Gwendolyn Masin – Bernstein: West Side Story (Arr. H. Huizinga for Violin & Saxophone Quartet) [Live] (2020) [Official Digital Download 24bit/48kHz]

Gwendolyn Masin – Bernstein: West Side Story (Arr. H. Huizinga for Violin & Saxophone Quartet) [Live] (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 42:02 minutes | 429 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Orchid Classics

The GAIA Music Festival takes place annually in Oberhofen in Switzerland. The brainchild of violinist Gwendolyn Masin, the Festival is named after the Greek goddess of the Earth, and in just a few years has grown into a thriving and captivating series of events. Concerts from the Festival have been recorded in collaboration with Orchid Classics, capturing the energy and spontaneity of these special live performances.

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Kirill Troussov, Rachel Harnisch, Jan Philip Schulze, Alexandra Troussova, Gwendolyn Masin – Legends (2022) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Kirill Troussov, Rachel Harnisch, Jan Philip Schulze, Alexandra Troussova, Gwendolyn Masin – Legends (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:00:29 minutes | 945 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Orchid Classics

Following the success of her Orchid albums Flame and West Side Story, violinist Gwendolyn Masin returns with Legends, a fascinating and unique programme in which family ties and teaching lineages overlap in a mosaic of musicians, showcasing neglected repertoire and figures in the process. Throughout, the implications of the word ‘legend’ are felt. Iconic figures and works rub shoulders with those who unjustly remain in an almost mythical realm: Irene Wienawska (aka Poldowksi), her father Henryk Wieniawski and uncle Józef Wieniawski, Henryk’s student Ysaÿe, and Ysaÿe’s student Enescu.

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