Release Date: 29 September 2013
Label: Toccata Classics
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 5060113441997
Genres: Classical
Composer/Series: Cerha
Description
Friedrich Cerha, born in Vienna in 1926 and now 87 years old, is the doyen of Austrian composers, with a huge catalogue of music to his name. Cerha also trained as a violinist and most of the works in this anthology of his violin pieces were written for himself to play in the 1940s and '50s, when he was still active as a performer.The CD begins with one of his first surviving compositions, the Hindemith-like First Violin Sonata of 1947; Stravinsky was another early influence before Cerha found the voice that made him Austria's leading avant-garde composer. Two later works, from almost half a century on, complete the stylistic trajectory. One of them, the Sechs Stücke für Violine Solo, was written expressly for the violinist on this CD, Ernst Kovacic, a friend of the composer for many years.Ernst Kovacic's interpretations of Bach's solo works and Mozart's violin concerti, as well as his dedication to contemporary music, secured him a place as one of his the leading soloists of his generation early in his career.Mathilde Hoursiangou, piano, who teaches at the Vienna Music Academy, focuses with particular intensity on the music of the twentieth century, appearing as soloist, chamber musician and with well-known ensembles.
Tracklisting
Owen Murray; BBC Concert Orchestra; Sir James MacMillan
Various
Various
Perenyi:Csaba
Lizst Chamber Orchestra
Liszt Chamber Orchestra
Sinfonia Varsovia; Ian Hobson
Stephanie McCallum; Erin Helyard
Julian Joseph and Marcelo Bratke
Timothy Ridout; Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne; Jamie Phillips
The Chapel Choir of Selwyn College, Cambridge, Adam Field, Sarah MacDonald
Portsmouth Cathedral Choir, Sachin Gunga, David Price
Julien Van Mellaerts, Dylan Perez
Aisslinn Nosky and Yiheng Yang
Valerio Celentano
Valentina Danelon/Cristina Santin
