Anne Akiko Meyers - Seasons... Dreams... (2010) CD-Rip

Violinist Anne Akiko Meyers is universally recognized for her exceptional artistry, charismatic presence and creative diversity. Meyers regularly appears in the great concert halls around the world as soloist with major orchestras, in recital, as chamber music collaborator and educator. Notable television credits include a PBS broadcast with the Boston Pops Orchestra and John Williams, and appearances on "The Tonight Show" with Johnny Carson and the "Emmy Award Show." A prolific recording artist, Meyers discography totals more than twenty releases. Seasons...dreams is her second release for eOne Music; her first release on the label, Smile, was met with widespread critical praise and Billboard-charting popular acclaim. Anne Akiko Meyers has studied with Alice and Eleonore Schoenfeld at the Colburn School of Performing Arts, Josef Gingold at Indiana University, and Felix Galimir, Masao Kawasaki and Dorothy DeLay at the Juilliard School. Meyers received the prestigious Avery Fisher Career Grant, the only artist ever to be the sole recipient of this annual prize. Meyers plays the 1730 "Royal Spanish" Stradivarius, formerly owned by the King of Spain.

On her latest recording, violinist Anne Akiko Meyers takes us on a musical journey that beings in a hushed gentle dreamscape and ends with languorous longing. She traverses the seasons, as expressed in a gorgeous selection of pieces which evoke everything from cherry blossoms, to endless blue skies to starry winter nights.
One of the world's premiere concert violinists, Anne Akiko Meyers has been celebrated throughout her nearly three-decade career for her exceptional musicianship, charismatic presence and creative diversity. On this new release, Meyers is joined by long-time collaborator Reiko Uchida on piano and the young harpist of the Paris Opera, Emmanuel Ceysson.