Release Date: 30 September 2012
Label: Toccata Classics
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 5060113440976
Genres: Classical
Composer/Series: Medins
Description
J?nis Medi?š (1890-1966) was one of the pioneers of Latvian music: his works include the first Latvian opera, and he was also an important conductor and teacher.His 24 Dainas for piano - he took the title from Latvian folk-poetry - show the influence of Rachmaninov, Grieg and Scriabin and have a modal colour inherited from Latvian folk-music.Although their composition was spread over four decades - interrupted by the Second World War and Medi?š's exile in Sweden - the Dainas are unified by their passionate lyricism and epic sweep.This is the first complete recording of the Dainas on CD. The ArtistJonathan Powell has an international reputation as one of the most fearless pianists on the planet, regularly performing composers - not least Sorabji - before whom others quake. He has worked with many leading contemporary composers, such as Ambrosini, Dillon, Ferneyhough and Staud and is also a composer in his own right. His recording projects for Toccata Classics include music by Alexander Goldenweiser and (in preparation) Egon Kornauth. Powell is a self-taught composer - he has recorded several of his own works for BBC broadcasts and has received performances by the London Sinfonietta, the Arditti Quartet, Valdine Anderson, Sarah Leonard, Darragh Morgan and Nicolas Hodges, among others.
Tracklisting
Various Artists
Tamas Fejes; Balazs Renczes; Christopher Guild
Nora Luse
Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra; Imants Resnis
Duo Praxedis
Choir of Girton College; Cambridge; The Western Wyndes; Felix Elliott; Emily Nott; Gabriel Kennedy;
Chester Concordia Brass Ensemble; Robert Marsh; Philip Rushforth; Richard Lambert
Barcelona Clarinet Players; North Texas Percussion Quartet; Lauren Shuyler; Albert Guinovart; North
Jonathan Powell
Jonathan Powell
Jonathan Powell
Jonathan Powell
Jonathan Powell
Jonathan Powell
Jonathan Powell
