Klaidi Sahatçi, Giorgio Koukl - Tansman: Music for Violin & Piano (2015)

Tracklist

01. Romance
02. Violin Sonata No. 2: I. Allegro ma non troppo
03. Violin Sonata No. 2: II. Mélodie slave. Andante espressivo
04. Violin Sonata No. 2: III. Intermezzo scherzando. Presto possibile
05. Violin Sonata No. 2: IV. Finale. Allegro giusto
06. Sonata quasi una fantasia: I. Allegro moderato
07. Sonata quasi una fantasia: II. Scherzo. Molto vivace
08. Sonata quasi una fantasia: III. Andante
09. Sonata quasi una fantasia: IV. Finale. Lento - Allegro giusto
10. Violin Sonatina No. 1: I. Modéré
11. Violin Sonatina No. 1: II. Intermezzo
12. Violin Sonatina No. 1: III. Scherzo. Allegro risoluto
13. Violin Sonatina No. 1: IV. Notturno
14. Violin Sonatina No. 1: V. Finale
15. Violin Sonatina No. 2: I. Allegro ma non troppo
16. Violin Sonatina No. 2: II. Andante cantabile
17. Violin Sonatina No. 2: III. Allegro scherzando
18. Fantaisie for Violin & Piano: I. Divertimento. Molto vivace
19. Fantaisie for Violin & Piano: II. Élégie. Lento espressivo, un poco rubato
20. Fantaisie for Violin & Piano: III. Fuga. Allegro risoluto
21. Fantaisie for Violin & Piano: IV. Improvisazione. Moderato - Lento, un poco rubato
22. Fantaisie for Violin & Piano: V. Canon. Lento cantabile
23. Fantaisie for Violin & Piano: VI. Finale. Scherzo. Allegro moderato, molto deciso - Molto vivace

Although Alexandre Tansman was considered a genius in his lifetime, these recordings demonstrate that much of his chamber music remains to be rediscovered after years of neglect. Tansman’s early successes included the prize-winning Romance and late-Romantic Sonate No. 2, ensuring his move from Poland into Parisian cultural life. The exploratory character and exquisite poetry of the Sonate quasi una fantasia contrasts with the concise First Sonatine with its playful Fox-Trot. Despite its wartime origins the Second Sonatine is bright and buoyant, while the Fantaisie is an expressively lyrical product of Tansman’s final period.

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