The Romantic Viola II
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The Romantic Viola II
Daniel Weissmann; Peter Petrov
[ Fuga Libera / CD ]
Release Date: Friday 9 October 2020
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"The French Romantic Viola from Berlioz to Tournemire: The Voice of Emancipation
Daniel Weissmann, Managing Director of the Liège Royal Philharmonic, is alsoa violist. Following an initial album released by Fuga Libera (2018) and chiefly devoted to German music, he continues his exploration of the chamber repertory for viola with this new album, here in partnership with the pianist Peter Petrov. The programme explores the French Romantic repertory, in a worldpremiere recording of the British musicologist Hugh Macdonald's remarkable and formidably difficult arrangement for viola and piano of Berlioz's Harold en Italie. The album is completed by 'fin-de-siècle' pieces by Vierne, Chausson and Tournemire (all three students of César Franck), written between 1894 and 1897, which embrace the full expressive and melancholic potential of the instrument."
Tracks:
Tournemire: Suite en trois parties, Op. 11
I. Allegro ben moderato
II. Largo
III. Allegro
Chausson: Pièce pour violoncelle ou alto et piano, Op. 39: Tranquille mais sans lenteur, plus animé, lent
Vierne, L: Deux pièces pour alto, Op. 5
I. Le soir
II. Légende
Berlioz: Harold en Italie, Op. 16
I. Adagio - Allegro ( (Arr. for Viola and Piano by Hugh Macdonald)
II. Allegretto (Arr. for Viola and Piano by Hugh Macdonald)
III. Allegro Assai - Allegretto (Arr. for Viola and Piano by Hugh Macdonald)
IV. Allegro frenetico - Adagio - Tempo con fuoco (Arr. for Viola and Piano by Hugh Macdonald)
