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Bach, J S: | Presto from Sonata for solo violin in G minor | Brahms: | Wie Melodien zieht es mir, Op. 105 No. 1 | Chaplin, C: | Smile from 'Modern Times' | Chopin: | Nocturne No. 2 in E flat major, Op. 9 No. 2 | Fröst, G: | Brudvals för Karin och Martin | Fröst, M: | Improvisation (based on a theme by Malcolm Arnold) | Gounod: | Ave Maria | Henryson: | Off Pist eden ahbez Nature Boy | Hillborg: | The Peacock Moment | Kreisler: | Liebesleid | Messager: | Solo de concours | Monti, V: | Csárdás | Rachmaninov: | Vocalise, Op. 34 No. 14 | Rimsky Korsakov: | Flight of the Bumble Bee | Schumann: | Dein Angesicht, Op. 127 No. 2 | Scriabin: | Prelude, Op. 11 No. 16 in B flat minor | trad.: | Let’s Be Happy |
Martin Fröst (clarinet) with Roland Pöntinen (piano), Malena Ernman (mezzo-soprano), Torleif Thedéen (cello), Christian Svarfvar (violin), Åsa Thedéen (violin), Göran Fröst (viola), Svante Henryson (cello/double bass), Hermann Stefánsson (clarinet) & Sölve Kingstedt (clarinet) A calendar filled with orchestral concerts and chamber recitals in many of the world’s most prestigious venues has given the clarinettist Martin Fröst ample opportunity to develop a wide range of encores, for every occasion. Known for the imaginatively themed concert programmes he devises with various musician friends, he has also explored a number of musical genres. These aspects of his artistry are both demonstrated on this constantly engaging disc, which includes immortal gems such as Rachmaninov’s Vocalise and Kreisler’s Liebeslied as well as pieces rather less usual in a classical context: Charlie Chaplin’s Smile and the klezmer traditional Let’s Be Happy. Throughout the programme Fröst receives the expert support of the pianist Roland Pöntinen, a chamber music partner of long standing who has also been involved in devising many of the imaginative arrangements, for instance of Vittorio Monti’s Csárdás. Three other musical companions of Fröst’s make cameo appearances, with mezzo-soprano Malena Ernman joining the clarinet in the head-long flight of not one, but two bumble-bees. Torleif Thedéen’s cello sings a heartfelt Ave Maria while Svante Henryson, also a cellist, plays in his own duo piece Off Pist. “His virtuosity lies in his exceptional dexterity and agility…and in his daring control of the instrument’s dynamic and expressive extremes.” The Times “Obviously a must for clarinettists; but other performers, and listeners too, will enjoy this demonstration of what can be achieved with impeccable technique, a fertile imagination and a light touch.” BBC Music Magazine, November 2010 ***** “This disc not only presents the brilliant Swedish clarinettist Martin Fröst in a dazzling range of encore pieces but, with the help of his own explanatory notes, also provides a charming potted autobiography...altogether a wonderful showcase for a superb artist.” Gramophone Magazine, November 2010 | | | (also available to download from $10.50) | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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Leschenko, Argerich, Poltera & Lakatos “…no orchestra could possibly compete with the micro-fine gestural reactions and textural clarity exhibited by MarthaArgerich and Polina Leschenko in Terashima’s stunning transcription for two pianos (Prokofiev: Symphony No.1)…such is the chimerical nature of artistry on display here – not to say stunning virtuosity…Leshenko’s pulverising account of Prokofiev’s Seventh Sonata…is barely less technically formidable, but temperamentally she is a different class, so that the…opening movement hits home with mind-numbing potency…Add to this Roby Lakatos’s captivatingly “gypsyesque” Tchaikovsky and Prokofiev…and you have a very special disc indeed.” Julian Haylock, IRR | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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The three sonatas are here given warm and inspired performances by the Armenian-born cellist Alexander Chaushian with Yevgeny Sudbin, his chamber music partner of long standing, at the piano. The two have previously recorded sonatas by Mieczyslaw Weinberg for BIS (BISCD1648); a disc which was hailed as ‘the best possible case for a reappraisal of this undervalued composer’ by BBC Music Magazine, while the reviewer for International Record Review believed it ‘difficult to imagine finer performances than these’. Composed between 1860 and 1934, the works on this disc hail from a momentous period in Russian music – from the emergence of a national Russian school of composing advocated by the group called ‘The Mighty Five’, to Stalin’s denunciation of Shostakovich’s opera Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, which was to cause generations of Russian composers to harness their modernist leanings. “The rarity here is Borodin’s Cello Sonata, an early work of charm and vigour, reconstructed in the 20th century and calling for just the sort of adept, imaginative handling it gets here...The playing is of a supreme order and profoundly expressive.” The Telegraph, 18th March 2011 ***** “Chausian and Sudbin provide a majestic overview of chamber-style sensitivity. Every phrase is beautifully sculpted, Sudbin subtly tames Rachmaninov's swirling solo line, and Chaushian plays with a bewitching restraint and technical clarity that works wonders, especially in the rarely-heard Borodin Sonata.” Classic FM Magazine, June 2011 **** “There is no lack of personality and temperament, and the bigness of [Chaushian's] sound contributes to the music's symphonic aspirations...no one plays these sonatas quite like Russian performers do. Chaushian is no exception, bringing interpretative insight and native soulfulness into play with his technical mastery...His basic sound is appealingly buzzy - that is to say, human.” International Record Review, May 2011 “Chaushian and Sudbin shows that it is actually possible to deliver Rachmaninov's Sonata full-throatedly without making it sound like a piano concerto with cello accompaniment. And they demonstrate equally that Shostakovich's Sonata does not need hysterical exaggeration of its subtexts in order to be richly communicative.” Gramophone Magazine, August 2011 “The meaty piano parts in the Rachmaninov and Borodin benefit hugely from [Sudbin's] near-orchestral range and depth, and his sculptor's sense of form and phrase. Not that he outshines cellist Alexander Chaushian, who displays a deeply instinctive connection with this repertoire...This is a near-ideal performance of Rachmaninov's magnificent work that stands alongside those by the greatest.” BBC Music Magazine, February 2012 ****/***** | | | (also available to download from $10.50) | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. (Available now to download.) |
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