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Complete Works and Transcriptions for Violin and Piano

Annelle K. Gregory

Complete Works and Transcriptions for Violin and Piano

Format: CD
Label: Bridge
UPC: 0090404948121
Catnr: BRIDG 9481
Release date: 07 July 2017
1 CD
 
Label
Bridge
UPC
0090404948121
Catalogue number
BRIDG 9481
Release date
07 July 2017

"Original, intimate music, especially beautiful, engaging and nostalgic. Can not be missed!"

Stretto, 03-7-2017
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This gorgeously played and recorded disc presents all of Rachmaninoff's compositions for violin and piano, as well as transcriptions by violin legends including Fritz Kreisler and Jascha Heifetz. Annelle K. Gregory is the winner first prize and the audience choice award of the 2017 National Sphinx Competition, a laureate of the Stradivarius International Violin Competition, first prize winner of the 2016 American Protégé International Concerto Competition, and Gold Medalist of the NAACP ACT-SO competition. Alexander Sinchuk won First Prize at the International Competition for Young Pianists in memory of Vladimir Horowitz (Kiev), and was First Prize winner of the Rachmaninoff International Competition (Moscow).
Dieses wundervoll gespielte und aufgenommene Album präsentiert alle Rachmaninoff Kompositionen für Violine und Klavier sowie Transkriptionen von Violin-Legenden wie Fritz Kreisler und Jascha Heifetz. Annelle K. Gregory ist Gewinnerin des ersten Preises der Zuschauerauswahl des Nationalen Sphinx-Wettbewerbs 2017, Preisträgerin des Internationalen Violinwettbewerbs Stradivarius, Preisträgerin des amerikanischen Protégé International Concerto Competition und Goldmedaillengewinnerin des NAACP ACT- SO Wettbewerb. Alexander Sinchuk gewann den ersten Preis beim Internationalen Wettbewerb für junge Pianisten in Erinnerung an Vladimir Horowitz (Kiew) und war Erster Preisträger des Rachmaninoff Internationalen Wettbewerbs (Moskau).

Artist(s)

Annelle K. Gregory (violin)

Award-winning violinist Annelle Kazumi Gregory is a laureate of international competitions, virtuoso violinist, and recording artist. She is 1st Prize & Audience Choice Award winner of the 2017 National Sphinx Competition and a Laureate of the 2013 Stradivarius International Violin Competition. Her most recent project was the release of the first-ever CD of Sergei Rachmaninoff's complete violin/piano works, recorded with Russian pianist Alexander Sinchuk (Bridge Records 2017). The CD has received international acclaim and aired on radio stations across the U.S. and Europe. She also recorded two pieces that were dedicated to her with concert organist Carol Williams on Williams’ CD,'Just Carol - Compositions.' Gregory was awarded the 2014 Glenn Dicterow Music Scholarship, has received scholarships from the League of Allied Arts and the Musical...
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Award-winning violinist Annelle Kazumi Gregory is a laureate of international competitions, virtuoso violinist, and recording artist. She is 1st Prize & Audience Choice Award winner of the 2017 National Sphinx Competition and a Laureate of the 2013 Stradivarius International Violin Competition. Her most recent project was the release of the first-ever CD of Sergei Rachmaninoff's complete violin/piano works, recorded with Russian pianist Alexander Sinchuk (Bridge Records 2017). The CD has received international acclaim and aired on radio stations across the U.S. and Europe. She also recorded two pieces that were dedicated to her with concert organist Carol Williams on Williams’ CD,"Just Carol - Compositions."

Gregory was awarded the 2014 Glenn Dicterow Music Scholarship, has received scholarships from the League of Allied Arts and the Musical Merit Foundation, and has been supported in part by a Sphinx MPower Artist Grant. Other awards include 1st Prizes in the 2017 “Grand Prize Virtuoso” International Competition, the 2016 American Protégé International Concerto Competition, and the 2015 Beverly Hills National Auditions.

As a soloist Gregory has performed with the symphonies of Detroit, La Jolla, San Diego, Chicago Sinfonietta, Nashville, Santa Monica, California Chamber Orchestra, and Torrance, working alongside such conductors as Mei-Ann Chen, Andrew Grams, Guido Lamell, Anthony Parnther, Chelsea Tipton, Michelle Merrill, and Thomas Wilkins. She has made appearances at Carnegie Hall, Walt Disney Hall, and the Kennedy Center, as well as abroad in Russia, the U.K. (Royal Albert Hall), Germany, and Portugal. Gregory was a featured soloist in the 2016 iPalpiti Festival of International Laureates and in 2013 opened for the Moscow Ballet, performing a solo with the principal ballerina. She has been featured on BBC, American Public Media, KUSC, and WQXR radios, and others as well as on German Television and Detroit Public TV.

Gregory graduated summa cum laude from USC’s Thornton School of Music, where she studied under former New York Philharmonic concertmaster Glenn Dicterow. She has studied under Michael & Irina Tseitlin since 2008. In addition to violin, she also performs on viola. She has played piano, drumset, guitar, and bass guitar and performed tap, jazz, flamenco, and Japanese classical dance. In her spare time, she enjoys reading Russian classics and cooking.


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Sergei Rachmaninoff

Sergei Vasilievich Rachmaninov was a Russian pianist, composer, and conductor of the late-Romantic period, some of whose works are among the most popular in the classical repertoire. Born into a musical family, Rachmaninov took up the piano at age four. He graduated from the Moscow Conservatory in 1892 and had composed several piano and orchestral pieces by this time. In 1897, following the critical reaction to his Symphony No. 1, Rachmaninoff entered a four-year depression and composed little until successful therapy allowed him to complete his enthusiastically received Piano Concerto No. 2 in 1901. After the Russian Revolution, Rachmaninov and his family left Russia and resided in the United States, first in New York City. Demanding piano concert tour schedules caused...
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Sergei Vasilievich Rachmaninov was a Russian pianist, composer, and conductor of the late-Romantic period, some of whose works are among the most popular in the classical repertoire.
Born into a musical family, Rachmaninov took up the piano at age four. He graduated from the Moscow Conservatory in 1892 and had composed several piano and orchestral pieces by this time. In 1897, following the critical reaction to his Symphony No. 1, Rachmaninoff entered a four-year depression and composed little until successful therapy allowed him to complete his enthusiastically received Piano Concerto No. 2 in 1901. After the Russian Revolution, Rachmaninov and his family left Russia and resided in the United States, first in New York City. Demanding piano concert tour schedules caused his output as composer to slow tremendously; between 1918 and 1943, he completed just six compositions, including Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Symphony No. 3, and Symphonic Dances. In 1942, Rachmaninov moved to Beverly Hills, California. One month before his death from advanced melanoma, Rachmaninov acquired American citizenship.
Early influences of Tchaikovsky, Rimsky-Korsakov, Balakirev, Mussorgsky, and other Russian composers gave way to a personal style notable for its song-like melodicism, expressiveness and his use of rich orchestral colors.[3] The piano is featured prominently in Rachmaninov's compositional output, and through his own skills as a performer he explored the expressive possibilities of the instrument.

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Original, intimate music, especially beautiful, engaging and nostalgic. Can not be missed!
Stretto, 03-7-2017

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01.
Romance in A minor, TN ii/31
05:28
(Sergei Rachmaninoff) Annelle K. Gregory, Alexander Sinchuk
02.
Romance 'It was in April,' TN ii/50/1
02:05
(Sergei Rachmaninoff) Annelle K. Gregory, Alexander Sinchuk
03.
Morceaux de Fantaisie, Op. 3, No. 5 'Serenade'
02:55
(Sergei Rachmaninoff) Annelle K. Gregory, Alexander Sinchuk
04.
Romance, Op. 4, No.4 'Oriental Romance'
04:05
(Sergei Rachmaninoff) Annelle K. Gregory, Alexander Sinchuk
05.
Deux Morceaux de Salon Op. 6, No. 1 'Romance'
04:44
(Sergei Rachmaninoff) Annelle K. Gregory, Alexander Sinchuk
06.
Deux Morceaux de Salon Op. 6, No. 2 'Hungarian Dance'
05:11
(Sergei Rachmaninoff) Annelle K. Gregory, Alexander Sinchuk
07.
Preghiera from Piano Concerto No. 2, Op. 18, mvt II
05:50
(Sergei Rachmaninoff) Annelle K. Gregory, Alexander Sinchuk
08.
Romance, Op. 21, No. 7 'It's Peaceful Here'
01:53
(Sergei Rachmaninoff) Annelle K. Gregory, Alexander Sinchuk
09.
Romance, Op. 21, No. 9 'Melody'
02:53
(Sergei Rachmaninoff) Annelle K. Gregory, Alexander Sinchuk
10.
Prelude, Op. 23, No. 4
04:12
(Sergei Rachmaninoff) Annelle K. Gregory, Alexander Sinchuk
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Prelude, Op. 23, No. 5
03:55
(Sergei Rachmaninoff) Annelle K. Gregory, Alexander Sinchuk
12.
Prelude, Op. 23, No. 9
01:59
(Sergei Rachmaninoff) Annelle K. Gregory, Alexander Sinchuk
13.
Italian Polka TN ii/21
02:17
(Sergei Rachmaninoff) Annelle K. Gregory, Alexander Sinchuk
14.
Prelude, Op. 32, No. 5
03:08
(Sergei Rachmaninoff) Annelle K. Gregory, Alexander Sinchuk
15.
Etude-Tableau, Op. 33, No. 2
02:27
(Sergei Rachmaninoff) Annelle K. Gregory, Alexander Sinchuk
16.
Etude-Tableau, Op. 33, No. 7
01:57
(Sergei Rachmaninoff) Annelle K. Gregory, Alexander Sinchuk
17.
Romance, Op. 34, No. 14 'Vocalise'
06:17
(Sergei Rachmaninoff) Annelle K. Gregory, Alexander Sinchuk
18.
Romance, Op. 38, No. 3 'Daisies'
03:11
(Sergei Rachmaninoff) Annelle K. Gregory, Alexander Sinchuk
19.
Oriental Sketch, TN ii/19/2
02:00
(Sergei Rachmaninoff) Annelle K. Gregory, Alexander Sinchuk
20.
18th Variation from Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43
02:58
(Sergei Rachmaninoff) Annelle K. Gregory, Alexander Sinchuk
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