5060216341491

Eller: Works For Violin And Piano

Andres Kaljuste & Sophia Rahman

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Format: CD

Cat No: FHR149

Release Date:  03 May 2024

Label:  First Hand Records

Packaging Type:  Digipak

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  5060216341491

Genres:  Classical  Twentieth Century  

  • Description

    Heino Eller (1887-1970) is the founding father of Estonian professional instrumental music, both as a masterful and original composer, and as a teacher of composition over half a century. His output of around 300 titles is almost exclusively dedicated to instrumental music. Though Eller wrote three symphonies, around a dozen symphonic poems, six string quartets and four piano sonatas, he is nevertheless essentially a master of the small form. Eller's music is characterised by a bright pantheistic lyricism and a Nordic restraint in expression, whilst retaining a philosophically charged, at times epic undercurrent. This magnificent album is the first ever devoted to Eller's music for violin, about half of which is represented here -- including the demanding second of his two sonatas for violin and piano, the remarkable, hyper-expressionist Fantasy for solo violin, and the most popular, emblematic work in Estonian repertoire for the instrument, Pines.



    "[Kaljuste] makes a fine case for these works, [and Rahman] accompanies with sympathy and assurance. […] Eller had to negotiate a tricky path during Estonia's turbulent history and this recital faithfully reflects some of those tensions." – MusicWeb International

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 2 in D minor - I. Allegro
      • 2. Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 2 in D minor - II. Andante
      • 3. Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 2 in D minor - III. Presto
      • 4. Fantasy for Solo Violin
      • 5. Valse melancolique
      • 6. Allegretto in D major
      • 7. Dance in G minor
      • 8. Moment musical
      • 9. Adagio in A minor
      • 10. Three Pieces - No. 1. Lyrical Song
      • 11. In Moonlight
      • 12. Fantasy in G minor
      • 13. Canzonetta in G major
      • 14. Cross-stick Dance
      • 15. Evening Song
      • 16. Berceuse
      • 17. Nordic Tune
      • 18. Pines

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