The story of the opera is based on the famous story of a king and sculptor, Pygmalion, originally taken from the tenth book of the Metamorphoses by Ovid. Pigmalione, dismayed that he may never find in real life the ideal of feminine beauty, creates a sculpture of it himself. Having fallen in love with his own creation, Pigmalione's prayer for the sculpture's (christened Galatea) animation is answered by Venus.

Conducted and Produced by Joana Filipe Martinez
CMD Grand Opera Company of Barcelona Spain

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Brahms: Horn Trio in E-flat Major, Op. 40
Villa-Lobos: Trio for Violin, Cello and Piano No. 1
Murphy: Piano Trio No. 1
Brahms: String Sextet in G Major, Op. 36

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LINES & SPACES
THE MUSIC OF THAD ANDERSON

The 15 tracks on Thad Anderson’s LINES & SPACES are from his Lines series, based on his compositional technique called “duration lines” that create both structure and polyrhythmic interest. Anderson integrates traditional instruments with fixed media, live processing, and tuned metals to create pieces that are infinitely malleable.

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PRISMA vol 2
CONTEMPORARY CONCERTOS AND WORKS FOR ORCHESTRA
JAMES LENTINI
RAIN WORTHINGTON
JAN JÄRVLEPP
PETER CASTINE
BETH MEHOCIC

Navona Records proudly presents PRISMA VOL. 2, an epic journey into the world of the large ensemble with five of today’s top contemporary composers. This collection demonstrates the diversity of the orchestral and concerto composition, both in instrumentation and emotion.

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Violinist Kerry DuWors and pianist Futaba Niekawa, professionally known as duo526, stun with their dazzling interpretation of Villa Lobos, Bax, and Bolcom on their new aptly-titled album DUO FANTASY. Played with great insightfulness and panache, DUO FANTASY is an extraordinary treat for lovers of early 20th-century music.

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THE GERSHWIN & BERNSTEIN CONNECTION

Eliane Rodrigues piano

Nina Smeets piano

Carlo Willems percussion

Koen Wilmaers percussion

Piano virtuoso Eliane Rodrigues returns with her latest Navona Records release — THE GERSHWIN & BERNSTEIN CONNECTION, a new look at timeless pieces by legendary American composers. Together with talented artists including her daughter, pianist Nina Smeets, Rodrigues thrills audiences once again with her moving and truly spellbinding performances.

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Prokofiev: Sonata for 2 Violins in C Major, Op. 56
Brahms: Sonata in F minor for Viola and Piano, Op. 120
Barber: Sonata for Cello and Piano in C minor, Op. 6

A hero returns home from the crusades only to find his wife has betrayed their marriage. Do you divorce her, kill her lover or have complete forgiveness for all?

Kathryn Cavanaugh - Producer/Conductor
CMD Grand Opera Company of Venice

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Brahms: Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74

Kathryn Cavanaugh - conductor/producer
CMD Grand Opera Company of Venice Orchestra

Sylvia Wagner - conductor/producer
CMD German Opera Company of Berlin Orchestra

Some of my thoughts behind the music
I composed the orchestral work The Secret Garden (Den Hemmelige Have) to be a part of the similarly titled art installation or “gesamtkunstwerk” – created by Maria Dubin (colors, floor design and glass), Kim Borch (light), and myself (music) for the entrance to the radiation therapy section at Rigshospitalet (The National Hospital) in Copenhagen, Denmark. This makes it a piece of music with a target audience; patients, relatives, and hospital staff.

Composing music for this particular setting and audience was a challenge, and also a great responsibility. In order to do so I first spent time in the radiation therapy section of the hospital to get a clear image of where and how the music would be experienced, and – by observing and talking with the patients and staff, a better understanding of the experience itself of waiting for the treatments.

After careful and prolonged preparations came the work of actually composing the music, and for that I drew on the observations from the hospital, and of course on my combined experience and knowledge as a composer, but also to a large degree on my personal experiences as a relative. Both my parents died from cancer after year-long battles.

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Available on Spotify at:
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