For the Record, Op. 275: Carr-Petrova Duo; Francisco Fullana; Space Time Continuo

March 8, 2024, 1:14 PM · Welcome to "For the Record," Violinist.com's weekly roundup of new releases of recordings by violinists, violists, cellists and other classical musicians. We hope it helps you keep track of your favorite artists, as well as find some new ones to add to your listening!

Carr-Petrova Duo: pianist Anna Petrova and violist Molly Carr.

HERS
Carr-Petrova Duo
Molly Carr, viola
Anna Petrova, piano

Comprised entirely of works by female composers, “HERS” vibrantly celebrates the vision, strength, resilience, and vital contributions of women throughout history. The Carr-Petrova Duo presents works by eight women – from the 13th century’s Hildegard Von Bingen to today’s Beyoncé – inviting audiences to share in the centuries of heartbreak, struggles, and triumphs that comprise the female experience. Other composers featured are Clara Schumann, Vivian Fung, Amy Beach, Andrea Casarrubios, Michelle Barzel Ross, and Rebecca Clarke. BELOW: "Where Things Weigh Nothing At All," (2020) by Michelle Ross, who describes the piece: "The title is a line from my favorite Milan Kunera novel - The Book of Laughter and Forgetting." She alludes to a fragment of a Gregorian chant that hung above her composing piano - "instead of attempting to transcribe the Gregorian Chant, I allowed it to swirl along with my other ideas and imprint itself into this piece, as I followed along as it unfolded..."

COLORS
Daniel Temkin, composer
Francisco Fullana, violin
Alexi Kenney, violin
Ariana Kim, violin
Ayane Kozasa, viola
various artists

An album of solos, duos, and trios by American composer and percussionist Daniel Temkin, performed by a highly-acclaimed international roster of leading artists including violist Ayane Kozasa, violinists Francisco Fullana, Alexi Kenney, Ariana Kim, harpist Ashley Jackson, flutist Emi Ferguson, and others. For those in New YeaoTemkin will launch the album with two nights of performances in the Crypt in New York City March, 25 & 26, presented by Death of Classical. BELOW: "Time Capsule" for two violins, performed by Francisco Fullana and Alexi Kenney.

Terra e Cielo
Space Time Continuo
Amanda Keesmaat, cello and music director

Space Time Continuo - a "baroque bass band" - re-imagines Italian vocal and instrumental music spanning the late Renaissance and early Baroque periods, drawing inspiration from the rich textures available to basso continuo instruments. Here they perform works by Giovanni Giacomo Gastoldi, Diego Ortiz, Giulio and Francesca Caccini and Girolamo Frescobaldi. A new addition to the group, a lirone made by Francis Beaulieu in 2023, "provides an auditory window into the divine, depicting scenes of heaven and tears." The musicians make this music their own, playfully interpreting the vocal and instrumental lines on plucked strings, keyboards, and low-pitched bowed and wind instruments. BELOW: "Il balerino" from Balletti a tre voci (No. 1) by G. Gastoldi:

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