Anne Akiko Meyers, Philharmonia Orchestra & Kristjan Järvi - Fantasia (2017) [Hi-Res]
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BAND/ARTIST: Anne Akiko Meyers, Philharmonia Orchestra, Kristjan Järvi
- Title: Fantasia
- Year Of Release: 2017
- Label: Avie Records
- Genre: Classical
- Quality: flac lossless / flac 24bits - 96.0kHz +Booklet
- Total Time: 00:48:10
- Total Size: 242 / 918 mb
- WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist
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01. Fantasia
02. Violin Concerto No. 1, Op. 35: I. Vivace assai
03. Violin Concerto No. 1, Op. 35: II. Vivace scherzando
04. Violin Concerto No. 1, Op. 35: III. Cadenza
05. Tzigane, M.76
A violin prodigy who appeared on the Tonight Show at age 11 and performed with the New York Philharmonic a year later, Anne Akiko Meyers enjoyed wide attention in her early years, especially as an exclusive RCA recording artist in her twenties. Once that recording contract expired, though, Meyers' visibility inevitably declined, although she has set herself apart as a champion of new music as well as standard Romantic works.
Born in California to an American father and a Japanese mother, Meyers began studying the violin at age four. Within three years she was soloing with a local community orchestra, while studying with Alice and Eleanore Schoenfeld at the Colburn School of Performing Arts in Los Angeles. In 1981 she made her Los Angeles Philharmonic debut, not long after appearing on Johnny Carson's Tonight Show. An engagement with the New York Philharmonic came when she was 12. Despite this early attention, Meyers continued her serious study, first with Josef Gingold at Indiana University, and then in 1985 with Dorothy DeLay, Felix Galimir, and Masao Kawasaki at the Juilliard School.
Meyers obtained major representation from ICM at age 16, in 1987. By 18, she had made her first recording, concertos by Barber and Bruch on the Royal Philharmonic's house label. Upon her graduation from Juilliard in 1990, she signed an exclusive recording contract with RCA and began touring extensively. In 1993 she received the prestigious Avery Fisher Career Grant, signaling that she was more than an over-age child prodigy. The first several of her six RCA recordings revolved around Romantic music, but by the end of her contract she had recorded the Prokofiev concertos and twentieth century American sonatas, as well as a few Japanese pieces. Even so, this hardly hinted at the violinist's strengthening interest in new music. She worked closely with composer Joseph Schwantner on his concerto Angelfire, which she premiered in 2001. The following year she participated in the first performance of Ezequiel Viñao's tone poem Saga with Joseph Kalichstein and Kristjan Järvi's Absolute Ensemble. A few months later, she premiered and recorded a violin concerto by Somei Satoh. Meyers also appeared in a PBS broadcast featuring the world premiere of Samuel Jones’ Violin Concerto with the All-Star Orchestra, conducted by Gerard Schwarz.
As a mature artist, Meyers has tempered her youthful technical brilliance with a delight in subtle interpretive details, particularly in recital pieces. Yet she doesn't disdain promotional glamour; in 1998 she was photographed by Annie Leibowitz for an Anne Klein fashion advertising campaign.
Meyers has commissioned and premiered new works for the violin by Mason Bates, John Corigliano, Jennifer Higdon, Arvo Pärt, Einojuhani Rautavaara, Jakub Ciupinski, Brad Dechter, Akira Miyoshi, Gene Pritsker, J.A.C. Redford, Huang Ruo, and Adam Schoenberg. Other collaborators have included Chris Botti, Il Divo, Wynton Marsalis, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Isao Tomita, and Michael Bolton. Meyers also made several television appearances with the Boston Pops Orchestra and at the Casals Festival with the Montréal Symphony.
Her recordings include Birds Warped in Time (2003), Smile (2009), and Seasons...Dreams (2010). Two of her albums, Air: The Bach Album (2012), and Four Seasons: The Vivaldi Album (2014), debuted at #1 on the classical Billboard charts, and Meyers was named the top-selling traditional classical instrumental soloist in 2014. Four Seasons: The Vivaldi Album marked her first recording of the 1741 ‘Ex-Vieuxtemps’ Guarneri del Gesu violin, which was presented to her for her lifetime use.
Meyers was honored with the Luminary Award at the 2015 Pasadena Symphony Association Annual Gala. She resides in Los Angeles with her husband and two daughters.
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01. Fantasia
02. Violin Concerto No. 1, Op. 35: I. Vivace assai
03. Violin Concerto No. 1, Op. 35: II. Vivace scherzando
04. Violin Concerto No. 1, Op. 35: III. Cadenza
05. Tzigane, M.76
A violin prodigy who appeared on the Tonight Show at age 11 and performed with the New York Philharmonic a year later, Anne Akiko Meyers enjoyed wide attention in her early years, especially as an exclusive RCA recording artist in her twenties. Once that recording contract expired, though, Meyers' visibility inevitably declined, although she has set herself apart as a champion of new music as well as standard Romantic works.
Born in California to an American father and a Japanese mother, Meyers began studying the violin at age four. Within three years she was soloing with a local community orchestra, while studying with Alice and Eleanore Schoenfeld at the Colburn School of Performing Arts in Los Angeles. In 1981 she made her Los Angeles Philharmonic debut, not long after appearing on Johnny Carson's Tonight Show. An engagement with the New York Philharmonic came when she was 12. Despite this early attention, Meyers continued her serious study, first with Josef Gingold at Indiana University, and then in 1985 with Dorothy DeLay, Felix Galimir, and Masao Kawasaki at the Juilliard School.
Meyers obtained major representation from ICM at age 16, in 1987. By 18, she had made her first recording, concertos by Barber and Bruch on the Royal Philharmonic's house label. Upon her graduation from Juilliard in 1990, she signed an exclusive recording contract with RCA and began touring extensively. In 1993 she received the prestigious Avery Fisher Career Grant, signaling that she was more than an over-age child prodigy. The first several of her six RCA recordings revolved around Romantic music, but by the end of her contract she had recorded the Prokofiev concertos and twentieth century American sonatas, as well as a few Japanese pieces. Even so, this hardly hinted at the violinist's strengthening interest in new music. She worked closely with composer Joseph Schwantner on his concerto Angelfire, which she premiered in 2001. The following year she participated in the first performance of Ezequiel Viñao's tone poem Saga with Joseph Kalichstein and Kristjan Järvi's Absolute Ensemble. A few months later, she premiered and recorded a violin concerto by Somei Satoh. Meyers also appeared in a PBS broadcast featuring the world premiere of Samuel Jones’ Violin Concerto with the All-Star Orchestra, conducted by Gerard Schwarz.
As a mature artist, Meyers has tempered her youthful technical brilliance with a delight in subtle interpretive details, particularly in recital pieces. Yet she doesn't disdain promotional glamour; in 1998 she was photographed by Annie Leibowitz for an Anne Klein fashion advertising campaign.
Meyers has commissioned and premiered new works for the violin by Mason Bates, John Corigliano, Jennifer Higdon, Arvo Pärt, Einojuhani Rautavaara, Jakub Ciupinski, Brad Dechter, Akira Miyoshi, Gene Pritsker, J.A.C. Redford, Huang Ruo, and Adam Schoenberg. Other collaborators have included Chris Botti, Il Divo, Wynton Marsalis, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Isao Tomita, and Michael Bolton. Meyers also made several television appearances with the Boston Pops Orchestra and at the Casals Festival with the Montréal Symphony.
Her recordings include Birds Warped in Time (2003), Smile (2009), and Seasons...Dreams (2010). Two of her albums, Air: The Bach Album (2012), and Four Seasons: The Vivaldi Album (2014), debuted at #1 on the classical Billboard charts, and Meyers was named the top-selling traditional classical instrumental soloist in 2014. Four Seasons: The Vivaldi Album marked her first recording of the 1741 ‘Ex-Vieuxtemps’ Guarneri del Gesu violin, which was presented to her for her lifetime use.
Meyers was honored with the Luminary Award at the 2015 Pasadena Symphony Association Annual Gala. She resides in Los Angeles with her husband and two daughters.
Year 2017 | Classical | FLAC / APE | HD & Vinyl
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