PENTATONE June Release: the Turn of the Century in Three-Quarter Time
The second SACD in PENTATONE’s dance music series lets you savour the famously vibrant compositions from the German-speaking countries. These are vigorous performances of famous works and the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande is in top form. The music is familiar, yet there is always room for conductor Kazuki Yamada and the orchestra to approach it with verve.
Baarn, Netherlands, June 05, 2014 --(PR.com)-- The second CD in PENTATONE’s dance music series lets you savour the famously vibrant compositions from the German-speaking countries. Connected by the power of music, inspired by fin de siècle, this SACD glorifies the influential ballet/theatre/opera music from the interwar period.
These are vigorous performances of famous works and the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande is in top form. The music is familiar, yet there is always room for conductor Kazuki Yamada and the orchestra to approach it with verve, inviting listeners to remember what they enjoyed so much about it in the first place. All of it to be experienced in the superior quality of multichannel surround sound recording.
One can say that this music, with its light, elegant and sparkling surface, combined with the melancholic and sometimes even demonic undertone, comprises a genre all by itself. It is a genre that embodied split of the turn of the century, as the end of the 19th century was felt to be a period of demise but at the same time a period of hope for a new beginning. This SACD release is available world-wide as of June 3, 2014.
About Kazuki Yamada
Kazuki Yamada is Principal Guest Conductor of Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, an appointment that followed his sensational debut with the orchestra in June 2010, one of his first appearances in Europe.
Rapidly establishing a name for himself on the international scene, Yamada has made appearances with orchestras such as Orchestre de Paris, Philharmonia Orchestra, WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln, Rundfunk Sinfonieorchester Berlin, St Petersburg Philharmonic, Czech Philharmonic, City of Birmingham Symphony and Gothenburg Symphony. Soloists with whom he is working include Emmanuel Ax, Boris Berezovsky, Gautier Capuçon, Leon Fleischer, Håkan Hardenberger, Nobuko Imai, Daishin Kashimoto, Daniel Müller-Schott, Xavier de Maistre, Steven Osborne, Vadim Repin, Fazil Say, Baiba Skride, Jean-Yves Thibaudet and Daniil Trifonov.
In Japan, he holds the positions of Principal Conductor of Japan Philharmonic, Music Partner with Sendai Philharmonic and Ensemble Orchestral Kanzawa, and Music Director of Yokohama Sinfonietta.
Now resident in Berlin, Yamada was born in Kanagawa, Japan in 1979. He was awarded the Ataka-Prize in 2001 when he graduated from the conducting course at Tokyo National University of Fine Arts & Music. He also studied under Gerhard Markson at the Mozarteum Salzburg in 2002. In 2009, he was the winner of the 51st Besancon International Competition for young conductors, receiving the Audience Award as well as the Grand Prize. In 2011 he received the Idemitsu Music Prize for young artists in Japan.
About Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
Founded in 1918 by Ernest Ansermet, the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande comprises 112 musicians. The orchestra’s activities include subscription concerts in Geneva and Lausanne, and opera performances at the Grand Théâtre de Genève.
Since its inception, the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande has played, and continues to play, an active role in the history of music by discovering and supporting contemporary composers and premiering their works in Geneva (Britten, Debussy, Eötvös, Holliger, Honegger, Jarrell, Martin, Milhaud or Stravinski). The OSR has toured throughout the world, performing in the most highly regarded concert halls and at major festivals in Europe.
The Orchestre de la Suisse Romande is generously supported by the City of Geneva, the République et Canton of Geneva, the Canton of Vaud, the RTS, the Friends of the OSR and many sponsors and benefactors.
About PENTATONE
Founded in 2001 by three former Philips Classics executives, PENTATONE is a Dutch classical music label specialising in high-end, multichannel surround sound recordings.
PENTATONE’s catalogue includes performances by conductors Kent Nagano, Marek Janowski, Sir Neville Marriner, Mikhail Pletnev, Sir Colin Davis, Yakov Kreizberg, Simon Murphy and Lawrence Foster, instrumentalists Julia Fischer, Mari Kodama, Arabella Steinbacher, Nikolai Lugansky, Nareh Arghamanyan, Martin Helmchen, Sa Chen, and orchestras such as the Russian National Orchestra, the Wiener Symphoniker, the Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra, Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, the New Dutch Academy and the Bolshoi Opera.
Contact
Rina Sitorus, PR Manager
rina.sitorus@pentatonemusic.com
+31 35 548 07 29
These are vigorous performances of famous works and the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande is in top form. The music is familiar, yet there is always room for conductor Kazuki Yamada and the orchestra to approach it with verve, inviting listeners to remember what they enjoyed so much about it in the first place. All of it to be experienced in the superior quality of multichannel surround sound recording.
One can say that this music, with its light, elegant and sparkling surface, combined with the melancholic and sometimes even demonic undertone, comprises a genre all by itself. It is a genre that embodied split of the turn of the century, as the end of the 19th century was felt to be a period of demise but at the same time a period of hope for a new beginning. This SACD release is available world-wide as of June 3, 2014.
About Kazuki Yamada
Kazuki Yamada is Principal Guest Conductor of Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, an appointment that followed his sensational debut with the orchestra in June 2010, one of his first appearances in Europe.
Rapidly establishing a name for himself on the international scene, Yamada has made appearances with orchestras such as Orchestre de Paris, Philharmonia Orchestra, WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln, Rundfunk Sinfonieorchester Berlin, St Petersburg Philharmonic, Czech Philharmonic, City of Birmingham Symphony and Gothenburg Symphony. Soloists with whom he is working include Emmanuel Ax, Boris Berezovsky, Gautier Capuçon, Leon Fleischer, Håkan Hardenberger, Nobuko Imai, Daishin Kashimoto, Daniel Müller-Schott, Xavier de Maistre, Steven Osborne, Vadim Repin, Fazil Say, Baiba Skride, Jean-Yves Thibaudet and Daniil Trifonov.
In Japan, he holds the positions of Principal Conductor of Japan Philharmonic, Music Partner with Sendai Philharmonic and Ensemble Orchestral Kanzawa, and Music Director of Yokohama Sinfonietta.
Now resident in Berlin, Yamada was born in Kanagawa, Japan in 1979. He was awarded the Ataka-Prize in 2001 when he graduated from the conducting course at Tokyo National University of Fine Arts & Music. He also studied under Gerhard Markson at the Mozarteum Salzburg in 2002. In 2009, he was the winner of the 51st Besancon International Competition for young conductors, receiving the Audience Award as well as the Grand Prize. In 2011 he received the Idemitsu Music Prize for young artists in Japan.
About Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
Founded in 1918 by Ernest Ansermet, the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande comprises 112 musicians. The orchestra’s activities include subscription concerts in Geneva and Lausanne, and opera performances at the Grand Théâtre de Genève.
Since its inception, the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande has played, and continues to play, an active role in the history of music by discovering and supporting contemporary composers and premiering their works in Geneva (Britten, Debussy, Eötvös, Holliger, Honegger, Jarrell, Martin, Milhaud or Stravinski). The OSR has toured throughout the world, performing in the most highly regarded concert halls and at major festivals in Europe.
The Orchestre de la Suisse Romande is generously supported by the City of Geneva, the République et Canton of Geneva, the Canton of Vaud, the RTS, the Friends of the OSR and many sponsors and benefactors.
About PENTATONE
Founded in 2001 by three former Philips Classics executives, PENTATONE is a Dutch classical music label specialising in high-end, multichannel surround sound recordings.
PENTATONE’s catalogue includes performances by conductors Kent Nagano, Marek Janowski, Sir Neville Marriner, Mikhail Pletnev, Sir Colin Davis, Yakov Kreizberg, Simon Murphy and Lawrence Foster, instrumentalists Julia Fischer, Mari Kodama, Arabella Steinbacher, Nikolai Lugansky, Nareh Arghamanyan, Martin Helmchen, Sa Chen, and orchestras such as the Russian National Orchestra, the Wiener Symphoniker, the Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra, Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, the New Dutch Academy and the Bolshoi Opera.
Contact
Rina Sitorus, PR Manager
rina.sitorus@pentatonemusic.com
+31 35 548 07 29
Contact
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+31 355480720
www.pentatonemusic.com
info@pentatonemusic.com
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+31 355480720
www.pentatonemusic.com
info@pentatonemusic.com
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