Mozart: Don Giovanni / Barenboim, Soyer, Evans, Alva, Et Al CD

St. Angelis Symphony Orchestra. Darian Stavans - Conductor. _______________Isolation... the reason of passion ... _______________PRODUCT DESCRIPTIONNoir et Blanc is a CD for orchestra. Fully conceived for it. One would notice immediately in listening, that the only missing feature, is the contrast that the title evokes. Why ? The reason is because the contrasts does not exist, they are the extreme points of a range of grays and then the opposites appear, when things flow over a hint of power, under a nostalgic melancholy, through the pain and glory, come Noir et Blanc is a CD for orchestra. Fully conceived for it. One would notice immediately by listening to it that the only missing feature is the contrast that the title evokes. Why ? The reason is because the contrasts does not exist, they are the ends of a range of grays and then the opposites appear; when things flow over a hint of power, under a nostalgic melancholy, through the pain and glory, come and go, whispering like the water flowing down the river, where tenderness can interlink with madness , and sometimes, they look the same although they act different. This musical CD talks about this intriguing range of grays and how deep they can touch the human essence. When things can be so different and at the same time so alike that only through the brave to prove the distance between them is when one dares to call them Noir et Blanc - Black and White. Meanwhile everything flows, apparently, in a range of grays.

and go, whispering like the water flowing down the river, where tenderness can interlink with madness , and sometimes, they look the same although they act different. This musical CD talks about this intriguing range of grays and how deep they can touch the human essence and it's soul. When things can be so different and at the same time so alike that only through the brave to prove the distance between them, is when one dares to call them Noir et Blanc - Black and White. Meanwhile everything flows, apparently, in a range of grays. _______________ABOUT THE ARTIST Evocative is a word that has been used to describe, or better said, react to the music of Darian Stavans. Evocative? One would imagine that such a music would bring to the mind and heart shared memories, but one does not necessarily share memories with an artist; one shares feelings, reflections, dreams. These are the things one finds in the music of Darian Stavans- a passage of sorts to that special place we all have deep in our souls.

The apparent simplicity of works such as Interiors, Passion, and Poetic is powerfully touching and intensely beautiful. Captivating melodies hold our attention as their notes drop ever deeper into the soul of the listener, retrieving echoes of the human experience we all share. Our lives may be different, but our feelings are not. Stavans' music glides us soothingly into currents of profoundly romantic reverie, pools of sunlit serenity, and occasionally into the depths of fleeting melancholy.

Stavans, the composer, imbues his music with texture: a guitar lends its sometimes earthy, sometimes airy quality to Els Segons Temps; whereas a lighter, more translucent harp is used to render Lullabies. In making his music come alive, Stavans has also become a producer (he produced all the works featured here) and a conductor. He conducted and recorded the St. Angelis Symphony Orchestra for his works Noir et Blanc and Prayer.