"•Third CD on GENUIN • World premiere recordings, some of which are dedicated to Viviane Chassot"

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Daniel Marx is one of the shooting stars of the guitar scene. With his album "The Italian Recital" he not only makes an impressive debut but also demonstrates his love of Italian music. In the land of opera, singing is unthinkable-and Daniel Marx proves that the guitar can sing! He crosses the centuries, technically and interpretatively at the highest niveau, from the Renaissance to the Romantic period. Molinari's fantasies are just as transparent and sonorous as Regonti's dreams or Scarlatti's sonatas-a real discovery! Daniel Valentin Marx is an extraordinary musician and unique interpreter. He began playing the guitar at the age of seven as a pupil in the "Kreismusikschule Erding". Soon he started to work with Susanne Schoeppe, a lecturer at the Musikhochschule Munich. Daniel Marx studied mainly in the guitar class of his most important teacher, Prof. Roberto Aussel at the Musikhochschule of Cologne, where he graduated with honours in 2016. Thanks to a "Thornton Scholarship" Daniel is carrying forward his studies with the musicians of the LAGQ and Pepe Romero at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. Besides working continuously with one teacher, Daniel has worked with important figures of the classical guitar in numerous academies and masterclasses.

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In their GENUIN release Fortuna desperata, the foundation of the new University Church of St. Paul in Leipzig and university organist Daniel Beilschmidt celebrate the great cycles of faith and life. From ringing bells to the Zimbelstern, from the full organ to intimate dialogue with the human voice: Beilschmidt presents the new Metzler-Schwalbennest Organ in a recording that is at the same time a call for donations so the instrument can be completed. Beneath his fingers and feet, the stirring music from Machaut to Calvisius, from the 14th to the 16th centuries sounds both ancient and modern, boisterous and contemplative – this release is a journey to the limits of the known world and beyond!

Once again, the musicians of the Swiss Artist Consort embark on a musical expedition: with this album, phenomenal clarinetist Francois Benda is releasing what is already his sixth Genuin album. All the pieces are "kind of jazz" - and "kind of" is fitting description. They inhabit the exciting threshold between so-called serious music and jazz, from the pivotal figure of Gershwin to contemporary composer Daniel Schnyder, whose has been dancing zestfully among all the genres sicne the 80's. The program selection and stunningly beautiful playing by Sebastian Benda and his son Francois make us sit up and listen, and the works by Joseph Horovitz and Leonard Bernstein are true discoveries.

The English composer Howard Blake is a living legend with soundtracks like "With Umbrella, Charm and Bowler" and the Academy Award winning "Snowman". That such a musician invites someone to make music is probably quite unlikely. That he then also places a new work on the music stand for a premiere recording is almost a miracle. The multi-prize-winning Benedict Kloeckner (b. 1989) is a rising star on the cello scene in Germany and, increasingly, internationally. In 2012 he has got his Master of International Solo Performance from the prestigious Kronberg Academy.

This is Asasello Quartet's second Genuin CD featuring works by Michael Jarrell, Conclon Nancarrow and Rolf Riehm.

The search for new forms, the struggle to find a contemporary musical language, and boundless musical passion form the storyline for this new release by young German-Korean pianist Caroline Fischer - already her fourth Genuin production! Two of Beethoven's sonatas, the "Appassionata" and "Pathétique," take center stage along with Schumann's Second Sonata, and the album also includes an early work by Clara Schumann. With the multi-award-winning pianist's nuanced and clearly structured playing, we are immersed in a world that probes the outer limits of our knowledge and experience. And with such masterly piano playing, we're gladly carried away!

The cello is said to be the instrument that most closely resembles the human voice. And when we hear Mark Schumann's Genuin debut release, we can't help but agree: "Short Stories" is the title of his album, on which he has brought together miniature gems ranging from Haydn to Schumann and Davidoff to Kresler. Each is more beautiful than the next, and all thrillingly performed! The winner of several international competitions, he perfected the art of chamber music with his siblings as part of the Schumann Quartet, and is capable of bringing out the most subtle nuances: from the elegiac Chopin Nocturne to the fast and furious Zapateado. Elegant virtuosity!

Opera fragment so far unpublished, hypothetically bringing Verdi and Wagner together in Venice. It is the last work of the author Herbert Rosendorfer before his death in 2012. This final work of the wonderful Herbert Rosendorfer brings these two great composers together in a fictitiously meditative dialogue, the virtuoso hornist Christoph E� (Bamberg Symphony Orchestra) and his German Hornsound contribute the entertaining, "shaken not stirred" musical cocktail.

This new CD in Genuin's Movimentos series features compositions by Beethoven, Mozart, Haydn, Liszt and pianist/ composer Kit Armstrong, who is a pupil of Alfred Bendel. This new trio also includes Alfred's son, cellist Adrian Bendel. The third member, Andrej Bielow is the first violinist of the Szymanowski Quartet.

It is an instrument of nuances, of fine shadings and veiled beauty. The viola inspired wonderful pieces from those romantics searching for new sounds beyond the well-beaten path of virtuosity. For his new Genuin CD, the violist Rainer Moog has put together an outstanding program that unites the apparently familiar – Brahms’ two splendid sonatas, and the truly unusual – works by Robert Fuchs and Friedrich Kiel. Pianist Megumi Hashiba, a sought after chamber player, partners here with Mr. Moog.

The thrilling contrasts in a composer’s oeuvre are presented by Marie Radauer-Plank and Henrike Brüggen on their first GENUIN release. The two artists bring the world of the great Karol Szymanowski, whose death anniversary will be commemorated on March 29, 2017, to life before our ears. His music reflects the spirit of his time while drawing inspiration from ancient sources. It derives its power from the traditions of his homeland, but remains universal. And all of this can be heard in the playing of the two young, international prize-winning musicians: sophisticated yet down-to-earth, incredibly sensual yet clearly structured – a true discovery!

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