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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | Verbier Festival Highlights 2007
Bartók: | Violin Sonata No. 1, BB 84, Sz. 75 Renaud Capuçon & Martha Argerich | Debussy: | Children's Corner Nelson Freire (piano) | Lutoslawski: | Variations on a Theme by Paganini, for two pianos Martha Argerich & Gabriela Montero | Schubert: | Klavierstück in C major, D946 No. 3 Lars Vogt (piano) | Schumann: | Piano Quintet in E flat major, Op. 44 Hélène Grimaud, Renaud Capuçon, Sayaka Shoji, Lars Anders Tomter & Mischa Maisky Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen (No. 10 from Dichterliebe, Op. 48) Thomas Quasthoff (bass-baritone), Hélène Grimaud (piano) Ein Jungling liebt ein Mädchen (No. 11 from Dichterliebe, Op. 48) Thomas Quasthoff (bass-baritone), Hélène Grimaud (piano) Am leuchtenden Sommermorgen (No. 12 from Dichterliebe, Op. 48) Thomas Quasthoff (bass-baritone), Hélène Grimaud (piano) |
The Verbier Festival, created in 1994, rapidly acquired a reputation for artistic excellence and is now considered to be among the major European music festivals. During a fortnight each July, the greatest stars of the classical music world come together against the magical backdrop of the Swiss Alps. The Verbier Festival gives musicians the opportunity to perform original programmes with fellow musicians they admire, but with whom they may never have performed before.These world première performances produce innovative and exciting results, as much for artists as for audiences. Through the Academy, the Verbier Festival invests in the talents of young artists, while creating, and promoting excellence in the performing arts. “Whatever the reason, Verbier attracts great artists and inspires them to new heights, helped by the canny casting of the festival founder and artistic director Martin Engstroem. Martha Argerich… is absolutely astounding in the finale of Bartók's Sonata for Violin and Piano No 1 with a demonically driven Renaud Capuçon. ...Nelson Freire, offers a tender, one might say avuncular, view of Debussy's Children's Corner, a contrast to the glacial Hélène Grimaud in Schumann and Ravel, and Evgeny Kissin's Liebesträume No 3 where love is clearly a cross to be borne (though his Bizet-Horowitz Variations justifiably raise the roof). Rounding off proceedings is a fired-up Joshua Bell in the finale of Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto. Visually, the camerawork is efficient and nothing more.” Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2008 | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Schumann: Adagio (Music Arranged for Cello and Piano)
Schumann: | In der Fremde (No. 1 from Liederkreis, Op. 39) Im wunderschönen Monat Mai (No. 1 from Dichterliebe, Op. 48) Ich will meine Seele tauchen (No. 5 from Dichterliebe, Op. 48) Stille Tränen, Op. 35 No. 10 Widmung, Op. 25 No. 1 Ich grolle nicht (No. 7 from Dichterliebe, Op. 48) Meine Rose, Op. 90 No. 2 Aus den östlichen Rosen, Op. 25 No. 25 Du Ring an meinem Finger (No. 4 from Frauenliebe und Leben, Op. 42) Requiem, Op. 90 No. 7 Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen (No. 10 from Dichterliebe, Op. 48) Aus den hebräischen Gesängen, Op. 25 No. 15 Röselein, Röselein! Op. 89 No. 6 ('Wielfried von der Neun') Ihre Stimme Op. 96 No. 3 (August von Platen) Am leuchtenden Sommermorgen (No. 12 from Dichterliebe, Op. 48) Dein Angesicht, Op. 127 No. 2 Adagio and Allegro in A flat major, Op. 70 Romance in A minor, Op. 94 No. 1 |
Thérèse Ryan (cello), Francine Chabot (piano) Schumann’s passionate, hypersensitive nature makes him one of the great romantic German composers. He created a body of work that reveals, according to Gilles Cantagrel, "a world of dusk and twilight where reason topples into madness, of tragic nuptials, of sating yet wretched love affairs, of soul carnivals and noxious dreams and vistas." This inspired pair of artists is totally committed to sharing an offering of Schumann’s “lyrical poetry.” | | | (also available to download from $10.50) | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. (Available now to download.) |
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