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Basque , or Euskara , is a European, ergative and agglutinative language spoken primarily in the Basque Country . There are also Basque-speaking communities in Europe and America . Basque is official alongside Spanish in the Spanish-dominated Basque Country and the Basque-speaking area of ​​Nafarroa/Navarra , while in the French-dominated Basque Country it has no official status. It is one of the few non -Indo-European languages ​​in Europe and is the only language isolate on the continent. ​ The origin of the Basques is unknown; although there are multiple hypotheses about it, none has been definitively proven. ​ Its possible connection with other languages ​​of prehistoric Europe and its unique characteristics have aroused the interest of linguists and anthropologists around the world.

Euskaraz . The piece we are offering today is part of " Euskaraz ", a recording that includes the premiere of pieces composed for guitar by Grammy and Latin Grammy- winning composer Carlos Fernando López . The music was created for the award-winning Guipuzcoan guitarist Andrea González Caballero . The set of works is a journey through a variety of sounds with the guitar as the common thread. In addition, in each of the pieces this solo instrument is surrounded by different musical companions such as the string orchestra or the electric bass.

The guitar is a plucked string instrument, unlike the piano, which is a percussive string , or the violin, which is a bowed string . After centuries of evolution, the current guitar is made up of a sound box , which has a large hole or mouth at the top, a neck , which is traversed by six strings that run from the bridge to the headstock , whose pegs are used to tune the strings; on the other hand, the neck is covered by a piece of wood, which is the fingerboard, divided into frets that divide the strings into half-tones. The origin of the guitar dates back to 1000 BC, where the Assyrians already had plucked string instruments with a sound box. The six-string guitar was introduced in the 18th century by Jacob Otto with its current tuning.

Pablo Sarasate (1844-1908) was a composer and violin virtuoso born in Iruña/Pamplona . A precocious child, his parents, aware of their son's musical abilities, trained him to play the violin; he continued his studies in Madrid and Paris . In 1859 he began his public career giving concerts throughout Europe and America, remaining active until his death. His universal prestige was made clear by the dedication with which some of his scores were headed by eminent composers such as Max Bruch , Camille Saint-Saëns , Édouard Lalo, Henryk Wieniawski , Antonín Dvořák … and some others. He died at his home in "Villa Navarra" in Biarritz in 1908, at the age of 64.

Today we offer the work Navarra by Pablo Sarasate in a version by violinists Aleksander Smakosz and Dobromir Lesiak accompanied by The Karol Szymanowski School of Music in Warsaw conducted by maestro Marta Kluczyńska .

José de Cáseda y Villamayor (Tudela, c. 1660 - Sigüenza, 1725) was a Baroque composer and chapel master from Navarre. Son of Diego de Cáseda , who was chapel master of El Pilar in Zaragoza , and Esperanza Villamayor y Rosales , he probably trained with his father, as one of the infants of El Pilar. He worked as chapel master in various cathedrals, obtaining the post by taking competitive examinations; he did so in Calahorra (1682), Iruña/Pamplona (1691), Zaragoza (1695) and Sigüenza (1711), where he died in 1725. His work can be found in a multitude of church archives; among them: Aránzazu (Guipúzcoa), Jesús Garza Collection (Mexico), El Escorial, Royal Palace (Madrid), Library of Catalonia (Barcelona) and many others.

The Christmas carol is a traditional musical and poetic form in Spanish and Portuguese from Spain and Portugal , very popular between the 15th and 18th centuries . In the 20th century they also achieved great popularity and diffusion in the English language within the United States with artists such as Bing Crosby , Frank Sinatra and Elvis Presley . Christmas carols were originally secular songs with a chorus, of popular origin and with several voices. Later they began to be sung in churches and to be specifically associated with Christmas . Currently, after the decline of the old form of the carol, the term is known more as a genre of song whose lyrics refer to Christmas and which is traditionally sung on those dates.

Pyotr Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) was a Russian composer who graduated from the St. Petersburg Conservatory and wrote works in a variety of musical genres, although his greatest success was achieved with his ballets. Unfortunately, his personal life was plagued by continuous personal crises from the age of 14, when his mother died, also as a result of a repressed homosexuality, which forced him to enter into a marriage that only lasted a few months. He wrote more than 150 compositions, including piano works, quartets, suites, symphonies, concertos, choral works, cantatas, operas and ballets. He died at the age of 53 and is currently considered one of the greatest composers in history.

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky 's Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36 was composed between 1877 and 1878. During the composition of the symphony, Tchaikovsky wrote to his patron, Nadezhda von Meck , that he "very much" wished to dedicate it to her, and that he would note in the score "dedicated to my best friend". He had begun composing the symphony shortly after Meck came into his life. He would complete it after her catastrophic marriage, stating that he would find in it "an echo of your innermost thoughts and emotions". The premiere took place at a concert of the Russian Musical Society in Saint Petersburg on 10 February (Julian calendar) or 22 February (Gregorian calendar), 1878; conducted by Nikolai Rubinstein .

The symphony is structured in four movements: I (0'19') ANDANTE SOSTENUTO — MODERATO CON ANIMA — MODERATO ASSAI, QUASI ANDANTE — ALLEGRO VIVO (FA MINOR).-. II (18´35´´) ANDANTINO IN MODO DI CANZONA (SI FLAT MINOR) .-. III (29´08´´) SCHERZO: PIZZICATO​ OSTINATO — ALLEGRO (F MAJOR) .-. IV (34´23´´) FINALE: ALLEGRO CON FUOCO (F MAJOR).

The staging is brought to us by the Gyeonggi Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of maestro Shi-Yeon Sung (Busan, 1975), a Korean conductor who in 2007 became the first female assistant conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra , a position she held until 2010. She was also associate conductor of the Seoul Philharmonic from 2009 to 2013. She has served as artistic director and principal conductor of the Gyeonggi Philharmonic Orchestra since January 2014. Among the orchestras she has conducted are the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra and the National Symphony Orchestra of the United States , among others.

Maite Itoiz, producer, composer, and with careers in singing and guitar behind her, comes from the classical world, having participated in numerous opera productions with the greatest lyrical singers and directors of today and with several classical CDs on the market. She has been able to adapt her lyrical soprano voice to very diverse styles, playing with timbres. She produces from pure classical to heavy metal groups, always adding a symphonic touch to her productions. (last.fm)

The Jota Navarra . According to the writer José María Iribarren, published in the Diario de Navarra (1966): “The jota navarra began to penetrate the Navarrese soul during the cholera epidemic of 1885; the city of Tafalla had its medicine in the jota; next to the sulphur bonfires, there were the rondallas to calm the spirits. In this way, the jota became consubstantial with Navarra , and especially with Ribera . To all this, Manuel García Matos added: “The Jota Navarra is closely related to the Jota Aragona ; but it has a greater linear undulation of the phrases, with more abundant and longer melismas, and is not subject to the metric regularity of the latter. It has more melodic preciosity than the Aragonese and the introduction and the instrumental variations are also different.”

Asha Bhosle is an Indian singer known for providing many of the backing vocals used in Bollywood films , although her repertoire is much broader. Her career began in 1943 and she has been active for six decades, appearing in over 950 Bollywood films and several albums. Asha Bhosle is one of South Asia 's most versatile voices: her repertoire includes traditional soundtrack music, pop, ghazal, bhajan, traditional Indian classical music, folk, qawwali and rabindra sangeet . She has sung in over 14 languages, including Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Gujarati, Punjabi, Tamil, English, Russian, Nepali and Malay . She is believed to have sung over 12,000 songs, but such estimates are difficult to verify.

Joby Talbot (1971) is a British composer, who has written for a wide variety of purposes and consequently in a wide range of styles, including instrumental and vocal concert music, film and television scores, pop arrangements and dance works. Although classically trained, Talbot 's early career focused on film and television scores and pop arrangements. He worked as arranger and keyboardist for the band The Divine Comedy from 1993 to 2002. In 1999, after a few minor jobs, he began receiving all kinds of major commissions from major institutions such as The Royal Ballet, The Proms, the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic or the Turku Philharmonic .

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is a ballet in three acts by Christopher Wheeldon based on the fairy tale of the same name by Lewis Carroll . It was commissioned by The Royal Ballet, Covent Garden and the National Ballet of Canada ; it had its world premiere on Monday 28 February 2011. Joby Talbot 's music is the first full-length score for The Royal Ballet in 20 years; it is also the first full-length narrative ballet commissioned by the company since 1995. Joby Talbot 's score combines contemporary soundworlds with haunting melodies evoking 19th-century ballet scores . Today we feature the Pas de deux as performed by Royal Ballet soloists Sarah Lamb and Federico Bonelli .

Dragon dance is a traditional dance and performance form in Chinese culture. The dance is performed by a team of experienced dancers who manipulate a long, flexible giant puppet of a dragon using poles placed at regular intervals along the dragon. The dance team simulates the imaginary movements of this river spirit in a sinuous and undulating manner. Dragon dance is often performed during Chinese New Year . Chinese dragons are a symbol of Chinese culture, and are believed to bring good luck to people; therefore, the longer the dragon is in the dance, the more luck it will bring to the community. Its movements in a performance traditionally symbolize the power and dignity of the dragon.