WEB FLAC (tracks) – 276 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps – 170 Mb | Digital booklet | 01:12:03Classical | Label: Naxos RecordsGeorge Oakley is a Georgian-born American composer and a prize-winning concert pianist. The solo piano pieces on this recording, Toccata and Sonata-Fantasia, are technically demanding works which exhibit a range of styles from jazz to classical and Georgian folk music. Oakley’s Sonata for Cello and Piano takes us from an initial state of struggle and doubt to a cheerful and victorious conclusion. For his Four Songs on Shakespeare Sonnets, Oakley “drew inspiration… from the musical language of Shakespeare’s era, so that each song would somehow become a bridge connecting the Renaissance with modernity.” His mentor and friend Richard Danielpour has written that “George Oakley’s music is always highly expressive, inevitable without ever being predictable, and speaks to the heart as well as the mind.”Naomi Louisa O’Connell, mezzo-sopranoAnton Rist, clarinetLizi Ramishvili, celloInga Kashakashvili, pianoAngelina Gadeliya, pianoTamar Mikeladze, pianoTracklist:01. Toccata02. Sonata for Cello & Piano: I. Quasi rubato andante03. Sonata for Cello & Piano: II. Prayer. Adagio molto e cantabile04. Sonata for Cello & Piano: III. Allegro ma non troppo05. 4 Songs Based on Shakespeare’s Sonnets: Sonnet 10106. 4 Songs Based on Shakespeare’s Sonnets: Sonnet 11107. 4 Songs Based on Shakespeare’s Sonnets: Sonnet 11608. 4 Songs Based on Shakespeare’s Sonnets: Sonnet 5609. Remembrance10. Sonata-Fantasia