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Andreas Brantelid, Marianna Shirinyan, Vilde Frang - Frederic Chopin: Cello Sonata; Piano Trio; Grand Duo (2010)

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Andreas Brantelid, Marianna Shirinyan, Vilde Frang - Frederic Chopin: Cello Sonata; Piano Trio; Grand Duo (2010)

Frédéric Chopin: Cello Sonata; Piano Trio; Grand Duo (2010)
Andreas Brantelid, cello; Marianna Shirinyan, piano; Vilde Frang, violin

EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 278 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 165 Mb | Scans included
Genre: Classical | Label: EMI Classics | # 50999 6 87742 2 6 | Time: 01:08:44

It is grand to hear novice players so successfully take on three of Chopin's chamber pieces, the Cello Sonata, Piano Trio, and Grand Duo for cello and piano. There have certainly been great recordings of these works in the past – one thinks immediately of those by Mstislav Rostropovich and Jacqueline du Pré – but the energy, enthusiasm, and sincerity that cellist Andreas Brantelid, pianist Marianna Shirinyan, and violinist Vilde Frang bring to this music more than justifies preserving their performances. Brantelid has a big but nuanced tone, an elegant but impressive technique, and an obvious affinity for the music, and he is well-matched by Shirinyan's polished technique and empathic accompaniments and Frang's easy virtuosity and lyrical interpretation. The ensemble is poised but comfortable and the interpretations are cogent and compelling. Captured in close but smooth digital sound, these performances deserve to be heard by anyone who loves this music, or great chamber music playing.

Marianna Shirinyan - Chopin: Ballades & Scherzi (2023)

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Marianna Shirinyan - Chopin: Ballades & Scherzi (2023)

Marianna Shirinyan - Chopin: Ballades & Scherzi (2023)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 236 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 185 Mb | 01:20:26
Classical | Label: Orchid Classics

Renowned Armenian-born pianist Marianna Shirinyan performs some of Chopin’s most fascinating and fiendish pieces: the four Ballades and four Scherzos. Chopin coined the term ‘ballade’, harking back to medieval minstrels singing poetic ballads. His four Ballades are quite different in character, but share a sense of Romantic story-telling in their dramatic contrasts and virtuoso display.

Elise Caluwaerts & Marianna Shirinyan - Alma: Meine Seele. Complete Songs of Alma Mahler (2023)

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Elise Caluwaerts & Marianna Shirinyan - Alma: Meine Seele. Complete Songs of Alma Mahler (2023)

Elise Caluwaerts & Marianna Shirinyan - Alma: Meine Seele. Complete Songs of Alma Mahler (2023)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 258 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 150 Mb | Digital booklet | 01:05:08
Classical, Vocal | Label: Fuga Libera, Outhere Music

Mostly written in her youth, Alma Mahler’s Lieder are rarely performed, yet each one is a musical gem that forms an important part of the Romantic song repertoire. This album is the first recording that includes all 17 of her songs. Like her personality, Alma’s songs are mysterious, complex and profound and take the listener on a kaleidoscopic voyage where different layers in text and music can simultaneously express blistering religious sentiments, overwhelming eroticism and profound tenderness. With a rich and velvety sound Elise Caluwaerts reveals the full depths of this music: refined details are portrayed with appealing intimacy, exuberant, roller coaster-like chromatic lines are savoured, and text is interpreted with mouth-watering expertise. She is joined on this symbiotic journey by star pianist Marianna Shirinyan who performs on a Steinway from 1899 that exactly mirrors the colourful and warm piano sound that Alma had in mind when composing these beautiful songs.

Marianna Shirinyan & Dominik Wizjan - Rachmaninoff: Suites for 2 Pianos (2022)

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Marianna Shirinyan & Dominik Wizjan - Rachmaninoff: Suites for 2 Pianos (2022)

Marianna Shirinyan & Dominik Wizjan - Rachmaninoff: Suites for 2 Pianos (2022)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 146 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 113 Mb | Digital booklet | 00:48:07
Classical | Label: Orchid Classics

Armenian-born pianist Marianna Shirinyan and Polish pianist Dominik Wizjan began their collaboration at the Royal Danish Academy of Music in Copenhagen, where Shirinyan is a professor. On this Orchid Classics release they play both Suites for Two Pianos by Rachmaninov – works that are relatively rarely heard compared with much of the composer’s output, yet which reveal much about the evolution of his style. The Suite No.1 for two pianos, ‘Fantaisie-Tableaux’, was composed when Rachmaninov was only 20 and is unusual in his output for its programmatic movements, each one inspired by a poem and already exhibiting his characteristic virtuosity and aching expressivity. The Suite No. 2 was written seven years later in the wake of Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No. 2; he was at the peak of his powers, resulting in music that is both staggeringly demanding to play and bewitching to hear.