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Gulda Prokofiev Poulenc

Album featuring music by Friedrich Gulda, Sergei Prokofiev and Francis Poulenc. Recorded together with the Giraud Ensemble 2019

The Giraud Ensemble Chamber Orchestra was founded in 2015 and has since performed in various formations: from the quintet to the forty-member chamber orchestra. The young ensemble cultivates a diverse repertoire ranging from the Baroque to the Modern, always placing great importance on making less known musical works heard. In 2017, the Giraud Ensemble Chamber Orchestra released the CD “Primus” with works by Shostakovich, Vasks and Baum. It has been under the direction of internationally active and award-winning conductor Sergey Simakov since its foundation. Mischa Cheung studied with Prof. Konstantin Scherbakov at the Zurich University of the Arts and has taken up a busy career bringing him to many concert stages and festivals throughout the world. He is a member of the Gershwin Piano Quartet, a highly praised ensemble which performs spectacular arrangements on four pianos and released its newest album “Transatlantiques” with Sony Classical in 2018. He is a popular soloist at the Symphonic Game Concerts produced by the Merregnon Studios and has appeared with the London Symphony Orchestra, the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra and the Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra.

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L'Invito, Roberto Iovino

"Gaibazzi e Carafa formano un duo ben amalgamato. Entrambe tecnicamente inappuntabili,evidenziano in questo CD (realizzato a Villa Borzino, a Busalla) un bell’affiatamento, condizionefondamentale per garantire a pagine così complesse sul piano interpretativo la giusta chiave dilettura. Bel suono, fraseggio elegante, dinamiche calibrate, il duo regala insomma una serie di lettureefficaci e godibili."
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Alessandria Today, Elisabetta Amistà

"L’esecuzione attenta e capace del Duo Gaibazzi Carafa ben costruita compensa pienamente ed efficacemente l’intensitàlirica unita al coinvolgimento ritmico dell’insieme. Il clarinetto canta in maniera inequivocabile scaturendo sentimenti ditenerezza unita a malinconia mentre il pianoforte danza aggraziatamente assecondando il tema con dosaggio del tocco eprecisione tecnica mirabile."
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Musicvoice.it, Andrea Bedetti

"Il programma scelto dalle due nostre giovani interpreti non era certo dei piùagevoli, anzi. Questo perché le pagine in questione, a cominciare dalle Sonatedi Brahms e di Reger, non sono uno scherzo e non si possono affrontare comese si bevesse un bicchiere d’acqua. Ma la caratura delle lettura fatta da GaiaGaibazzi & Clarissa Carafa non lascia dubbi di sorta: ci troviamo di fronte aun’interpretazione che merita di essere ascoltata e apprezzata."
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