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Reprinted from Yarlung Records
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GRAMMY® Award winning Yarlung Records brings fresh
musicians to the classical music world using minimalist
audiophile recording techniques to deliver sound as
close to living performance as possible Rather than
using recording studios, engineer Bob Attiyeh produces
these albums in concert halls famous for their
acoustics, including Walt Disney Concert Hall and
Ambassador Hall in Los Angeles Yarlung uses both analog
tape and high resolution digital media for CDs made with
special alloys, high resolution digital downloads, and
180 Gram vinyl LPs, mastered by Steve Hoffman
Yarlung repertoire ranges from the 11th century through
the Baroque, Classical and Romantic eras, with a special
focus on new music from the 20th and 21st centuries
Artists include top soloists as well as superstar young
musicians at the beginnings of their international
concert careers Yarlung brings artists into your living
room; you can hear their music, their breathing, and
almost their heartbeats |
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Petteri Iivonen
Art of the Sonata |
Ciaramella: Music from the
Court of Burgundy |
Martin Chalifour and the
Los Angeles Philharmonic
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Martin Chalifour
in Walt Disney Concert Hall |
Inner World
Music by David S Lefkowitz |
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A Tribute to Pierre Fournier
John Walz |
David Howard
clarinet |
Orion Weiss
solo piano |
Elinor Frey & David Fung
Dialogues for 'cello and piano |
Joanne Pearce Martin
Barefoot |
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David Fung
The Piano: A Journey |
Janaki String Trio
debut |
David Fung
The Piano: A Journey |
Antonio Lysy at The Broad
Music from Argentina |
Ryan McCullough
in Concert |
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Ciaramella Volume 2
(coming soon) |
The Art of the Violin
Petteri Iivonen |
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Thanks to the generosity of our friend
and benefactor Ann Moore Mulally, Yarlung Records brings you the
long anticipated second recording featuring Finnish violinist
Petteri Iivonen and Canadian master pianist Kevin Fitz-Gerald
The album includes Bach's G Minor sonata for solo violin, the
Cesar Franck sonata for violin and piano in A Major, Miniature
VIII, a gem for solo violin by David S Lefkowitz, and the
titanic Brahms Sonata No 3 in D Minor for violin and piano
Revel in this journey
Petteri was born in 1987, and began to study the violin at the
Helsinki Conservatory when he was four years old Petteri also
studied the piano as a student and remains an accomplished
pianist Since 1997, Petteri’s principal teachers have been
Tuomas Haapanen and Hagai Shaham Iivonen has performed with
Paul Neubauer and David Grossman of the New York Philharmonic,
and raised money for the Los Angeles Philharmonic in a special
Choral room benefit at Walt Disney Concert Hall Petteri was
invited to perform with pianist Ryan MacEvoy McCullough to open
The Broad Stage in Santa Monica in 2008 Iivonen performed the
Tchaikovsky violin concerto under the baton of Zubin Mehta in
2010, and toured South America with Mehta the following year
While much of Petteri’s playing is exceptionally beautiful, he
never tries to make the sound "pretty," I have heard very few
violinist’s with Petteri’s ability to control color and timbre,
and even fewer who use this ability for such musical and
appropriate ends Petteri plays a Ferdinandus Gagliano violin,
built in 1767, kindly loaned to him by OKO Bank Art Foundation
Kevin plays New York Steinway serial number 567908 |
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The fifteenth-century Valois Dukes of Burgundy forged and lost a
powerful kingdom (in all but name) that included a wealthy duchy
famous for its wine, and much of the Low Countries, including
modern Belgium, Holland, and parts of Northern France
Burgundy has come to embody a time of ruthless intrigue, lavish
wealth, and an uncompromising love of beauty and ornament Some
of its greatest treasures lay in its musicians: its singers,
composers and minstrels
Adam Knight Gilbert
Ciaramella plays brilliantly on shawms, sackbuts, bagpipes and
recorders — this is some of the best Renaissance wind playing in
the world Their new recording includes old favorites like
Josquin’s “La Spagna,” along with some brand new 15th-century
style improvisations for wind band by Adam Gilbert The music is
sometimes raucous, sometimes sweet, but always compelling
Maria Coldwell, Early Music America
From their smooth conjuring of the sound of solemn grandeur to
their obvious ease with the most wildly virtuosic compositional
and improvisational techniques of the day, the members of
Ciaramella are masters of 15th-century Burgundian music,
earthly, earthy, and divine
Marsha Genensky, Anonymous 4
Ciaramella offers us Burgundian music both transcendent and
baudy This confluence of spiritual and sexual imagery intrigues
the modern listener just as it did fifteenth-century audiences,
and informs the rich layers of meaning inherent in the
interwoven melodies of the polyphony
Bob Attiyeh, producer |
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Sir Neville Marriner and the Los Angeles Philharmonic perform
Mozart’s Violin Concerto No 5 with soloist Martin Chalifour in
magnificent Walt Disney Concert Hall Andrey Boreyko conducts
the orchestra and Chalifour in Lutoslawski’s violin concerto
Chain 2 This album also includes the world premiere recording
of Steven Stucky’s Tres Pinturas, and Esa Pekka Salonen’s now
iconic Lachen verlernt
Working in Walt Disney Concert Hall is a recording engineer’s
dream, with excellent acoustics thanks to Yasuhisa Toyota And
thanks to architect Frank Gehry, the hall is an inspiring and
beautiful place to work Our friends Jerry and Terri Kohl once
again allowed us to use their magnificent golden period
Stradivarius for this recording Martin plays this legendary
Nathan Milstein Strad (the “ex Goldmann” from 1716) with Sir
Neville Marriner in the Mozart Violin Concerto No 5 Thank you
Jerry and Terri, for making this violin available to your friend
Martin, and for being so generous to us at Yarlung Records In
talking about this instrument with me, Martin said “I ended up
choosing several violins for this recording because of the way
they made me feel The Milstein Stradivarius of 1716 had the
nobility and steady luster of sound needed in the "old world"
works… A sort of smoky color that is rich and mysterious… This
is one of the greatest string instruments on earth and I feel
privileged to play it”
Martin chose the famous 1729 “Joachim,” or “Petschnikoff” or
“Jack Benny” Strad owned by the Los Angeles Philharmonic for the
premiere Green Umbrella performance of Lachen verlernt And
Martin played his Miralles (made for Martin in 2007) in Tres
Pinturas Brenda and Mario Miralles have been friends of
Martin’s (and mine) for many years, and they make some of the
finest contemporary violins, violas and ‘cellos in the world
Many extraordinary Miralles instruments sing alongside the
Strads, Guarneris and Amatis in the Los Angeles Philharmonic and
Los Angeles Chamber Orchestras Martin wrote “My Miralles violin
is to this day the most comfortable violin I have ever played
It was made just for me and I am so proud of it (and him!) I
will never part with it”
Martin and I especially want to thank Jerry and Terri Kohl,
Michelle Rohe, Marilyn and Don Conlan, and Bruce and Marty
Coffey, all good friends, who made it possible to release this
album
-- Bob Attiyeh, producer |
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Many violinists, myself included, perform the Poulenc sonata for
violin However I have long wanted to introduce the magnificent
Poulenc Flute Sonata into the string repertoire The idea first
came to me when I heard the slow movement in concert and
imagined the violin being able to slide and have a gutsier sound
in the lower register In my arrangement of the sonata I add
double stops, pizzicati, and transpositions to lower registers
in areas where the flute has less power than a bowed instrument
In the Cantilena I take it further and tune the violin’s G
string a half step lower, giving the violin a deeper resonance
throughout the key of B-Flat Minor
Martin Chalifour
Within the first few bars of Chalifour’s violin transcription of
Poulenc’s flute sonata performed on a 1716 Stradivarius once
owned by Nathan Milstein, you’ll know you’re in one of the
world’s finest sounding concert halls Both Mr Chalifour’s
violin and Joanne Pearce Martin’s piano come through with
uncanny timbral accuracy, textural clarity and three-dimensional
focus and palpability The presence of a large, open, delicately
reverberant space behind the musicians can be both heard and
felt on this acoustically transparent recording
Michael Fremer, Stereophile and musicanglecom |
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Music originates in the “inner world” of the composer Great
music emanates from this private psychic space within the
composer, and inspires us to explore our own inner worlds, if we
let it
As it is with poets, painters and sculptors, so it is for
composers: their inner worlds erupt in an outpouring of what we
call “art” to be shared by audiences, readers, gallery and
museum-goers in so special a way that it can feel spiritual
Martin Perlich
Inner World is our first Yarlung Records album dedicated to one
composer's music Before the album's release, I played two
minutes of Deep Dreams, the first track on this album, at the
summer Los Angeles and Orange County Audio Society meeting in
2008 where I was asked to do a presentation Robert Levi, the
society's president, leapt out of his chair and asked “What is
that?” And “When can I have a copy?” I handed him my demo track
I hope you enjoy this music as much as Mr Levi did
Bob Attiyeh, producer |
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John Walz possesses not only musicianship;
he also possesses showmanship He plays the cello with a… flair
that is hard to match, and that remains his legacy when the
concert is over…
Walz imposes his presence There is something romantic about
him… He has a fine lyrical sense, balancing shading with
warmth And he has a fine dramatic sense, marking contrast and
dynamic changes with a skill that shows a knowledge of the
piece’s structure
Jean-Pierre Barricelli, Press Enterprise
…the pianist Edith Orloff, the cellist John Walz… play with
warmth, expertise and unanimity Tim Page, New York Times
His radiant, full tone and flawless technique were matched by an
extraordinary degree of expressivity [Walz] savored every note
and every phrase, but his playing never lost its momentum and
sense of purpose Terry McQuilkin, Los Angeles Times |
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Midway in an all-Brahms chamber concert by
Philharmonic members came the Clarinet Quintet, a late work not
often heard, music of lavender and deep purple, shot through
with burnished-bronze outcries from the solo wind player…
…waves of deep, penetrating beauty Midway in the slow movement
David Howard's solo clarinet unwound its slithering melodic line
across the musical spectrum; the strings answered with
passionate shivers, and their moonstruck conversation continues
to echo in my skull days later That's Brahms Alan Rich
David plays nickel-plated Buffet R13
clarinets For our recording he used a Vandoren B40 mouthpiece,
Vandoren traditional number 3 reeds, and a Rovner dark ligature
For the works by Steve Stucky and Esa-Pekka Salonen which we
recorded in Zipper Hall at Colburn School, Vicki Ray plays
Steinway Concer & Artists piano number 599 made in New York For
the trio by Galina Ustvolskaya, Vicki plays New York Steinway
562930, chosen for the opening of Walt Disney Concert Hall with
the help of Hélène Grimaud Violinist Johnny Lee plays an
instrument made in 1807 by Pirot In the Brahms quintet, first
violinist Lyndon Taylor plays the Perkins Stradivarius from
1708, Kristine Hedwall plays a Carletti violin made in 1941,
John Hayhurst plays a Sgarabotto viola from 1908, and ‘cellist
Gloria Lum plays a Vincenzo Postiglione, built in 1877 |
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Scriabin's fiery fifth sonata showcases Orion's dynamism and
delicacy as well as his ability to produce a breathtakingly
broad range of warm, mid-keyboard colors contained within this
impressionistic piece that ends as furiously (and explosively)
as it begins
…the recording compellingly communicates every deft keyboard
stroke of a young virtuoso…
if your system can handle the piano's prodigious low
frequency energy and intense dynamics, you will be presented
with a realistic rendering of a piano in all of its sonic and
physical glory
Michael Fremer, Stereophile
“Weiss’ phrases had more happening in them than other pianists
do in an entire piece He showed color and sensitivity, clarity
and evenness of technique, and a dynamic level that was more the
range found on a fortepiano”
Geraldine Freedman, The Daily Gazette
Orion Weiss combines exacting perfectionism with genuine
affability and Midwestern charm Orion offers high voltage
electricity as a performer, linked with intellectual and musical
maturity as a poet at the keyboard In his writing Michael
Fremer compares Orion Weiss to Gustavo Dudamel Indeed we are
fortunate; this appears to be the beginning of another musical
golden era, in which young and extremely talented musicians
enrich our enjoyment of the nuances in concert music by bringing
fresh vitality to seasoned masterpieces and new compositions
alike
Bob Attiyeh, producer |
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“a superb cellist”
Syracuse Post Standard
"Impeccable American cellist"
La Presse
"…David Fung performed strongly, showing off velocity, volume,
stamina and a wide range of color and mood"
Wayne Lee Gay, The Star Telegram, Fort Worth, Texas
Elinor Frey plays a 1962 Mario Gadda Italian ‘cello from Mantua
She uses a baroque bow (made by Louis Bégin in Montreal) for
Bach’s ‘cello suite and for Amour et Biauté Parfaite
There are no equalization adjustments on this album We made all
“EQ adjustments” with microphone placement at the start It is
always our goal to record this way: we succeeded similarly with
David Fung’s Evening Conversations, and also with Orion, Joanne
Pearce Martin: Barefoot, and Ryan MacEvoy McCullough in Concert
Thanks to our friend and supporter Jon Fisher, Gearworks Pro
Audio gave us the use of an Austrian AKG C-24 stereo microphone,
one of the few still using the original brass surround CK12 tube
in excellent condition For this recording we used
Yarlung-Records-designed interconnects with a flat silver ribbon
suspended in air for the dialectric, customized vacuum tube
preamplifiers, and recorded directly to two tracks without a
mixer
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Joanne’s album takes us from the fiery brilliance of the coda of
the G Minor Ballade to the pristine airiness of the opening of
Mozart’s Sonata, K 332 This magical transition feels like the
pianist invites us into a warm haven after rescuing us from the
thunder and lightning of a raging storm… Meyer Kupferman’s
…Distances, full of deliciously altered chords, alternates
between moody and placid with but one tiny outburst The two
Nocturnes on Joanne’s program occupy a special place in
pianists’ hearts The E-Flat, Op 9, No2 may be the most
familiar to us, but that doesn’t detract from its simple
attractiveness The less familiar D-Flat Nocturne, Op 27, No 2
captures titular moonlight, and gripping tension which Chopin
creates through harmonic means and the beauty of his gorgeous
ornamentation This one is a true gem
Orrin Howard
Joanne Pearce Martin serves as principal keyboardist for the Los
Angeles Philharmonic and plays regularly as guest soloist with
many orchestras in the United States and Europe Joanne
performed John Adams’ China Gates in a Los Angeles Philharmonic
Green Umbrella concert celebrating the composer’s 60th birthday
It was this performance, and her collaboration with Jeffrey
Kahane and the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra in Mozart’s
Concerto for 2 Pianos in E-Flat Major that gave me the idea for
this album We recorded Orion and Joanne Pearce Martin: Barefoot
with the same piano, same hall, and same equipment setup Orion
and Joanne, both virtuosic titans of the keyboard, sound very
different in these recordings Recording them as we did should
enable you to enjoy them as distinct individuals with unique
messages, colors and musical voices
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"The surprise for the evening was David Fung From the very
first moment, he demonstrated a marvelous temperament Fung told
an interesting and fascinating story throughout all three
movements, which was full of colors and nuancesHe was a hit!"
Ora Binur, MAARIV Israel Philharmonic, Mozart Concerto No 25 in
C Major
"He did not only dazzle the crowd with his virtuosity … but did
not fail to move the audience with his excitement, and lyrical
warmth"
Ursula Augustin, Kreis Cochem-Zell, Koblenz, Germany
The eighteenth-century…was an age of conversation And music,
modeled on this principal pastime, was a medium for wit,
sentiment, and rhetorical flourish Mozart's Fantasy and
Scarlatti's sonatas, which bracket this recital by David Fung,
remind us why the keyboard was considered such an ideal vehicle
for a composer's flights of fancy
…Like Schumann and Scarlatti, Chopin, Mozart, and Rachmaninov
before him, Tan Dun was learning to master the secret of the
miniature - a compositional form he has likened both to zen
calligraphy and to the watercolor: "capturing essences with the
minimum of gesture" This is a fitting epigraph for this
collection of short pieces, jewels of the composer's craft and
worthy tests of a performer's taste and skill
Christopher Hailey, Institute of Advanced Study, Princeton, New
Jersey
It is always rewarding to work with an artist like David, whose
musical interpretations are rich and fresh without being
eccentric, and always completely sincere Bob Attiyeh, producer |
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Janaki String Trio brings together three friends and virtuoso
musicians whose passion and commitment captivate their audiences
as they tackle their music with freshness, energy and maturity
Founded at The Colburn School of Music in Los Angeles in early
2005, the group soon won the 59th Annual Coleman Chamber Music
Competition, and in March 2006, the threesome came to national
attention as the first string trio ever to win the Concert
Artists Guild International Competition The Trio also garnered
the inaugural BMI Foundation Commission Prize
The Janaki Trio was selected to participate in Canada's Banff
Music Festival in June 2006 This honor follows an exciting
2005-06 season, highlighted by performances on such series as
Sundays Live at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Lagerstrom
Chamber Music at Caltech, South Bay Chamber Music Society and
the Music Guild Chamber Music Series Janaki Trio made its New
York recital debut in Carnegie Hall's Weill Recital Hall in
January 2007 |
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Yarlung Records recorded this American Debut Album for pianist
David Fung in advance of his 2005 world concert tour Following
his celebrated concerts with the Sydney and Melbourne Symphony
Orchestras, David won the International Klaviersommer Festival
Competition in Germany in 2004 And after also capturing the
festival's People's Choice Award, David quickly became a young
artist in demand around the world
We recorded this album on June 27th and 28th, 2005 in Herbert
Zipper Hall in the Colburn School of Performing Arts in Los
Angeles David started with the Liszt B-Minor Sonata, and played
it straight through in one take
In his own words, David Fung describes his intention with A
Journey from Hubris to Humility: "When making this recording, we
wanted to give the listener the experience of a concert
performance in a great concert hall, not the surgical
"in-your-face" sound one hears so often in new recordings I
hope you feel like you are sitting in the tenth row of
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“I LIKE IT A LOT It’s definitely dirty enough, especially as it
gets into the tough tango section It's a beautiful
interpretation Carlos Gardel, the mythical tango singer, was
young, handsome, and at the pinnacle of his popularity when the
plane that was carrying him to a concert crashed and he died in
1935 Omaramor is a fantasy on 'My Beloved Buenos Aires' ” by
Gardel
Osvaldo Golijov
There it was: a fresh and exhilarating arrangement of
Piazzolla's
Le Grand Tango for strings and piano obbligato “to keep the
colors and authentic nature of this work alive” What a
treasure, and what an unexpected gift! My personal interest in
this music emanates from my heritage: my father Alberto, to whom
I lovingly and respectfully dedicate this album, was born in
Argentina and returned there frequently throughout his
distinguished career as a concert violinist and pedagogue
Antonio Lysy
We commissioned famed Argentine composer Lalo Schifrin to write
Pampas for this recording The work evokes the rich grasslands
stretching from Buenos Aires to Patagonia Schifrin writes “The
first theme is distant and evocative which leads to a
contrasting section of rhythmic energy This work was
commissioned by violoncello Master Antonio Lysy for which I’m
very grateful”
Lalo Schifrin
Antonio Lysy captures the cultural range of this country in our
recording He chose these particular works because they all draw
inspiration from the folk music traditions of Argentina This
album highlights the ‘cello as a solo instrument and illustrates
the impact of pre-Hispanic Amerindian traditions and Spanish
based Creole influences as well as the effect of more modern
musical developments like the tango on Argentine composers
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2008 has been busy for Ryan In the aftermath of Ryan’s
successful Beethoven Piano Concerto No 4 in Ambassador Hall,
and right before beginning orchestra rehearsals for the
Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No 2, he gave an intimate recital
for a few friends at Colburn School in Los Angeles Yarlung
Records was privileged to record this repertoire Ryan’s opening
track, Debussy’s rain-scented Jardins sous la Pluie, set the
tone for the concert This was a recital conceived by a
conductor, not just a pianist Yes, one can feel the refreshing
as well as violent aspects of nature in this piece, but one can
also hear the forces of an orchestra coming through Ryan’s
approach to his instrument Ryan focuses on the over-arching
musical architecture of the works on this program and
deemphasizes ornaments that show off virtuosity
I spoke with Jeffrey Kahane shortly before Ryan’s performance of
the Beethoven Fourth Ryan had asked Jeff to listen to his
approach before the concert Jeff told me he was deeply moved,
and wrote later “I was enormously impressed and genuinely
touched by the depth of Ryan McCullough’s musicianship, the
authenticity and sincerity of his musical voice and his
burgeoning mastery of his chosen instrument”
Whether Ryan remains a concert pianist or also becomes a
conductor, I suspect this approach to his music will remain with
him always Ryan’s concert takes us on a journey from outer
landscapes (literally with the Debussy) to inner landscapes and
the most private parts of the soul, in Beethoven sonata opus 101
and Schubert’s F Minor impromptu
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