Breiner - Slovak Dances | Naxos 857418485

Breiner - Slovak Dances

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Label: Naxos

Cat No: 857418485

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 2

Genre: Orchestral

Release Date: 25th September 2020

Contents

Artists

Stanislav Paluch (violin)
Boris Lenko (accordion)
Marian Friedl (whistles, bells, fujara, Jew’s harp, gaida)
Slovak Philharmonic

Conductor

Peter Breiner

Works

Breiner, Peter

Slovak Dances, Naughty and Sad

Artists

Stanislav Paluch (violin)
Boris Lenko (accordion)
Marian Friedl (whistles, bells, fujara, Jew’s harp, gaida)
Slovak Philharmonic

Conductor

Peter Breiner

About

Peter Breiner is one of the world’s most performed composer/arrangers, with a boundless musicality that has led him to create fusions of music from a variety of genres. Drawing on traditions established by Brahms and Dvořák and showcasing leading folk music soloists, his Slovak Dances are an exuberant and kaleidoscopic monument rooted in Slovak musical folklore. It comprises 16 symphonic fantasias on songs that evoke varying emotions with an autobiographical element that follows Breiner’s life from his origins in Humenné and Košice to New York.

The name Peter Breiner could easily be synonymous with the term commercial success in the music world, with record sales in the millions and over 200 titles to his name as composer, arranger and conductor. His most acclaimed recordings with Naxos include Beatles Go Baroque (8555010) which represents some of his commercially most successful Baroque
arrangements. The follow-up to this bestseller, Beatles Go Baroque Vol.2 (8574078), was released in November 2019.

Slovak Dances has been recorded with the Slovak Philharmonic and conducted by the composer. This extraordinary mix of world music, improvisation and symphonic composition has been enhanced through the involvement of acclaimed specialist soloists including multi-instrumentalist Marian Friedl and virtuoso accordionist Boris Lenko. Breiner also worked closely with violinist Stanislav Palúch, who provided additional folk songs to complete the collection. All of these musicians are forces to be reckoned with in the world of ethno-traditional and folk music.

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