A Different World: Contemporary works for solo violin and violin & piano

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An engagingly played programme of works mostly by little-known East European composers, generally sounding no more modern than Prokofiev or even Enescu — BBC Music Magazine, December 2012, 4 out of 5 stars

Release Date: 30th Jul 2012
Catalogue No: CHRCD039
Label: Champs Hill Records
Length: 75 minutes

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Barkauskas: Partita for solo violin Op. 12

Work length8:07

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Diana Galvydyte, Christopher Guild

I. Praeludium

Track length0:56

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II. Scherzo

Track length1:35

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III. Grave

Track length2:28

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IV. Toccata

Track length1:28

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V. Postludium

Track length1:40

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Barkauskas: Rauda (Lament) for Violin and Piano

Work length3:45

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Diana Galvydyte, Eduardas Balsys

Barkauskas: Drebulytè Išdykélè (Mischievous Drebulytè) for Violin and Piano

Work length1:54

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Diana Galvydyte, Eduardas Balsys

Schittino: Poem 'Eglè' for Violin and Piano

Work length10:26

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$2.10

Diana Galvydyte, Christopher Guild

Salonen: Lachen Verlernt for Violin Solo

Work length9:42

$1.50

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Diana Galvydyte, Christopher Guild

Sher: Concert Piece for Violin and Piano

Work length6:15

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Diana Galvydyte, Christopher Guild

Sher: Scherzo for Violin and Piano

Work length3:58

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Diana Galvydyte, Christopher Guild

MacMillan: After the Tryst for Violin and Piano

Work length2:47

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Diana Galvydyte, Christopher Guild

MacMillan: A Different World for Violin and Piano

Work length7:08

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Diana Galvydyte, Christopher Guild

Watkins, H: Partita for solo violin

Work length15:03

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Diana Galvydyte, Christopher Guild

I. Maestoso

Track length4:02

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II. Lento ma non troppo

Track length1:08

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III. Lento

Track length4:16

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IV. Comodo

Track length0:55

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V. Allegro molto

Track length4:42

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Bacewicz: Caprice for Violin and Piano

Work length1:53

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Diana Galvydyte, Christopher Guild

Bacewicz: Humoresque for Violin and Piano

Work length2:58

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Diana Galvydyte, Christopher Guild

Bacewicz: Oberek I for Violin and Piano

Work length2:00

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Diana Galvydyte, Christopher Guild

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Featuring exuberant young violinist and pianist Diana Galvydyte and Christopher Guild, this exciting new release brings together an incredible set of works by Eastern European, Italian and British composers, many of whom are alive and still composing to this day.

Italian composer Joe Schittino’s Poem ‘Eglè’ is based on the Lithuanian folk tale of Eglè the Serpent Queen, and is a world premiere recording on this disc. Violinist Diana Galvydyte was born in Vilnius, Lithuania in 1984, and grew up close to this folk-tale and its symbolism. The story - the best-known Lithuanian fairy tale - is considered one of the richest in references of Baltic mythology. This is the piece's world premiere recording.

Eduardas Balsys, the influential Lithuanian composer, wrote a ballet in 1960 based on the same story, and it is this score from which ‘Lament’ and ‘Mischievous Drebulytè’ are taken.

Two fabulous works by Scottish composer James Macmillan also feature - After the Tryst is a setting of William Soutar’s love poem which he originally wrote to sing with a folk band, whilst A Different World is a musical yearning for a dream world in which lovers’ wishes might be fulfilled.

Huw Watkins, one of the UK’s most sought after pianists and composers, wrote his beautiful and virtuosic Partita for solo violin in 2006.

With other excellent works by conductor and composer Esa-Pekka Salonen, along with Graźyna Bacewicz, Venjamin Sher and Vytautas Barkauskas, this disc is an exciting exploration of contemporary works for solo violin and violin & piano.

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December 2012

An engagingly played programme of works mostly by little-known East European composers, generally sounding no more modern than Prokofiev or even Enescu

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