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Lithuanian Music for Violin & Piano / Venslovaite, Kopjova
Naxos

Lithuanian Music for Violin & Piano / Venslovaite, Kopjova

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Details

Composer
Kazys Viktoras Banaitis, Juozas Gruodis, Julius Juzeliunas, Stasys Vainiunas
Artist
Simona Venslovaite, Veronika Kopjova
Format
CD
Label
Naxos
Released
Nov 24, 2023
Catalog #
8551480
UPC
730099148030

About

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.

Tracklist 13 tracks

  1. 1 I. Allegro ma non troppo 07:39
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Allegro ma non troppo
    Duration
    07:39
    Composer
    Juozas Gruodis
    Performer
    Simona Venslovaitė, Veronika Kopjova
  2. 2 II. Adagio quasi Andante 05:22
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Adagio quasi Andante
    Duration
    05:22
    Composer
    Juozas Gruodis
    Performer
    Simona Venslovaitė, Veronika Kopjova
  3. 3 III. Scherzo: Allegro scherzando 03:42
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Scherzo: Allegro scherzando
    Duration
    03:42
    Composer
    Juozas Gruodis
    Performer
    Simona Venslovaitė, Veronika Kopjova
  4. 4 IV. Finale: Allegro moderato 05:19
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Finale: Allegro moderato
    Duration
    05:19
    Composer
    Juozas Gruodis
    Performer
    Simona Venslovaitė, Veronika Kopjova
  5. 5 I. Andante elegiaco 11:16
    Track
    5
    Title
    I. Andante elegiaco
    Duration
    11:16
    Composer
    Kazimieras Viktoras Banaitis
    Performer
    Simona Venslovaitė, Veronika Kopjova
  6. 6 II. Allegro 07:09
    Track
    6
    Title
    II. Allegro
    Duration
    07:09
    Composer
    Kazimieras Viktoras Banaitis
    Performer
    Simona Venslovaitė, Veronika Kopjova
  7. 7 III. Epilogue: Andante mosso 02:11
    Track
    7
    Title
    III. Epilogue: Andante mosso
    Duration
    02:11
    Composer
    Kazimieras Viktoras Banaitis
    Performer
    Simona Venslovaitė, Veronika Kopjova
  8. 8 I. Lento - Allegro non troppo 07:36
    Track
    8
    Title
    I. Lento - Allegro non troppo
    Duration
    07:36
    Composer
    Stasys Vainiūnas
    Performer
    Simona Venslovaitė, Veronika Kopjova
  9. 9 II. Andante 05:56
    Track
    9
    Title
    II. Andante
    Duration
    05:56
    Composer
    Stasys Vainiūnas
    Performer
    Simona Venslovaitė, Veronika Kopjova
  10. 10 III. Presto 04:30
    Track
    10
    Title
    III. Presto
    Duration
    04:30
    Composer
    Stasys Vainiūnas
    Performer
    Simona Venslovaitė, Veronika Kopjova
  11. 11 I. Legende 04:10
    Track
    11
    Title
    I. Legende
    Duration
    04:10
    Composer
    Julius Juzeliūnas
    Performer
    Simona Venslovaitė, Veronika Kopjova
  12. 12 II. Improvisation 05:56
    Track
    12
    Title
    II. Improvisation
    Duration
    05:56
    Composer
    Julius Juzeliūnas
    Performer
    Simona Venslovaitė, Veronika Kopjova
  13. 13 III. Finale 04:09
    Track
    13
    Title
    III. Finale
    Duration
    04:09
    Composer
    Julius Juzeliūnas
    Performer
    Simona Venslovaitė, Veronika Kopjova