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    Centre of Harmony
    Among the elite of Canadian pianists, Bruce Vogt is a unique and dynamic performer. He appears regularly in concert within Canada, but has also inspired audiences in England, the USA, Germany, France, Italy, Norway, Czechoslovakia, Bulgaria, China, and Japan. Born in Southern Ontario, Bruce completed his initial musical studies with Damjana Bratuz and Anton Kuerti. Later he studied in the United States, England, Switzerland, and Italy, working with a number of celebrated musicians including Gyorgy Sebok, Louis Kentner, Fou Ts'Ong, and Dario de Rosa. Bruce Vogt's repertoire is extremely diverse, encompassing music from the sixteenth century to the present. He has consistently championed the music of contemporary composers, and has commissioned and premiered a number of new works by such Canadian luminaries as Murray Adaskin and Alfred Fisher. He is also an enthusiastic and dedicated performer on period instruments, one of his recordings features music of Robert Schumann performed on a restored 1864 Erard. His other recordings include two volumes of the music of Franz Liszt, which have established for him an enviable reputation as a Liszt interpreter. Bruce has been performing with violist Yumiko Yamamoto since 1996 in Canada and Japan. In 1998, they were awarded the prestigious Kyoto Baroque Hall Award of Excellence and a substantial cash prize for the best concert of the year.
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    Melodiya Chamber Ensemble
    The Melodiya Chamber Ensemble has been in existence for nearly 20 years. It's three main participants were soloists of the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow. Violinist Adolf Bruk was the concertmaster of the Bolshoi Theater as well as the director of the Bolshoi Chamber Orchestra for 15 years, performing in some of the best concert halls in the former Soviet Union. The orchestra has many recordings, among which are those with renowned singers of the sixties and seventies including Eugene Nesterenko, Elena Obraztsova, and Irina Arkhipova. Harpist Olga Ortenberg-Rakitchenkov, the niece of Adolf Bruk was the principal of the Bolshoi Orchestra. In 1974 she won first place in the International Harp Competition in Geneva Switzerland. She has toured with European and Russian orchestras, performed solo recitals, and made recordings for both radio and television. Her husband, violist Sergey Rakitchenkov, was the winner of the Soviet Union-wide viola competition in 1980 and worked as principal of the viola section in the Bolshoi Theater. In December 1979, Adolf emigrated from the Soviet Union with his wife Inga and their two children. They ended up settling in the San Francisco Bay Area where Adolf became the associate concertmaster of the San Francisco Opera Orchestra. After being denied permission for many years, Olga, Sergey and their daughter Liza were finally allowed to immigrate in 1987. Nearly 8 years had passed, but their families were reunited at long last. In 1988 Sergey obtained a permanent position in the viola section of the San Francisco Opera Orchestra, and in 1989 Olga too joined the orchestra. They continue to work there today, Sergey as Associate Principal and Olga as Principal. The idea to form Melodiya Chamber Group was a natural outcome of the longed-for family reunion. In concert, the group has performed pieces written for ensembles, one or two instruments. An expansive and varied collection of music, spanning styles and centuries, has been the result of this collaboration. Some of the works they've played are by Tomaso Vitali, Arcongello Corelli, Rameau, Marin Marais, Purcell, Telemann, J.S. Bach, J.C. Bach, W.F. Bach, C.P. Bach, W.A. Mozart, Franz Joseph Hayden, Rossini, Alessandro Rolla, Hummel, Brahms, Spohr, Schubert, Schumann, Max Bruch, Mikhail Glinka, Glazunov, Debussy, Ravel, Max Reger, Ernst Toch, Carlos Salzedo, Hindemith, Bartok, Frank Bridge, Prokofiev, Alexander Baltin, and Piazzola to name a few. The contemporary composer Dmitry Smirnov, who currently resides in England, also wrote and dedicated several compositions to the ensemble. This CD includes studio recordings as well as live performances and is the result of numerous requests of Melodiya patrons and fans. Melodiya Group apologizes for the ambient noise audible in several of the recordings, but feels that it is important to preserve the feeling of a live music atmosphere.
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    Sons for Accompanied & Unnacompanied Viola
    Michael Zaretsky Born in the former Soviet Union, violist Michael Zaretsky graduated from the Moscow State Conservatory cum laude. He began his career as a member of the Moscow Philharmonic String Quartet and the Moscow Radio and TV Symphony Orchestra. In 1972, he immigrated to Israel and became principal viola of the Jerusalem Broadcasting Symphony Orchestra and a soloist of Radio Israel. The following year he played for Leonard Bernstein, who brought him to Tanglewood, where he successfully auditioned for the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Besides being a member of the BSO for the past thirty-three years, Mr. Zaretsky regularly plays solo recitals and chamber music, he has appeared with such leading artists as Yuri Bashmet, Yefim Bronfman, Emanuel Ax, and Vadim Repin. As a soloist, he has appeared with the Boston Pops, Rhode Island Philharmonic, and Atlantic Symphony Orchestra. A faculty member at Boston University and the Longy School of Music, he regularly performs in Israel, Japan, and Mexico. In the summer of 2003 he was soloist with the Georgian Chamber Orchestra at the International Music Festival directed by Liana Issakadze in Borjomi, Georgia. In November 2005, at the invitation of the American College of Greece, he performed and discussed the six Bach cello suites in Athens, Greece. In January 2007 he performed Jakov Jakoulov's Viola Concerto No. 2 with the New England String Ensemble. Mr. Zaretsky has made four acclaimed recordings for ARTONA: "Black Snow," an album of Russian music for viola and piano with pianist Xak Bjerken, "Bach, Bach & Bach," with harpsichordist Marina Minkin, "Singular Voices: Brahms, Schumann, and the Viola," with Mr. Bjerken and mezzo-soprano Pamela Dellal, and an album of Bach's six cello suites performed on viola. Besides the traditional viola repertoire, Mr. Zaretsky performs an extensive repertoire of new music. His collaboration with composer Jakov Jakoulov has resulted in many works for viola with piano, harpsichord, or orchestra, including Jakoulov's Viola Concerto No. 2, Sonata for Viola and Piano, Chant III for viola and cello, and Chant IV for viola and violin. In 2006, film composer and Boston Pops Laureate Conductor John Williams wrote his Duo Concertante for Mr. Zaretsky and dedicated it him. Mr. Zaretsky and BSO violinist Victor Romanul gave the public premiere of the Duo Concertante in Seiji Ozawa Hall at Tanglewood in August 2007. Pianist Xak Bjerken has given solo and chamber music recitals in Europe and throughout the United States. Orchestral solo appearances include Edinburgh with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Rome with the Spoleto Festival Orchestra and in Disney Hall, Los Angeles, with members of the LA Philharmonic. He has performed at the Royal Concertgebouw Hall in Amsterdam, Alice Tully Hall, Weill Hall, the Kennedy Center, and has given recitals in Germany, Switzerland, Spain and Hungary. Mr. Bjerken is the pianist of the Los Angeles Piano Quartet, which tours the U.S. regularly, and with his wife, pianist Miri Yampolsky, directs MAYFEST, an annual chamber music festival in Ithaca, New York. In addition, he has directed three festivals of twentieth-century music: 'Angels, Saints and Birdsong: A Messiaen Festival,' 'Through the Iron Curtain: Music of Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union,' and 'The Stravinsky Project.' Mr. Bjerken has held chamber music residencies at the Tanglewood Music Center and the Festival of Two Worlds in Spoleto, Italy, performed at the Olympic Music Festival and the Tucson Winter Chamber Music Festival, and served on the faculty of the Eastern Music Festival. His first solo recording for CRI, released in 2001, was entitled High Rise, he has also recorded for Chandos, Albany Records, Fleur de Son, and Koch International and has made three recordings with violist Michael Zaretsky for the Artona label. Mr. Bjerken earned his bachelor's degree cum laude at UCLA, studying with Aube Tzerko, and his master's and doctoral degrees from the Peabody Institute as a student and teaching assistant to Leon Fleisher.
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    FIAMMETTA FACCHINI Pianist - Harpsicordist If you watched the movie "The English Patient", you have heard Fiammetta Facchini perform. Anm accomplished pianist and harpsicordist, Ms. Facchini's work has been used in several movie soundtracks. Fiammetta Facchini received her diploma in piano performance in 1988, completing ten-year course of study at the Conservatorio "G. Rossini" in Pesaro, Italy. After earning the "Diplome de Virtuosité" in Switzerland, in 1990, with Professor Eduardo Vercelli, Ms. Facchini did further post-graduate work at the Accademia Chigiana in Siena, the Accademia Mozarteum in Salzburg, and the Accademia "F. Liszt" in Budapest. As a member of the chamber music ensemble, Ms. facchini completed year-long programs at the prestigious music schools in Fiesole and Saluzzo. She studied under prominent musicians such as Sirbu, Gheorghiu, Trio di Trieste..., graduating with distinction. In 1998 she also earned a degree in harpsicord performance at the Conservatorio "A. Casella" in Aquila. Ms. Facchini has toured France, Switzerland, Norway, Sweden, Hungary, Austria and U.S.A. either as a soloist as a member of a chamber music ensemble. Currently, she is professor and pianist accompanist at the Professional School in Espinho, pianist accompanist at the University of Porto (Portugal) and professor of piano at the Superior Institute Piaget of Viseu .She plays in a violin and piano duo with Ludovico Tramma, with whom she has won many prizes in national and international competitions. In 2007 they recorded a CD for Afinaudio (Portugal), with the sonata in d minor by Schumann and the sonata op.47 "A Kreutzer" by Beethoven. Diplomatasi in Pianoforte presso il Conservatorio "G. Rossini" di Pesaro, ha frequentato numerosi e prestigiosi corsi di perfezionamento alla Chigiana, al "Mozarteum", a Budapest, a Parigi. Ha studiato, inoltre al Conservatorio di Ginevra e presso il Conservatorio di Neuchatel, dove ha conseguito l'importante "Diplome de Virtuosité" in Pianoforte sotto la guida del pianista argentino EDUARDO VERCELLI (1935-1993, 1° Premio Concorso di Monaco). Ha studiato inoltre, per un anno, con il TRIO DI TRIESTE a Fiesole (FI) e presso la Scuola APM di Saluzzo (CN), superando l'esame finale con il massimo dei voti. Ha vinto Premi in Concorsi Nazionali ed Internazionali di interpretazione (come solista ed in formazioni cameristiche). Ha effettuato concerti e tournée anche all'estero, come solista, in formazioni cameristiche e con Orchestre da camera (sia come pianista che come clavicembalista): Svizzera, Francia, Ungheria, Norvegia, Svezia, U.S.A e Canada dove, in Duo con il violinista Ludovico Tramma, ha preso parte al Festival di Banff e con il quale si è classificata al II° posto al Concorso Nazionale "S. Fuga" di Torino ed al V° posto al Concorso Internazionale di Trapani (Federazione dei Concorsi Internazionali di Ginevra). Nell'anno sc. 96/97 è stata docente della Cattedra di Pianoforte Principale presso il Conservatorio "G. P. da Palestrina" di Cagliari e, successivamente, há tenuto supplenze al Conservatorio "N. Piccinii" di Bari. Nel 1998, ha conseguito il Diploma di Clavicembalo, con il massimo dei voti, presso il Conservatorio "A. Casella" de L'Aquila con la Prof. Ssa M.C. Sieni ed è stata per tre anni Direttore della Scuola Comunale di Musica di Sora (FR). Nel corso dell'ultima edizione del Concorso biennale per violino Vittorio Veneto, ha eseguito la Sonata di Hintemith (1939), esecuzione per la quale e' stato conferito il Premio Speciale dalla Fondazione Hindemith di Blonay (Svizzera). Sempre in Duo con Tramma ha vinto il III° Premio al Concorso Internazionale "Riviera del Conero" (Ancona), il III° Premio al Concorso Nazionale "Lucus" di Potenza ed una borsa di studio per seguire le Master Classes dell'IMS Prussia Cove in Cornovaglia (Inghilterra) con Ferenc Rados, Lorand Fenyves e Gábor Takács-Nagy. Nel 2005 si è Diplomata in musica da camera, con il massimo dei voti, e la lode presso il Conservatorio "S. Cecilia di Roma".Attualmente e' Professoressa di Pianoforte e Accompagnamento presso la Scuola Professionale di Musica di Espinho, (Portogallo) e presso l'Università' la Cattolica di Porto. *********************************************************** LUDOVICO TRAMMA violinist-violist Ludovico Tramma has graduated in violin, viola and post graduated in chamber music with 110/110 at the Conservatory 'S. Cecilia ' in Roma with maestros A. Salvatore, B. Antonioni, M. Lenzi and then with G. Prencipe and G. Franzetti. He was effective member of EUYO (European Union Youth Orchestra) and has made part, as a concertmaster, in the Italian Youth Orchestra. In three years 1993/95 he has followed the course of String Quartet with the M° Farulli at the School of Music in Fiesole and at the Chigiana Academy in Siena, achieving the prestigious 'diploma of honour'. He won the I° Prize at the National Competition of Chamber Music 'Vittorio Veneto, the II° Prize (without awarding the first prize) at the International Competition of Chamber Music in Caltanissetta and the II° Prize at the International Competition Rotary in Cremona, always with String Quartet. He has attended constantly the courses of Chamber Music at the Chigiana with M° R. Brengola and in 1997 has gained a scholarship to participate to the International Festival of Okinawa in Japan. In 1996/97 he has followed the course of Violin at the Rowan University in New Jersey (U.S.A.) with Mrs. Ciulei-Atanasiu, with another scholarship awarded from the same university. A further scholarship has allowed him to participate at the Banff Festival in Canada with the Italian pianist Fiammetta Facchini and, as Duo, he has awarded the II° Prize and the Special Prize for the best Violin and Piano's Duo at the National Competition of Chamber Music 'S. Fuga" in Torino and the V° Prize at the "Trapani International Competition". He has won, moreover, the competition for Violin sections and concertmaster of second violin section at the Teatro Lirico in Cagliari. In 2001 he has awarded the Special Prize for the best execution of Sonata of Hindemith at the "Vittorio Veneto" National Competition and the III° Prize at the International Competition 'Coast of the Conero' in Ancona. In November 2001, he has won the competition for violin section at the Teatro dell'Opera in Roma and in 2002 he has gained the III° Prize at the "Lucus" Chamber Music competition in Potenza. He has kept tounées in France, Switzerland, Norway, Sweden, Hungary, Austria, Poland, Canada, U.S.A., Australia and Japan either as a soloist or as a member of a chamber music ensemble. At the end, he has recorded for Dynamic, Decca and Dygital. Diplomato in violino, viola e Laureato in Musica da Camera con 110/110, ha studiato presso il Conservatorio "S. Cecilia" di Roma con il M°A. Salvatore, la S.ra B. Antonioni, il M° M. Lenzi e successivamente con il M° G. Principe e il M° G. Franzetti. E' stato membro effettivo Dell'Orchestra della Comunità Europea e ha fatto parte, come 1° Violino di Spalla, dell'Orchestra Giovanile Italiana. Nel triennio 1993/95 ha seguito il corso di Quartetto con il M° Farulli presso la Scuola di Musica di Fiesole e presso l'Accademia Chigiana di Siena, conseguendo il prestigioso "diploma d'onore". In formazione di Quartetto ha vinto il I° Premio al Concorso Nazionale di Musica da Camera "Vittorio Veneto, il II° Premio (I° non assegnato) al Concorso Internazionale di Musica da Camera di Caltanissetta e il II° Premio al Concorso Internazionale Rotary di Cremona. Sempre alla Chigiana ha frequentato anche il corso di Musica da Camera con il M° R. Brengola e nel 1997 ha vinto una borsa di studio per partecipare al Festival Internazionale di Okinawa in Giappone. Nell'anno 1996/97 ha seguito il corso di Violino presso la Rowan University of New Jersey negli USA con la S.ra Ciulei-Atanasiu, grazie ad una borsa di studio messa a disposizione dalla stessa Università. In Duo con Fiammetta Facchini ha vinto il II° Premio
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    Transformation
    About the composer: Mary Lee Taylor Daughter of National Symphony cellist Alan Taylor and former SCPO Assistant Principal violist Mary Taylor, Mary Lee started playing the violin at the age of 5. At 15 she performed with the SCPO. Later the San Jose Symphony with George Cleve and the Nashville Symphony. In addition to her work with the SCPO, her violin playing has been featured in Always Patsy Cline, Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Cabaret, Oliver and many other productions. She plays with The Upton Trio, Greenville Symphony and the Sterling Chamber players. She performed a program consisting entirely of her own compositions at the Weill Recital Hall upstairs at Carnegie Hall June 1, 2006. THE UPTON TRIO is a non-profit, multicultural piano, cello, violin chamber musical ensemble playing traditional repertory, operatic transcriptions, new jazz, various arrangements, and new works by SC composers. The Trio has taken the lead in offering collaborative multicultural concerts featuring: The Trio, Celebration Gospel Ensemble, Hootie and The Blowfish, B.B. Winans and Edwin McCain and Jewish music concerts in collaboration with Meira Warshauer, nationally renowned composer of Jewish music. The Trio has appeared at the Kennedy Center, universities, churches and temples, museums and art centers. Compact discs are available. The Trio enjoys a powerful educational outreach. The Upton Trio's mission is to present the highest quality traditional and new chamber music to under served audiences. Our focus has been to educate and encourage intercultural dialogue, understanding, and respect and to form partnerships with other community organizations, individuals, foundations, and industry to bring music's transforming power where it is most needed.
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    Aria
    The Bologna Cello Project came into existence in January 2009 among the historical walls of the Giovanni Battista Martini Conservatory in Bologna as a didactic course, developed on Maestro Antonio Mostacci's initiative and formed by cello students. The repertoire ranges from arrangements of famous pieces from XVI to XX century to compositions specifically dedicated to the cello ensemble. Many contemporary composers were fascinated by the group's warm sonority and they dedicated original compositions to the Bologna Cello Project. One of them is Diego Conti, violinist and composer from Pescara, who dedicated his seven variations on the theme of Heidi to the group, as well as three fantasies for a single cello and cello ensemble, the Bologna Cello Project debuted with these fantasies in a concert entirely dedicated to the support of Emergency, the project of surgeon Marcello Zavatta, who is working at a hospital in Goderich, Sierra Leone. Also, the composer Gian Paolo Luppi wrote a cello sextet with a vocal recitation. Honouring the intimate bond between the tone of the cello and the human voice, the repertoire also includes a number of pieces with a vocal soloist, the ensemble, therefore, establishes collaboration with some singers. In September 2009 the Bologna Cello Project welcomed the American violist Brett Deubner during his Italian tour and performed with him at some important shows in Emilia-Romagna.
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    Spring & Fall
    The music presented on this CD represents a selection of my songs and chamber pieces, most of which were written within the past seven years, but with a few going back as far as twenty-four. All are recorded here for the first time. The earliest works recorded here are a group of songs--'Dust of Snow,' 'My Love Is In A Light Attire,' and 'The Night Will Never Stay,'--written in 1981, during my student years. The remaining 7 songs date from 1999 and later. 'Spring and Fall' was originally sketched as a piece for treble chorus in 1999, but I revised it a couple of years later as a solo song. 'O You Whom I Often And Silently Come,' was written on the afternoon of December 31, 2000, making it my last twentieth-century work. In 2003, the song was the first winner of the Ned Rorem Award for Song Composition. 'I Sing Of A Maiden,' and 'The Angel's Song' are the first of what I hope will be a series of original Christmas Songs. All the songs are performed by Sarah Stone, mezzo-soprano, and my wife Martha Krasnican, piano. 'Prelude and Bacchanal' for violin, horn, and piano, was commissioned by hornist Brian Kilp, who premiered it during a tour of Bangkok and Singapore. He, Martha, and I have since performed it several times around the US, and the three of us appear on this recording. The title, I think, is self-explanatory. The three piano pieces were all written for Martha. 'Silent Delight' was written in 1992 shortly after we first met. The title comes from the Blake poem "Night": "The moon like a flower/In heaven's high bower,/With silent delight/Sits and smiles on the night." 'Chorale' and 'Scherzino' were both written in 2004. 'Reading Issa' for viola and harp was commissioned by harpist Vanessa Gong, who premiered it with violist Nai-Ying Liao in 2002. The title was suggested by a chance encounter with a website devoted to the haiku of Kobayashi Issa, which I came across after the piece was already under way. After completing each movement, I searched the site for an Issa poem that seemed appropriate, and placed it in the score in lieu of a title heading. I play viola on this recording, and Vanessa Gong plays harp. 'In Silence Under Many A Star' was commissioned by clarinetist John Spicknall, who premiered it in 1998 with his wife Sharilyn on violin and Martha on piano. The title comes from Whitman, it is taken from a stanza of the "Death Carol" section of his "When Lilacs Last In The Dooryard Bloom'd." Here, as in many of his poems, Whitman depicts Death as something kind, gentle, and comforting. In my composition, a recurring passage, marked "Very slow, delicate, and caressing," is identified in the score as a Danse Macabre. I play violin, Martha plays piano, and the clarinettist is Trina Gross.
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    Koji Asano: Violin and Viola Suites No. 1, No. 7
    Asano was invited as a composer to Mittersill Composers Forum in Austria in 2004 Fall. During the forum he wrote a Violin and Viola Duo Piece *"No.1 Hollersbach" as he was inspired by Austrian Ensemble "Die Reihe"'s violinist Willem de Swardt and violist Ursula Kortschak. That was the origin of these suites. In 2005 April-May, he continued to compose No.2-No.7 as he was inspired by the beautiful sound by Kumi Nakajima, and a rich performance of Masashi Sasaki. *Hollersbach is a next town of Mittersill in Salzburg. Kumi Nakajima, Violin: She started playing the violin at the age of 4. She won the 2nd prize in the National High School Music Competition in 1986. She graduated from the high school attached to the National University of Fine Art and Music, and the University. She majored the viola in the chamber music class, and was charmed by that instrument. She studied more at the graduate school. She won the 2nd prize in the 5th Japan Chamber Music Competition. After completing her master's degree, she worked as an assistant player at the Toho Music College for 5 years. She studied with Jurgen Kussmaul in Amsterdam for one and half years from May 2001, and played with Anner Bylsma at a concert of Encontros de Musica da Casa de Mateus in Portugal in 2002. She studied dance and theater improvisation applying voice, movements and experiential anatomy, with Patricia Bardi, and composed some music for dance pieces and widened her activities. After returning to Japan, her activities have expanded still more. Now, she plays from baroque to contemporary music and improvisation with 4 instruments (both baroque and modern violin and viola). She started a self-produced concert series "Futakoedori (Bird with two voices) no concert" from 2004. In this concert series, she plays both the violin and the viola, collaborating with various instruments. It is well received by audiences. Masashi Sasaki, Viola: He graduated the National University of Fine Art and Music in 1993, and was a lecturer of orchestra researches in the university during 1993-1999, also had performed as a guest soloist with many domestic orchestras. In 1998, He performed solo recital organized by Hikoneshi Cultural Plaza. He studied more in Hamburg in 1999 and on returning to Japan, he assumed principal viola of the Sendai Philharmonic Orchestra. In 2002, he performed Duo-recital with a Pianist, Takayuki Kuniya in Tokyo and Sendai. In 2003-2004, he received a grant from Matsuo Foundation as a member of Sereno Quartet. He won "Green Wind Prize" at Haramura Musical Seminar. Now He performs as a principal violist of Bach Society Orchestra, Sendai Philharmonic Orchestra and Sereno Quartet. He studied Viola with Sagako Kusanagi, Fumiki Asazuma, Hideki Koguni, Kazunori Kawasaki, Hirofumi Fukai and ensemble with Kiyoshi Okayama.
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    Tango Sensations-Music of Piazzolla & Guastavino
    Manuel Barrueco is internationally recognized as one of the most important guitarists of our time. His unique artistry has been continually described as that of a superb instrumentalist and a superior and elegant musician, possessing a seductive sound and uncommon lyrical gifts. Mr. Barrueco's recording catalogue includes over a dozen recordings for the EMI label. His recording of Joaquín Rodrigo's Concierto de Aranjuez with conductor and tenor Plácido Domingo and the Philharmonia Orchestra was cited as the best recording of that piece in Classic CD Magazine, while ¡Cuba! Was called 'an extraordinary musical achievement' by the San Francisco Chronicle. His Concierto Barroco, with the Orquesta Sinfónica de Galicia and conductor Víctor Pablo Pérez, received a Latin Grammy nomination for Best Classical Recording. Manuel Barrueco está reconocido internacionalmente como uno de los guitarristas más importantes de nuestros tiempos. Su maestría, de un estilo muy propio, es frecuentemente calificada como la de un gran instrumentista y músico superior y elegante, con un sonido seductor y un lirismo fuera de lo común. Manuel Barrueco ha realizado más de una docena de grabaciones para EMI. Su grabación del Concierto de Aranjuez de Joaquín Rodrigo, con Plácido Domingo como director y la Orquesta Philharmonia, fue elegida por Classic CD Magazine como la mejor grabación realizada de dicha pieza, y su disco ¡Cuba!, ha sido calificado como 'una proeza musical extraordinaria' por el San Francisco Chronicle. Su disco Concierto Barroco con Víctor Pablo Pérez y la Orquesta Sinfónica de Galicia, recibió una nominación a los Latin Grammys como la Mejor Grabación Clásica. Solo Piazzolla (Tonar 70715), su primer disco bajo el sello Tonar, fue nominado para los 2008 Grammys como la Mejor Interpretación Instrumental de un Soloista. Mr. Barrueco's first release on the Tonar label, Solo Piazzolla (Tonar 70715), was nominated for a 2008 Grammy award in the category of Best Instrumental Solo Performance. "...the best-sounding guitar records of any major artist." American Record Guide "Manuel Barrueco is one of the best classical guitarists on the planet." Audio Cuarteto Latinoamericano, formed in 1982, is known worldwide as the leading proponent of Latin American music for string quartet. This award-winning ensemble from Mexico consists of the three Bitrán brothers, violinists Saúl and Arón and cellist Alvaro, along with violist Javier Montiel. The Cuarteto has recorded most of the Latin American repertoire for string quartet, and the sixth volume of their Villa-Lobos 17 quartets cycle, recorded for Dorian, was nominated for a Grammy award in 2002 in the field of Best Chamber Music Recording as well as for a Latin Grammy. El Cuarteto Latinoamericano, fundado en México en 1982, representa hoy una voz única en el ámbito internacional, difundiendo la creación musical de América Latina en los principales centros musicales del mundo. Formado por tres hermanos Bitran, Saúl y Arón, violinistas, y Alvaro, cellista, junto con Javier Montiel, violista, el Cuarteto Latinoamericano ha recibido importantes premios por sus grabaciones, tales como el Diapason d'Or y dos nominaciones a los Grammys. El Cuarteto Latinoamericano es desde 1987 cuarteto en residencia en la Universidad Carnegie Mellon en Pittsburgh, y realiza una intense actividad de conciertos en México, América Latina y Europa. "...among the most fascinating and exciting string quartet discs I have heard in a long time, with vital, fresh, imaginative music and sensitive, brilliant performances." The Washington Post "Through such ensembles as the Cuarteto Latinoamericano, Latin America's composers have long since arrived on the world's stage." Toronto Star.
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    Histoire de Babar Le Petit Elephant
    OboeBass! The Vecchione/Erdahl Duo has created their own unique genre of 'chamber music of a different color' for oboe/English horn and double bass. 'Pages of Music with Rolf and Carrie,' they mix music and literature in educational programs for all ages. Minnesota Public Radio's Steve Staruch calls them"pioneers in the classical music business. Forging ahead with a new chamber music combination that has them performing recently commissioned works, putting together their own music series in Lakeville, and giving concerts in out of the way places. Who would have guessed that an Oboe/Bass duo combination would sound so....well, so right!" Carrie Vecchione teaches oboe at the MacPhail Center for Music, Minneapolis, and freelances in the Twin Cities area. She has soloed in the Carnegie Hall, has served as Principal Oboe for the Duluth Superior Symphony Orchestra and Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra, been a member of the Baton Rouge Symphony and Ft. Wayne Philharmonic, and taught at the Univ. Of WI, Eau Claire, St. Olaf College, Ball State Univ., the Sewanee Summer Music Center, and the International Peace Gardens Music Camp. Rolf Erdahl teaches bass at Gustavus Adolphus College. Previously he was Principal Bass of the Winnipeg Symphony and Manitoba Chamber Orchestra, and has been a member of the Honolulu Symphony, Breckenridge Music Festival, Fort Wayne Philharmonic, Bergen Philharmonic, and New World Symphony. He is an authority on the music of Edvard Grieg. William Eddins, piano, is also the Music Director of the Edmonton Symphony. He's in demand around the globe as a conductor and concert pianist. He is also a really good cook and is extremely fond of elephants. Steve Staruch, narrator, is well-known personality and producer at Classical Minnesota Public. He is the M-F afternoon host and storyteller and does the classical request program Friday Favorites. Staruch is an active freelance singer and violist with leading ensembles in the Twin Cities. The music of Margi Griebling-Haigh has been characterized as haunting, charismatic, yearning, wistful, lyrical, colorful, and insoucient! She is concerned with conveying emotions and moods, but firmly believes in the powers of memorable melodies and rhythms and strong formal structure. While her music is sometimes technically challenging and rhythmically tricky, consideration for the comfort and enjoyment of performers and audience members alike is of great importance. Simply put, her music is effective and charming. Margi is also an oboist, married to a bassist, Scott Haigh, First Assistant Principal Bass of the Cleveland Orchestra. Her familiarity of the possibilities of both instruments makes her uniquely qualified as a composer of oboe/bass duos! Humor is also an important hallmark of her style.
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