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Uncertainty; tensions of the 2020 world

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We are brave and Music Passion must acknowledge the current tensions of the virus around the entire world. This is a composition which is an anxiety ridden work. We give this to our listeners to share our understanding of tensions in the world today. Stéphane Blet, the composer and pianist writes: Composed in 1993, my sonata is in one single and unique movement and is quite close in form to Prokofiev's third; however it is very far from it in style and language. Both melodic and flowing, modulating incessantly, this anxiety-ridden work opens with a question which remains unanswered (first celluluar structure) and, after the return of the same question, ends on a total collapse of sound in the final measures of the piece, as if in resonance with the end of the world in decomposition. The sonata was first performed in May 1995 at the Théâtre Silvia Montfort by the French pianist and composer Pierre Baubet-Gony. He loved this work with passion, adn from this passion a deep friendship developed between us...Unfortunately, Pierre was to die shortly thereafter at the age of sixty.
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  • Piano Sonata No. 1

    FC16797 Carnaval, Op. 9, Piano Sonata No. 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 27 No. 2 (Moonlight), Piano Sonata No. 1, Op. 6

      Recording identifier: rw2147484884 Label: Forlane CI Catalogue number: FC16797 Conductors: Producer: Ivan Pastor Engineer: Jean-Pierre Bonquet Recording date: 1999-01-01 Performance timing: 394 Ensemble: Leader: Recording location: Auditorium de Centre Culturel de Boulongne Billancourt

      FC16797

      FC16797

        Carnaval, Op. 9, Piano Sonata No. 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 27 No. 2 (Moonlight), Piano Sonata No. 1, Op. 6

        06:33

        Recording identifier: rw2147484884 Label: Forlane CI Catalogue number: FC16797 Conductors: Producer: Ivan Pastor Engineer: Jean-Pierre Bonquet Recording date: 1999-01-01 Performance timing: 394 Ensemble: Leader: Recording location: Auditorium de Centre Culturel de Boulongne Billancourt

        06:33

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      • Volutes

        FC16797 Carnaval, Op. 9, Piano Sonata No. 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 27 No. 2 (Moonlight), Piano Sonata No. 1, Op. 6

          Recording identifier: rw2147484885 Label: Forlane CI Catalogue number: FC16797 Conductors: Producer: Ivan Pastor Engineer: Jean-Pierre Bonquet Recording date: 1999-01-01 Performance timing: 134 Ensemble: Leader: Recording location: Auditorium de Centre Culturel de Boulongne Billancourt

          FC16797

          FC16797

            Carnaval, Op. 9, Piano Sonata No. 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 27 No. 2 (Moonlight), Piano Sonata No. 1, Op. 6

            02:12

            Recording identifier: rw2147484885 Label: Forlane CI Catalogue number: FC16797 Conductors: Producer: Ivan Pastor Engineer: Jean-Pierre Bonquet Recording date: 1999-01-01 Performance timing: 134 Ensemble: Leader: Recording location: Auditorium de Centre Culturel de Boulongne Billancourt

            02:12

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          • Eagle of Destiny from 'Napoleon'

            RPO099 The World At War, Far Pavilions, Pride & Prejudice

              Recording identifier: rw2147485649 Label: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Catalogue number: RPO099 Conductors: Carl Davis Producer: Engineer: Recording date: Performance timing: 227 Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Leader: Recording location: CTS Studio's

              RPO099

              RPO099

                The World At War, Far Pavilions, Pride & Prejudice

                03:45

                Recording identifier: rw2147485649 Label: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Catalogue number: RPO099 Conductors: Carl Davis Producer: Engineer: Recording date: Performance timing: 227 Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Leader: Recording location: CTS Studio's

                03:45

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              • Sonata for Cello and Piano in D minor, Op. 40

                05 I – Allegro non troppo

                MP20200124 Rachmaninov, Shostakovich, Cello Sonatas

                  05 I – Allegro non troppo

                  I – Allegro non troppo The sonata form first movement contrasts a broad first theme in the cello, accompanied by flowing piano arpeggios, developed by the piano towards an intense climax. As tension abates, a ray of light appears with the tender second theme, with unusual tonal shifts, announced by the piano and imitated by the cello. In the development a spiky rhythmic motif penetrates through the flowing textures of the first theme. The recapitulation appears with the second theme rather than the first. Shostakovich introduces an unusual pianissimo texture for the first theme where all moves in slow motion, with staccato chords in the piano and sustained notes in the cello. II – Allegro The second movement has a perpetual motion energy, its thrusting repeated ostinato pattern relentlessly shared while a pointed first theme – almost incongruous – is presented by the piano in widely spaced octaves, a sonority often used by Shostakovich. The cello’s more light-hearted theme is later imitated, Pierrot-like up in the piano’s brittle high register. Piquant wit abounds in familiar classical gestures set askew, sudden lurches into unrelated keys, until the initial driving ostinato resumes, leading to a sudden conclusion. III – Largo The bleak expanses of Russia are evoked in the soulful slow movement, the piano providing a dark backdrop for the cello’s rhapsodic, vocal theme. It is one of the earliest examples of a mood that was to feature in many of Shostakovich’s most powerful works, reflective introspection through icy dissonances that touch yet do not settle on warmer consonances, until the music eventually fades into the impressionistic twilight. IV – Allegro Caustic with colors is the brief yet ebullient finale, a rondo in which the main playful theme appears five times, imitated by both instruments, interspersed by episodes full of sparking scales. In the second of these, the piano is let loose in a cadenza of helter-skelter zest, ebulliently veering into unexpected tonal highways. The theme returns, to round the movement off in abrupt yet decisive brilliance.

                  MP20200124

                  05 I – Allegro non troppo

                  MP20200124

                    Rachmaninov, Shostakovich, Cello Sonatas

                    08:37

                    I – Allegro non troppo The sonata form first movement contrasts a broad first theme in the cello, accompanied by flowing piano arpeggios, developed by the piano towards an intense climax. As tension abates, a ray of light appears with the tender second theme, with unusual tonal shifts, announced by the piano and imitated by the cello. In the development a spiky rhythmic motif penetrates through the flowing textures of the first theme. The recapitulation appears with the second theme rather than the first. Shostakovich introduces an unusual pianissimo texture for the first theme where all moves in slow motion, with staccato chords in the piano and sustained notes in the cello. II – Allegro The second movement has a perpetual motion energy, its thrusting repeated ostinato pattern relentlessly shared while a pointed first theme – almost incongruous – is presented by the piano in widely spaced octaves, a sonority often used by Shostakovich. The cello’s more light-hearted theme is later imitated, Pierrot-like up in the piano’s brittle high register. Piquant wit abounds in familiar classical gestures set askew, sudden lurches into unrelated keys, until the initial driving ostinato resumes, leading to a sudden conclusion. III – Largo The bleak expanses of Russia are evoked in the soulful slow movement, the piano providing a dark backdrop for the cello’s rhapsodic, vocal theme. It is one of the earliest examples of a mood that was to feature in many of Shostakovich’s most powerful works, reflective introspection through icy dissonances that touch yet do not settle on warmer consonances, until the music eventually fades into the impressionistic twilight. IV – Allegro Caustic with colors is the brief yet ebullient finale, a rondo in which the main playful theme appears five times, imitated by both instruments, interspersed by episodes full of sparking scales. In the second of these, the piano is let loose in a cadenza of helter-skelter zest, ebulliently veering into unexpected tonal highways. The theme returns, to round the movement off in abrupt yet decisive brilliance.

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                    08:37

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                  • To My Beloved Motherland

                    To My Beloved Motherland

                    cwlTemp009 The Sound of Peace

                      To My Beloved Motherland

                      I composed this piece just after I heard about the travel ban for people of my country, Iran, and five other countries. I was going to invite my parents to the U.S., but after this order, I understood there is no way for them to come to the United States for visit. I felt upset and I started playing Santour while I was thinking and crying, and from those emotions, I composed the piece “To My Beloved Motherland”.

                      cwlTemp009

                      To My Beloved Motherland

                      cwlTemp009

                        The Sound of Peace

                        05:02

                        I composed this piece just after I heard about the travel ban for people of my country, Iran, and five other countries. I was going to invite my parents to the U.S., but after this order, I understood there is no way for them to come to the United States for visit. I felt upset and I started playing Santour while I was thinking and crying, and from those emotions, I composed the piece “To My Beloved Motherland”.

                        05:02

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                      • Le Roi Lear

                        Overture

                        RPO062 Benvenuto Cellini, Op. 23, Les francs-juges, Op. 3, Le Corsaire, Op. 21

                          Overture

                          Recording identifier: rw2147485657 Label: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Catalogue number: RPO062 Conductors: Sir Alexander Gibson Producer: Alan Peters Engineer: Dick Lewzey Recording date: Performance timing: 853 Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Leader: Michael Davis (Trombone) Recording location: CTS Studio's

                          RPO062

                          Overture

                          RPO062

                            Benvenuto Cellini, Op. 23, Les francs-juges, Op. 3, Le Corsaire, Op. 21

                            14:12

                            Recording identifier: rw2147485657 Label: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Catalogue number: RPO062 Conductors: Sir Alexander Gibson Producer: Alan Peters Engineer: Dick Lewzey Recording date: Performance timing: 853 Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Leader: Michael Davis (Trombone) Recording location: CTS Studio's

                            14:12

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                          • Memories (II. Inquieto)

                            V. Novak-Memories (II. Inquieto)

                            MP20191129 Veronika Jaklová: En Bohême

                              V. Novak-Memories (II. Inquieto)

                              Recording identifier: Label: Catalogue number: Conductors: Producer: Engineer: Recording date: 2018-12-04 Performance timing: Ensemble: Leader: Recording location: Studio HAMU (adress: Malostranské náměstí 258/13, 118 00 Praha 1 tel. +420 234 244 168 zvuk@hamu.cz), Prague, Czech Republic

                              MP20191129

                              V. Novak-Memories (II. Inquieto)

                              MP20191129

                                Veronika Jaklová: En Bohême

                                06:57

                                Recording identifier: Label: Catalogue number: Conductors: Producer: Engineer: Recording date: 2018-12-04 Performance timing: Ensemble: Leader: Recording location: Studio HAMU (adress: Malostranské náměstí 258/13, 118 00 Praha 1 tel. +420 234 244 168 zvuk@hamu.cz), Prague, Czech Republic

                                06:57

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                              • Tragic Overture

                                Tragic Overture

                                FI017 Symphony No. 2 in D, Op. 73, Tragic Overture in D minor, Op. 81

                                  Tragic Overture

                                  Recording identifier: rw2147484558 Label: Fioretti Catalogue number: FI017 Conductors: Leopold Hager Producer: Ivan Pastor Engineer: Recording date: Performance timing: 855 Ensemble: Luxembourg Radio Symphony Orchestra Leader: Recording location:

                                  FI017

                                  Tragic Overture

                                  FI017

                                    Symphony No. 2 in D, Op. 73, Tragic Overture in D minor, Op. 81

                                    14:15

                                    Recording identifier: rw2147484558 Label: Fioretti Catalogue number: FI017 Conductors: Leopold Hager Producer: Ivan Pastor Engineer: Recording date: Performance timing: 855 Ensemble: Luxembourg Radio Symphony Orchestra Leader: Recording location:

                                    14:15

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