Sarasate: Complete works for violin and piano

 
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PABLO SARASATE
Sarasate: Complete works for violin and piano
Tianwa Yang (violin) Markus Hadulla (piano)

[ Naxos / 4 CD Box Set ]

Release Date: Tuesday 15 May 2018

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This set brings together all of Tianwa Yang's critically admired recordings of Sarasate's music for violin and piano. The great Spanish virtuoso was both an inspiration to his contemporaries and a composer of characterful and vivid pieces. He specialized in dances and arrangements, in scintillating operatic fantasies and in imperishably beautiful transcriptions. Yang's flawless intonation, lyricism and virtuosity have won accolades including the German Record Critics' Annual Prize in 2014 for her Naxos recordings of Sarasate's complete works for violin, and the ECHO Klassik awards for Best Up-and -Coming Artist in 2014 and Best Instrumentalist in 2015.

"Each piece is beautifully characterized and played with great polish and confidence... Reviewing brings a lot of surprises. You can't just fall back on big names or favorite recordings. Wonderful new recordings are still made, and this is one of them." - American Record Guide on Volume 1 of the series

"Yang throws off merciless chains of double stops and finger-crippling arabesques with scintillating aplomb. She produces astonishingly clean harmonics - whether natural or forced - and high-wire acrobatics." (BBC Music Five Stars on Vol 3)

"We encounter Sarasate's spontaneity and coalescence of tenacity and timidity in these distinctly Spanish-sounding transcriptions and arrangements...Yang conveys Chopin's silky Nocturne No. 2 with an open humility and richness of sensitivity, rather than an aloof aristocracy so often heard in the playing of Chopin's nocturnes. This is a must-buy for fans of violin artistry and the music of Sarasate. The icing on the cake is the Raff. This is fabulous stuff and to top it all we have a very generous playing time at bargain price. Just buy it." (MusicWeb Recording of the Month on Vol 4)

Tracks:

Balada, Op. 31
Capricho vasco (Basque Caprice), Op. 24
Danza espanola No. 1: Malaguena, Op. 21, No. 1
Danza espanola No. 2: Habanera, Op. 21, No. 2
Danza espanola No. 3: Romanza andaluza, Op. 22, No. 1
Danza espanola No. 4: Jota navarra, Op. 22, No. 2
Danza espanola No. 5: Playera, Op. 23, No. 1
Danza espanola No. 6: Zapateado, Op. 23, No. 2
Danza espanola No. 7: Vito, Op. 26, No. 1
Danza espanola No. 8: Habanera, Op. 26, No. 2
Jota aragonesa, Op. 27
Serenade andalouse, Op. 28
Homenaje a Rossini, Op. 2
Souvenir de Domont, Op. 8
Concert Fantasie on Martha, Op. 19
Gavota de Mignon, Op. 16
Melodie roumaine, Op. 47
Mosaique de Zampa, Op. 15
Moscovienne, Op. 12
Concert fantasie on La forza del destino, Op. 1
Boléro, Op. 30
Zortzico d'Iparaguirre, Op. 39
Sérénade andalouse, Op. 28
Adios montañas mias, Op. 37
Le Sommeil, Op. 11
Rêverie, Op. 4
Introduction et fandango, Op. 40
Fantaisie-Caprice
Prière et berceuse, Op. 17
Confidences - Romance sans paroles, Op. 7
Caprice sur Mireille de Gounod, Op. 6
Airs écossais, Op. 34
Los pájaros de Chile
Les Adieux, Op. 9

Transcriptions:
Moszkowski: Guitarre, Op. 45, No. 2 (arr. P. Sarasate for violin and piano)

Chopin: Waltz No. 4 in F Major, Op. 34, No. 3, "Valse brillante" (arr. P. de Sarasate for violin and piano)
Chopin: Waltz No. 3 in A minor 'Grande Valse Brillante', Op. 34 No. 2
Chopin: Waltz No. 8 in A-Flat Major, Op. 64, No. 3 (arr. P. de Sarasate for violin and piano)
Chopin: Nocturne No. 2 in E-Flat Major, Op. 9, No. 2 (arr. P. Sarasate for violin and piano)
Chopin: Nocturne No. 8 in D-Flat Major, Op. 27, No. 2 (arr. P. de Sarasate for violin and piano)

Guignon: Violin Sonata No. 1: Allegro (arr. P. de Sarasate for violin and piano)

Handel:
Largo from Xerxes (instrumental arrangement)

Leclair, J-M:
Violin Sonata in D major, Op. 9 No. 3: Sarabanda and Tambourin

Mondonville:
Violin Sonata No. 5 in F major, Op. 4: La chasse

Raff:
La Fée d'Amour

Sarasate:
Souvenirs de Faust, WoO

Senaillé:
Violin Sonata, Op. 5, No. 9: Allegro