Various - Ballade [CD]

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BALLADE is a dual purpose word meaning either a dance tune or popular song. In this collection of some of the beautiful moments in classical music, we find relaxation and time to dream. It is compiled from the extensive Naxos catalogue of compact discs, performed by the world's outstanding artists… Jean Sibelius has become the famous composer in the history of Finnish music, yet only when he failed in his quest to become a violinist, did he turn to composition. He immersed himself in folk-music and Finnish history, his early compositions drawing inspiration from both sources. But Finland was not yet ready for his music, though in 1893 the incidental music to the stage play, Karelia, did gain some critical acclaim, and encouraged him to make a three movement suite, a moment of repose reached in the sumptuous central movement, Ballade.Without a constant injection of adulation, Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky, fell into periods of depression. It was left to a woman, whom he never met, to supply both money and letters of encouragement to keep him composing. From a man of such turbulent emotions came the greatest works of nineteenth century Russia. His dream was to be a great opera composer, but that largely eluded him, and his name first became known around the world by short salon pieces played on the family piano. Among the best loved was the melodies of Chants sans paroles (Songs without Words).Born in 1685, Johann Sebastian Bach was part of a large family of musicians who worked in Germany for over two hundred years, and he became the most famous of them. His massive output included the Six Brandenburg Concertos, dedicated to Christian Ludwig, Margrave of Brandenburg. Each concerto features one or more members of the orchestra as soloist, the fourth giving the violin the solo spot. Probably written in 1720, one of its many attractions is the gentle Andante.With the temptation of a $15,000 annual salary, Antonín Dvorák accepted the directorship of New York's National Conservatory of Music in 1892. He hated leaving his native Bohemia, but when he arrived in New York he threw himself into the task of assimilating everything American. Between January and May 1893 he composed a new symphony with the title, From the New World, and though it is typical of the composer's style, he introduced a Negro Spiritual in the haunting Largo, the melody we know as Swing low, sweet chariot.Womaniser, romantic, extrovert and musical genius, Franz Liszt was born in Hungary in 1811, and became the greatest virtuoso pianist of his time. He travelled throughout Europe stunning audiences with his playing, and composed a vast amount of music to demonstrate his brilliance at the keyboard. The First Piano Concerto bristles with spine-tingling excitement, and the slow central Quasi adagio contains one of the great romantic melodies. Many classical composers are remembered by music they considered less

Ballade - Kenneth Schermerhorn

Song Without Words In F Major - Balazs Szokolay

Andante - Capella Istropolitana

Largo - Ondrej Lenard

Quasi Adagio - Joseph Banowetz

Andante Sostenuto - Peter Nagy

Notturno - Richard Edlinger

Siciliano - Capella Istropolitana

Melody - Takako Nishizaki

Adagio - Ludovit Kanta

Air A L'italienne - Capella Istropolitana

Liebestraum (Dream Of Love) No. 3 - Balazs Szokolay

Adagio - Ondrej Lenard