Omni Foundation (March 3, 2024): The Omni Foundation for the Performing Arts presents the Mēla Guitar Quartet performing the Ruslan and Lyudmila Overture by Mikhail Glinka from inside the West Dean Estate in the United Kingdom. This video is presented by the Omni Foundation’s Omni On-Location series, Concerts from Historic Sites.
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Classical Music: Top New Releases – November 2023
Brilliant Classics (November 1, 2023): New classical music from Beethoven, J.S. Bach, Dvorák, Monteverdi and more….
- Byrd: Complete Harpsichord and Organ Music
- Dvorák: Piano Concerto, Mazurek, Rondo
- Amy Beach: Piano Music
- Las Huelgas Codex, Vol. 1
- Geminiani: Violin Sonatas Op.4
- Presti: Complete Music for 2 Guitars
- Russian Nocturnes, Vol. 1
- Sirmen: 6 String Quartets
- Szabo: Complete Solo Piano Works
- J.S. Bach: Organ Transcriptions. Orchestral Suites 2 & 3, Chaconne, transcribed for Organ by Wolfgang Rübsam
- Howells: Organ Music; Rhapsody & Psalm-Prelude
- J.S. Bach: Concertos for Recorder (LP)
Classical: Solo Guitarist Laura Lootens In Castilla
Deutsche Grammophon – DG (October 31, 2023) – Laura Lootens, a winner of the Andrés Segovia Competition in Spain, performs here Castilla, from the Spanish composer Isaac Albéniz’s Suite Española. This work was originally written for piano, but Laura Lootens has arranged it herself for solo guitar.
This piece is a track from Laura Lootens album of works by Albéniz on CAvi music: Laura Lootens – Albéniz: Suite Española No. 1 Op. 47: No. 7, Castilla (arr. for solo guitar) and Laura Lootens / Albéniz: Suite Española Malagueña and Other Works
As a homage to well-known regions and towns of Albéniz’s home country, Spain, it is written in a Romantic, national style, and features typical dance rhythms of its corresponding localities. Born in 1860, Spanish composer Isaac Albéniz was mainly a pianist and wrote primarily for the piano.
More than any other musician, he succeeded in incorporating the Spanish guitar idiom and folklore into his style. Thus, for instance, his works contain allusions to rasgueado, a guitar technique that strums all six strings percussively in rapid succession, as we often hear in flamenco.
So it is no wonder that many of Albéniz’s piano works have also been performed on the guitar.
Album page: https://dgt.link/lootens-albeniz
Video direction: Jure Knez
Classical Guitar: Laura Lootens Plays Albéniz
Deutsche Grammophon – DG (October 10, 2023) – Laura Lootens, a winner of the Andrés Segovia Competition in Spain, performs here Malagueña, from the Spanish composer Isaac Albéniz’s work España.
This work was originally written for piano, but Laura Lootens has arranged it herself for solo guitar. Born in 1860, Spanish composer Isaac Albéniz was mainly a pianist and wrote primarily for the piano. More than any other musician, he succeeded in incorporating the Spanish guitar idiom and folklore into his style.
Thus, for instance, his works contain allusions to rasgueado, a guitar technique that strums all six strings percussively in rapid succession, as we often hear in flamenco. So it is no wonder that many of Albéniz’s piano works have also been performed on the guitar.
This piece is a track from Laura Lootens album of works by Albéniz on CAvi music. Laura Lootens – Albéniz: España, Op. 165: No. 3, Malagueña. Allegretto (Arr. Laura Lootens) Laura Lootens / Albéniz: Suite Española, Malagueña and Other Works
Album page: https://dgt.link/lootens-albeniz
Video direction: Jure Knez
Classical Music: Top New Releases – September 2023
Brilliant Classics (September 1, 2023): New classical music from Chopin, Rachmaninoff, Mozart, J.S. Bach and lesser known but still excellent composers.
- Chopin Edition: Coming Soon
- Rachmaninoff: Trio Élégiaque No.2 Op.9
- Monteverdi: Frammenti
- Chopin: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2
- Explorer Set: Slavic Edition: Coming Soon
- Berceuse
- Dandrieu: Premier livre de Pièces d’Orgue
- Mozart: Complete Flute Quartets
- J.S. Bach: Guitar Music LP
- Laboccetta: A Tenor Cellist
- Veracini: Trio Sonatas Op.1
- Stanley: Complete Flute Sonatas
- Picchi: Organ Music
Classical Music: Top New Releases For August 2023
Brilliant Classics (August 3, 2023): New music variating from the greatest composers of all time to the lesser known but still excellent composers.
- Beethoven: Complete Chamber Music with Flute
- Arvo Pärt: Spiegel im Spiegel LP
- Alter Ego: Music for Flute and Piano by Respighi, Fauré & Franck
- Duarte: Orchestral and Concertante Works for Guitar, Vol. 2
- Rebay: Complete Music for Violin and Guitar
- De Montgeroult: Complete Piano Sonatas
- Ries: Music for Flute & Piano
- Ponchielli: Piano Music
- Fiorillo: 36 Caprices Op.3 for Violin, transcribed for viola by Marco Masciagni
- Cazzati: Motets
Classical Music: Top New Releases For June 2023
Brilliant Classics (June 1, 2023): A release of new classical music variating from the greatest composers of all time to the lesser known but still excellent composers.
- The French Clarinet: 19th- & 20th- Century Music for Clarinet & Piano
- Beethoven: 9th Symphony, Op. 125– Transcription For Violin and Piano By Hans Sitt
- Spanish Secular Cantatas
- Langlais: Organ Music Volume 1
- Liszt: Winterreise (after Schubert)
- J.S. Bach: Trio Sonatas BWV 525-530
- De Murcia: Guitar Music
- Jadin: Piano Sonatas Op. 4-6
- Jollaga: Premier livre de Pièces de Clavecin
Music: Delirium Musicum & Etienne Gara Play Vivaldi’s ‘Four Seasons – Summer 1’
Warner Classics (May 5, 2023) – Delirium Musicum and the ensemble’s artistic director Etienne Gara play a fiery movement from Max Richter’s thrilling reinterpretation of Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons.
Etienne Gara & Delirium Musicum
Antonio Vivaldi, Philip Glass, Max Richter
“In a world where climate change is at the heart of our attention, these eight delightfully unhinged seasons are scattered across a wildly singular time. They cast an artistic blur on our perception of what has always seemed taken for granted, unshakeable: the seasons with their established climates, our perception of time and space, Vivaldi’s Four Seasons…”
Discover the complete work and more on their SEASONS album: https://w.lnk.to/seasonsLY
Classical Music Concerts: The Entos Guitar Quartet Play ‘Parvane’ By Ravel
SiccasGuitars Films (May 2, 2023) – Entos Guitar Quartet play Pavane pour une infante défunte by Maurice Ravel as part of our Siccas Media program.
Guitarists: Dante Bignoli, Tarcisia Bonacina, Davide Crenna, Gianluigi Ubezio
To compose this piece in 1899, Maurice Ravel was inspired by the Princess of Polignac. The title refers to Ravel’s idea of describing “a pavana that a little princess may have danced in the old times at the Spanish court”. But It is also said that Ravel chose the title because he was fascinated by the sound of its pronunciation.
The piece is original for piano but the composer made an orchestral version too. We present our own transcription for guitar quartet, performed at the “Salone dell’Arengo” (Novara), a magical hall dating back to the 12th century. We hope you like It.
Concert: Duo Chinoiserie ‘Guitar & Guzheng’ At San Xavier del Bac Mission
Omni Foundation (April 23, 2023) – The Omni Foundation presents Duo Chinoiserie performing ‘Guitar & Guzheng’ at the San Xavier del Bac Mission in Tucson, Arizona.
Duo Chinoiserie: Bin Hu, guitar; Jing Xia, guzheng
PROGRAM:
- Mulan: Sérgio Assad (dedicated to the Duo Chinoiserie)
- La catedral: Agustín Barrios Mangoré
- A Moonlit Night on the Spring River: Chinese classical work (arr. Jing Xia)
- Danza ritual del fuego: Manuel de Falla (arr. Duo Chinoiserie)
“Duo Chinoiserie has found a unique voice, a new way of expressing music. Never before had I heard such a moving and impressive combination. They keep audiences in awe of their mastery and profound musicality. Their attractive phrasing of melodies is paired with an impressive level of technical difficulty. Their work demonstrates an instinctive understanding of the emotive and transformative power of a piece. They play with a strong finesse that produces a new, different sound to the conventional classical pieces.”