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My Heart is Ever Present
23.11.2009
22 year old Tine Thing Helseth performs as soloist in front of the best orchestras of Europe on a full time basis. Her highly successful debut recording last year with the classic trumpet concertos is followed now by a beautiful album where Tine performs the most wonderful Christmas music she knows in classic arrangements. And she even adds on a composition of her own!
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Georg Friedrich Händel: Die Acht Grossen Suiten 2CD
02.12.2011
ECM New Series debut for the exceptional pianist Lisa Smirnova, playing Händel"s Eight Great Suites (1720), also known as "The Eight London Suites" or "Suites de Pièces pour le Clavecin" - by any name, major pieces in the keyboard literature.
The 1720 edition of suites - MWV 426-433 - is considered by many the most important collection of Händel"s early works. Published by the composer himself, it includes works from both his Hamburg and English periods, all extensively revised by the composer, right through the printing process.
Outstanding artists from Glenn Gould to Keith Jarrett have been drawn to Händel"s suites of 1720, but there are very few recordings of all eight, either on piano or harpsichord, currently on the market.
Smirnova (born 1972, in Moscow, currently living in Austria) opts for the modern piano. She had been working rigorously on the 8 Great Suites for five years prior to undertaking this recording, making many discoveries.
Educated at Moscow"s Tchaikovsky Conservatory, the Salzburg Mozarteum, and with additional studies with Maria Curcio and Robert Levin, Smirnova burst onto the classical scene in 1992 with a well-received debut at Carnegie Hall when she was only 20. This was followed by a successful tour of Japan and the beginning of a long relationship with the Far East - since 2007 she has been Artistic Director of the Nagasaki-Ojika International Music Festival.
In 1993, she received the Brahms Prize at the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival, the first pianist ever to be honoured with this award, and her concert activities have extended to international concert podia in Europe, Asia and the USA.
Smirnova"s repertoire extends across the centuries - she has collaborated with contemporary composers including Kancheli, Silvestrov and Rihm, and won international awards for her recordings of Bach on MDG. Other widely-praised recordings include her account of Bloch"s works for viola and piano with Daniel Raiskin, on BMG/Arte Nova.
Liner notes by Uwe Schweikert in German and English.
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Aria
20.11.2006
In 15 songs carefully chosen from the classical repertoire, spanning from the sacred to the profane, the operatic to the musical, Aria provides the listener with a wondrous and magical landscape of introspective beauty.
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