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The Nash Ensemble – Tchaikovsky, Korngold: String Sextets (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 01:10:09 minutes | 2,63 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Hyperion Records
The teenage Korngold possessed a compositional fluency and maturity which belied his youth; in contrast, Tchaikovsky feared—wholly unjustifiably—his own creative powers to be on the wane when writing Souvenir de Florence. The Nash Ensemble brings passion and conviction to both.
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Taylor Eigsti – Plot Armor (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/88,2 kHz | Time – 54:58 minutes | 976 MB | Genre: Contemporary Jazz, Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © GroundUP Music LLC
The follow-up album to his GRAMMY-winning Tree Falls, the pianist-composer-bandleader’s ninth album and GroundUP Music label debut boasts twin masters in each instrumental slot—featured guest (vocalist Lisa Fischer, trumpeter Terence Blanchard); vocals (Gretchen Parlato, Becca Stevens); saxophone (Ben Wendel, Dayna Stephens); guitar (Charles Altura, Julian Lage); keyboards/piano (Maya Kronfeld, the man himself); bass (David “DJ” Ginyard, Harish Raghavan); drums (Oscar Seaton, Jr., Kendrick Scott), plus many appearances by a layered string section (Stephanie Yu, Corinne Sobolewski, Mia Barcia-Colombo, Jules Levy).
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Takayuki Mihara – Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos. 14, 30 & 31 (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:05:07 minutes | 1,01 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © sonorité
The first recording by the up-and-coming Takayuki Mihara is three of Beethoven’s masterpiece piano sonatas. Dedicated to the memory of his former teacher Akiko Sugitani, who passed away suddenly in 2019, the piety that pervades the entire work adds depth to the music. ＜Takayuki Mihara graduated from Kaisei Junior High School and Senior High School, and received his B.S. in Pharmaceutical Sciences from Keio University. Later, she studied under Akiko Sugitani, who became her lifelong teacher. She was fascinated by the gentle yet powerful music of her teacher’s piano playing, and under her guidance, pursued the pursuit of beautiful sound. She performed with the Prima Vista String Quartet and the Polish Silesian Philharmonic Orchestra, and became passionate about bringing out a variety of tones from the piano. In 2009, she won the third prize in the junior high school division of the Asia International Music Competition and the first prize in the junior high school division of the same competition in 2010, and has had opportunities to perform in Japan and abroad, including appearances at the Xi’an Music Academy and the Vienna State University of Music’s Liszt-Saal. In 2010, she won a prize in the Special Division of the 1st European International Piano Competition in Japan, and has continued her studies in order to inherit her teacher’s view of music. In recent years, she has been performing solo concerts at the request of the Christian churches and universities she has attended since childhood, giving concerts with other pianists who are also students of Akiko Sugitani, and performing in concerts organized by the Kaisei Piano Enthusiasts’ Association. He has studied with Nobumichi Koyanagi at the Music School attached to Musashino Academia Musicae and with Kyoniko Yamamoto at the Music School for Children attached to Toho Gakuen School of Music, as well as with the late Akiko Sugitani.
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Simon Callaghan, Hiroaki Takenouchi – Danza Gaya (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:13:34 minutes | 1,15 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Lyrita
This CD brings together three prolific but little-known British composers: Dorothy Howell (1898-1982), Pamela Harrison (1915-90), and Madeleine Dring (1923-77). Working in the same country at the same time, these composers had much in common. All studied at either the Royal Academy or Royal College of Music, and went on to have dual careers as composer-performers. They wrote tonal music in a style that would fall out of fashion in the later twentieth century, which has certainly contributed to their disappearance from concert halls. And above all, they composed with a great sense of humour. The music on this disc sparkles with wit and energy. In the mid-twentieth century the two piano combination was popular both in the concert hall and for light entertainment. It proved a perfect medium for composers who liked to bring a lightness of touch to their work, allowing them to write pieces that were fun both to play and to watch.
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