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Security Analysis: Sixth Edition: Foreword by Warren Buffett , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 1943min
A road map for investing that I have now been following for 57 years. (From the Foreword by Warren E. Buffett) First published in 1934, Security Analysis is one of the most influential financial books ever written. Selling more than one million copies through five editions, it has provided generations of investors with the timeless value investing philosophy and techniques of Benjamin Graham and David L. Dodd. As relevant today as when they first appeared nearly 75 years ago, the teachings of Benjamin Graham, “the father of value investing”, have withstood the test of time across a wide diversity of market conditions, countries, and asset classes. This new sixth edition, based on the classic 1940 version, is enhanced with commentary from some of today’s leading Wall Street money managers. These masters of value investing explain why the principles and techniques of Graham and Dodd are still highly relevant even in today’s vastly different markets. The contributor list includes: Seth A. Klarman, president of The Baupost Group, LLC and author of Margin of Safety James Grant, founder of Grant's Interest Rate Observer, general partner of Nippon Partners Jeffrey M. Laderman, twenty-five year veteran of BusinessWeek Roger Lowenstein, author of Buffett: The Making of an American Capitalist and When America Aged and Outside Director, Sequoia Fund Howard S. Marks, CFA, Chairman and Co-Founder, Oaktree Capital Management LP J. Ezra Merkin, Managing Partner, Gabriel Capital Group Bruce Berkowitz, Founder, Fairholme Capital Management Glenn H. Greenberg, Co-Founder and Managing Director, Chieftain Capital Management Bruce Greenwald, Robert Heilbrunn Professor of Finance and Asset Management, Columbia Business School David Abrams, Managing Member, Abrams CapitalFeaturing a foreword by Warren ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Scott R. Pollak. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/178581/bk_acx0_178581_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Merkin and Flannery on the Arbitration Act 1996
Merkin and Flannery on the Arbitration Act 1996 - 6. Auflage: ab 447.99 €- Shop: ebook.de
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Johannes Brahms: Late Piano Pieces
Brahms composed his last four collections of works for the piano during the Summers of 1892 and 1893. Clara Schumann called this cycle of works "a treasury of masterpieces". This recording presents the three collections of Fantasies, Opus 116, Intermezzi, Opus 116 and Piano Pieces, Opus 118. The cycle of "Fantasies" in the Opus 116 are symphonic in character, with a more extroverted, energetic character. The 3 Intermezzo of Opus 117 are more intimate, on a much smaller scale than the more massive works of the Opus 116. Brahms called these three Intermezzi "the cradles of my sorrows" in a letter to Clara Schumann during their composition. These pieces were inspired by the Scottish poem "Lady Ann Bothwell's lament" as translated by Herder. It has been theorised that the third intermezzo was inspried by the poem "Victor Galbrfaith" by Longfellow. The six pieces of Opus 118 are more diverse in their atmospheres and forms (4 Intermezzi, a Ballade and a Romanze). Brahms was also at work on his series of works for the clarinet (two sonatas, the trio and the quintet)) at the same time he was working on this cycle, and it would seem there are stylistic similarities between these six pieces and the works for clarinet. The last Intermezzo (in the key of Eb minor) is a sort of long, tragic meditation which seems to be a cousin of the slow movements in the symphonies of Mahler. ============================================= Pianist Raj Bhimani's concerts are "virtuosic, heartfelt and eloquent," writes New York Times critic Michael Kimmelman. Time Out NY noted him for being a "gifted and highly expressive pianist." Mr. Bhimani performs regularly across North America and Europe. His performances have been broadcast on Indian National Radio and Television, Portuguese National Radio, and on WQXR and WHUS Radio in the United States. Recent New York performances include Merkin Concert Hall, the 92nd Street Y, St. Paul's Chapel, and Saint Peter's Church, where he performs frequently. Mr. Bhimani also appeared on the inaugural season of Baruch College's Engelman Recital Hall, where he returned recently with clarinetist Anna Maria Baeza and cellist Eliot Bailen, and at the Tenri Cultural Institute, where he performed with acclaimed mezzo-soprano Katherine Ciesinski. Additional successes include Montreal, La Jolla, and Idaho State University, where his playing was lauded for "combining a searching intellect with emotional sensitivity and drama." In Europe, Mr. Bhimani plays annually on the Atelier Concert Series at the American Church in Paris. He recently presented his 27th annual recital on that series. He has also performed at the Salle André Marchal in the same city. He has toured Portugal and Italy, and recently gave a highly celebrated concert in the Komitas Chamber Music Hall in Yerevan, Armenia. This past season Mr. Bhimani appeared for the second time at New York's Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts and has been invited back for the 2012-2013 season. In December he will be touring India, presenting concerts and masterclasses in different parts of that country. Mr. Bhimani is a champion of new music, and has developed particular expertise in French piano literature. He has worked closely with composer Henri Dutilleux, who declared him "a great artist who performs with sensitivity and intelligence." Composer Thérèse Brenet, moved by Mr. Bhimani's performance of her previous work, composed for him To the West Wind, which Mr. Bhimani premiered in 2001, Never, Never More, which he premiered in 2005, and Avec des éclats dorés d'éspérance, which was first heard in 2008. She recently completed Three Preludes, which had their first hearings in 2009. Mr. Bhimani has built a strong reputation as an educator and has taught at the 92nd Street Y School of Music, New York University and Concordia College. In addition to a very busy private studio in New York, he is in great demand across the country for his educational outreach programs, which include master classes, private coaching for both soloists and chamber ensembles, and lecture-demonstrations, as well as lectures on French piano literature. Mr. Bhimani's teaching methods establish a strong foundation of technical and musical skills, guiding students from beginners to concert-level performers, and he is a frequent judge and lecturer on piano pedagogy. He currently serves on the board of The Leschetizky Association, an organization committed to upholding the great pedagogue's ideals of beautiful tone production and musical integrity. Recordeded by Joe Patrych au Patrych Sound Studios.- Shop: odax
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Love Songs & Arias
Mr. Giuseppe Taormina has performed in Italy, Europe, and the United States, as well as a worldwide tour of the Middle and Far East with the 'Ambassadors of Opera'. He was born in Palermo, Sicily, Italy. He started voice training at a very early age and began performing in Sicily. When he arrived in America, he immediately auditioned for the Metropolitan Opera Company, where he was accepted into the Young Artist Program. He received two scholarships as primo tenore while at Hunter College. He won the leading roles in La Traviata, Tosca, and Cavalleria Rusticana, which are now all favorites among his repertoire.Most notably, Mr. Taormina has received the very prestigious honor of Necklace Knight,'Cavaliere di Collona.' The noble title of Saint George in Carinzia Supreme Military Order bestowed upon Mr. Taormina is the only one in the United States. Mr. Taormina's operatic appearances include performances with the Philadelphia Opera, The New Jersey Performing Arts Center (under the direction of Maestro Alfredo Silipigni), The Metropolitan Repertory Ballet's 'An Evening with Verdi, The Tribecca Performing Arts Center, The Merkin Concert Hall, The Waldoff Astoria Hotel in New York, The Garden State Arts Center, and at the world-renowned Carnegie Hall. Mr. Taormina has given command performances for Kings of both Yugoslavia and Bulgaria, also Imelda Marcus, the former First Lady of the Philippines. He recently traveled to St. Croix, in the Virgin Islands, where he sang in concert in a Castle, hosted by Countess Nadia De Navarro. Mr. Taormina remembering his roots has given a command performance at Carini Castle, his hometown on the outskirts of Palermo Sicily. Mr. Taormina has performed in concert, and at cultural, civic, and charity events across the USA. Among these were performances at: The Hotel Plaza, Milford Plaza, Westchester Theater, several Atlantic City Resorts & Casinos, the Wisconsin Arts Festival in the Park, The Asbury Park Convention Hall, The 15th Annual Juniper Park Concert Series, Shea Stadium, The Lakewood Theatre, and Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimo Theatre. He was honored to sing for the Mario Lanza Society, The Beniamino Gigli Memorial Concert, and two events marking the 100 years anniversary of Enrico Caruso's Metropolitan Opera House debut. Mr. Taormina was honored to sing for The Italian Heritage and Culture Council Chamber at City Hall, in NYC, for the Italian-American State Legislators, and the American Parkinson's Disease Association. Recently, Mr. Taormina sang at masses that were celebratedby Cardinal Egan in cathedrals throughout the Vatican and Rome. Mr. Taormina sang at a memorial ceremony in Washington D.C. for Constantine Brumidi, who was known as 'The Artist of the U.S. Capital'. He has also sung at the Casa Italiana in Washington D.C.. Mr. Taormina was honored to sing in commemoration of 100 years of Order Sons of Italy in America. Mr. Taormina's powerful voice expresses his passion for music, while his talent, warmth and joy of performing are evident to live audiences. He has recorded three albums and most recently a CD, 'King of High C' and Verissimo Tenore, on which he sings his favorite operatic arias and beloved, classical Neapolitan and American love songs. Mr. Taormina's powerful voice expresses his passion for music, while his talent, warmth and joy of performing are evident to live audiences. Mr. Giuseppe Taormina can do a program with piano and accompanist, up to full orchestra. Mr. Taormina provides an entertaining program of great music filled with the deeply emotional songs and arias of his Italian heritage. For engagement availability of Mr. Giuseppe Taormina: Call: (718) 981-9429.- Shop: odax
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Beethoven: The Complete Sonatas for Piano & Cello
Born and raised in the Philippines, pianist Victor Santiago Asuncion is recognized as a pianist of innate musical sensitivity and superb technique. As a recitalist and concerto soloist, he has appeared in major concert halls in Canada, Japan, Mexico, and the Philippines. He played his orchestral debut at the age of 18 with the Manila Chamber Orchestra and his New York recital debut in Carnegie's Weill Recital Hall in 1999. In addition, he has worked with conductors including Enrique Batiz, Zev Dorman, Arthur Weisberg, Corrick Brown, David Loebel, and Bobby McFerrin. A chamber music enthusiast, he has performed with artists such as Lynn Harrell, Cho-Liang Lin, James Dunham, Ronald Leonard, Susanne Mentzer, and the Vega and Emerson String quartets at venues that include the Phillips Collection, the Corcoran Gallery, 92nd Street Y, Benaroya, Merkin, Spivey and Shriver Concert Halls, and the Santa Fe, Aspen and Amelia Island Chamber Music Festivals. He was on the chamber music faculty of the Aspen Music Festival and School, as well as the Garth Newel Summer Music Festival. He was also the pianist for the Garth Newel Piano Quartet for three seasons. In addition to his active performing career, Mr. Asuncion is sought after as a piano, vocal, and chamber music coach. He was appointed assistant professor at the University of Memphis in 2003 and coordinator of Piano and Collaborative Arts Studies in 2004. He has given master classes at Minnesota State University, Vanderbilt University, the University of Memphis and the Washington Conservatory. The 2006-2007 season features solo and chamber music performances at Stetson, Vanderbilt, Ouachita Baptist, Henderson and Christian Brothers Universities, The Virginia Military Institute, Randolph-Macon Women's College and University of Mississippi at Oxford, Cerritos Performing Arts Center, Shriver Hall, and the Memphis Chamber Music Society. Festival appearances for the summer of 2007 include performances at the Madison and Santa Fe Chamber Music Festivals. He will also be on the faculty of the Vocal Arts Seminar at the University of Memphis' Rudi E. Scheidt School of Music. Mr. Asuncion's major teachers include Rita Sloan at the University of Maryland at College Park, Roberta Rust at the Harid Conservatory, David Buechner at Manhattan School, Gary Steigerwalt and Luiz de Moura-Castro at the Hartt School, Avelina Manalo at the University of the Philippines and Rosario Picazo at the Philippine High School for the Arts. Additional studies include master classes and private lessons with Wu Han, Byron Janis, Santiago Rodriguez, Warren Jones, Andre Michel Schub, Paul Sperry, Irma Vallecillo, Christoph Eschenbach, Felix Galimir, Orlando Cole, Dorothy Delay, Donald Weilerstein, William Preucil and Leon Fleisher. Reviews for Victor Santiago Asuncion's Performances: "Mr. Asuncion is an extremely gifted pianist who plays with great sensitivity and possesses a wonderful technique. He plays with much conviction, emotion and passion." - New York Concert Review " Lynn Harrell's recital, presented to a packed house by the Shriver Hall Concert Series, had an electric charge. Adding to the voltage was pianist Victor Santiago Asuncion, whose elegant articulation and remarkably sensitive phrasing complemented the cellist's every step of the way." - Tim Smith, Baltimore Sun "...elegant, liquid playing.." - Richard S. Ginell, Los Angeles Times "...extremely powerful playing.." - The Aspen Times "...impressive approach to a virtuoso repertoire..." - Wayne Lee Gay, Star Telegram/Fort Worth "...assertive, refreshing approach. It is clear he has something special..." - Tim Smith, Sun Sentinel "...Asuncion reeled out the vibrant finale, bringing the audience to it's feet." - Christopher Blank, Commercial Appeal Tobias Werner, Cello, has performed at Garth Newel Music Center since 1999 and is a member of the Contemporary Music Forum, ensemble-in-residence at the Corcoran Gallery in Washington, DC. He has performed at the Cape and Islands Chamber Music Festival, Villa Musica Mainz, the San Diego Chamber Music Workshop, the Vail Valley Bravo! Colorado Music Festival, the Maui Classical Music Festival, in Carnegie Hall's Weill Recital Hall, Strathmore Hall, the Phillips Collection, the New York Society for Ethical Culture, and at Bargemusic. Tobias has appeared as soloist with orchestras in the US, France, Germany, and Romania, and recent performances have included the concertos of Dvorák, Elgar, Haydn, and Boccherini. He has recorded on the ECM, Darbringhaus & Grimm, Bayer Records, and Orfeo labels. Recent CD releases include Piano Quartets by Mozart, Brahms, Dvorák, and Martinu with the Garth Newel Piano Quartet, the Suites for Unaccompanied Cello by J.S. Bach, and the Sonatas for Piano and Cello by Beethoven with Victor Asuncion. Tobias studied at the Musikhochschule Freiburg in Germany, and at Boston University. His teachers have included Andrés Díaz, Christoph Henkel, and Xavier Gagnepain. He plays on an 1844 J.F. Pressenda cello.- Shop: odax
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Platinum Spirals
Recently described in Gramophone Magazine as an 'alluring soloist [with] heightened expressive and violinistic gifts,' violinist Michi Wiancko has performed concertos with orchestras including the New York Philharmonic and Los Angeles Philarmonic, and in recital and chamber appearances across the nation. An artist with a unique vision and deemed 'Pure Gold' by the Des Moines Register, Michi was winner of the 2002 Concert Artists Guild International Competition, and made her recital debut on Carnegie Hall's recital stage, Weill Hall. She has performed in venues such as the Library of Congress, Sydney Opera House, Carnegie Hall, Merkin Hall, Town Hall, National Gallery, Severance Hall, Orange County Performing Arts Center, Banff Centre, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Frick Center in Pittsburgh, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, BargeMusic, and Philadelphia's Kimmel Center. Michi was featured as an 'Artist to Watch' on the cover of the January 2007 issue of SYMPHONY Magazine. Her current season highlights include a performance of the Brahms Concerto with the Columbus Symphony in Georgia as well as the Omaha Symphony, and Sarasate's Zigeunerweisen and Carmen Fantasy with the Victoria Symphony in Texas. Michi will also be performing with Yo Yo Ma's Silk Road Ensemble as well as the International Contemporary Ensemble. In the 2006-2007 season she embarked on a multi-city recital tour of the US in conjunction with Live on Stage and appears on Concert Artist Guild's lauded New Music/New Places initiative as part of the Barbes Classical Series. In 2007, Michi gave the world premiere of composer Margaret Brouwer's Concerto for Violin and Chamber Orchestra with CityMusic Cleveland and conductor James Gaffigan. The concerto was written for her and incorporates contemporary classical, gypsy, folk, jazz and pop influences. Michi is a member of the renowned Los Angeles Piano Quartet (now east-coast based) with whom she has toured the country for the past 5 years. She is also a founding member of ECCO (East Coast Chamber Orchestra), a young conductorless string ensemble that tours twice yearly in venues such as The Kennedy Center, Philadelphia Convention Center, New York's Town Hall, Barge Music, among others. Last season, Michi arranged a version of Corelli/Geminiani's La Follia for ECCO, a live performance of which was broadcast on NPR's Performance Today. Michi has attended the Marlboro Music Festival and toured several times with Musicians from Marlboro. She was a participant in Isaac Stern's Chamber Music Workshop at Carnegie Hall, as well the Aspen Festival Center for Advanced Quartet Studies and Music Academy of the West. She has been a guest artist at the Lincoln Center Outdoor Series, Olympic Music Festival in Seattle, Pablo Casals Festival in Puerto Rico, and the Tucson Chamber Music Festival, and has performed and toured regularly with the Mark Morris Dance Group. A native of Southern California, Michi began playing the violin at the age of 3, and her early teachers include Haroutune Bedelian, Sharon Holland, and Mehli Mehta. She graduated from the Cleveland Institute of Music, where she studied with Donald Weilerstein, and earned her master of music degree at The Juilliard School, working with Robert Mann. As a world traveler, many influences inspire Michi to push the boundaries of classical repertoire and explore new genres. She has performed in numerous alternative venues (including The Blue Note, Knitting Factory, and the Village Underground) as a member of different bands, but currently she is a singer/songwriter composing, producing, and recording for her own alternative pop project, Kono Michi, comprised of string quartet, drums and bass. She will be releasing her first Kono Michi E.P., titled "The Livingroom Disappearance," with the UK-based independent label, Shark Batter Records. Kono Michi has performed in Brooklyn's Barbes, NYC's Pianos, BAM Café, and the World Café Live in Philadelphia.- Shop: odax
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25th Anniversary Concert
Program Notes Samuel Barber (1910-1981) Sonata for piano in E-flat minor, op.26. The Barber Sonata is among the greatest piano works of the twentieth century, combining choice elements derived from classical, romantic and modern styles bristling with splendid difficulties. The first movement (sonata form) is comprised of one chromatic theme powerfully stated - fast and energetic. The 'scherzo' opens in a blithe, carefree mood, blending alternate light and dark textures, including a delightful waltz. The lambent strains of the 'adagio' fashion a melancholy song in the traditional manner while, simultaneously incorporating a twelve-tone technique. A vertiginous fugue closes the work. Within the strictly contrapuntal fabric, Barber exhausts his storehouse of classic and contemporary genres of piano writing. Claude Debussy (1862-1918) Reflets dans l'eau. 'Reflections in the Water (from 'Images 1') In this colorful work, the listener may hear the rhythms of water, often at low dynamic levels - monotonic and hypnotic - through the use of arpeggios and picturesque chords covering an extensive area of the keyboard. Pedal tones and melodies in the lower register are found in the secondary theme and the entirety concludes with a restatement of the opening melody in rhythmic alteration and languorous, haunting sustained chords coupled with an open octave melodic motive. Claude Debussy (1862-1918) Jardins sous la Pluie. "Gardens in the Rain" (from "Estampes") For all the beauties found in earlier works, Debussy was in his early forties when he seriously confronted the challenge of writing for piano solo. Written a few years before 'Images,' 'Estampes' or 'Prints' may represent the series of impressions herein imagined by the composer. 'Jardins' could be self-explanatory when pictured in the mind's eye: the splattering rain, the flowers, the return of the sun dispelling the storm. Robert Schumann (1810-1856) Papillons, op.2. Robert Schumann was at his greatest in his character piece cycles for the piano. 'Papillons' is a succession of waltzes and polonaises, a ballroom scene, rounded off and unified by the reappearance of the first waltz in the final piece. The miniatures that make up this op.2 are as personal and recognizably Schumannesque as anything he wrote later, the style, to be sure, deepened and ripened, but it's essentials remained unchanged. 'Papillons' is a cornucopia of lyrical ideas with the most imaginative use of harmonies and rhythms. Schumann-Liszt Widmung Franz Liszt's (1811-1886) transcription of Schumann's song, 'Widmung,' was published in 1849 and is dedicated to Clara Schumann. It is a perfect demonstration of Liszt's devotion to make the song literature accessible to the general public while providing the virtuoso pianist the opportunity to show that the keyboard instrument can sing, too. Franz Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody no.12 Few works are as closely associated with their composers as the ubiquitous Hungarian Rhapsodies are to Franz Liszt. A large portion of Liszt's piano music consists of arrangements, transcriptions, operatic arias, fantasies and the twenty Hungarian Rhapsodies, based on gypsy folk-tunes. Most of these free-form works open with a slow, passionate introduction, followed by a gradual quickening of tempo until the music becomes dizzying, culminating with a feisty, impelling section in imitation of the Hungarian dance called 'czardas.' In the twelfth Rhapsody, a haughty introduction in a grand manner sets the stage for the first of several frisky melodies. The flurry of excitement is broken by the entrance of a soulful theme, leading to development of the opening chords. Another dancelike theme enters, but before a breath can be caught, the devilishly difficult 'stretta vivace' blazes with a vigorous display of technical fireworks. Program Notes by James Leeds © James Leeds,1984, revised notes 2009. Encores The Nightingale, Alabieff-Liszt Alexander Alabieff (1787-1851) was a prolific Russian composer whose works have faded into obscurity except a song for soprano and piano, Le Rossignol (the Nightingale). With this short song, Alabieff set the Russian soul to music. Franz Liszt took this song and made one of his most affecting transcriptions. Prelude in B minor, Bach-Siloti Alexander Siloti (1863-1945) was an eminent Russian pianist and a student of Liszt. He taught Goldenweiser as well as his first cousin Rachmaninoff at the Moscow Conservatory and later became a faculty member at the Juilliard School. The Prelude was found in the Clavier-Buchlein for W.F. Bach and later expanded in the E minor prelude, WTC Book 1. It remains a favorite encore. Waltz in D flat minor, Op. 64, No.1 (Minute Waltz) One of the most popular pieces, this waltz flows forth famously in bursts of perpetual motion interrupted by a beautiful lyrical section before it returns to the opening. Encore notes by Howard Aibel © Howard Aibel, 2009 HOWARD AIBEL, pianist Howard Aibel has won international acclaim as both a performer and teacher. The New York Times, reviewing a performance at Carnegie Hall, called him "a very impressive and authoritative artist." In Russia, where he recently delighted audiences with his performances of the Schumann and Tchaikovsky Piano Concerti No. 1, a top critic in St. Petersburg wrote: "His playing was remarkable, evoking the memory of the golden age of piano playing." Aibel's career was launched in 1959, with a highly successful New York debut as the winner of that year's Naumburg Award. He soon won a Fulbright Award and top prizes in the International Busoni and International Casella Piano Competitions as well, leading to highly successful tours of the United States, Europe and Mexico. He has since made six tours of Asia, where he performed with orchestra and in recital, and gave master classes in Korea, Philippines, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Japan. In a performance of Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 2 at the Cultural Center of the Philippines, Aibel shared the stage with his son, the gifted conductor Anthony Aibel. Aibel has also performed and given master classes in Dublin, Ireland, Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia, and Salzburg, Austria. He recently performed at the Polish Consulate in New York City to raise funds for The Chopin Society of New York. He was invited to Russia for the fourth time. He will perform, lecture and give master classes at the famed Moscow Conservatory. Aibel graduated from Juilliard as a scholarship student in the class of the eminent Mme. Rosina Lhevinne, later becoming her assistant for 10 years. He is a much sought after juror at many national and international piano competitions and was recently presented with a Bravo Award at Carnegie Hall, for "Lifetime Artistic Achievement in the field of Performing Arts" by the Italian Academy Foundation. He celebrates the 50th Anniversary of his New York Town Hall Debut, as the 1959 winner of the Naumburg Award, with a performance of the Schumann Concerto at New York City's Merkin Concert Hall in November, 2009. Howard Aibel is listed in Benjamin Saver's recent book The Most Wanted Piano Teachers in the USA, and in The International Who's Who in Music. He has recorded for Capitol Records, TR Records and Sonar Records. This is his first CD for Impromptu Classics. Howard Aibel is a Steinway Artist.- Shop: odax
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King of High-C
Mr. Giuseppe Taormina has performed in Italy, Europe, and the United States, as well as a worldwide tour of the Middle and Far East with the 'Ambassadors of Opera'. He was born in Palermo, Sicily, Italy. He started voice training at a very early age and began performing in Sicily. When he arrived in America, he immediately auditioned for the Metropolitan Opera Company, where he was accepted into the Young Artist Program. He received two scholarships as primo tenore while at Hunter College. He won the leading roles in La Traviata, Tosca, and Cavalleria Rusticana, which are now all favorites among his repertoire.Most notably, Mr. Taormina has received the very prestigious honor of Necklace Knight,'Cavaliere di Collona.' The noble title of Saint George in Carinzia Supreme Military Order bestowed upon Mr. Taormina is the only one in the United States. Mr. Taormina's operatic appearances include performances with the Philadelphia Opera, The New Jersey Performing Arts Center (under the direction of Maestro Alfredo Silipigni), The Metropolitan Repertory Ballet's 'An Evening with Verdi, The Tribecca Performing Arts Center, The Merkin Concert Hall, The Waldoff Astoria Hotel in New York, The Garden State Arts Center, and at the world-renowned Carnegie Hall. Mr. Taormina has given command performances for Kings of both Yugoslavia and Bulgaria, also Imelda Marcus, the former First Lady of the Philippines. He recently traveled to St. Croix, in the Virgin Islands, where he sang in concert in a Castle, hosted by Countess Nadia De Navarro. Mr. Taormina remembering his roots has given a command performance at Carini Castle, his hometown on the outskirts of Palermo Sicily. Mr. Taormina has performed in concert, and at cultural, civic, and charity events across the USA. Among these were performances at: The Hotel Plaza, Milford Plaza, Westchester Theater, several Atlantic City Resorts & Casinos, the Wisconsin Arts Festival in the Park, The Asbury Park Convention Hall, The 15th Annual Juniper Park Concert Series, Shea Stadium, The Lakewood Theatre, and Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimo Theatre. He was honored to sing for the Mario Lanza Society, The Beniamino Gigli Memorial Concert, and two events marking the 100 years anniversary of Enrico Caruso's Metropolitan Opera House debut. Mr. Taormina was honored to sing for The Italian Heritage and Culture Council Chamber at City Hall, in NYC, for the Italian-American State Legislators, and the American Parkinson's Disease Association. Recently, Mr. Taormina sang at masses that were celebratedby Cardinal Egan in cathedrals throughout the Vatican and Rome. Mr. Taormina sang at a memorial ceremony in Washington D.C. for Constantine Brumidi, who was known as 'The Artist of the U.S. Capital'. He has also sung at the Casa Italiana in Washington D.C.. Mr. Taormina was honored to sing in commemoration of 100 years of Order Sons of Italy in America. Mr. Taormina's powerful voice expresses his passion for music, while his talent, warmth and joy of performing are evident to live audiences. He has recorded three albums and most recently a CD, 'King of High C' and Verissimo Tenore, on which he sings his favorite operatic arias and beloved, classical Neapolitan and American love songs. Mr. Taormina's powerful voice expresses his passion for music, while his talent, warmth and joy of performing are evident to live audiences. Mr. Giuseppe Taormina can do a program with piano and accompanist, up to full orchestra. Mr. Taormina provides an entertaining program of great music filled with the deeply emotional songs and arias of his Italian heritage. For engagement availability of Mr. Giuseppe Taormina: Call: (718) 981-9429.- Shop: odax
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Glazunov: Complete Works for Piano
Duane Hulbert: I was introduced to the music of Glazunov was as I was preparing for the 1982 Tchaikovsky International Piano Competition. One of the second round program choices was Glazunov's Bb Minor Sonata which I had never heard before. The piece was out of print, but I found it at the Lincoln Center Library in New York. It was large-scale and romantic (which fit my style) and was relatively unknown, always good in a competition. After the competition, I started programming the sonata in recitals including my 1991 New York recital in Merkin Recital Hall. I then decided to explore Glazunov's other piano works. The results are here, five hours (four CDs) of Glazunov's piano music. Duane Hulbert has appeared as a soloist with major orchestras, including the Minnesota Orchestra, Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Tacoma Symphony Orchestra, Northwest Sinfonietta, and Seattle Symphony. He performed as a recitalist at Merkin Concert Hall in New York, Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., and at Benaroya Hall in Seattle. He also has been a guest at the Eastman School of Music Summer Piano Festival and the Music Studies Abroad Festival in France. In 1980 Hulbert, a native of Minnesota, captured the grand prize in the prestigious Gina Bachauer International Piano Competition in Salt Lake City. Numerous other awards followed, including a prize in the 1985 Carnegie Hall International American Music Competition. Hulbert's first CD of piano works by Alexander Glazunov was nominated for a Grammy Award in 2002. Hulbert received his bachelor's and master's degrees from The Juilliard School and his doctorate from Manhattan School of Music. He is a distinguished professor of music at University of Puget Sound.- Shop: odax
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