MUSIC FOR SOLO HARP

Liszt, Franz;
Chopin, Fryderyk;
Spohr, Louis;
Glinka, Mikhail;
Donizetti, Gaetano;
Rosetti, Antonio;
Reinhold, Hugo;
Parish Alvars, Elias;
Posse, Wilhelm

Hainen, Elizabeth

8.555791

"Virtuosity and expression are not the first two traits most listeners associate with the harp. But Elizabeth Hainen makes a case for the instrument as something more than the angel-food cake of the orchestra in this budget release of transcriptions and works written especially for harp. Her fine, fast work in Liszt's Liebestraume brings to a harpist of considerably more skill than we ordinarily have a chance to hear from her principal chair in the Philadelphia Orchestra. Elias parish Alvars' Serenade is a kind of bel canto for harp - fanciful ornamentation and strong melody - and Hainen treats it as such. She also gets a lovely bell-tone. The best thing about Hainen's playing is the way she makes a melody sing. It's hard to imagine Glinka's Nocturne sounding more musical." • Peter Dobrin, The Philadelphia Inquirer, May 2002

CD

Muzyka klasyczna

Naxos

06-07-2004

747313579129