Pizzetti & Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Violin Sonatas

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The Pizzetti demands something other than beauty in performance, and Shaham and Erez are uncompromising and abrasive with it. The Castelnuovo-Tedesco sounds gorgeous from start to finish. — The Guardian, 8th May 2014, 4 out of 5 stars

Release Date: 28th Apr 2014
Catalogue No: CDA67869
Label: Hyperion
Length: 68 minutes

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Pizzetti: Sonata No. 1 in A major for violin and piano

Work length29:57

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Hagai Shaham (violin), Arnon Erez (piano)

I. Tempestoso

Track length11:21

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II. Preghiera per gl'innocenti: Molto largo

Track length9:30

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III. Vivo e fresco

Track length9:06

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Pizzetti: Tre Canti for Violin and Piano

Work length12:07

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Hagai Shaham (violin), Arnon Erez (piano)

I. Affettuoso

Track length4:12

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II. Quasi grave e commosso

Track length3:51

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III. Appassionato

Track length4:04

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Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Sonata quasi una fantasia, Op. 56

Work length17:40

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Hagai Shaham (violin), Arnon Erez (piano)

I. Prologo: Moderato e pensoso

Track length6:40

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II. Intermezzo: Vivace e danzante

Track length3:53

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III. Epilogo: Calmo

Track length7:07

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Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Tre vocalizzi, Op. 55

Work length8:42

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Hagai Shaham (violin), Arnon Erez (piano)

I. Andantino (Pan ed Eco)

Track length3:10

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II. Molto calmo e malinconico (Come una nenia marinaresca)

Track length3:13

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III. Tempo di Fox Trot: Ironico e tagliente (American Music)

Track length2:19

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Hagai Shaham and Arnon Erez continue their exploration of the early twentieth-century violin repertoire, turning this time to Italy. These musicians are noted for their full-blooded performances: here they revel exuberantly in the music’s operatic passion.

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Pizzetti was at the height of his fame at a time when Italian music was all the rage; his pupil Castelnuovo-Tedesco eventually fled Italian anti-semitism to embark on a successful career in Hollywood.

Pizzetti’s Violin Sonata in A major was described by the late John C G Waterhouse, Britain’s leading authority on twentieth-century Italian music, as ‘much the most impressive sonata for violin and piano that has ever been written by an Italian’. His Tre canti were written in 1924, originally for cello and piano, then transcribed by the composer for violin.

Castelnuovo-Tedesco’s Sonata quasi una fantasia, Op 56, was composed in 1929, with a dedication to the Hungarian violinist Adila Fachiri (also the dedicatee of Bartók’s two violin sonatas). The Tre vocalizzi were originally written in 1928 as vocalises for wordless voice and piano. They were subsequently arranged for violin and piano by Mario Corti, who saw the potential in these pieces for transcriptions that used violin techniques to imaginative effect, with extensive use of double-stopping and harmonics, as well as a greatly expanded compass, using octave transpositions to exploit the instrument’s entire range.

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8th May 2014

The Pizzetti demands something other than beauty in performance, and Shaham and Erez are uncompromising and abrasive with it. The Castelnuovo-Tedesco sounds gorgeous from start to finish.

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