Kreuzjoch Duo

Gran Duo Italiano, formed by Mauro Tortorelli (violin) and Angela Meluso (piano), boasts a discography that includes world-premiere recordings of music by Gaetano Fusella, Camillo Sivori (Paganini's only pupil) and Rosario Scalerio (himself a pupil of Sivori) with Tactus Recording. Radio broadcasts of their music on Italy's Rai Radio 3 were enthusiastically received by audience and critics alike, and the releases were well reviewed in specialized music magazines such as Musica, Amadeus, Fanfare, Harmonia Mundi and Gramophone.

Formed in 2019, award-winning violin and cello duo GAIA have rapidly won plaudits for their pioneering programming and bold and daring performances.Their debut album release features three works specially written for the duo, and also bears testimony to their championing of works by underrepresented and overlooked voices from classical music’s past.

An internationally awarded ensemble, the violinists Almuth Siegel and Ágnes Pusker (Duo ASAP) create a diverse program around the motto "dialogues". With "passion, temperament and witty playfulness" (Newspaper "Süddeutsche Zeitung") they present works from four centuries including WORLD PREMIERE RECORDINGS.

Maxence Larrieu was born in Marseille on October 27th 1934. He’s one of the best representative men of the French flute school. He was taught by Joseph Rampal and belongs to the Rampal’s flute school, with Jean-Pierre Rampal and Alain Marion. He obtains the first flute prize with Gaston Crunelle (1951), and also the chamber music first prize of the National Superior Music College of Paris (1953). He also won the first prize of the international competition of Geneva, and was graduate from the international competition of München (1956). From 1954 to 1966, he wase a solo flautist for the Comic Opera of Paris, and then for the Paris Opera’s orchestra until 1978. He left this post to follow the virtuoso lesson at the National Music College of Geneva, and also at the National Superior Music College of Lyon.

The early 19th century and earlier, the instrumental sonata for ensemble that included piano was usually called "piano sonata with instrumental accompaniment".

This Da Vinci Classics album is a pioneering project, presenting hitherto unrecorded works by three lesser-known composers. The common trait shared by Charles Doisy (?-1807), Giacomo Merchi (1730-1789) and Antoine de Lhoyer (1768-1852) is the fact that at least a part of their musical activity took place in France. The works recorded here were selected by the recording artists, Duo Noli-Soattin, after long and thorough archival research: this resulted in the choice of a series of original duets for two guitars with five single strings. These works were found at the Bibliothéque National de France, Det Kongelige Bibliotek (Denmark) and at the Københavns Universitetsbibliotek (Denmark).

"In Journey, our second album, we have turned our attention to the Eastern European sounds of Bartók and Janácek and beyond with a new piece written especially for us by Israeli composer Lior Navok.

The DUO ALTERNO, defined by Los Angeles Times “the high theatrics Duo with a strong personality”, by The Washington Post “the duo with a big voice and a fine sense of comedic timing”, by la Repubblica “the duo that gives voice (and piano) to the Italian century”, by the Globe and Mail “the inventive Duo” and by The Indu of Chennai “an electric experience”, was born in Torino (Italy). With its performances of over than 70 Italian living composers, the DUO is considered one of the most significant reference points in the vocal-piano repertorio of works by composers ranging from the early 20th century to today. Since its debut in Vancouver in 1997 it has kept concert and master-classes in over thirty countries.

The trailblazing duo of Kimberly Patterson and Patrick Sutton are champions of the budding cello & guitar genre of chamber music. The Patterson/Sutton Duo and composer Stephen Goss have worked together over many years and this album represents the fruits of their musical collaboration.

The Fedorova&Takser Piano Duo, known for their original transcriptions and creative media projects, was formed in 2010 by Daria Fedorova and Ilya Takser – Canadian musicians with Russian heritage and Ukrainian and Polish ancestry.