Piano-Con Moto 2. Sonata for Violin and Piano-Ballada. Con Moto 3. Sonata for Violin and Piano-Allegretto 4. Sonata for Violin and Piano-Adagio 5. Sonata for Solo Violin-Allegro 6. Sonata for Solo Violin-Adagio 7. Sonata for Solo Violin-Allegro Molto 8. Concerto?-Frühlingstanz (Unstet) 9. Airs Dans Le Genre Roumain-Moderato - Molto Rubato 10. Airs Dans Le Genre Roumain-Allegro Giusto 11. Airs Dans Le Genre Roumain-Andante 12. Airs Dans Le Genre Roumain-Allegro Giocoso 13. Sonata for Solo Violin, WV 83-Allegro Con Fuoco 14. Sonata for Solo Violin, WV 83-Andante Sostenuto 15. Sonata for Solo Violin, WV 83-Scherzo Allegretto Grazioso 16. Sonata for Solo Violin, WV 83-Finale Allegro Risoluto 17. Rhapsody No. 2 for Violin and Piano, SZ. 90-Lassú. Moderato 18. Rhapsody No. 2 for Violin and Piano, SZ. 90-Friss. Allegro Moderato

Russian Roots is the Trio Gaspard's debut recording for Chandos records, for which they are joined by soprano Katharina Konradi for a diverse and rewarding program that explores the Russian influence across almost 200 years of music. A selection of Russian folksongs set by Beethoven, Shostakovich's first Piano Trio, his Seven Romances on poems by Blok and Weinberg's Jewish Songs form the backbone of the recital. These are interspersed with Vocalises (wordless songs) by Stravinsky, Rachmaninoff, Gubaidulina and Auerbach. Album Tracks 1. Vier Russische Volkslieder in Bearbeitung, Woo 158A, Nos 13-16 = Four Russian Folksongs in Arrangement (From Twenty-Three Songs of Various Nationality) 2. Pastorale 3. Jewish Songs, Op. 13 4. Piano Trio No. 1 in C minor, Op. 8 5. Brief An Die Dichterin Rimma Dalos = Letter to the Poetess Rimma Dalos 6. Vocalise, Op. 34 No. 14 7. Seven Romances on Poems By Alexander Blok, Op. 127 8. Postscriptum

Under the title 'Origins', this album brings together works by composers of the first half of the twentieth century who frequently found inspiration in the musical traditions of their country. This musical journey travels across Europe from France to the borders of Asia. If Béla Bartók's role in this field of the integration of popular traditions into classical language is indisputable, the personalities of the other composers assembled here deserve to be discovered. The Jewish composer Erwin Schulhoff was one of those whose works were relegated by the Nazi regime to this category of 'degenerate music'. The Azerbaijani Fikret Amirov and the Armenian Arno Babajanian were victims of the constraints of the Soviet regime. And although Charles Koechlin produced an imposing catalogue of works, he suffered throughout his life from the fact that his career as a composer was eclipsed by his reputation as a theorist. All these works inspired by national music are contemporary with the political turbulence that agitated Europe between the two world wars, but also with the numerous movements that caused major upheavals in every artistic field during the same period. Album Tracks 1. Quatorze Pièces Pour Flûte Et Piano 2. Sonata for Flute and Piano 3. Vagharshapat Dance 4. Impromptu 5. Six Pieces for Flute and Piano 6. Suite Paysanne Hongroise for Flute and Piano