℗ 2008 Claves Records
Busoni: Sonata for Piano & Violin No. 2 - Enescu: Sonata for Violin & Piano No. 3
Nurit Stark, Cédric Pescia
Available in 44.1 kHz / 24-bit AIFF, FLAC audio formats
Violin Sonata No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 36a |
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I. Langsam Ferruccio Busoni; Nurit Stark; Cédric Pescia |
8:15 | |||
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II. Presto Ferruccio Busoni; Nurit Stark; Cédric Pescia |
2:21 | |||
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III. Andante, piuttosto grave Ferruccio Busoni; Nurit Stark; Cédric Pescia |
3:13 | |||
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IV. Tema: Con moto Ferruccio Busoni; Nurit Stark; Cédric Pescia |
1:26 | |||
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IV. Variation 1: Poco più andante Ferruccio Busoni; Nurit Stark; Cédric Pescia |
1:53 | |||
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IV. Variation 2: Alla marcia, vivace Ferruccio Busoni; Nurit Stark; Cédric Pescia |
0:58 | |||
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IV. Variation 3: Lo stesso movimento Ferruccio Busoni; Nurit Stark; Cédric Pescia |
0:57 | |||
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IV. Variation 4: Andante Ferruccio Busoni; Nurit Stark; Cédric Pescia |
4:12 | |||
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IV. Variation 5: Tranquillo assai Ferruccio Busoni; Nurit Stark; Cédric Pescia |
2:52 | |||
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IV. Variation 6: Allegro deciso, un poco maestoso Ferruccio Busoni; Nurit Stark; Cédric Pescia |
1:26 | |||
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IV. Coda: Più lento Ferruccio Busoni; Nurit Stark; Cédric Pescia |
2:50 | |||
Violin Sonata No. 3 in A Minor, Op. 25 "Dans le caractère populaire roumain" |
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I. Moderato malinconico George Enescu; Nurit Stark; Cédric Pescia |
8:58 | |||
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II. Andante sostenuto e misterioso George Enescu; Nurit Stark; Cédric Pescia |
8:35 | |||
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III. Allegro con brio, ma non troppo mosso George Enescu; Nurit Stark; Cédric Pescia |
7:45 | |||
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Total Playing Time 55:41
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"... Stark and Pescia make a fine job of Busoni's masterly and extremely expansive Second Sonata, a work that's far more grounded in the worlds of Beethoven and Brahms with Bach providing the theme for the variations second movement."
- Gramophone
"... at the top of the list for clear, detailed, if somewhat recessed, sound whose balance gives each artist her/his due and packing a wallop at climactic moments ... separately or together, one looks forward to more by these fresh, vibrant artists. In sum, superb. Highest recommendation."
- Fanfare
Pianist Cédric Pescia is joined by violinist Nurit Stark, making her recording debut, on a pair of sonatas by two truly innovative composers whose music is worthy of rediscovery. For both Busoni and Enescu, their success and popularity as performers proved to be a hindrance to their reputations as composers. Neither utilized a modern system or founded a school of composition, two key elements of interest to posterity. They were great humanist musicians and their works, magnificently singular, incontestably modern, are filled with a rich and vast sense of the past.
- Gramophone
"... at the top of the list for clear, detailed, if somewhat recessed, sound whose balance gives each artist her/his due and packing a wallop at climactic moments ... separately or together, one looks forward to more by these fresh, vibrant artists. In sum, superb. Highest recommendation."
- Fanfare
Pianist Cédric Pescia is joined by violinist Nurit Stark, making her recording debut, on a pair of sonatas by two truly innovative composers whose music is worthy of rediscovery. For both Busoni and Enescu, their success and popularity as performers proved to be a hindrance to their reputations as composers. Neither utilized a modern system or founded a school of composition, two key elements of interest to posterity. They were great humanist musicians and their works, magnificently singular, incontestably modern, are filled with a rich and vast sense of the past.
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