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taken on his own terms Weiner is a composer of much personality and spirit. There's a self-confidence to both his sonatas that is very appealing and he certainly demands much of both players...as... — Gramophone Magazine, May 2010 More…

Release Date: 29th Jun 2009
Catalogue No: CDA67735
Label: Hyperion
Length: 77 minutes

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Weiner, Leó: Violin Sonata No. 1 in D major, Op. 9

Work length24:24

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Hagai Shaham (violin), Arnon Erez (piano)

I. Moderato

Track length5:19

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II. Rasches Walzertempo

Track length4:28

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III. Andante

Track length6:31

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IV. Presto – Rasches Walzertempo

Track length8:06

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Weiner, Leó: Violin Sonata No. 2 in F sharp minor, Op. 11

Work length26:21

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Hagai Shaham (violin), Arnon Erez (piano)

I. Allegro

Track length6:21

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II. Presto

Track length2:44

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III. Larghetto

Track length5:50

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IV. Rubato: Moderato – Ziemlich rasch, scharf rhythmisiert

Track length11:26

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Weiner, Leó: Peregi Verbunk, op.40

Work length6:12

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Hagai Shaham (violin), Arnon Erez (piano)

Weiner, Leó: Lakodalmas 'Wedding dance', Op. 21b

Work length3:42

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Hagai Shaham (violin), Arnon Erez (piano)

Weiner, Leó: Hungarian Folk Dances (3)

Work length5:12

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Hagai Shaham (violin), Arnon Erez (piano)

I. Rókatánc 'Fox dance'

Track length1:49

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II. Marosszéki keringös 'Ronde from Marossék'

Track length1:09

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III. Csürdöngölö 'Peasants' dance'

Track length2:14

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Weiner, Leó: Húsz könnyü kis darab 'Twenty easy little pieces'

Work length11:55

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Hagai Shaham (violin), Arnon Erez (piano)

I. Allegro non troppo

Track length0:24

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II. Allegro

Track length0:27

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III. Allegretto

Track length0:44

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IV. Allegro

Track length0:22

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V. Allegro vivo

Track length0:14

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VI. Tempo giusto

Track length0:24

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VII. Tempo giusto

Track length0:36

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VIII. Moderato

Track length0:38

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IX. Allegro non troppo

Track length0:18

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X. Tempo di Csárdás

Track length0:24

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XI. Allegretto

Track length0:24

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XII. Allegro non troppo

Track length0:43

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XIII. Allegretto

Track length0:20

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XIV. Sostenuto

Track length0:59

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XV. Allegro non troppo

Track length0:39

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XVI. Tempo giusto

Track length0:32

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XVII. Allegro non troppo

Track length0:46

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XVIII. Andante

Track length1:07

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XIX. Andante sostenuto

Track length0:51

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XX. Allegro ben moderato

Track length1:03

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Hagai Shaham has made himself the master of the Hungarian idiom which prevailed in much Romantic violin music. He now turns to a composer who was one of the leading figures of new Hungarian music in the first few years of the twentieth century, although largely forgotten now. Leó Weiner was regularly hailed as the great new hope of Hungarian music—in 1908 one critic prophesied that he was the Hungarian symphonist that everyone had been waiting for. But in fact he did not produce any symphonies, and it was in chamber music that he fully achieved his early promise.

Hagai Shaham and Arnon Erez present a selection of Weiner’s music for violin and piano—and it is easy to fathom from them why Weiner was such a much-loved figure. His music is fastidious, highly melodic and occasionally nostalgic in appeal—delightfully lyrical and sensitive. It has a highly developed sense of rhythm, especially dance rhythm, and is also highly accomplished technically, of quite admirable craftsmanship. His two important Sonatas for violin and piano are recorded here, and both demonstrate the German romanticism which penetrated his musical vocabulary. The remainder of this disc is centred on Weiner’s works based upon different kinds of Hungarian folk tunes.

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May 2010

taken on his own terms Weiner is a composer of much personality and spirit. There's a self-confidence to both his sonatas that is very appealing and he certainly demands much of both players...as an snapshot of Weiner's diverse talents, it's an absorbing listen.

Highly enjoyable … full of charm and wit … The playing is exemplary … Shaham and Erez make the best possible case for these pieces, duly wearing hearts on sleeve where appropriate

17th July 2009

Erez's percussive playing emphasises the sparse, pointillistic quality of the piano writing - the product, one suspects, of Weiner being a self-taught pianist. Some of his folk dances are included as a bonus. They're closer in style and spirit to Liszt's Gypsy-inspired Rhapsodies than Bartók's stark folk song arrangements, and done with great elegance and flamboyant ease.

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