GD 277 THE KAPELLE TRIO LIVE IN SOFIA
Johannes BRAHMS - Piano Trio in B major, op. 8
Claude DEBUSSY - Piano Trio in G major
Paul SCHOENFIELD - Cafe Music
Issued: 2002
Style: Classical Music
Company: Gega New, GD277
The Kapelle Trio came to Bulgaria for the first time in 1997. Founded in 1992, it is one of AmericaÂ’s finest chamber ensembles. The musicians are teachers and leading performers and are famous not only in the USA, but also in Europe.
Kevork MARDIROSSIAN (violin) was born in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, and studied violin at the Bulgarian State Conservatory in Sofia. He continued his studies in Brussels with Grumieux and at the Guildhall School of Music in London with Yfrah Neaman. He was a former concertmaster of the Plovdiv Philharmonic and the Baton Rouge Symphony Orchestra. Currently he is Associate Professor of Violin at the Louisiana State University and Chairman of the String Department. Most recently, he performed and gave master courses in Spain, Wales, England – London, the U.S. – San Francisco, and Bulgaria – Sofia.
Lee PHILIPS (piano), a New Orleans native, studied at Louisiana State University and is presently on the faculty of the university. He specialized in Paris with Eric Heidsieck and in London with John Ogdon. He has been winner of many piano competitions in the United States and Europe and has performed in South America (Uruguay and Brazil), Japan, Great Britain, Italy, Bulgaria, Spain, etc.
Felice Magendanz FARRELL (cello) received her early musical training on the piano, violin, and cello with her parents in Utica, New York. She continued her musical studies in Rome, Italy and received her Bachelor and Master Degrees of Music with the Performer’s Certificate at Indiana University. She had performed with the Minnesota Orchestra and later she was solo cellist in the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra. Presently, she teaches at the University of Arkansas of Little Rock and has conducted master classes at Louisiana State University in New York and Indiana University. The present CD features the Kapelle Trio with a recording from their concert at the Sofia Music Weeks Festival in 1997. The program comprises three works for piano trio by Johannes BRAHMS (Piano Trio in B major, op. 8), Claude DEBUSSY (Piano Trio in G major) and Cafe Music by the contemporary American composer Paul SCHOENFIELD – a program, which includes composers of different periods in the development of music.
Contents:
Johannes Brahms
Poano Trio in B major, op.8
• Allegro con brio
• Scherzo
• Adagio
• Allegro
Claude Debussy
Piano Trio in G magor
• Andante con motto. Allegro
• Scherzo - intermezzo, moderato con allegro
• Andante espressivo
• Finale - apassionato
Paul Schoenfield
Cafe Music
• 1st movement
• 2nd movement
• 3rd movement
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