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SUSANNE MEBES & JOAQUIM FREIRE
GUITARS

ESPAÑA LA MUSA
Music for two guitars Musique pour deux guitares
DOMENICO SCARLATTI 8 Sonatas* K.466, KK.386, K.54, K,184, K.39 & K.27
GIOACCHINO ROSSINI - M. GIULIANI* Ouverture 'Il Barbiere de Sevilla'
ENRIQUE GRANADOS 2 Danzas Españolas (Zambra** & Valenciana*)
ISAAC ALBÉNIZ Aragon* & Castilla**

*transcriptions: S.Mebes/J.Freire
**transcription: M. Llobet

CD: LC 4125-401

CLASSICAL GUITAR (UK)
« A quality release from a world-class alliance »

 

SUSANNE MEBES
GUITAR

MARIO CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO
GUITAR SOLO WORKS OEUVRES POUR GUITARE
Tarantella Variazioni attraverso i secoli Capricho de Goya
Platero y Yo Sonata op. 77 Capriccio Diabolico op. 85

CD: LC 42501cd / MC: LC 42501mc

Fanfare (USA)
«My warmest recommendation»

GUITAR International (GB)
«Sheer joy»

 

JOAQUIM FREIRE
GUITAR

LATIN AMERICAN RECITAL
MANUEL M. PONCE Variations sur «Folía d'España» et Fugue
HEITOR VILLA-LOBOS Five Preludes
ALBERTO GINASTERA Sonata op. 47

CD: LC 42601
MC: LC 42602

GRAMOPHONE
«... Freire's moodily kaleidoscopic performance of this work (Ginastera)
wins the gold... superbly recorded... warmly recommended
...»

 

NICHOLAS DANIEL
OBOE

OBOE ALONE HAUTBOIS SEUL
GEORG PHILIPP TELEMANN 5 Fantasies
RICHARD WAGNER Solo from Tristan
HENRI TOMASI Evocations
PAUL READE Aspects of a Landscape (1981)
(first recording)
HEINZ HOLLIGER Studie über Mehrklänge (1971)
LUCIANO BERIO Sequenza VII (1969)
MICHAEL BERKELEY Snake (1990)
(first recording)

CD: LC 42801

FANFARE (USA)
«... This is a well-recorded and stunningly performed program of quite magical material, and deserves the Want List status

 

SUSANNE MEBES
GUITAR

MANUEL M. PONCE
GUITAR SOLO WORKS OEUVRES POUR GUITARE
Sonata clásica Variations on a Theme of Cabezón
Gigue Two Preludes Sonata III Sonatina meridional
Allegretto vivo (Sonata romantica)

CD: LC 42701

Fono Forum Jahresübersicht
«Die größte Entdeckung unter den Nachwuchskünstlern»

CLASSICAL GUITAR
«There is some wonderfully relaxed, thoughtful, subtle and idiomatic
playing on this very welcome disc by Susanne Mebes ...
Warm and romantic, yet alert to every nuance, this playing breathes the
very spirit of the Mexican composer... exquisite playing
...»

 

EVGENIA-MARIA POPOVA
VIOLIN

EUGÈNE YSAYE
Six Sonates pour Violon Seul op. 27
Six Sonatas for violin solo op. 27

CD: LC 42901

repertoire (France)
«...une interpretation magistrale...»

DIAPASON (France)
**** 4 de 4 Diapasons attribués

 

SUSANNE MEBES
GUITAR

RECITAL CATALAN
Music from Catalonia and Valencia
ISAAC ALBENIZ Capricho Catalan & Cataluña
MIGUEL LLOBET Tres Canciones Populares Catalanas
Scherzo-Vals FEDERICO MOMPOU Cancion
VICENTE ASENCIO The Complete Works for Guitar
(First complete recording)

CD: LC 44201

LUISTER (Netherlands & Belgium)
Selection of the month "10 of 10 "

AMERICAN RECORD GUIDE
«... Mebes is testimony to a new
generation of playing that is reclaiming the guitar's soul. She is not
only the best female guitarist playing today; she is one of the greatest
guitarists to be heard, period.
»

 

NICHOLAS DANIEL OBOE
JULIUS DRAKE PIANO

GERALD FINZI Interlude
PAUL PATTERSON Duologue
HERBERT HOWELLS Oboe Sonata
Three World Première Recordings

CD: LC 44801

GRAMOPHONE
«This is a most interesting and rewarding recital, devoted to English
pieces for oboe and piano that deserve to be better known... Nicholas
Daniel,... together with Julius Drake, plays all three works absolutely
marvellously.
»

 

JOAQUIM FREIRE
GUITAR

BRAZILIAN GUITAR RECITAL
MARLOS NOBRE Reminicências
(world première recording)
Homenagem a Villa-Lobos
HEITOR VILLA-LOBOS 12 Etudes

CD: LC 44601

STEREO REVIEW
«Exquisite performances of a cornerstone of modern guitar music...
Joaquim Freire is an immensely talented Brazilian guitarist who makes
the difficult sound easy and then moves on to make music.
»

 

THE DANIEL TRIO
NICHOLAS DANIEL
OBOE JOY FARRALL CLARINET
JULIUS DRAKE PIANO

GIOACCHINO ROSSINI Le Barbier de Séville, ouverture
JOHN WOOLRICH Favola in Musica (after Monteverdi)
EDUARD LOUIS BERNARD DESTENAY Trio en si mineur op. 27
JOHN LINTON GARDNER Sunrise, Sunset
PAUL GILSON Trio en sol mineur
JOHN LINTON GARDNER Ecossaises
6 World Premiere Recordings

CD: LC 44301

FANFARE (USA)
«...this is ear candy of the nicest kind»

 

MARLOS NOBRE

ORCHESTRAL, VOCAL AND CHAMBER WORKS
In Memoriam Mosaico Convergências Biosfera
O Canto Multiplicado Ukrinmakrinkrin Rhythmetron
Divertimento Concerto Breve Variações Ritmicas
Sonâncias I & III
Marlos Nobre conductor & piano
Maria Lucia Godoy & Amália Bazán soprano
Musica Nova Philharmonia
Musica Nova Ensemble
Luiz de Moura Castro piano
Ensemble à percussion de Genève
Ensemble Bartok

2-CD-set: LC 44100

AMERICAN RECORD GUIDE
«Recommended with Brazilian passion!»

 

Cannes
Classical Award
Winner !

SUSANNE MEBES & JOAQUIM FREIRE
GUITARS

FUGAS Y FANDANGOS
Music for two guitars Musique pour deux guitares
MARIO CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO Les Guitares Bien Temperées op.199 Sonatina
canonica op. 196 Fuga Elegiaca
ENRIQUE GRANADOS Intermedio & Fandango de Candil
(new transcriptions from 'Goyescas')
MANUEL DE FALLA Première Danse Espagnole (from 'La Vie Brève)Danse de
la Meunière (from 'El Sombrero de tres picos')

CD: LC 44401

LUISTER (Netherlands/Belgium)
Mebes and Freire: Two of a kind
«... an interpretation in total unison, perfectly united in timbres...Their pleasure of playing as well as their spirit and clarity makes one remotely think of the famous ad-hoc duo Bream/Williams. A better recommendation is hardly imaginable.»

 

1st Prize Osaka
International
Chamber Music
Competition 1996 !

TRIO LIGETI

IGOR KELLER VIOLIN
SILVIA SIMIONESCU VIOLA
DIANA LIGETI VIOLONCELLO

ERNST VON DOHNANYI (1877-1960)
Serenade op.10 for string trio
MAX REGER (1873-1916)
Trio in a-minor op. 77b
JEAN FRANCAIX (1912-1997)
Trio à cordes

CD: LC 44901