Kovarovic: Psohlavci (The Dogheads) CD

Kovarovic: Psohlavci (The Dogheads) Tunde's debut album was released on the Triciom label in 1995. During a hectic year co-producing his first TV documentary, Tunde also set up Triciom Records with Paul Gladstone Reid. The first release was the seminal classical album: Lamentation. Embraced almost immediately by the classical world as a fantastic modern exponent of this idiom, Lamentation was produced by Paul Balmer. Despite its limited release, the album has found its way to a worldwide audience with little or no marketing from the small London-based label. Lamentation was voted album of the year by Wire magazine, chosen by opera diva Maria Ewing as one of her Desert Island discs and selected by New York DJ John Shaefer to be used for the commemorative anniversary of 9/11 on U.S. public broadcasting radio. The record was also described as : " ...Tunde's music reflects his complete harmony with his Western and African backgrounds..." - The Guardian "...some fabulous recordings of the kora, the harp-lute, and some dangerously New Age-sounding contemporary music" - Pick of the Day / The Independent "...Music thats made to last..." - Mojo magazine Lamentation has been used in many national ceremonial occasions from the Far East to South Africa, the U.S. and Canada. In 2002, the entire album was played continuously on U.S. radio as the unofficial recording to commemorate the September 11th disaster in New York. A much sought after recording, Triciom has not been able to keep up with demand for Lamentation and so it remains a very rare album in more ways than one.

Kovarovic: Psohlavci (The Dogheads) Track Listing of songs: Anon: Carmina Burana #37; Anon: Carmina Burana #22; Anon: Carmina Burana #3; Anon: Carmina Burana #52; Anon: Carmina Burana #14; Anon: Carmina Burana #16; Anon: Carmina Burana #63; Anon: Carmina Burana #12; Anon: Carmina Burana #119; Anon: Carmina Burana #7; Anon: Carmina Burana #211; Anon: Carmina Burana #90; Anon: Carmina Burana #203; Anon: Carmina Burana #179;

Kovarovic: Psohlavci (The Dogheads) "The genesis for this recording began in 2000, the year commemorating the 250th anniversary of Johann Sebastian Bach's death, when I began concert tours dedicated exclusively to his music. I chose this repertoire carefully, including many of the genres in which Bach so skillfully composed. For students, I included selections from Anna Magdalena's Notebook, Preludes and Fugues, and a variety of Inventions. For the more sophisticated listener, I chose the Italian Concerto, the French Suite, the Toccata and the Fantasy. Representing the religious aspect of Bach's life, I have selected cherished arrangements of ' Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring' and 'Sheep May Safely Graze' . From the simple to the sublime, the intellectual genius and emotional profundity of Bach is apparent in each work." Dr. Mark Laverty "Dr. Mark Laverty is a pianist worth watching..." Dr. Ruth Slenczynska, Concert Pianist, New York, New York. "Like Bach, Dr. Laverty is of Lutheran background. Combined with his profession of being an organist for the Lutheran Church, Mark has developed a profound affinity for Bach's music that has benefited him in developing a unique style of interpreting the music." Stan Ford, Professor, Mozarteum, Salzburg, Austria. "Mark Laverty is an accomplished pianist with a fine repertoire of Bach music. He brings a great deal of warmth and personality to his performances. His concert was thoroughly enjoyed in Cambridge." Rev. Reg Quirk, ChairmanEvangelical Lutheran Church of England, Cambridge, England.

Kovarovic: Psohlavci (The Dogheads)  

Kovarovic: Psohlavci (The Dogheads)  

Kovarovic: Psohlavci (The Dogheads) What the critics are saying about Virtuoso SCHUBERT Album (Eroica JDT3108) and pianist ZEYNEP Ucbasaran: "In her new Schubert disc she realises the often orchestral textures with a real feeling for the right balance between the different elements, and maintains a limpid tone for all the long singing lines. The actual sound, therefore, is always convincingly Schubertian. Her natural gifts as an interpreter extend beyond this, however; in each of the four movements of the mighty A major sonata she establishes a tempo which allows the music to expand and express itself simply and strongly; nothing is exaggerated or pulled out of shape. I would single out the finale in particular as a piece of supremely musical playing; it just flows naturally from her fingers. This is a finely conceived, thoroughly Schubertian-sounding performance which rises to an exceptionally good finale, and the "Wanderer" is perhaps finer still. The recording is rich and full-toned and, as in her Liszt album, Ucbasaran provides notes that are clear and go straight to the point. In an age where you can easily pass for an "original" interpreter by disrupting the musical line and bringing out "different" inner voices, I can only salute pure musicianship such as Ucbasaran's which puts itself at the service of the composer; this is the sort of art which is likely to grow while other supposed phenomena blaze and fall by the wayside. I suspect we will gradually hear more and more from this pianist." Christopher Howell, MusicWeb, London "She plays two works by Franz Schubert: his profound and noble Sonata in A major and the visionary Wanderer-Fantasy. Both pieces are awe-inspiring in their scope and demanding for the performer but Zeynep Ucbasaran plays superbly and intelligently throughout."John Pitt, New Classics, UK "... there is plenty of insight with which to draw the music together and to maintain a sense of propulsion. We have here the Wanderer Fantasy and the Sonata in A, a very fair choice of Schubert at his best, and even today gripping us with its sustained quality." Basil Ramsey, Music & Vision, UK "This disc shows off the versatility of Turkish pianist Zeynep Ucbasaran.. She takes on the most Apollinian of Schubert's three late (1828) piano sonatas, the A Major, whose second movement Andantino features some haunting writing melodically and polyphonically, with a kind of ferocious homage a Bach. She keeps a light hand on the proceedings, emphasizing the lyrical energies in this monumental piece. I found myself much admiring her technique, often forgetting about the import of the music."Gary Lemco, Audiophile Audition---------------- Pianist Zeynep Ucbasaran started her music studies at age four at the Istanbul Conservatory. She has her Concert Artist Diploma from the Liszt Academy of Music, Budapest. She obtained her graduate and advanced graduate degrees in Piano Performance from Hochschule fi¼r Musik, Freiburg, Germany and from the University of Southern California, Los Angeles. Among other professional awards, Ucbasaran was a prizewinner in the 1996 and 2000 Los Angeles Liszt Competitions. She has given many recitals and concerts in Turkey, Egypt, Hungary, Germany, Slovenia, and in the United States. More information: zupiano .

Kovarovic: Psohlavci (The Dogheads)  

Kovarovic: Psohlavci (The Dogheads) Track Listing of songs: Refrain; First dance: Con rubato; Refrain; First lament; Refrain; Second dance; Refrain; Second lament; Refrain; Third dance; He wishes for the cloths of heaven; The old men admiring themselves in the water; To a child dancing in the wind; Two years later; The fiddler of Dooney; A deep-sworn vow; Sweet dancer; The stolen child; He wishes for the cloths of heaven; The countess Cathless in paradise; Lamentation; Last Prayer; Exaltation; When you are old; A cradle song; He reproves the Curlew; When you are old; Melina;