Dóra Kokas, Marianna Shirinyan – Rachmaninov, Shostakovich: Hypnosis (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:08:12 minutes | 1,05 GB | Genre: Classical
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On this exceptional album, Dóra Kokas and Marianna Shirinyan focus on two great masters: Rachmaninov and Shostakovich. The record features their only cello and piano sonatas which have become two of the most significant works in 20th-century cello literature. Additionally, the program closes with a shorter, yet equally charming, lyrical piece by Rachmaninov.
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Marianna Shirinyan, Dominik Wizjan – Rachmaninoff: Suites for 2 Pianos (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 48:07 minutes | 783 MB | Genre: Classical
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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.
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Marianna Shirinyan – Chopin: Ballades & Scherzi (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:20:26 minutes | 1,16 GB | Genre: Classical
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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. The first three of Chopin’s four Scherzos are fiery and dissonant; all four are exceptionally challenging. The Scherzo No. 1 is sometimes dubbed ‘The Infernal Banquet’ owing to its devilish character, which is juxtaposed with a central lullaby based on the Polish carol ‘Sleep, little Jesus’. Schumann regarded Chopin’s Scherzo No. 2 as Byronic in the grandeur of its passion, and the Scherzo No. 3 is also remarkably daring, with an almost Wagnerian chorale. Chopin’s Scherzo No. 4 is the only one in a major key, yet its relatively serene nature, with fluid, whimsical twists and turns, also makes it one of the most demanding to play.
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Elise Caluwaerts & Marianna Shirinyan – Alma – Meine Seele. Complete Songs of Alma Mahler (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 01:05:08 minutes | 2,32 GB | Genre: Classical
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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.
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