(2015) A Russian Album, Duo Zappa-Mainolfi, Cello & Piano Joaquín Turina Hans Werner Henze

Hans Werner Henze

These are early works by the German composer

sextet and octet

As the holidays draw near it is time for Claves Records to put on its Saint Nicolas costume

Vargas’ personal selection of favorites was arranged by Paul Angerer especially for the gifted tenor

(2015) A Russian Album, Duo Zappa-Mainolfi, Cello & Piano Joaquín Turina Hans Werner HenzeThe three Russian cello sonatas on this CD offer three strikingly different takes on the genre all, however, stemming from the tradition of what can be called Soviet neoclassicism. Shostakovichs Cello Sonata in d minor, op. 40 (1934) was in one of the first expressions of this trend. Shostakovich bows to papa Haydn more than once in the traditional four movement cycle comprised of a sonata Allegro, a happy go lucky Scherzo, a meditative Largo and a