Hui-Ting Yang, Phyllis Pancella, Karen Bentley Pollick
Release Date: 10 March 2017
Label: Neos
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 4260063116087
Genres: Classical
Composer/Series: Ladislav Kubík
Description
Flashes of Light, composed in 2014–15, connects the classical concept of a concerto with a provocatively unusual sound, made possible by the combination of brass and percussion instruments with four pianos.
Historically, writings for multiple pianos have been very rare and always originate from the composers’ specific intent or stylistic concept. In Kubík’s work, the use of four pianos is for the multiplication of the piano’s characteristics, including the ability to produce highly sophisticated inner textures and, of course, to substantially extend all technical possibilities of the instrument.
Ladislav Kubík (born in 1946 in Prague, Czechoslovakia) studied composition and music theory at the Prague Academy of Music. For his compositions, he received many recognitions, such as the Guggenheim Fellowship, distinctions at the International Rostrum of Composers UNESCO, the Intervision Prize, the International Franz Kafka Prize and numerous other awards. Commissioned by the prestigious organizations in Europe and America, his works have been performed in nearly 30 countries.
Tracklisting
Peter Pichler, Melanie Dreher, Harald Genzmer, Paul Hindemith, Paul Dessau, Henry Purcell
Isabel Alvarez, Carlos Oramas, Jose Marin, Santiago de Murcia, Juan Hidalgo, Gaspar Sanz, Juan Aran
Richard Heinrich Stein
Adam Berenson
Peter Ruzicka, Nils Monkemeye, Carolin Widmann, Albrecht Mayer, Kris Garfitt, Various Orchestras
Andreas Skouras, Bela Bartok, Gyorgy Ligeti, Wolfgang von Schweinitz, Pascal Dusapin, Unsuk Chin, Y
Mikael Rudolfsson, Olivier Vivares, Gerard Grisey, Luciano Berio, Eloain Lovis Hubner, Bernhard Gan
John Palmer, Delphine Henriet, Barbara Maurer, Hofer Symphoniker, Alinde Quartett, Johannes Klumpp,
Trio Wanderer; Eric Le Sage; Marc Coppey
Soloists; Ton Koopman; Amsterdam Baroque Choir & Orchestra
Soloists; Dresden Chamber Choir; Wroclaw Baroque Orchestra
Sinfonieorchester Basel; Ivor Bolton
Le Concert Spirituel; Herve Niquet
La Petite Bande; Sigiswald Kuijken
Kinan Azmeh and CityBand
Joao Francisco Tavora
