Lydia Mordkovitch - Poème: The Artistry of Lydia Mordkovitch (2015)

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Title: Poème: The Artistry of Lydia Mordkovitch
Year Of Release: 2015
Label: Chandos
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (tracks+booklet)
Total Time: 76:59 min
Total Size: 335 MB
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Lydia Mordkovitch - Poème: The Artistry of Lydia Mordkovitch (2015)

Tracklist:

01. Soirees a Saint-Petersbourg, Op. 44: No. 1. Romance in E flat (arr. A. Wilhelmj for violin and piano)
02. Albumblatt (arr. A. Wilhelmj for violin and piano)
03. 14 Songs, Op. 34: No. 14. Vocalise in E Minor (arr. L. Rose for violin and piano)
04. Poeme, Op. 25 (arr. for violin and piano)
05. Slavonic Dances, Series 2, Op. 72, B. 147: No. 2 in E Minor (arr. F. Kreisler for violin and piano)
06. No. 10 in C-Sharp Minor: Moderato non troppo
07. No. 15 in D-Flat Major: Allegretto
08. No. 16 in B-Flat Minor: Andantino
09. No. 24 in D Minor: Allegretto
10. Banjo and Fiddle
11. Ferdinand
12. Violin Sonata, Op. posth
13. Sospiri, Op. 70

This recording is a re-issue of the romantic chamber music recording that Lydia Mordkovitch made in 1989 with the pianist Marina Gusak-Grin. It featured pieces for violin by such famous composers as Wagner, Rachmaninoff, and Chausson, neither of whom played the violin or favoured it as a solo instrument.

If there were any doubts about the lyrical potential of the violin, however, this would be an album to confirm its true status as the poet among instruments. The prime example is Chausson’s Poème – a title applied to the whole collection, as the other pieces make the same point.

Two pieces complement this recording: the one-movement sonata of 1897 (the Sonate posthume) by Ravel, which was both his first chamber work and his first attempt at sonata form, and Sospiri, Op. 70, Elgar’s last short piece for violin and piano. These pieces were recorded in 1989 and 1996, respectively.