C L ASSIC AL A UDI O DACAPO PELLE GUNDMUNDSENHOLMGREEN DIVINE ART SERGEI BORTKIEWICZ REPRISER RUSSIAN PIANO MUSIC, VOL. 12 8226126 | 636943612620 1 CD | SRP US $16.99 CA $20.99 Holmgreen DDA25142 | 809730514227 1 CD | SRP US $18.99 CA $22.99 COMPOSER: Sergei Bortkiewicz • Sergei Bortkiewicz was born in the Ukraine, spent time in Germany and became an Austrian citizen but always remained truly Russian at heart and as such is a true successor of the Romantic tradition of Tchaikovsky. • Alfonso Soldano is a professor of piano performance at the Braga Conservatory in Teramo, Italy. He was a student of Ciccolini and is renowned for his virtuosity. • These two artists work together to present the latest release in Divine Art’s Russian Piano Music Series.• COMPOSER: Pelle Gudmundsen- • The music of Pelle GundmundsenHolmgreen is at it’s most affecting when it is at it’s most absurd - like in the sinfonietta works on this recording by the composer’s longtime artistic accomplice Athelas Sinfonietta Copenhagen. • The points of departure for the classically absurd Gundmundsen-Holmgreen pieces on this album range from a red Skoda door, given to the composer by Athelas as a gift, over randomly picked newspaper articles to general inspiration from Samuel Beckett. ARTIST: Athelas Sinfonietta Copenhagen • Jesper Nordin • Pierre-André Valade (conductor) ARTIST: Alfonso Soldano (piano) DIVINE ART WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART DUX CARL REINECKE WIND SERENADES CHAMBER MUSIC FOR CLARINET, HORN & PIANO DDA25136 | 809730513626 1 CD | SRP US $18.99 CA $22.99 COMPOSER: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart • Santiago Mantas leads the European Union Chamber Orchestra Wind Octect on this release of Mozart’s Wind Serenades. These Serenades are among Mozart’s most joyful and melodious compositions and this fine performance by the young musicians of the EUCO Wind Octet certainly displays the exuberance and high spirits of the young composer. • Santiago Mantas has toured over thirty countries as both conductor and concert pianist and is also a successful composer of music for feature films and documentaries. • Carl Reinecke, a German composer, conductor, pianist and pedagogue was one of the most influentual, many-sided and respected individuals in the musical life of the 19th century. • This release contains a set of Reinecke’s compositions for clarinet, horn and piano. The works featured here come from different periods of Reinecke’s career and enable us to follow the development in his compositional style. DUX1219 | 5902547012193 1 CD | SRP US $19.99 CA $23.99 COMPOSER: Carl Reinecke ARTIST: European Union Chamber Orchestra • Santiago Mantas (conductor) ARTIST: Roman Widaszek (clarinet) • Tadeusz Tomaszewski (horn) • Joanna Domanska (piano) 44 NAXOS OF AMERICA | NAXOS OF CANADA | NEW RELEASE GUIDE