Andrew West - Project Paloma 2 Second World War Masterpieces for flute & piano (2023)

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Title: Project Paloma 2 Second World War Masterpieces for flute & piano
Year Of Release: 2023
Label: Zefir Records
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (tracks+booklet)
Total Time: 43:12 min
Total Size: 173 MB
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Tracklist:

01. Sonata for flute and piano, op 94: I Moderato
01. Twelve Miniatures for flute and piano, op 29: Improvisation
02. Sonata for flute and piano, op 94: II Scherzo
02. Twelve Miniatures for flute and piano, op 29: Arietta
03. Sonata for flute and piano, op 94: III Andante
03. Twelve Miniatures for flute and piano, op 29: Burleske
04. Sonata for flute and piano, op 94: IV Allegro con brio
04. Twelve Miniatures for flute and piano, op 29: Capriccio
05. Twelve Miniatures for flute and piano, op 29: Nocturne
06. Twelve Miniatures for flute and piano, op 29: Walzer
07. Twelve Miniatures for flute and piano, op 29: Ode
08. Twelve Miniatures for flute and piano, op 29: Duett
09. Twelve Miniatures for flute and piano, op 29: Barkarole
10. Twelve Miniatures for flute and piano, op 29: Etüde
11. Twelve Miniatures for flute and piano, op 29: Intermezzo
12. Twelve Miniatures for flute and piano, op 29: Pastorale
13. Twelve Miniatures for flute and piano, op 29: I Moderato
14. Twelve Miniatures for flute and piano, op 29: II Scherzo
15. Twelve Miniatures for flute and piano, op 29: III Andante
16. Twelve Miniatures for flute and piano, op 29: IV Allegro con brio

Weinberg's compositions also drew on elements of folklore from his Polish and Jewish background. His life, however, was full of suffering. In 1939 he fled east from Warsaw, and members of his family were later killed by both Nazis and Soviets. By 1943 he had settled in Moscow, where Shostakovich became his patron.
The Twelve Miniatures (1945) appear almost naive in their clarity, but their surface innocence is deceptive, and their mood elusive, often undercut by a current of unease.

Prokofiev depicted the violence and tragedy of his country's wartime experience in three great piano sonatas, before turning to an older, simpler Russia as inspiration for his Flute Sonata (1942-3). The musicians have always felt that this work inhabits a similar world to the paintings of Marc Chagall, rooted in village life, fairy tale and fantasy.