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Axiotis: A Love Trilogy, Symphonic Impressions / Fidetzis, New Festival Opera-Symphony Orchestra Sofia
Azerbaijani Piano Concertos / Badalbeyli, Adigezalzade, Yablonsky
The remainder of the disc consists of a brief dance for piano and orchestra (by Guliyev) and two works by pianist Farhad Badalbeyli, one a tone poem (“The Sea”) for piano and orchestra, the other a wordless vocalise for soprano and orchestra. What this latter is doing on a disc of piano concertos is anyone’s guess, but both works are very pretty in a cinematic sort of way. Certainly the performances show the music in a very positive light. Nationalist music such as this may take us back to the late 19th century, and perhaps to a more innocent age, musically speaking—but so what? As I said, this is fun.
—David Hurwitz, ClassicsToday
Azevedo: Hukvaldy Cycle / Côrte-Real, Ensemble Darcos
Taking its title from the village in which Leoš Janáček was born, this album of chamber works by the prize-winning Portuguese composer Sérgio Azevedo reveals his deep affinity for the music and personality of the great Czech composer. Using fragments from Janáček’s In the Mists and On an Overgrown Path has allowed Azevedo to create a ‘doppelgänger’ a of the original material. It draws his music in unsuspected directions, either abandoning the fragments as the music develops or generating new aural contexts. The resultant music represents an unclassifiable but profound communication between two composers from two different epochs.
B. Sheng: The Blazing Mirage
Bacevicius: Orchestral Works, Vol. 2 / Lyndon-Gee, Lithuanian National Symphony
Bacevicius: Spring Suite & Piano Concertos Nos. 3 & 4
Bacewicz: Complete String Quartets Vol 1 / Lutoslawski Quartet
Musicologist Adrian Thomas considered Grazyna Bacewicz’s string quartets “unrivalled in 20th-century Polish music and… one of the century’s most significant contributions to the genre”. Her folk-music infused First Quartet dates from student days at the Paris Conservatoire, while exceptional polyphonic skill, intense emotion and playful, high spirits characterize the Third Quartet. Both the Sixth and Seventh Quartets unite tradition with a strikingly effective and highly personal exploration of progressive contemporary techniques. As Lutoslawski observed, in the “rapidly changing artistic currents” of the times, “it was [Bacewicz’s] music which helped create that atmosphere.”
BACH (Eternal)
Bach - Orchestral Transcriptions By Respighi And Elgar
– David Hurwitz, ClassicsToday.com
Bach For Meditation
Includes work(s) by Johann Sebastian Bach.
Bach J.s.: Art Of Fugue Vol. 2
Bach J.s.: Organ Chorales Vol. 1
Bach J.s.: Organ Chorales Vol. 2
Bach J.s.: Violin Concertos Bwv 1041-43
Bach to Work: Classical Music for Work or Study
There are plenty of studies that show the benefits of classical music. Listening while studying can improve focus, help beat stress and anxiety, improve mood, and even aid in memorization. Let the calming music of J.S. Bach set the tone for a productive work day. They may say that work and play don't mix, but tracking a genius such as Bach proves that they do, both as a prelude to your labors and for a sustaining accompaniment throughout the day.
Bach Transcriptions For Piano / Risto Lauriala
BACH, J.S. / HOFFMANN / TELEMANN: Alto and Tenor Cantatas, B
BACH, J.S. : Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 1 - 6
BACH, J.S.: Cantatas, BWV 80 and 147
Bach, J.S.: Christmas Oratorio (Highlights)
BACH, J.S.: Concertos for Two, Three and Four Harpsichords
BACH, J.S.: Kirnberger Chorales and other Organ Works, Vol.
BACH, J.S.: Kirnberger Chorales and other Organ Works, Vol.
BACH, J.S.: Organ Transcriptions
Bach, J.S.: Sacred Cantatas for Soprano
BACH, J.S.: Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin, BWV 1001-1
BACH, J.S.: Sonatas for Violin and Harpsichord, Vol. 2
BACH, J.S.: Well-Tempered Clavier (The) (Selection)
Bach, J.S.: Well-Tempered Clavier (The), Book 2
Bach: Brandenburg Concertos, Etc / Bashmet, Et Al
This album was nominated for the 2008 Grammy Award for "Best Small Ensemble Performance."
