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Tianwa Yang’s admired and revelatory Sarasate series continues with a volume of captivatingly melodic compositions. Given Sarasate’s prodigious status in the violin pantheon, technical demands on the performer are often – but not universally – constant. But so too is his unfailing gift for lyricism, whether in the elegant Boléro, the balletic Sérénade andalouse or the aria-like Rêverie. The dazzling bowing difficulties in the Fantaisie-Caprice are thrilling, and so are the bird call harmonics of Los pájaros de Chile, written during a South American tour and only very recently published.
This series of Sarasate violin and piano works is unprecedented in its scope and has received hugely admiring press. There is a cross section of moods and textures and also rarities – Los pájaros de Chile is a relatively newly published work and will be unfamiliar to almost everyone.
Pablo de Sarasate: Bolero, Op. 30
Bolero, Op. 30
Pablo de Sarasate: Zortzico d'Iparaguirre, Op. 39
Zortzico d'Iparaguirre, Op. 39
Pablo de Sarasate: Serenade andalouse, Op. 28
Serenade andalouse, Op. 28
Pablo de Sarasate: Adios montanas mias, Op. 37
Adios montanas mias, Op. 37
Pablo de Sarasate: Le Sommeil, Op. 11
Le Sommeil, Op. 11
Pablo de Sarasate: Reverie, Op. 4
Reverie, Op. 4
Pablo de Sarasate: Introduction et fandango, Op. 40
Introduction et fandango, Op. 40
Pablo de Sarasate: Fantaisie Caprice
Fantaisie Caprice
Pablo de Sarasate: Priere et berceuse, Op. 17
Priere et berceuse, Op. 17
Pablo de Sarasate: Confidences, Op. 7
Confidences, Op. 7
Pablo de Sarasate: Caprice sur Mireille de Gounod, Op. 6
Caprice sur Mireille de Gounod, Op. 6
Pablo de Sarasate: Airs ecossais, Op. 34
Airs ecossais, Op. 34
Pablo de Sarasate: Los pajaros de Chile
Los pajaros de Chile
Pablo de Sarasate: Les Adieux, Op. 9
Les Adieux, Op. 9
May 2012
*****
“Yang throws off merciless chains of double stops and finger-crippling arabesques with scintillating aplomb. She produces astonishingly clean harmonics - whether natural or forced - and high-wire acrobatics (in emulation of birdsong) in Los pajaros de Chile. Her confident rendering of this delightful piece seems all the more remarkable given it was only recently published.”
June 2012
“Her gifts are ideally suited to such a task with her flawless intonation, not least in the many passages involving high harmonics in the most extreme register. She is also brilliant in giving the many Spanish dance rhythms a winning lilt, so that this essentially trivial music is presented full of charm. One simply marvels and enjoys.”
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Bolero, Op. 30
