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China, a nation with a profound historical legacy, witnessed the flourishing of a remarkable era during the Tang Dynasty (618 - 907). In the domain of music, China's heritage traces back to ancient times. In the Zhou Dynasty (1046 BC - 256 BC), the "Sanfen Sunyi" temperament system came into being, and simultaneously, the musical genres of Yayue (雅楽) and Suyue (俗楽) emerged. Long before the Han Dynasty (202BC - 220 BC), dozens of musical instruments had already been developed, accompanied by a classification system for these instruments.
The opening of the Silk Road was a pivotal moment. It enabled a large number of foreign musicians from South Asia (notably India), West Asia (such as Persia), and Central Asian regions to enter China via the spread of Buddhism. This influx led to a significant transformation in Chinese music. As evident from contemporary literature and Buddhist cave paintings, over the millennium spanning the Han and Tang dynasties, Chinese music grew in scale and complexity. It seamlessly integrated Yayue, Suyue, and Huyue (胡楽 foreign music), with the Tang Dynasty standing as the cultural zenith of this period.
 SCHUBERT Complete Piano Sonatas vol 7 MARCO ALBRIZIO
Marco Albrizio was born in Rome in 1961 and graduated with highest honors from the Conservatory of Santa Cecilia under the guidance of Anna Maria Martinelli. He later studied with Sergio Cafaro. He earned his degree cum laude from the DAMS program at the University of Bologna, with a thesis on Constant Compositional Elements in W.A. Mozart’s Piano Sonatas, which was later published. On this subject, he participated as a speaker at the Second National Conference on Musical Analysis in 2001, and he has given lectures as a Guest Lecturer at Assumption University in Bangkok, as well as seminars and post-graduate Masterclasses at the University of Calabria. He is the head Professor of Piano and Professor of Instrumental Teaching Methodology and Repertoire Analysis at the Conservatory of Perugia. Awarded in various national and international competitions, he performs extensively in Italy and abroad, appearing in recitals, chamber ensembles, and as a soloist with orchestras.
 ANN TAYLER plays ANN TAYLER
Ann Tayler's journey in the world of music began at a young age, marked by her exceptional talent in piano, which earned her recognition with an award in the Ho-Hai-Children Piano Competition. Growing up attending a Catholic girls' school, she deeply appreciated the moral teachings instilled by the church. Throughout her high school and undergraduate years at National Taiwan Normal University, Ann immersed herself in music, playing the violin in the school orchestra and later exploring composition during her studies.
Her passion for music composition blossomed during her sophomore year in college when she had the opportunity to travel to Germany with a professor from the Taiwan Contemporary Music Society to attend the World Contemporary Music Festival. It was there that she was inspired by the diversity of modern music, fueling her desire to delve deeper into composition.
 OTTOCENTO Vol 2 Dimitri Ashkenazy - Jean Paul Greub
The combination of clarinet and guitar is far less common than the more frequently encountered ones of flute-guitar or violin-guitar, even though there are references to it already at the end of the 18th century. Dimitri Ashkenazy and Jean-Paul Greub met in 2001, and parallel to what became an extraordinary friendship they shared an interest in rediscovering their duo's repertoire as well as continuing their search for concert material by commissioning new works. This undertaking led to concerts in Switzerland, Germany and Russia, playing works from three centuries both original and transcribed, many of them premieres.
 SCHUBERT MOMENTS MUSICAUX Marco Albrizio
Franz Schubert contributed significantly to Romanticism by creating works that became a vessel for the most intimate sentiments of the human soul, especially through the use of the aphoristic forms of Romantic pianism, true keys to the compositional experimentation of the time. Among these, the six Moments Musicaux D 780 certainly represent one of the highest points in the expressive condensation process carried out by the Viennese composer, who worked on them repeatedly between 1823 and 1828.
 POLISH PRELUDES and more - EWA SKARDOWSKA, piano
The aim of this CD project was to record and popularize the forgotten piano pieces that were created in just a few years: 1910-1917. Although Debussy's impressionistic Preludes were written at a similar time, the pieces selected for this album are of considerable value. They are a wonderful example of the post-Chopin legacy, presented in three different assumptions. Although all the composers: Jan Skrzydlewski, Jadwiga Sarnecka and Raul Koczalski were excellent pianists, their prelude works showed different features
 Nikolai Medtner - Violin Sonatas
Violinist Keiko Yanagita and Pianist Misako Osada-Holt play Nicolai Medtner's Violin Sonatas No. 1 and 2, which possess a beautiful utopian world. Keiko Yanagita and Misako Osada-Holt met each other during their studies seventeen years ago in Germany. After meeting again in Japan, they were both drawn to its beauty and was excited for its most ambitious technicality.
 PETER SEABOURNE My Song in October
A powerful and wide-ranging disc pairing two autumnal works by British composer Peter Seabourne. The composer’s widely praised “Steps” piano cycle series now runs to ten volumes, almost 200 pieces – surely one of the most significant piano works of our time.
 SCHUBERT Complete Piano Sonatas MARCO ALBRIZIO
MARCO ALBRIZIO was born in Rome in 1961, he graduated with highest marks from the Conservatory of S.Cecilia under the guide of Anna Maria Martinelli and then studied with Sergio Cafaro.
He also graduated cum laude in Musicology at the University of Bologna with a thesis on the "Constant Compositive Elements in Mozart’s Piano Sonatas". On the same topic, he participated as speaker at the II National Conference of Musical Analysis in 2001, Guest Lecturer at the Assumption University of Bangkok and as Professor in post-graduate Masterclasses in Musical Analysis at the University of Calabria.
 ELEGIES and ECHOES -Elizaveta Agrafenina, Dimitri Malignan
Dedicated to bringing back to life the music of lesser-known and unjustifiably forgotten composers who, despite their huge and indisputable talent, are nowadays neglected because of historical and geopolitical reasons that had nothing to do with their musical abilities, Elegies and Echoes presents the works of four composers, born in Eastern Europe and of Jewish descent, who had to endure different shapes of persecution and threats during their lifetimes.
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