Classical Music

Classical Music

Classical Music

When one reviews all the great piano works between Beethoven's late sonatas and the impressionistic cycles of Maurice Ravel and Claude Debussy, Modest Mussorgsky's Pictures At An Exhibition claims a special status. Josef Suk's Piano Pieces, op. 7 six late-romantic, tonal miniatures, complete the CD. Yuko Yamashiro studied piano in her native Japan and at the prestigious Hanns Eisler conservatory in Berlin, Germany before returning to Japan to assume a professorial role at Tottori Univ. In Yonago. A sought-after soloist, Ms. Yamashiro gives regular recitals in Japan and Europe.

• Historic concert recordings of the Berlin Symphonic Orchestra from 1955 and 1961, led by its first and chief conductor for 24 years, Carl A. Bünte. • Carl A. Bünte was a pupil of the mercurial Sergiu Celibidache and has led a distinguished international career. • The phantasmagorical Symphony Fantastique coupled with Richard Strauss' masterly and moody Death and Transfiguration make for a fascinating and compelling pairing.

Since the beginning of the 19th century, the Croatian lied has shown an orientation towards international styles. In addition to Croatian poetry, Croatian composers have set to music poems by German, Italian, French, and Czech poets. For this album priority was given to settings of German poetry by a diverse number of Croatian composers in order to acquaint an international audience with the Croatian lied. Natasa Antoniazzo studied singing at Music Academy, University of Zagreb, Croatia. She concluded her studies with a master's degree. She is a laureate of international music competitions and an awardee of prestigious scholarships and grants, among them the dean's prize of the University of Zagreb. Mia Elezovic studied piani with Zvezdana Basic at the Academy of Music, University of Zagreb, where she graduated in 1994 at the age of 19 and in 2001 did a master's thesis. She is a recipient of the dean's prize of the University of Zagreb and received an award by the German Da-Ponte-Stiftung.

Junko Ukigaya and Miyuki Motoi have a wide, colorful range of repertoire. Through the years the popular pieces on this recording have been arranged for several different instrumentations, but Briccialdi's Carnival of Venice, Op.78 is performed in the original instrumentation for German flute.

Classical Music

Classical Music

Classical Music

Classical Music

Classical Music

Classical Music

Classical Music

Classical Music