Release Date: 04 December 2020
Label: Willowhayne Records - Cd / Willowhayne Records
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 3770004972463
Genres: Classical
Composer/Series: harp meets piano
Description
Ever imagined an entire programme devoted to marrying the sounds of the harp and the piano? Yes, of course there is quite a comprehensive repertoire for these two instruments thanks to the composing talents of Ferdinand Ries (1784-1838), Joseph Woelfl (1773-1812), Jan Ladislav Dussek (1760-1812), Francois-Adrien Boieldieu (1775-1834), Johann Nepomuk Hummel (1778-1837), Elias Parish-Alvars (1808-1849) and Nicholas-Charles Bochsa (1789-1856), to mention but a few of the better-known names, but, to be honest, not many of their works retain much significance. Years later, a young French composer, Régis Chesneau (born 1986), took an interest in this unusual instrumental pairing; working from three of his arrangements, the harpist Isabelle Courret sometime soloist at La Scala in Milan and the pianist Cyprien Katsaris have devised this surprising programme, a veritable journey through the centuries.
Robert Plane; Benjamin Frith
Ural State Philharmonic Orchestra; Athens Philharmonia Orchestra; Byron Fidetzis
Qin Li-Wei; Qian Zhou; Yong Siew Toh Conservatory Orchestra; Sebastian Comberti; Jason Lai
Peter Martens; Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra; Bernhard Gueller
Janet Hilton
Hillel Zori; Arnon Erez
Colin Carr; Thomas Sauer
Chika Inoue; Scott Morris
Julian Joseph and Marcelo Bratke
Timothy Ridout; Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne; Jamie Phillips
The Chapel Choir of Selwyn College, Cambridge, Adam Field, Sarah MacDonald
Portsmouth Cathedral Choir, Sachin Gunga, David Price
Julien Van Mellaerts, Dylan Perez
Aisslinn Nosky and Yiheng Yang
Valerio Celentano
Valentina Danelon/Cristina Santin
