Enescu, Constantinescu, Schubert & Bartók: Romanian Rhapsody
3/11/2011, 12 Tracks, 1:12:33
Featuring
Mihaela Ursuleasa
Gilles Apap
George Enescu
Paul Constantinescu
Franz Schubert
Béla Bartók
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Performer Biography
Mihaela Ursuleasa's debut solo album, 'Piano & Forte', received the ECHO Klassik award in 2010 for 'Solo Recording of the Year' in the 19th-century piano category.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Mihaela Ursuleasa believes that art music would not exist without folk music, considering folk music the intuitive impulse for making music.
Performer Biography
Gilles Apap's talent was recognized by Yehudi Menuhin after Apap won the Contemporary Music prize at the International Menuhin Competition in 1985.
Recording & Production
This album is a co-production with Deutschlandfunk, a German public radio broadcaster, and was recorded in their Chamber Music Hall from June 26-30, 2010.
Performer Biography
Violinist Gilles Apap was called 'the exemplary Violinist of the twenty-first century' by Yehudi Menuhin, a renowned violinist and conductor.
Performer Biography
Pianist Mihaela Ursuleasa, born in Brasov, Romania in 1978, began her career as a child and later won the prestigious Clara Haskil Competition in 1995.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Pianist Mihaela Ursuleasa chose the pieces on this album to reflect her musical upbringing, which included both folk music and classical music.
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