Yoanna Prodanova – The Royal Academy of Music Bicentenary Series
Yoanna Prodanova’s recording debut, part of the Royal Academy of Music Bicentenary Series, focuses on music that is of personal significance to the young cellist, and explores the works of three composers of different backgrounds linked by the one common idea: the human voice.
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Brahms: Works for Clarinet
During the 1890s, inspired by the playing of Richard Mühlfeld, Brahms entered an Indian summer of composition for the clarinet that gave the world these three masterpieces. Joseph Shiner, a fast-rising star of the clarinet world, plays the two sonatas with a winning lyricism and eloquence, and has the complete measure of their autumnal glow. Somi Kim is a fine piano partner, never overwhelming the clarinet. With cellist Yoanna Prodanova, we are given the Clarinet Trio, a work with plenty of drama that they embrace fully, everything ebbing and flowing with effortless control.
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Barbican Quartet Lux Intus
The highly acclaimed London-based Barbican Quartet, winner of first prize at the ARD Music Competition 2022, is one of the most exciting young string quartets in Europe. Their album “Lux Intus” unfolds a captivating spectrum of sound: from Mozart’s timeless clarity to the profound intensity of Rebecca Clarke and Edward Elgar, to a world premiere and an exclusive commission from emerging composer Sophia Jani. A listening experience full of elegance, excitement, and unmistakable expressiveness.
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Barbican Quartet Manifesto on Love
As 1st prize winner of the 2022 ARD Music Competition, the Barbican Quartet is one of the most sought-after young string quartet formations. The internationally composed ensemble is now releasing its debut album on GENUIN: “Manifesto on Love”, with works by Leoš Janácek and Robert Schumann. The contrast between Schumann’s expansive musical lines and Janácek’s nervous surfaces and ecstatic outbursts could not be greater – yet the Barbican Quartet unites them as expressions of human need for love, for togetherness. Two works of the most intimate musical genre played at a phenomenal level!
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