Carl Nielsen: Complete Violin Sonatas
12.50€
- EAN Code: 7.93588412364
- Format: 1 Cd
- Genre: Chamber
- Instrumentation: Piano, Violin
- Period: Modern
- Sound Engineer: Stefano Ligoratti
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Description
FROM ALBUM NOTES BY EDMONDO FILIPPINI:
Carl (August) Nielsen (1865-1931) achieved international recognition as a composer only recently, and is regarded as Denmark’s most important and free-spirited early 20th-century symphonist along with his Finnish contemporary Sibelius. Nevertheless, some of his most appealing music for Danish performers is undeniably the chamber works, namely his string quintet, the four string quartets, the violin sonatas and numerous pieces dedicated to solo instruments. All these pieces were composed in the earlier and central stages of his career and are still well recognized as the highest achievement in national chamber music, being performed widely and attracting much interest from worldwide artists. His music covers a wide range of styles and forms, from Brahmsian idiom to a personal neo-classicism of his later years, from operas to solo chamber music; it is possible to claim that he used each style and all his time pursuing a “restless” research into a Danish national style that he helped to redefine. Nielsen’s career could be summed up first with his childhood (1865–84), his studies and early freelance years in Copenhagen (1884–9), the work as second violin in the Royal Chapel (1889–1905), his leading of the same orchestra (1905–14), the years of his marriage crisis (1914–22), and his last decade (1922–31). The compositions introduced in this CD date to the period 1884-1912, before the marital crisis that heavily influenced his later style. […]
Composer(s)
Carl Nielsen (b Sortelung, nr Nørre Lyndelse, Funen, 9 June 1865; d Copenhagen, 3 Oct 1931). Danish composer. One of the most important and free-spirited of the generation of composers who straddle the 19th and 20th centuries, his music covers a wide range of styles, from Brahmsian Romanticism at the outset to a high-principled, personal brand of neo-classicism in his last years. He composed in virtually all the main genres of the time, but he is best known for his six symphonies, which significantly contributed to the renewal of the genre in the 20th century. In Denmark he has been equally revered for his large output of popular strophic songs, which helped to redefine the national song tradition. His activities as conductor, teacher and writer made him the most prominent and influential Danish musician of his time, and although international recognition was sporadic in his lifetime, it has grown steadily since the 1950s, especially in Britain and the USA.
The outward defining points of Nielsen's career are his childhood on the island of Funen (1865–84), his studies and early freelance years in Copenhagen (1884–9), his post as second violin in the Royal Chapel (the opera orchestra resident at the Royal Theatre; 1889–1905), his conductorship of the same orchestra (1905–14; salaried from 1908), his years of marital crisis, renewed freelance activity and travel (1914–22), and his last decade (1922–31), when his creative activities were hampered by administrative duties and illness. The onset of the crisis years in 1914 is clearly reflected in his music. Until that time Nielsen's musical and philosophical horizons were steadily expanding; afterwards his continued explorations encountered increasingly inimical forces, leading to a more acerbic and concentrated style.
Artist(s)
Germana Porcu: born in 1988, Germana began her musical studies under the guidance of M °F.Cusano. She got degree with highest honors at Istituto Musicale G.Donizetti in Bergamo. In 2010, as the best graduating, she was awarded the prestigious "Premio Rotary" from the city of Bergamo. Since 2006 she is violinist at "Orchestra Bergamo Musica Festival" of Teatro Donizetti in Bergamo with whom she toured in Italy, Japan and Sweden. In 2009 she performed under the guidance of the composer Giya Kancheli his composition "In l'istesso tempo", enjoying the warm appreciation of the author. She won several competitions, including: 1st Prize at the "III International Music Competition of Chamber Music Miryam and Pierluigi Vacchelli"; 1st Prize at the "XI International Music Competition Italian Festival", with the Special Prize "Soloist with Orchestra" – so she was invited to perform Concert no. 5 K 219 by W.A. Mozart with Orchestra “Alessandria Classica”; 3rd Prize at the XXX edition of the prestigious "International Competition for Violinists Michelangelo Abbado" (1st-2nd Prize not awarded); 1st Prize as Soloist with Orchestra, at the "26° European Music Competition". She won a scholarship donated by M° Claudio Abbado. In 2013 she was nominated "Most distinguished violinist" at "World Music Competition Ibla Grand Prize". In 2015 she won the 3rd Prize at "V Concurso y Festival Internacional de Músicos" in Madrid, debuting in the same city, with great appreciation of the Jury President Victor Abramyan (Professor of violin at Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatoire) and of the audience. She has performed in many concerts as a soloist and in chamber music ensembles in Italy, Germany, France, Switzerland, Spain. Germana studied with M° F. Cusano in Fiesole, with M° S. Gessner in Paris and currently she is attending lessons with M° K. Sahatci in Lugano. She attended also masterclasses with M° I. Volochine, M° S. Makarova, M° P. Vernikov. Since 2015 she plays in duo with pianist Sara Costa, with whom, together with cellist Matilda Colliard, she founded Trio Carducci.
Sara Costa
Described by Pizzicato Magazine as embodying “wonderfully pensive and subtly shaded musicianship”, Italian pianist Sara Costa is a regular performer in major cities and chamber music festivals worldwide.
Sara has performed in Europe, China, Japan and Israel. Among others, mention should be made of performances at the Royal Albert Hall and Saint Martin-in-the-fields in London, at the Hr Sendesaal in Frankfurt, at the Grunewaldsalen in Stockholm, at the Huqvaldy Festival in the Czech Republic, in the Zagreb Concert Hall in Croatia, at the Ptuj Festival in Slovenia, for the Edinburgh Society of Musicians in Scotland at the 37th Sandviken Chamber Music Festival in Sweden.
Outside Europe, highlights include China (Beijing National Library Arts Centre, Tianjin Grand Theatre, Chengdu Concert Hall, Yangzhou Grand Theatre and Harbin Concert Hall), Japan (Phoenix Hall and Opus Hall in Osaka) and Israel (Eilat Festival).
In Italy Sara Costa performed in Rome for “I Concerti del Quirinale” live on Radio3 and at Auditorium Parco della Musica, in Sala Puccini in Milan for “Società dei Concerti”, at Fazioli Concert Hall in Sacile, at Teatro Donizetti and Sala Piatti in Bergamo, just to name a few.
As a soloist, she worked with Orchestra Filarmonica Italiana, Roma Tre Orchestra, Orchestra Sinfonica of Chioggia, Orchestra “Il Clavicembalo Verde” in Milan and she stood out for her captivating performance of Rachmaninov Piano Concerto n.2.
Praised for her “elegant and sensitive playing”, Sara Costa developed her growing passion for Romantic and Twentieth century repertoire thanks to her teachers.
She brings with her the Italian piano school combined with Russian piano tradition.
Sara Costa began to study piano at the age of 8 and grew up in a small village in the North of Italy in a family of music lovers.
After graduating with full marks and honors at the "G. Donizetti" Conservatory in Bergamo – Italy, from 2007 Sara Costa has embraced the Russian piano school following for many years the teachings of the pianist and internationally renowned pedagogue Konstantin Bogino (founder of the legendary Tchaikovsky Trio) and his assistants Svetlana Bogino and Vladimir Ogarkov (pupil of Emil Gilels).
In addition Sara has also been selected to participate in many prestigious masterclasses at important institutions such as the Royal Academy of Music in London, the Mozarteum in Salzburg, the Ecole Normale de Musique in Paris with Norma Fisher, Sergei Dorensky, Andrzej Jasinski, Vasilly Lobanov, Pavel Gililov, Mats Widlund, Alexei Kornienko, Marian Rybicki and Martin Roscoe.
Sara’s charismatic musicianship and devotion for chamber music has created numerous human and artistic collaborations across the globe and gave birth to interesting chamber music projects.
From 2014 Sara Costa has a widely appreciated piano duo with her husband, the pianist Fabiano Casanova.
About discography, Costa’s first solo album “Correspondences”, edited by Da Vinci Classics, received many enthusiastic reviews and appreciations on specialized magazines such as “Rivista Musica”, Pizzicato Magazine and MusicWeb International.
She recorded also chamber music albums for Brilliant Classics, Da Vinci Classics, Wide Classique, Digressione Label, always praised by international critics.
Her concerts are often broadcast by Italian radio stations such as Rai, Classic Radio and Vatican Radio.
Sara's interest in synaesthetic experiences in music led her to create Cultural Association named “Cluster” with the aim of promoting music and projects of contamination between the arts. In 2016 she launched her inaugural chamber music festival – “Il Castello Armonico” – in her hometown. Combining music, art, promoting of young musicians, the festival invites artists and audiences to enjoy music in places other than the theaters of big cities.
Believing in the healing power of music, she has often performed in hospitals, retirement homes and prisons.
Sara is also a passionate and appreciated teacher from more than fifteen years.
She is currently teaching at “L. Marenzio Conservatory” in Brescia and she is the co-founder of Recanati Piano Campus, an innovative concept of summer piano masterclass.
Her love for sharing emotions and music experience have established Sara among the finest pianists of her generation.