Enescu: Complete Works for Violin and Piano

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These wonderful two discs underline Enescu's pedigree as a composer, with Azoitei and Stan showing innate understanding not just of the large-scale works, but also the rarely-heard miniatures. — BBC Music Magazine, September 2014, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 30th Jun 2014
Catalogue No: 98035
Label: Hänssler
Length: 1 hour 55 minutes

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Enescu: Impressions d'enfance for violin and piano, Op. 28

Work length22:33

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Remus Azoitei (violin), Eduard Stan (piano)
Recorded: 6-9 December 2005
Recording Venue: Radio Bremen, Germany

No. 1. Menetrier

Track length3:27

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No. 2. Vieux mendiant

Track length3:03

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No. 3. Ruisselet au fond du jardin

Track length2:46

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No. 4. L'oiseau au cage et le coucou au mur

Track length2:17

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No. 5. Chanson pour bercer

Track length1:44

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No. 6. Grillon

Track length0:24

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No. 7. Lune a travers les vitres

Track length2:33

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No. 8. Vent dans la cheminee

Track length0:21

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No. 9. Tempete au dehors, dans la nuit

Track length2:11

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No. 10. Lever de soleil

Track length3:47

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Enescu: Violin Sonata 'Torso'

Work length16:47

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Remus Azoitei (violin), Eduard Stan (piano)
Recorded: 6-9 December 2005
Recording Venue: Radio Bremen, Germany

Enescu: Violin Sonata No. 2 in F minor, Op. 6

Work length22:07

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Remus Azoitei (violin), Eduard Stan (piano)
Recorded: 6-9 December 2005
Recording Venue: Radio Bremen, Germany

I. Assez mouvemente

Track length7:52

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II. Tranquillement

Track length6:47

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III. Vif

Track length7:28

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Enescu: Violin Sonata No. 3 in A minor, Op. 25 'dans le caractère populaire roumain'

Work length25:29

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Remus Azoitei (violin), Eduard Stan (piano)
Recorded: 14-17 March 2006
Recording Venue: Radio Bremen, Germany

I. Moderato malinconico

Track length8:23

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II. Andante sostenuto e misterioso

Track length8:33

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III. Allegro con brio, ma non troppo mosso

Track length8:33

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Enescu: Ballade, Op. 4a

Work length4:58

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Remus Azoitei (violin), Eduard Stan (piano)
Recorded: 14-17 March 2006
Recording Venue: Radio Bremen, Germany

Enescu: Impromptu Concertant in G flat major for violin & piano

Work length5:31

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Remus Azoitei (violin), Eduard Stan (piano)
Recorded: 14-17 March 2006
Recording Venue: Radio Bremen, Germany

Enescu: Andante malinconico for violin & piano

Work length2:35

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Remus Azoitei (violin), Eduard Stan (piano)
Recorded: 14-17 March 2006
Recording Venue: Radio Bremen, Germany

Enescu: Tarantelle

Work length4:25

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Remus Azoitei (violin), Eduard Stan (piano)
Recorded: 14-17 March 2006
Recording Venue: Radio Bremen, Germany

Enescu: Hora Unirei

Work length2:25

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Remus Azoitei (violin), Eduard Stan (piano)
Recorded: 14-17 March 2006
Recording Venue: Radio Bremen, Germany

Enescu: Violin Sonata No. 1 in D major, Op. 2

Work length24:07

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Remus Azoitei (violin), Eduard Stan (piano)
Recorded: 14-17 March 2006
Recording Venue: Radio Bremen, Germany

I. Allegro vivo

Track length7:26

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II. Quasi adagio

Track length9:03

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III. Allegro

Track length7:38

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George Enescu was one of the most brilliant musical figures of the 20th Century, and by far the most important artist to emerge from Romania. He was an extraordinary composer, inspiring conductor, and a highly esteemed violinist. The cellist Pablo Casals characterised Enescu as "the greatest musical phenomenon since Mozart“ and Yehudi Menuhin remained a lifelong devotee, saying: “If you ask me who had the most influence and range as a musician, then I say Enescu!”

Of all of Enescu's works for violin and piano, the 3rd Sonata Op. 25 "dans le caractère roumain populaire" ("in Romanian folk character" ) composed in 1926 is the most famous and stands roughly in the center of his work for these instruments. In addition to the two other sonatas, a dramatic sonata „torso“ in A Minor, the "Impressions d' enfance" and some smaller works have survived. The Ballad, composed in Paris in 1895 by the precocious fourteen year old Enescu begins his work for violin and piano, ending with the nostalgic Andante malinconico of 1951.

Two Romanian musicians, violinist Remus Azoitei and pianist Eduard Stan bring this multifaceted music to life with their gorgeous playing- and drawing inspiration - adding a personal touch - with their own intuitive understanding of Romanian culture, just as the master composed them.

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September 2014

These wonderful two discs underline Enescu's pedigree as a composer, with Azoitei and Stan showing innate understanding not just of the large-scale works, but also the rarely-heard miniatures.

7th November 2014

The studio recording has been well-judged and doesn’t sound cold or distant. The performances...are really first-class, and are alive to all the twists and turns in the music, keenly aware of the folkloric impulse throughout and touchingly tender when required. I want to hear more from this duo.

Enescu: Complete Works for Violin and Piano

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