Solo Harp: The Best of Yolanda Kondonassis / Pierne, Grandjany, Bach Salzedo et al.

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Album Summary

Performer

• Yolanda Kondonassis (Harp)

Composers

• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)
• Erik Satie (Composer) (1866 - 1925)
• Gabriel Pierné (1863 - 1937)
• Carlos Salzédo (1885 - 1961)
• George Gershwin (1898 - 1937)
• Marcel Grandjany (1891 - 1975)
• Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 - 1921)
• Alphonse Hasselmans (1845 - 1912)

Notes & Reviews:

Yolanda Kondonassis is celebrated as one of the world's premiere solo harpists. This "extraordinary virtuosa" has performed around the globe as a concerto soloist and in recital, appearing with numerous major orchestras such as The New York Philharmonic and the Hong Kong Philharmonic. With fifteen albums and well over 100,000 recordings sold worldwide, Ms. Kondonassis' extensive discography includes her recent Grammy-nominated release of music by Takemitsu and Debussy entitled Air. "Miraculous is Kondonassis' playing." - ClassicsToday.com "Yolanda Kondonassis is sheer luminescence at the harp... " - American Record Guide

American Record Guide, September / October 2012
This album simply confirms what I've believed over the years: she is the best harpist alive, and also was the best-recorded, thanks to Telarc. The titles alone of both the works and the albums prove her versatility; the performances prove she is a master of many styles, from Bach to Gershwin, from romantic classics to rumbas and boleros South American- style. Her work is mellow, bright-eyed, terraced, and incredibly subtle. Textures are clear, lucid, and transparent. She is the queen of both musical flow and of use of the pedal - no other harpist has mastered both sustaining resonance and clearing the palate like Kondonassis.

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Works Details

Gabriel Pierné (1863 - 1937) : Impromptu-caprice for Harp in A flat major, Op. 9

• Performer: Yolanda Kondonassis (Harp)
• Running Time: 5 min. 58 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1885

Grandjany, Marcel : Rhapsodie, for harp, Op. 10

• Performer: Yolanda Kondonassis (Harp)
• Running Time: 8 min. 2 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Suite, BWV 996 :: Prelude; Presto

• Performer: Yolanda Kondonassis (Harp)
• Running Time: 2 min. 46 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: after 1712

Carlos Salzédo (1885 - 1961) : Song in the Night

• Performer: Yolanda Kondonassis (Harp)
• Running Time: 3 min. 50 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1921-1953

Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 - 1921) : Fantaisie for harp in A minor, Op. 95

• Performer: Yolanda Kondonassis (Harp)
• Running Time: 8 min. 53 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1893

Satie, Erik [Composer] : Gnossienne for piano no 3

• Performer: Yolanda Kondonassis (Harp)
• Running Time: 3 min. 18 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1890

Carlos Salzédo (1885 - 1961) : Scintillation, for harp

• Performer: Yolanda Kondonassis (Harp)
• Running Time: 10 min. 3 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1936

Gershwin, George : Three Preludes :: Prelude no 2

• Performer: Yolanda Kondonassis (Harp)
• Running Time: 3 min. 10 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1926

Hasselmans, Alphonse : La Source, Op. 44

• Performer: Yolanda Kondonassis (Harp)
• Running Time: 3 min. 56 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic

Carlos Salzédo (1885 - 1961) : Rumba, for harp (from "Suite of Eight Dances")

• Performer: Yolanda Kondonassis (Harp)
• Running Time: 1 min. 38 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Carlos Salzédo (1885 - 1961) : Suite of Eight Dances :: Bolero

• Performer: Yolanda Kondonassis (Harp)
• Running Time: 2 min. 54 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1943