When in Silence of the Soul Paula Rios

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Album-Release:
2023

HRA-Release:
26.05.2023

Label: Eudora Records

Genre: Classical

Subgenre: Instrumental

Artist: Paula Rios

Composer: Fanny Mendelssohn (1805-1847)

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  • Fanny Mendelssohn (1805 - 1847): Ostersonate in A Major, H-U 235:
  • 1 Mendelssohn: Ostersonate in A Major, H-U 235: I. Allegro assai moderato 05:33
  • 2 Mendelssohn: Ostersonate in A Major, H-U 235: II. Largo e molto espressivo 05:53
  • 3 Mendelssohn: Ostersonate in A Major, H-U 235: III. Allegretto 04:42
  • 4 Mendelssohn: Ostersonate in A Major, H-U 235: IV. Allegro con strepito 09:33
  • Allegro molto in E Minor, H-U 410:
  • 5 Mendelssohn: Allegro molto in E Minor, H-U 410 04:05
  • Notturno, H-U 337:
  • 6 Mendelssohn: Notturno, H-U 337 04:35
  • 5 Klavierstücke:
  • 7 Mendelssohn: 5 Klavierstücke: I. Villa Medicis, H-U 353 06:00
  • 4 Lieder, Op. 8:
  • 8 Mendelssohn: 4 Lieder, Op. 8: I. Allegro moderato, H-U 423 04:01
  • 9 Mendelssohn: 4 Lieder, Op. 8: II. Andante con espressione, H-U 463 03:11
  • 10 Mendelssohn: 4 Lieder, Op. 8: III. Lied (Lenau), H-U 461 02:57
  • 11 Mendelssohn: 4 Lieder, Op. 8: IV. Wanderlied, H-U 458 02:47
  • Andantino in B-Flat Major, H-U 102:
  • 12 Mendelssohn: Andantino in B-Flat Major, H-U 102 02:07
  • Klavierstück in C Minor, H-U 139:
  • 13 Mendelssohn: Klavierstück in C Minor, H-U 139 01:39
  • Sonata in G Minor, H-U 395:
  • 14 Mendelssohn: Sonata in G Minor, H-U 395: I. Allegro molto agitato 03:36
  • 15 Mendelssohn: Sonata in G Minor, H-U 395: II. Scherzo 03:54
  • 16 Mendelssohn: Sonata in G Minor, H-U 395: III. Adagio 04:04
  • 17 Mendelssohn: Sonata in G Minor, H-U 395: IV. Finale. Presto - Allegro moderato e con espressione 05:29
  • Total Runtime 01:14:06

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Fanny Mendelssohn, a “sister of the Muses” has her mother would call her, was a 19th -century wife, mother and carer, but also made her own musical path and became of one the most important pianists of her time, composing over 400 pieces. The title of the album is a reference to a poem Goethe set Fanny to set it to music, highly spontaneous and experimental. Paula Ríos brings the brilliance and sensitivity needed and guides through Fanny’s piano output, including two first recordings.

Paula Rios, piano



Paula Rios
Described as a performer with a strong personality, refined technique and originality in her projects, Paula Ríos is developing an intense solo career in Spain, United Kingdom, France, Switzerland, Germany and Argentina, and has made recordings for RNE, TVE, Radio Suisse Romande, IB3, TVG and RG.

Currently she is focusing her efforts on the music of Frédéric Chopin and the beginning of the Romantic era. Her first CD «Chopin en Mallorca» was recorded for the Chopin Museum in Valldemossa and presented at the Chopin Society in London on the composer’s own piano. She regularly performs with 19th century instruments and has shared the stage with NYC Ballet Soloists playing works by Chopin.

Moreover, Paula Ríos researches intensely the National school and the Avant-Garde in Spain. She is invited to lectures and congresses and to join Spanish dance projects. Her CD «Viento de Plata» (Columna Música) collects the works of Jesús Bal y Gay y Rosa García Ascot, composers in the times of Federico García Lorca, Manuel de Falla and Luis Buñuel.

Paula Ríos obtained the Degrees of Piano and Theory with Honours and Extraordinary Prize at the Conservatorio Superior de Música de Vigo with Constantino Pérez and continued her studies at the Musik-Akademie der Stadt Basel (Switzerland) with László Gyimesi and Rudolf Buchbinder, where she obtained the Konzertdiplom and completed her Postgraduate Studies in the Soloists’ Class. Furthermore, she studied Chamber Music with Gérard Wyss, Ivan Monighetti and Rainer Schmidt, and Conducting with Hans-Martin Linde at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis.

She broadened her studies with Claudio Martínez Mehner and took part at masterclasses of Elisabeth Leonskaja, Alicia de Larrocha, Piotr Anderszewski, Rita Wagner, Alexei Lubimov, Andrej Jasinski, Larissa Dedova, Dimitri Bashkirov and Elisso Virsaladze, among others. She won various first prizes and scholarships from RCN, Fundación Gil Dávila, Fundación Pedro Barrié de la Maza, Caixanova, Lyra Stiftung and Schweizerische Interpretenstiftung.

Her third CD «Cantar con los dedos» (Calanda Music), dedicated to young Chopin and other virtuoso pianists in his circle, was presented in Paris and London. She has recently premièred in Spain and Portugal the Ostersonate by Fanny Mendelssohn under her correct authorship and she is about to release her new CD "When in silence of the soul" (Eudora Records) dedicated to Fanny Mendelssohn and including several first recordings.

This album contains no booklet.

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