Music for Viola & Piano
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Label: Brilliant Classics
Cat No: 96714
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Chamber
Release Date: 2nd February 2024
Contents
Works
Pieces (2) for viola and pianoFantasiestucke (3) for viola and piano, op.43
Marchenbilder, op.113
Rondo
Elegie, op.30
Reverie
Artists
Massimo Piva (viola)Inessa Filistovich (piano)
Works
Pieces (2) for viola and pianoFantasiestucke (3) for viola and piano, op.43
Marchenbilder, op.113
Rondo
Elegie, op.30
Reverie
Artists
Massimo Piva (viola)Inessa Filistovich (piano)
About
This is the background to the Märchenbilder, op.113, which Schumann worked on feverishly in March 1851. As a masterpiece in his late style, the collection shivers with obsession and fevered dreams. Placing them side-by-side illuminates the degree to which Reinecke was inspired by Schumann’s example in his own Fantasiestücke, op.43. But this recital moves on into less familiar territory, where the viola’s personality as a melancholy guide takes us to repertoire by Vieuxtemps (an F minor Elegy), Wieniawski (Rêverie in F sharp minor) and Sibelius (Rondo in D minor) by composers much better known for their prowess as violinists, and as violinist-composers.
The recital reaches a natural chronological end with the pre-eminent poet of the viola in the early decades of the 20th century, Frank Bridge. No violist he, but inspired by the artistry of Lionel Tertis, Bridge came to write a good deal for the instrument such as the Two Pieces featured here, and found its mellow, soulful voice a natural fit for his own as a composer.
As a former member of the Lucerne Festival Orchestra and Orchestra Mozart, Massimo Piva worked extensively with the conductor Claudio Abbado. As a member of the Quartetto Prometeo he has performed both modern and classic repertoire across Europe, working with composers including Sciarrino and Fedele, and recorded the complete works for string quartet by Hugo Wolf on Brilliant Classics (94166).
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