Artist: Masters Of The Modern Age 1: Music From The / Var

Title: Masters of the Modern Age 1: Music from the / Various

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Format: CD

Release Date: 2013

Label: Naxos Special Produc

UPC: 747313326938

Genre: Classical Composers

Album Tracks

DISC 1:
1. Giselle, Act I: Allegro Un Peu Loure
2. Giselle, Act I: Galop General
3. Prelude, Op. 31 No. 13 'J'etais Endormie, Mais Mon Coeur Veillait'
4. Prelude, Op. 31 No. 17 'Reve D'amour'
5. Faust: Ballet Music: Allegretto
6. Faust: Ballet Music: Adagio
7. Faust: Ballet Music: Allegretto
8. Esquisse, Op. 63 No. 5 'Les Inities'
9. Esquisse, Op. 63 No. 16 'Fantaisie'
10. Coppelia, Act I: Valse
11. Coppelia, Act I: Mazurka
12. Carmen - Suite No. 1 Prelude
13. Carmen - Suite No. 1 Aragonaise
14. Carmen - Suite No. 1 Intermezzo
15. Carmen - Suite No. 1 Seguidilla
16. Carmen - Suite No. 1 Les Dragons D'alcala
17. Carmen - Suite No. 1 Marche Du Toreador
18. Dolly Suite: Berceuse
19. Dolly Suite: Mi - a - Ou
20. Dolly Suite: Kitty Valse
21. Dolly Suite: Le Pas Espagnol
22. Joyeuse Marche
23. Arabesque No. 2
24. Reverie
25. Pour Le Piano - Toccata
26. Firebird Suite: Berceuse
27. Firebird Suite: Finale

DISC 2:
1. Les Troyens a Carthage (The Trojans at Carthage): Prelude
2. L'arlesienne, Suite No. 2: I. Pastorale
3. 10 Pieces Pittoresques (Excerpts): Melancolie
4. 10 Pieces Pittoresques (Excerpts): Improvisation
5. Chanson Triste (Version for Voice and Piano)
6. Le Manoir de Rosemonde
7. Piano Quartet in F minor, Op. 10: IV. Finale: Allegro
8. Gymnopedie No. 1
9. Prelude a L'apres-Midi D'un Faune
10. 24 Pieces en Style Libre, Op. 31: Epitaphe
11. Nocturnes: I. Nuages
12. Miroirs (Excerpts): Noctuelles
13. Miroirs (Excerpts): Oiseaux Tristes

DISC 3:
1. Triodion: I. Introduction: Ad Libitum - Ode I: O Jesus the Son of God, Have Mercy Upon Us
2. Triodion: II. Ode II: O Most Holy Birth - Giver of God, Save Us
3. Triodion: III. Ode III: O Holy Saint Nicholas, Pray to God for Us - Coda: Ad Libitum
4. Tribute to Caesar
5. Nunc Dimittis
6. Kanon Pokajanen: Ode VII: Memento
7. I Am the True Vine
8. The Woman with the Alabaster Box
9. Dopo la Vittoria (After the Victory)
10. Bogoroditse Djevo (Mother of God and Virgin)

Art and Music: Masters of the Modern Age, Vol. 1 Description CD with full-color, illustrated, explanatory booklet. Edgar Degas (1834-1917) is remembered as the painter of ballet dancers, but the scope of his genius ranged widely. An acute and witty observer, he depicted his native Paris in it's many diverse aspects, often hinting at a social isolation and unease hidden beneath the colorful surface. On this CD, the world of Degas is given a musical perspective with a carefully chosen selection of pieces by the finest composers of his time. Inside, Hugh Griffith provides explanatory notes on his life and musical environment Disc Two Description Paul Cézanne (1839-1906) received almost no recognition until the last years of his life, but is now widely regarded as one of the key figures in the development of modern art. His structural use of color was the starting point for the Fauve painters; his strongly geometric approach to composition led directly to Cubism. On this CD, the world of Cézanne is given a musical perspective with a carefully chosen selection of pieces by the finest composers of his time. Inside, Hugh Griffith provides explanatory notes on his life and musical environment. Disk Three Description During the past 20 years, Arvo Pärt has consolidated his reputation as one of the most significant contemporary composers with a sequence of magnificent sacred choral works. Dating from between 1990 and 2001, the works on this recording exemplify Pärt's mature idiom at it's most harmonically expressive. If Triodion represents his music at it's starkest and most unadorned, Kanon Pokajanen, the composer's largest work after the 1982 St John Passion (Naxos 8.555860), is music of a dark-hued and intensely felt contemplation. Pärt's emotionally-charged Bogoróditse Djévo, is a vibrant tribute to the Virgin Mary. The Elora Festival Singers' recording of Pärt's Berliner Messe can be heard on Naxos 8.557299.