Judith Jáuregui, Kaspar Zehnder, Orquesta Sinfónica de Castilla y León – Homeland (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 55:56 minutes | 1,79 GB | Genre: Classical
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In ‘Homeland’, Judith Jáuregui, one of the most renowned Spanish pianists of our time, joins forces with Kaspar Zehnder and the Orquesta Sinfónica de Castilla y León in performances of Grieg’s Piano Concerto, op. 16 and Falla’s Noches en los Jardines de España. Two composers who made of their love for their homeland a musical message, both scholars of the folklore of their respective origins, Norway and Andalucía, and they knew how to introduce and emphasize elements of this in their music. Intense and enthusiastic performances provide the opportunity to immerse the listener in the universe of their respective homelands.
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Hanspeter Oggier, Martin Frutiger, Hradec Kralové and Royal Czech Symphonia Hradec Kralove & Kaspar Zehnder – Uncommon Concertos (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:02:42 minutes | 1,11 GB | Genre: Classical
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The Swiss composer Fabian Müller (b. 1964) has repeatedly advocated for extraordinary musical instruments. His new CD is on the one hand about the pan flute, whose tradition goes back to Greek antiquity, on the other hand about the heckelphone, a bass oboe developed by the instrument maker Wilhelm Heckel in 1904. The concerto for panflute and orchestra, composed in 2017, is, like the other works by Fabian Müller, in a moderately modern style, whereby it is obviously important to show the melodic qualities of the instrument, which refer to its frequent use in folk music, as well as its virtuoso possibilities. The Swiss soloist Hanspeter Oggier plays the difficult-to-handle instrument with stupendous security and strong expression, with the Czech orchestra under Kaspar Zehnder providing attentive accompaniment.
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