Two new CD releases: 1. Violin sonatas by Brahms, Janacek, and Bartók performed by Patricia Kopatchinskaja and Fazil Say & 2. The CD ‘Les Nuits de Paris’ featuring dance music from the Folies Bergère to the Opéra performed by Les Siècles conducted by François-Xavier Roth.
This program is put together by Peter Nijland on behalf of Klassieke Zaken, also the publisher of the eponymous free bimonthly magazine.
1. Violin Sonatas.
Béla Bartók (1881-1945). Violin Sonata No. 1 (1921).
Patricia Kopatchinskaja, violin. Fazil Say, piano.
[Alpha 885]
2. Les Nuits de Paris: works by Ambroise Thomas, Jules Massenet, Victorin de Joncières, Émile Waldteufel, Jeanne Danglas, Théodore Dubois, Isaac Strauss, and others.
a. Ambroise Thomas (1811-1896). Overture Raymond.
b. Victorin de Joncières (1839-1903). Le chevalier Jean: Waltz.
c. Émile Waldteufel (1837-1915). Les Patineurs.
Les Siècles conducted by François-Xavier Roth.
[Bru Zane BZ 2005]