Chausson & Ysaye - Music for Violin, Cello and Piano | Etcetera KTC1729

Chausson & Ysaye - Music for Violin, Cello and Piano

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Label: Etcetera

Cat No: KTC1729

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Chamber

Release Date: 4th November 2022

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This new CD presents selected chamber works of Ernest Chausson and Eugène Ysaÿe, for violin, cello and piano. Performed by Bruno Monteiro (violin), Miguel Rocha (cello) and João Paulo Santos (piano), the programme consists of Chausson's Piano Trio in G minor (op.3) and Ysaÿe's Poème elegiaque (op.12) and Meditation-Poème (op.16).

Bruno Monteiro is heralded by the daily Publico as "one of Portugal´s premier violinists". Fanfare describes him as having a "burnished golden tone" and Pizzicato states that his performances are "technically and expressively outstanding". The Strad characterises his playing as "ardent and heroic" and MusicWeb International refers to interpretations that reach an "almost ideal balance between the expressive and the intellectual". He leads an intense concert career as recitalist, soloist and chamber musician, having performed in all the major musical centres of Portugal, with repertoire spanning composers from Bach to Corigliano.

Miguel Rocha began his studies at the Conservatory of Porto with Isabel Delerue. In 1983, he worked abroad with M. Strauss (Paris), Vectomov (Prague), Iankovic (Maastricht), Aldulescu, Pergamenchikov (Basel) and Fallot (Lausanne). Rocha obtained several degrees with the highest classification, including the First Prize for Virtuosity from the Haute École de Musique, Lausanne, and the First Prize of the International Music Competition, UFAM. He has given concerts in France, Switzerland, Italy, Spain, Mexico, Brazil and the USA. Miguel Rocha is currently Professor Coordenador at ESART and a member of Duo Contracello, Duo Sigma, Avondano Ensemble and Tesseract Ensemble.

Born in Lisbon in 1959, the pianist João Paulo Santos is a graduate of the Lisbon National Conservatory. With sponsorship from the Gulbenkian Foundation, he completed his piano studies in Paris with Aldo Ciccolini (1979–84). For the past four decades, he has been associated with Teatro Nacional de Sao Carlos (the Lisbon Opera House), first as Principal Chorus Conductor and now as Director of Musical and Stage Studies. As a pianist, he performs as a soloist, in chamber groups, with major singers and in duo, both with the violinist Bruno Monteiro and the cellist Irene Lima. He joined Trio Aeternus in 2019.

Reviews

If you fancy a heart-on-sleeve […] performance of an ‘unsung’ piano trio then this is one to put on and just turn up the volume.
MusicWeb International
This is playing so beautiful, so sensitive, so in touch with this music that no words can adequately explain it or do it proper justice. I can only say, listen and behold a miracle. (…) Bruno Monteiro acquits himself with gorgeous tone and technical flair in the violin piece, and Miguel Rocha invests the cello piece with a good deal of color and character, maintaining his poise through the score’s most difficult passages.  Jerry Dubins
Fanfare
This is a very fine issue of superb chamber music from the Belle Epoque period, and one cannot imagine it being better played or recorded. (…) Bruno Monteiro and his companions have the style of this period literally at their fingertips, and the whole presentation is admirable.  James Palmer
Musical Opinion Jan-March 2023
I enjoyed this disc immensely, the three instrumentalists all conquer the challenges of the instrumental writing without even making a meal of it. Throughout, the three remain sensitive to the poetry of the pieces, and the trio in particular has a lovely intimate give and take between the three players.  Robert Hugill
Planet Hugill
Bruno Monteiro (violin), Miguel Rocha (cello) and pianist João Paulo Santos form a formidable trio and marry long-term structural goals with moments of expressive piquancy to generate the necessary dramatic light and shade in a work as youthfully intense as this. (…) Bruno Monteiro floating his tone with admirable refinement, Miguel Rocha matching him in sophistication of tone production, anchored by the consistent excellence of pianist João Paulo Santos. In the Poème Élégiaque, (…) Monteiro responds with fulsome instrumental address. (…) In the Méditation-Poème Miguel Rocha responds with ardour, splendidly matched by João Paulo Santos.  Jonathan Woolf
MusicWeb International
It is a joy to listen to, not least because of Bruno Monteiro’s ability to play so in tune. Cellist Miguel Rocha is an eloquent partner, while Joāo Paulo Santos's strength is to convey that intensity without ever resorting to virtuosity. (…) A disc full of delights and surprises, of subtle shades, of revelations. Definitely one for the Wants List shortlist. A superb disc on all levels.  Colin Clarke
Fanfare

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