Label: Challenge Classics
Format: SACD
Barcode: 0608917278620
Catalog number: CC 72786
Releasedate: 09-11-18
Format: SACD
Barcode: 0608917278620
Releasedate: 09-11-18
- A well thought-out programme for violin and piano by a young, quickly growing duo
- Two late masterpieces from Debussy and Janacek paired with the young Respighi
- Three Sonatas composed during WWI to commemorate the centennial of its end
- Three musically very different ways to reflect and to protest against the War
- Two late masterpieces from Debussy and Janacek paired with the young Respighi
- Three Sonatas composed during WWI to commemorate the centennial of its end
- Three musically very different ways to reflect and to protest against the War
‘Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and yet cannot remain silent’, wrote Victor Hugo in 1864. Half a century later, his words had never felt more pertinent. Every composer writing during World War I found a unique way, through their music, to describe and protest against the horrors that were tearing civilization apart.
Created in the depth of morbidity, Debussy’s parting musical gift is a subtle, dignified and heroic celebration of youth and joie de vivre. A sense of patriotism in the war years links Debussy with the foremost Moravian composer of the day, Leoš Janáček. Ottorino Respighi was only in his thirties when the war broke out. His 1917 Sonata for violin and piano is a work of Romance written in the time of hate, a reminder that the past and the future remain beacons of hope in desperate times.
Commissioned for this recital programme to reflect on the centenary of The Great War from our own times, Kenneth Hesketh’s Inscrizione, derivata, subtitled ‘A lie to the Dying’, is a quasi-meditation on the dying man, his anxious thoughts and the spasms of his failing heart being weaved conspicuously into a narrative of disquieting melancholy.
Foyle-Štšura Duo Praised for ‘playing of compelling conviction’ (The Daily Telegraph) and ‘astonishing mutual feeling, understanding and responsiveness’ (Seen and Heard International), Foyle-Štšura Duo won the Beethoven Piano Society of Europe Duo Competition and the Salieri-Zinetti International Chamber Music Competition in 2015.
Created in the depth of morbidity, Debussy’s parting musical gift is a subtle, dignified and heroic celebration of youth and joie de vivre. A sense of patriotism in the war years links Debussy with the foremost Moravian composer of the day, Leoš Janáček. Ottorino Respighi was only in his thirties when the war broke out. His 1917 Sonata for violin and piano is a work of Romance written in the time of hate, a reminder that the past and the future remain beacons of hope in desperate times.
Commissioned for this recital programme to reflect on the centenary of The Great War from our own times, Kenneth Hesketh’s Inscrizione, derivata, subtitled ‘A lie to the Dying’, is a quasi-meditation on the dying man, his anxious thoughts and the spasms of his failing heart being weaved conspicuously into a narrative of disquieting melancholy.
Foyle-Štšura Duo Praised for ‘playing of compelling conviction’ (The Daily Telegraph) and ‘astonishing mutual feeling, understanding and responsiveness’ (Seen and Heard International), Foyle-Štšura Duo won the Beethoven Piano Society of Europe Duo Competition and the Salieri-Zinetti International Chamber Music Competition in 2015.
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1Violin Sonata in G Minor L.140Allegro vivo04:55
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2Violin Sonata in G Minor L.140Intermède: fantastique et léger04:20
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3Violin Sonata in G Minor L.140Finale - très animé04:29
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4Violin Sonata JW. VII/7Con moto05:21
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5Violin Sonata JW. VII/7Balada04:55
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6Violin Sonata JW. VII/7Allegretto02:35
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7Violin Sonata JW. VII/7Adagio04:52
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8Inscrizione (derivata) - A Lie to the Dying08:44
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9Violin Sonata in B Minor P 110Moderato09:09
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10Violin Sonata in B Minor P 110Andanto espressivo08:34
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11Violin Sonata in B Minor P 110Passacaglia. - Allegro moderato ma energico08:03