Classical Music

Classical Music

An album dedicated to the memory of Zappa by the group that he blessed.

Dana Zemtsov is one of the most promising international viola soloists of her generation. On this new release, she invites listeners to re-explore Romanticism from different perspectives. Be it the lyrical nineteenth-century classical romanticism of Vieuxtemps's Viola Sonata, the fantastical adventure of Bloch's Suite '1919' or the drama of Waxman's Carmen Fantasy, the term 'Romantic' has many different definitions. However, most personal is Zemtsov's inclusion of Melodie i'm Alten Stil, composed by her grandfather Evgeni Zemtsov. Written for her grandmother, who was also a violist, it was intended as a declaration of love.

Classical Music

Dutch baritone Thomas Oliemans, winner of the 2013 Prix d' Amis of The Netherlands Opera, is accompanied by Italian pianist Paolo Giacometti on this recital of Schumann lieder. The program features Schumann's best-known song cycle, Dichterliebe, and his most mysterious, Sechs Gedichte und Requiem. Schumann, believing mistakenly that the poet Lenau had died, added a requiem to the five settings. When word of Lenau's actual death reached Schumann on the day of the cycles first performance, the work became an eerie prophecy. Also included here is the Sechs Ges�nge, dedicated to Swedish soprano Jenny Lind. Oliemans and Giacometti are perfectly matched on the baritone's Channel Classics d�but.

Classical Music

Classical Music

Classical Music

Classical Music

Classical Music

Classical Music

Classical Music

Classical Music

Classical Music