Enescu: Complete Works For Violin And Piano (Vol. 1)

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Like Béla Bartók, Romanian composer-violinist- pianist George Enescu wrote violin music from a fairly early age, even earlier in fact: both the Ballade and Tarantella that feature on the second... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

Release Date: 12th Feb 2007
Catalogue No: 98239
Label: Hänssler
Length: 61 minutes

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Enescu: Impressions d'enfance for violin and piano, Op. 28

Work length22:33

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Azoitei Remus, Eduard Stan

No. 1, Ménétrier

Track length3:27

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No. 2, Vieux mendiant

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No. 3, Ruisselet au fond du jardin

Track length2:46

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No. 4, L'oiseau au cage et le coucou au mur

Track length2:17

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No. 5, Chanson pour bercer

Track length1:44

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No. 6, Grillon

Track length0:24

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No. 7, Lune à travers les vitres

Track length2:33

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No. 8, Vent dans la cheminée

Track length0:21

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No. 9, Tempête au dehors, dans la nuit

Track length2:11

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No. 10, Lever de soleil

Track length3:47

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Enescu: Violin Sonata 'Torso'

Work length16:47

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Eduard Stan, Azoitei Remus

Enescu: Violin Sonata No. 2 in F minor, Op. 6

Work length22:07

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Eduard Stan, Azoitei Remus

I. Assez mouvementé

Track length7:52

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II. Tranquillement

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III. Vif

Track length7:28

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2010

Like Béla Bartók, Romanian composer-violinist- pianist George Enescu wrote violin music from a fairly early age, even earlier in fact: both the Ballade and Tarantella that feature on the second disc of this admirable survey are the products of a prodigiously gifted 14-year-old.
Both are world premiere recordings, forming part of a sequence of unusual short pieces that includes a racy Hora Unirei from 1917 (like an offbeat waltz), a playful Impromptu concertant (1903) and a brief but harmonically pungent Andante malinconico that Enescu wrote for a sight-reading competition just four years before he died. All five miniatures showcase the refined but vibrant performing style of Remus Azoitei, a distinctive player whose sound world echoes Enescu's own.
Azoitei's pianist Eduard Stan is memorably supple in terms of both rhythm and touch, vital attributes in the last and greatest of the violin works, the Third Sonata, with its tricky transitions, complex but spirited dance sequences and fiery climaxes, especially in the finale. Azoitei and Stan combine temperament, mastery of idiom and executive elegance in a very special way. They shape the music beautifully, so that what in some hands sounds like mere extended improvisation (a desirable attribute admittedly) also parades discernable form.
The five larger works all come off exceptionally well. Regarding the folky and atmospheric Impressions d'enfance Azoitei gives the impression of controlled rhapsodising, and so does his pianist. The earliest larger-scale work here is the First Sonata, another teenage essay, confident and fitfully memorable though predictably derivative, with Schumann coming most often to mind. Carl Flesch described the Second Sonata (1899) as 'one of the most important works of all sonata literature, whose neglect is totally unjustifiable'.
If the repertoire appeals, no need to look any further: this is a first-rate collection, although Lupu is also worth searching out, maybe as a supplementary purchase, especially for that orchestral Caprice roumain.

March 2011

For an (almost) complete survey, Azoitei and Stan are unmatched for their sensitivity and insight...Readers should not hesitate in adding this masterly music to their collection.

Enescu: Complete Works For Violin And Piano (Vol. 1)

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