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Commemorations 2025 (Inception: Beaux Arts Trio)
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A shelter where people can be sure of quality and find so much to discover: founder Michael Adda on his record label, La Dolce Volta
[…] crazy too. Ciccolini's only condition was that the sound quality had to be first-rate; that first CD, of Ciccolini in Mozart went worldwide. This was the beginning of the adventure.Other musicians came partly because of Ciccolini but also because of La Dolce Volta's way of working, their packaging and promotion of the discs. They recorded Ciccolini's final three studio discs and then recorded discs by the pianist Menahem Pressler (known for his work in the Beaux Arts Trio). La Dolce Volta became recognised as a boutique label with great musicians and great sound.The label was originally distributed by the old Harmonia Mundi, then in 2016, Harmonia Mundi was bought by PIAS. PIAS has proved a good distributor in France but less so worldwide, and in 2024 La Dolce Volta moves to a new distributor, one that specialises in classical music worldwide. Michael admits that whilst they sell a lot of […]
2023-09-01 13:00:56
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Obituaries Pianist and founding member of the Beaux Arts Trio, Menahem Pressler, died on May 6, at the age of 99. Alongside his performing career, he maintained a career as a professor of music at the Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music. Austrian pianist Ingrid Haebler died on May 14, 2023, at the age of [...]
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2023-05-08 08:46:09
Obituarists for Menahem Pressler in the Times (London... The post How the Beaux Arts Trio kept going against the odds appeared first on Slippedisc.
2023-05-07 03:08:14
Menahem Pressler, the distinguished pianist and founding member of the Beaux Arts Trio, died today, May 6, in London. He was 99. The Indiana University Jacobs School of Music announced the death of the distinguished professor of music in piano and Dean Charles H. Webb Chair in Music. He joined the Jacobs School of Music […]