Forthcoming Releases and News  SH 352 Gülçin Aslanova plays Schumann and Fikret Amirov
Gülçin Aslanova was born in Baku, Azerbaijan. She studied at the Baku Music Academy with Prof. Farida Kuliyeva, a pupil of Alexander Goldenweiser, and completed postgraduate studies with Prof. Rafik Kuliyev, who trained in Moscow with Abram Shatskes.
 ANN TAYLER plays PIANO SUITES
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.
 Soul Resonance – Playing the Soul
Soul Resonance – Playing the Soul presents a piano recital that explores the inner resonance between musical structure and expressive freedom. The album unfolds from the clarity and balance of Bach’s Prelude and Fugue in C major from The Well-Tempered Clavier to the expansive sonorities of Beethoven’s “Waldstein” Sonata and the dramatic intensity of Liszt’s Mephisto Waltz.
 SHEVA 348 WANDERING Ardens Trio
With the music featured in Wandering, the listener is projected far beyond Beethoven’s conception of the genre – who at the beginning of the 19th century codified its main characteristics, giving it full artistic dignity.
 Violin and piano music Bartholomew Fortino-Shields, violin Chan Mi Jean, piano
Johannes Brahms, Cesar Franck and Gabriel Fauré bring together three of the most beloved works ever written for violin and piano – pieces that continue to captivate listeners with their lyricism, intimacy, and emotional depth.
 SH 346 FRANZ LISZT Ziming Ren Piano
Artist of the World Federation of International Music Competitions (WFIMC) - One of the world's most exceptional musical artists - Signed Artist of the British Classical Music Record Label Sheva - Piano Lecturer at the Tübinger Music School, Baden-Württemberg, Germany -Graduated from the University Mozarteum Salzburg, Austria, and the State University of Music and Performing Arts Stuttgart, Germany.
 SH 345 Inedita Vol 2 ANNA KAKUTIA violin
As different as their life stories were, and as different as their compositional styles developed, Emánuel Moór, Egon Wellesz and Sándor Jemnitz shared a similar cultural background. All three grew up in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Moór and Jemnitz as native Hungarians, Wellesz in Vienna as the son of Hungarian parents. All three had Jewish roots, and all three were influenced as composers primarily by the musical tradition of the German-speaking cultural sphere. Their careers all led them away from their homeland: in Jemnitz's case only temporarily, as he settled permanently in Hungary after extended stays in Germany, and as a traveling Kapellmeister in Bohemia, Ukraine and the Netherlands. Moór also went to distant lands as a young man, first to America, then to England and finally to Switzerland. Wellesz, on the other hand, did not leave Vienna until he was forced to do so by the Nazi persecution of the Jews, and subsequently lived in England until his death.
 PIANO WORKS by ERNEST CHAUSSON - BARRY TAN, piano
Remarked in The Boston Globe for his “mesmerizing performance,” Canadian pianist Barry Tan enjoys a multifaceted career as a soloist, collaborative artist, and educator based in Los Angeles. Barry has performed at notable venues worldwide, including the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts (Vancouver, Canada), Tanglewood Music Center (Massachusetts, USA), Mozarteum (Salzburg, Austria), Banff Centre’s Rolston Recital Hall (Banff, Canada), War Memorial Opera House (San Francisco, USA), Gilles-Lefebvre Concert Hall (Quebec, Canada), Herbert Zipper Concert Hall (Los Angeles, USA), and Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall (New York City, USA). His performances have been broadcast on Michigan’s IPR Radio WIAA 98.7FM from Interlochen’s Studio A, featured performances with the Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra on the Boston Symphony Orchestra’s BSO Now streaming platform, and various collaborative performances at the Colburn School via The Violin Channel.
 L'ARTE DELL'OUVERTURE - Jose Rodolfo Avila Pardo, violino Federico Cirulli, chitarra
Nel cuore del XIX secolo, l’Europa musicale era attraversata da un fervore straordinario per l’opera italiana. Tra tutti i protagonisti, Gioachino Rossini brillava come una vera e propria stella. Le sue ouverture, celebri tanto quanto le opere che introducevano, divennero rapidamente repertorio amatissimo anche al di fuori dei teatri, grazie a trascrizioni e arrangiamenti pensati per la musica da camera e per la dimensione piů intima del salotto.
 MUSIC OF PARADISE - EURASIA CONSORT - Tomoko Sugawara - August Denhard - James Nyoraku Schlefer - Rex Benincasa - gamin
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.
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