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Elmira Darvarova & Thomas Weaver - From Liszt to Ligeti (2024)

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Elmira Darvarova & Thomas Weaver - From Liszt to Ligeti (2024)

Elmira Darvarova & Thomas Weaver - From Liszt to Ligeti (2024)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 370 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 189 Mb | 01:20:59
Classical | Label: Affetto Records

A spectacular tribute to Hungarian-born composers, from the brilliant, award-winning performers - Grammy-nominated violinist ELMIRA DARVAROVA (first and only woman-concertmaster of The Metropolitan Opera) and pianist THOMAS WEAVER (professor at Curtis Institute of Music), the album "FROM LISZT TO LIGETI" brings an exceptionally vivid narrative linking historic milestones in the legacies of a number of superb Hungarian-born musicians - composers and performers, who have so enormously contributed to enriching the world's cultural treasure-trove.Liszt, Joachim, Bartok, Kodaly, Hubay, Goldmark, Ligeti - they have all bequeathed us masterpieces to behold and cherish, throughout several centuries of showcasing, shaping, preserving, and amalgamating national traditions and global influences through the prism of their own personal creative gifts.

Elmira Darvarova, Mary Ann Mumm, Craig Mumm & Samuel Magill - Alfano: Complete String Quartets (2023)

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Elmira Darvarova, Mary Ann Mumm, Craig Mumm & Samuel Magill - Alfano: Complete String Quartets (2023)

Elmira Darvarova, Mary Ann Mumm, Craig Mumm & Samuel Magill - Alfano: Complete String Quartets (2023)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 348 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 190 Mb | 01:22:42
Classical | Label: Naxos Records

The Neapolitan composer Franco Alfano was prolific and highly successful in the field of opera, but he also composed three string quartets over a period framed by the two world wars. No. 1 in D major was written during the First World War and stretches the limits of the quartet medium with its quasi-orchestral vigour, tied together with a habanera rhythm. No. 2 in C major In Three Linked Movements, though smaller in scale, reflects the range of Alfano’s influences, which include Russian and Eastern European music, rustic dances and French impressionism. Work on No. 3 in G minor was started in 1944, a year after the death of his beloved wife, to whom Alfano pays tribute in the haunting first movement. The quartet was completed in 1945 and ends with an ebullient monothematic march finale celebrating Ancient Rome.

Elmira Darvarova, Ronald Carbone & Samuel Magill - The Genius of Ysaÿe (2022)

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Elmira Darvarova, Ronald Carbone & Samuel Magill - The Genius of Ysaÿe (2022)

Elmira Darvarova, Ronald Carbone & Samuel Magill - The Genius of Ysaÿe (2022)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 285 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 148 Mb | Digital booklet | 01:03:54
Classical | Label: Affetto Recordings

“The Genius of Ysaÿe” presents several masterpieces by the legendary Belgian violinist and composer Eugène Ysaÿe (1858-1931), including three world premiere recordings – the first recording of his recently discovered Introduction for Solo Viola, as well as the world premiere recordings of Ysaÿe’s final versions of his Two String Trios for violin, viola and cello (Op. 33 and Op. 34). Ysaÿe’s marvelous Sonata for Solo Cello, Op. 28 is also among the gems on this album, in addition to his most wellknown masterpiece – the “Ballade” (Sonata No. 3) from his Six Sonatas for Solo Violin Op. 27. The performers of this splendid album – violinist Elmira Darvarova, violist Ronald Carbone and cellist Samuel Magill – have been involved for years with Ysaÿe’s String Trio No. 1, Op. 33, also known as “Le Chimay” (a work, hailed in the press as one of the greatest chamber music compositions of the 20th Century), and they presented its New York premiere in 2008.

Elmira Darvarova, Ronald Carbone, Samuel Magill, Lucian Rinaldo & Howard Wall - José Serebrier: Chamber Music (2021)

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Elmira Darvarova, Ronald Carbone, Samuel Magill, Lucian Rinaldo & Howard Wall - José Serebrier: Chamber Music (2021)

Elmira Darvarova, Ronald Carbone, Samuel Magill, Lucian Rinaldo & Howard Wall - José Serebrier: Chamber Music (2021)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 273 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 152 Mb | Digital booklet | 01:04:53
Classical | Label: Affetto Recordings

Performing, recording and commissioning music by the legendary conductor and composer José Serebrier, throughout my almost 15-years long friendship and collaboration with him, has never been, for me, less than utterly fascinating and inspiring. José Serebrier (born in 1938) is today’s most frequently-recorded conductor, has collaborated with some of the world’s greatest soloists and orchestras, and is among the most sought-after guest conductors, constantly touring with major orchestras around the world. Serebrier established himself as a significant composer as far back as the 1950s, with over 100 published works. Born in Uruguay, of Russian and Polish parents, Serebrier composed music and conducted orchestras since early childhood, conceiving his Opus 1 – Sonata for solo violin at the age of 9, and making his conducting debut at age 11.

Amjad Ali Khan, Elmira Darvarova, Ayaan Ali Bangash & Amaan Ali Bangash - Masterpieces for Sarod & Violin (2021)

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Amjad Ali Khan, Elmira Darvarova, Ayaan Ali Bangash & Amaan Ali Bangash - Masterpieces for Sarod & Violin (2021)

Amjad Ali Khan, Elmira Darvarova, Ayaan Ali Bangash & Amaan Ali Bangash - Amjad Ali Khan: Masterpieces for Sarod & Violin (2021)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 677 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 314 Mb | 02:17:05
World, Indian Classical | Label: Affetto Recordings

This double-album presents Amjad Ali Khan’s compositions for Sarod and Violin as a collection comprising the works previously premiered in three separate albums. The recordings included in this collection represent the culmination of a collaboration that came about through a serendipitous meeting of the artists in 2014 – Amjad Ali Khan, the Titan of the sarod, straddling two centuries, universally venerated as one of the greatest living Indian musicians in any genre; his sons, disciples and widely acclaimed sarod virtuosi in their own right, Amaan Ali Bangash and Ayaan Ali Bangash; and the distinguished American violinist Elmira Darvarova, herself a historical figure as the first ever (and so far only) woman-concertmaster of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra in New York.

Elmira Darvarova & Vassily Lobanov - Masterpieces by Brahms, Franck, Clara Schumann & Vassily Lobanov (2021)

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Elmira Darvarova & Vassily Lobanov - Masterpieces by Brahms, Franck, Clara Schumann & Vassily Lobanov (2021)

Elmira Darvarova & Vassily Lobanov - Masterpieces by Brahms, Franck, Clara Schumann & Vassily Lobanov (2021)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 325 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 195 Mb | Digital booklet | 01:24:35
Classical | Label: Solo Musica

Grammy-nominated, award-winning (Gold Medal at the Global Music Awards in 2017 and 2018), a concert violinist since the age of 4, and hailed by American Record Guide as “marvelous in the tradition of Heifetz”, Elmira Darvarova caused a sensation, becoming the first ever (and so far only) woman-concertmaster in the history of the Metropolitan Opera. With the MET Orchestra she toured Europe, Japan and the United States, and was heard on the MET's live weekly international radio broadcasts, television broadcasts and CDs for Sony, Deutsche Grammophon and EMI. As concertmaster of the Metropolitan Opera she has performed with the greatest conductors of our time, including the legendary Carlos Kleiber. She performs with the New York Piano Quartet, the Delphinium Trio, the Quinteto del Fuego, the Amram Ensemble, and in a duo with Fernando Otero.

Elmira Darvarova & Howard Wall - Music by Women (2020)

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Elmira Darvarova & Howard Wall - Music by Women (2020)

Elmira Darvarova & Howard Wall - Music by Women (2020)
FLAC tracks +booklet | 01:19:54 | 305 Mb
Genre: Classical / Label: Affetto Recordings

Music by Women presents 14 world premiere recordings (out of 16 tracks) in this album with music by female composers. A varied program which includes the 17th C. French composer Elizabeth Jacquet de La Guerre, and the 20th C. British-American composer Rebecca Clarke, as well as a number of contemporary female composers from several different countries, some of which have been commissioned by the performers: Chinese composer Wang Jie, Japanese composer Yui Kitamura, Russian-born Elena Firsova, Canadians Elizabeth Raum and Erika Raum, Belize-born Errollyn Wallen, and the American composers Lydia Lowery Busler, Alice Gomez, Laura Kaminsky, Dolores White, Francine Trester (whose compositions also feature her own original poetry). Violinist Elmira Darvarova (first and only woman-concertmaster of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra) and hornist Howard Wall (a New York Philharmonic member, formerly with The Philadelphia Orchestra) offer splendid interpretations.