Schulhoff: Complete Music for Violin and Piano

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A fascinating and rewarding issue. There is no doubting the firm belief in this music that exudes from Monteiro and Santos's performances. — Fanfare More…

Release Date: 18th Nov 2016
Catalogue No: 95324
Label: Brilliant Classics
Length: 76 minutes

Schulhoff: Suite, Op. 1

Work length22:24

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Joao Paulo Santos, Bruno Monteiro

I. Praludium

Track length4:05

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II. Gavotte

Track length4:06

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III. Menuetto

Track length4:17

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IV. Walzer

Track length4:05

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V. Scherzo

Track length5:51

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Schulhoff: Sonata for Violin & Piano No. 1, Op. 7

Work length21:54

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Joao Paulo Santos, Bruno Monteiro

I. Allegro risoluto

Track length6:41

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II. Tranquillo

Track length4:37

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III. Presto

Track length2:54

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IV. Allegro molto

Track length7:42

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Schulhoff: Violin Sonata

Work length13:35

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Bruno Monteiro

I. Allegro con fuoco

Track length2:19

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II. Andante cantabile

Track length5:22

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III. Scherzo. Allegretto grazioso

Track length2:47

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IV. Finale. Allegro risoluto

Track length3:07

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Schulhoff: Sonata for Violin & Piano No. 2

Work length18:33

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Joao Paulo Santos, Bruno Monteiro

I. Allegro impetuoso

Track length6:44

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II. Andante

Track length5:13

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III. Burlesca: Allegretto

Track length2:43

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IV. Finale. Allegro risoluto

Track length3:53

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Erwin Schulhoff (1894-1942) was a Czech composer of GermanJewish descent. He received his musical education in Cologne, Leipzig and Vienna. Under the Nazis he was captured for his Jewish identity and his music, which the Germans considered Entartet, in 1942 he died tragically in a concentration camp.

Schulhoffs music started in the late romantic style of Brahms and Reger. Later he was influenced by the newly developed Jazz music, Dadaism and Czech folk music, all three fused into his own personal musical language. This new recording presents his complete output for violin and piano: one violin solo sonata, two sonatas for violin and piano and a suite for violin and piano. Highly original and dramatic music in which the tension of the Zeitgeist is everywhere apparent. Played by Bruno Monteiro and João Paolo Santos, who already recorded successfully for Brilliant Classics the music for violin and piano by Szymanowski (BC94979).

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A fascinating and rewarding issue. There is no doubting the firm belief in this music that exudes from Monteiro and Santos's performances.

[Monteiro] makes a good fist of it...João Paulo Santos does sound at home, he proves an adept interpreter, bringing out every nuance of the music. The sound is good. The accompanying booklet notes are quite detailed and informative, concentrating on the music rather than the composer. They make a good introduction to these works.

Classical Net

This program is both generously packed and very convincing. Bruno Monteiro and pianist Joäo Paulo Santos have already tackled some adventurous repertoire for Naxos and Brilliant Classics, and this may be their finest achievement on disc. The sound is excellent and ideally compliments the performances.

Musical Opinion April/June 2017

This is a most important record of previously-neglected 20th-century chamber music...We have to thank violinist Bruno Monteiro and his excellent partner Joao Paulo Santos for giving us this very well played and recorded CD, which makes a belated act of restitution for a notable composer.

Classical Music Sentinel

Monteiro has a way of dramatically changing the tonal color of his instrument, sometimes note by note, based on the music's character at any given moment. A technique that his quite captivating and effective. Bruno Monteiro and pianist Joao Paulo Santos can't help but feed off each other's energy, be it bright or dark. Monteiro's eloquent playing cuts through its tough exterior and reveals the earnest intensity burning at its core.

Jornal de Letras

Here, once more, is very clear the artistry of both musicians: virtuoso playing, technical command, the profound knowledge of the works. There are no reservations. These artists are the first choise right away amoung the existing versions. They offer outstanding readings where we can hear the richness and
power of seduction..

Classical Candor December 2016

Monteiro's tone is always clean, golden, and vibrant, qualities he maintains throughout the program. Monteiro and Santos make a splendid team, keeping the drama of the piece moving forward with a pulsating, scintillating enchantment

Revista Ritmo March 2017

Wide use of mute, sonorities close to irony or harmonically unstable intervals, propitiated by the search for a consolidated modernity, flow with naturalness in the bow of Bruno Monteiro, great connoisseur of these sonatas

Classical Modern Music

The works are played with lively spirit and idiomatic sensitivity by Bruno Monteiro on violin and João Paulo Santos on piano. This volume spells out his brilliance. I do recommend it very strongly.

The Art Music Lounge

Monteiro possesses a fine tone and technique… and does not hold back; he attacks this music with relish, fully understanding its idiom and purpose. All in all, a fascinating glimpse of a different side of Schulhoff.

Scherzo Magazine

A fully Portuguese production by two great Portuguese artists. Monteiro and Santos play the Sonatas for violin and piano, the Suite that opens the recital (five beautiful dances with classic touch) and the Sonata for solo violin, in whose four movements Monteiro shines; Monteiro and Santos make a beautiful album… And Brilliant points out a new tide in its recoveries, on the other hand, so accessible to modest pockets without modest pretensions and goals

Schulhoff: Complete Music for Violin and Piano

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