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Flores de Musica pera o instrumento de tecla & harpa is the only known work of Portuguese composer Manuel Rodrigues Coelho. Printed in Lisbon in 1620 and boasting more than five hundred pages, Coelho’s Flores de Musica is one of the largest music works printed in the seventeenth century.
Celebrating the 400th anniversary of its original publication, a new edition in three volumes has been published with the research being used to inform this major new recording series. Organist and curator of the new edition João Vaz is joined by Capella Patriarchal and Cornetas & Sacabuxas de Lisboa to lend their artistry to this final chapter in an ambitious recording project.
At the heart of this album from the Gould Piano Trio is Schubert’s Piano Trio in E-flat major, D. 929, a late masterpiece of emotional depth and formal ingenuity. Heard here in its complete version, the finale restores the haunting B minor passage, its circling piano figures echoing Der Leiermann, while the Andante’s cello theme weaves through the work like a recurring memory.
Alongside it is the youthful Piano Trio in B-flat major, D. 28 – fresh, lyrical, and full of promise, whilst Schubert Dances – a charming new suite of waltzes, Ländler and Deutscher arranged for piano trio by Brian Newbould, completes the programme and showcases Schubert’s lighter side. Together, these works chart a compelling path from teenage inspiration to late-style mastery.
Violinist Alda Dizdari with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, conducted by Alexander Walker, presents two major works by Robin Holloway in this focused and thoughtful recording. The Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, completed in 1990, is shaped around a sequence of ‘Windows’ inspired by poets Rainer Maria Rilke and John Ashbery. This album offers a clear view into Holloway’s musical language and the strong collaboration behind its performance.