Lithuanian Music for Violin & Piano / Venslovaite, Kopjova

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Label
Naxos
Release Date
November 24, 2023
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Kazys Viktoras Banaitis, Juozas Gruodis, Julius Juzeliunas, Stasys Vainiunas
    • PERFORMER
      Simona Venslovaite, Veronika Kopjova
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      November 24, 2023
    • UPC
      730099148030
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      8551480
    • LABEL
      Naxos
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Chamber Music & Recitals
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Allegro ma non troppo

      Composer: Juozas Gruodis

      Performer: Simona Venslovaitė, Veronika Kopjova

    2. II. Adagio quasi Andante

      Composer: Juozas Gruodis

      Performer: Simona Venslovaitė, Veronika Kopjova

    3. III. Scherzo: Allegro scherzando

      Composer: Juozas Gruodis

      Performer: Simona Venslovaitė, Veronika Kopjova

    4. IV. Finale: Allegro moderato

      Composer: Juozas Gruodis

      Performer: Simona Venslovaitė, Veronika Kopjova

    5. I. Andante elegiaco

      Composer: Kazimieras Viktoras Banaitis

      Performer: Simona Venslovaitė, Veronika Kopjova

    6. II. Allegro

      Composer: Kazimieras Viktoras Banaitis

      Performer: Simona Venslovaitė, Veronika Kopjova

    7. III. Epilogue: Andante mosso

      Composer: Kazimieras Viktoras Banaitis

      Performer: Simona Venslovaitė, Veronika Kopjova

    8. I. Lento - Allegro non troppo

      Composer: Stasys Vainiūnas

      Performer: Simona Venslovaitė, Veronika Kopjova

    9. II. Andante

      Composer: Stasys Vainiūnas

      Performer: Simona Venslovaitė, Veronika Kopjova

    10. III. Presto

      Composer: Stasys Vainiūnas

      Performer: Simona Venslovaitė, Veronika Kopjova

    11. I. Legende

      Composer: Julius Juzeliūnas

      Performer: Simona Venslovaitė, Veronika Kopjova

    12. II. Improvisation

      Composer: Julius Juzeliūnas

      Performer: Simona Venslovaitė, Veronika Kopjova

    13. III. Finale

      Composer: Julius Juzeliūnas

      Performer: Simona Venslovaitė, Veronika Kopjova


The 20th-century Lithuanian composer’s dialogue between modern forms of expression and folk motifs is well represented in the four works in this recording. There is a sense of playful lightness in the Romantic aesthetic of Gruodis’s work, while Banaitis incorporates national lyricism with personal grief in his Sonata. Composed under the restrictions imposed by Soviet occupation, Vainiunas’s Sonata, Op. 38 is suffused with tragedy and sorrow, while Juzeliunas’s distinctive style had an enormous impact on the future of Lithuanian music. All of these pieces are symbolic of survival and represent being truthful to one’s creative identity while under the harshest of conditions.