Reina Sofía School of Music

Various student ensembles of the Reina Sofía School of Music show their skill in this chamber music concert recorded at the school’s Auditorio Sony in Madrid, Spain. Firstly, Dúo Sibelius, which consists of Rolanda Ginkute (violin) and Cristina Cordero Beltrán (viola), performs Jean Sibelius’s Duo for violin and viola in C major. Next is a performance of Felix Mendelssohn’s String quartet No. 2 in A minor, Op. 13, by Cuarteto Óscar Esplá de Asisa. This foursome consists of Raquel Areal Martínez and Patricia Cordero Beltrán (violins), Raquel De Benito Forriol (viola), and Montserrat Egea (cello). To conclude the concert, Cuarteto Albéniz de Prosegur plays Mendelssohn’s String quartet No. 6 in F minor, Op. 80. Cuarteto Albéniz de Prosegur is made up of Valerie Isabel Steenken and Jacobo Christensen Fabuel (violins), Keigo Suzuki (viola), and Leonardo Chiodo (cello). This concert was recorded on May 18, 2021.

Soprano Maylin Anabel Cruz Fonseca and mezzosoprano Yeraldín León Acosta show their vocal prowess in this vocal recital recorded at the Reina Sofía School of Music’s Auditorio Sony in Madrid, Spain. The two singers present several arias, cantatas, and songs. The program opens with ‘Ah, non credea mirarti’ – ‘Ah, non giunge uman pensiero’ from Vincenzo Bellini’s opera La Sonnambula, sung by Cruz, who is accompanied by pianist Madalit Lamazares. After, Cruz is joined by tenor Agustín Gómez, performing ‘Tornami a dir che m’ami’ from Gaetano Donizetti’s opera Don Pasquale. Next, Cruz sings ‘No lloréis, ojuelos’ and ‘Gracia mía’ from Enrique Granados’s Canciones amatorias. Then, oboeist Paulo Pinto joins Cruz and Lamazares: they perform Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s aria ‘Vorrei spiegarvi, oh Dio’ K. 418 (arrangement for soprano, oboe and piano). This is followed by ‘Der Hölle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen’ from Mozart’s opera Die Zauberflöte, and ‘Quando m'en vo’ (Musetta’s Waltz) from Giacomo Puccini’s opera La bohème. The program continues with mezzosoprano Yeraldín León Acosta performing Gioachino Rossini’s cantata Giovanna d'Arco. She is accompanied by pianist Duncan Gifford. To close the concert, León performs Gustav Mahler’s Kindertotenlieder. She is accompanied by Camerata de la Escuela Superior de Música Reina Sofía under the lead of Francisco Alonso Serena. This concert was recorded on June 14, 2021.

Part of the ‘Fundación Banco Sabadell Young Talents’ concert series of the Reina Sofía School of Music in Madrid, this performance features chamber music works by Antonio Vivaldi and J. S. Bach. The program opens with Vivaldi’s Bassoon Concerto in G minor, RV 495 F VIII,23, performed by Ensemble Concertante, with María Bernal Sandoval as the soloist. After, Ensemble Concertante performs Vivaldi’s Oboe Concerto in A minor, RV 461 F VII,5, featuring Pablo Balaguer Ortiz as the soloist. Next, pianist Nicolás Margarit plays J. S. Bach’s Keyboard Concerto in D minor, BWV 974 (after Oboe Concerto in D minor by A. Marcello), followed by Bach’s Keyboard Concerto in D major, BWV 972 (after Violin Concerto Op. 3 No. 9 RV 230 by A. Vivaldi). The program closes with Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D major, BWV 1050, performed by Ensemble Concertante, Alberto Navarra (flute), Celia Bueno (violin), and Nicolás Margarit (harpsichord). This performance was recorded on June 29, 2021, at Auditorio Sony of the Reina Sofía School of Music in Madrid, Spain.

Violinist Javier Comesaña and pianist Ricardo Alí Álvarez appear at Auditorio Sony of the Reina Sofía School of Music in Madrid, Spain, to perform Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Violin Sonata in B-flat major, K. 454; Clara Schumann’s Drei Romanzen for violin and piano, Op. 22; and Johannes Brahms’s Violin Sonata No. 3 in D minor, Op. 108. As an encore, Comesaña and Álvarez perform ‘Wie Melodien zieht es mir’ from Johannes Brahms’s Fünf Lieder, Op. 105 (arranged for violin and piano by J. Heifetz), and the ‘March’ from Sergei Prokofiev’s opera The Love for Three Oranges (arranged by J. Heifetz). This performance was recorded on July 1, 2021.