IDAGIO | Journey to the Orient - Music for Flute and Guitar, Gymnopédie • Csárdás • Haiku 8007144080464

Featuring

Silvia Schiaffino
Renato Procopio
Enrique Granados
Erik Satie
Vittorio Monti
Pierre-Octave Ferroud

Antonín Dvořák
Béla Bartók
Frédéric Chopin
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Dmitri Shostakovich
Yuquijiro Yocoh

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Composer Biography

Enrique Granados, a talented Spanish pianist and composer, died in 1916 when the ship Sussex sank while he was returning from a successful US tour for his opera Goyescas.

Composer Biography

Béla Bartók, a Hungarian composer, was known for his keen scholarship of folk traditions, not only from his own country but also from neighboring lands.

Interpretation

This album primarily features arrangements for flute and guitar of works originally written for other instruments.

Recording & Production

Renato Procopio, a guitarist on this album, drew inspiration from the Japanese poetic form Haiku for his original compositions featured here.

Cultural Impact

Dmitri Shostakovich's Waltz No. 2 was made famous by Stanley Kubrick, who used it in the soundtrack of his 1999 film "Eyes Wide Shut."

Cultural Impact

Vittorio Monti's Csárdás, written in 1904, quickly became his most famous piece and entered the repertoire of all gypsy instrumental ensembles.

Album & Artwork

The album's title, "Journey to the Orient," reflects a desire to present music from Eastern Europe and Asia as a counterpoint to current sounds of division and discord from the region.