Double CD
Kuressaare Chamber Music Days 10
Highlights
During the ten years of the Kuressaare Chamber Music Days we have heard hundreds of hours of wonderful music and many excellent musicians from Estonia and abroad. Our audience will remember moments when they became part of music - we have admired and enjoyed, experienced the greatness of music.
Music is an abstract form of art that only lasts a moment. A listener will leave with an emotion that unfortunately fades in time. Recordings of the Kuressaare Chamber Music Days´ most beautiful moments will give us an opportunity to enjoy these emotions outside the festivals that have taken place and bring these moments to people who could not visit our festivals.
I was pleasantly surprised to discover how many outstanding musicians have performed in Kuressaare, many more than these CDs can hold. Despite the time limit the double CD of the Kuressaare Chamber Music Days is interesting and offers a rich variety of music and performers. A colourful mosaic of different cultures and authenticity of live-recordings make this compilation invaluable.
Enjoy the music!
Andres Paas, the founder and artistic director of the festival
CD I
1
Quatuor Parisii (France): Arnaud Vallin (violin), Jean-Michel Berrette (violin), Dominique Lobet (viola), Jean-Philippe Martignoni (cello)
Maurice Ravel - String Quartet in F major (II Assez vif - tres rythmé)
(August 10, 2002; Kuressaare Cultural Centre)
2-5
Ülo Kaadu (violin) & Tiit Peterson (guitar)
Pietro Locatelli - Sonata in G major
(August 13, 1998; Kuressaare Castle)
6
Tanel Joamets (piano), Lasse Joamets (violin), Taru Lehto (viola, Finland), Kristina Blaumane (cello, Latvia)
Johannes Brahms - Piano Quartet No. 3 in C minor, Op. 60 (III Andante)
(August 10, 1999; Kuressaare Music School)
7-9
Martin Kasík (piano, Czech Republic)
Bohuslav Martinů - "Three Czech Dances"
(August 12, 2004; Kuressaare Cultural Centre)
10-14
Villu Valdmaa (baritone) & Andres Paas (piano)
Sergey Rakhmaninov - "Morning", "Do not sing, my beauty", "Dream", "In love long ago", "I was with her"
(August 14, 1998; Kuressaare Music School)
15
Moscow-Milan Piano Trio: Luca Schiepatti (piano, Italy), Alexandr Trostyanski (violin, Russia), Rustam Komachkov (cello, Russia)
Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy - Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 49 (I Molto allegro ed agitato)
(August 10, 2001; Kuressaare Music School)
16-18
Trio Mediaeval (Norway): Anna Maria Friman, Linn Andrea Fuglseth, Torunn Ostrem Ossum (sopranos)
Piers Hellawell - "True Beautie", "Emerodde"
"Benedicta es, celorum regina"
Lill-Björn Nilsson - "This is the Land"
(August 8, 2003; Kuressaare Castle)
19
New Baltic Trio: Andres Paas (piano), Marcis Kulis (clarinet, Latvia), Vytautas Sondeckis (cello, Lithuania-Germany)
Johannes Brahms - Trio in A minor, Op. 114 (I Allegro)
(August 6, 2002; Kuressaare Cultural Centre)
Recording Engineers: Jaan Tsadurjan (1,19) Maris Laanemets (26, 1015), Maido Maadik (79, 1618)
CD II
1
Bartok Quartet (Hungary): Peter Komlos (violin), Geza Hargitai (violin), Geza Nemeth (viola), Laszló Mezö (cello)
Franz Joseph Haydn - String Quartet in G major, Op. 77 No. 1 (I Allegro moderato)
(August 11, 2001; Kuressaare Music School)
2
Vestard Shimkus (piano, Latvia)
Sergey Rakhmaninov - Sonata No. 2 in B flat minor, Op. 36 (I Allegro agitato)
(August 8, 2003; Kuressaare Cultural Centre)
3-5
Jean Delescluse (tenor, France) & David Selig (piano, France)
Gabriel Fauré - "Notre amour", "Fleur jetée", "Chanson du pecheur"
(August 8, 2001; Kuressaare Music School)
6
Trio Elegiaque (Poland-Switzerland): Justyna Danczowska (piano), Lech Antonio Uszynski (violin), Sebastian Uszynski (cello)
Dmitry Shostakovich - Piano Trio No. 2 in E minor, Op. 76 (IV Allegretto)
(August 7, 2003; Kuressaare Cultural Centre)
7-9
Alexandre Tharaud (piano, France)
Jean-Philippe Rameau - Suite in A minor (I Allemande, II Courante, IV Les trois mains)
(August 7, 2002; Kuressaare Cultural Centre)
10
HonEst Quintette: Andres Paas (piano), Barnabas Kelemen (violin, Hungary), Leho Ugandi (violin), Katalin Kokas (viola, Hungary), Kristjan Saar (cello)
Ernö Dohnanyi - Piano Quintet in C minor, Op. 1 (III Adagio quasi andante)
(August 10, 2000; Kuressaare Music School)
11-14
Kalev Kuljus (oboe), Aleksander Hännikäinen (oboe), Leho Karin (cello), Reinut Tepp (harpsichord)
Georg Friedrich Haendel - Trio Sonata No. 6 in D major for two oboes and basso continuo (HWV 385)
(August 9, 2002; Kuressaare Castle)
15-21
Pille Lill (soprano), Maire Haava (mezzo-soprano), Mati Kõrts (tenor), Uku Joller (baritone) & Tallinn Piano Duo: Nata-Ly Sakkos - Toivo Peäske
Johannes Brahms - "Liebeslieder", op. 52
"Am Gesteine rauscht die Flut", "Wie des Abends schöne Röte", "Die grüne Hopfenranke", "Wohl schön bewandt war es", "Nein, es ist nicht auszukommen", "Schlosser auf", "Ein dunkeler Schacht ist Liebe"
(August 13, 2004; Kuressaare Cultural Centre)
22
Alexandre Tharaud (piano) & Quatuor Parisii (France)
Reynaldo Hahn - Piano Quintet in F minor (I Molto agitato e con fuoco)
(August 10, 2002; Kuressaare Cultural Centre)
Recording Engineers: Maris Laanemets (1, 3-5, 10), Maido Maadik (2, 6, 15-21), Jaan Tsadurjan (7-9, 11-14, 22)