Lekeu: Music for Violin, Cello and Piano

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An emotionally- drenched sonata and trio show us a composer who was mature beyond his short-lived years. Intimate recording of passionate performances only adds to the impact. — BBC Music Magazine, September 2019, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 12th Apr 2019
Catalogue No: 95739
Label: Brilliant Classics
Length: 77 minutes

Lekeu: Violin Sonata in G major

Work length34:24

$9.00

$11.55

Bruno Monteiro (violin), Joao Paulo Santos (piano)
Recorded: June / July 2018
Recording Venue: Igreja da Cartuxa, Caxias, Portugal

I. Très modéré - Vif et passionné

Track length13:00

$3.00

$3.85

II. Très lent

Track length10:16

$3.00

$3.85

III. Très animé

Track length11:08

$3.00

$3.85

Lekeu: Piano Trio

Work length43:26

$11.00

$14.15

Bruno Monteiro (violin), Joao Paulo Santos (piano), Miguel Rocha (cello)
Recorded: June / July 2018
Recording Venue: Igreja da Cartuxa, Caxias, Portugal

I. Lent - Allegro

Track length12:43

$3.00

$3.85

II. Tres lent

Track length12:22

$3.00

$3.85

III. Tres anime

Track length7:11

$2.00

$2.60

IV. Lent - Anime

Track length11:10

$3.00

$3.85

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• Guillaume Lekeu (1870-1894) was born in Veviers, Belgium. He studied music and philosophy in Paris. A visit to Bayreuth brought him under the spell of the music of Richard Wagner. Upon his return he took lessons with César Franck, who was his mentor and greatest music inspiration.

Lekeu was one of the foremost talents of his generation and his tragically early death robbed music history of a great promise.

• Lekeu mainly composed chamber music. This new recording features his beautiful and substantial piano trio as well as his violin sonata. The musical language is melancholy, mysterious and based on the extended chromaticism of Wagner and Franck.

• Played by Bruno Monteiro (violin), Miguel Rocha (cello) and João Paulo Santos (piano), who already made several successful recordings for Brilliant Classics with works by Schulhoff and Szymanowski.

Reviews

September 2019

An emotionally- drenched sonata and trio show us a composer who was mature beyond his short-lived years. Intimate recording of passionate performances only adds to the impact.

Monteiro and Santos are the superior interpreters of the sonata, greatly attuned to Lekeu’s long lines and haunting, borderline macabre atmosphere.Cellist Miguel Rocha is a worthy collaborator with these two artists in the piano trio. He has a big sound and explores the extreme world of Lekeu with tension and subtlety. Highly recommended

Monteiro has the rich and full-blooded tone Lekeu’s violin writing requires, and Santos has all the technique in the world, which he certainly needs for Lekeu’s elaborate piano parts. The tone of the cellist, Rocha, is similar to that of Monteiro, and he fits in well into the trio.

Musical Opinion

We are indeed grateful to Bruno Monteiro, the driving force behind this importante new release for this outstanding new CD of Lekeu´s two major chamber works, in which he is magnificently partnered by João Paulo Santos and Miguel Rocha. The Violin Sonata is virtually on a pair with Cesar Franck´s in terms of originality and consistent quality.

Classical Music Sentinel

Monteiro shapes each phrase differently according to its expressive content or emotive weight...And because pianist Joao Paulo Santos has been collaborating with Monteiro for quite a while now, the piano reacts to the violin in a symbiotic fashion and follows the action accordingly while adding its own insights.

Pizzicato

They play with such overwhelming fervour and energy that one can become dizzy. This is extremely impressive and stirring.

Lekeu: Music for Violin, Cello and Piano

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