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Visages / Andrea Cagnin, Patricia Pagny
Stradivarius

Visages / Andrea Cagnin, Patricia Pagny

$18.99

Details

Composer
Lili Boulanger, Arthur Honegger, Georges Migot, Darius Milhaud, Jean-Jacques Werner
Artist
Andrea Cagnin, Patricia Pagny
Format
CD
Label
Stradivarius
Released
Jan 06, 2023
Catalog #
STR37185
UPC
8011570371850

About

“Today we have turned the page. A brutal youth proposes a new ideal and employs every means to affirm it. A fierce struggle is taking place around Akela at the Council Rock”. In a markedly polemical tone, the biting critic Émile Vuillermoz used images from The Jungle Book to describe, in February 1921, the emergence of new breakaway voices on the French musical scene. The body of Akela, the authoritative leader preyed upon by jackals in Kipling’s tales, was none other than that of Claude Debussy, who had died just three years earlier. The void created by the disappearance of this master of symbolism was added to the broader crisis emanating from the Great War. For younger composers, particularly those belonging to the Group of Six, the war seemed to have rid older composers’ musical legacy of meaning, for example the likes of Debussy, Gabriel Fauré, and Maurice Ravel. The faces that give this disc its title are some of the protagonists of this explosive, chaotic moment in the early postwar period that so impacted the trajectories of these composers. The works presented here, which range from first recordings of relatively unknown pieces to staples of the concert canon, focus on the viola, an instrument long neglected but rediscovered during the 20th century. On the one hand, composers favored the viola for the intimate atmosphere it evokes. On the other hand, they took advantage of the possibilities offered by an instrument that didn’t bear the heavy legacy of repertoire and virtuosity that weighs down the viola’s better known string family sibling, the violin.” (Alberto Napoli)

Tracklist 16 tracks

  1. 1 Introduction for Viola and Piano 02:29
    Track
    1
    Title
    Introduction for Viola and Piano
    Duration
    02:29
    Composer
    Georges Migot
    Performer
    Andrea Cagnin, Patricia Pagny
  2. 2 Kirchberg 05:11
    Track
    2
    Title
    Kirchberg
    Duration
    05:11
    Composer
    Jean-Jacques Werner
    Performer
    Andrea Cagnin, Patricia Pagny
  3. 3 No. 1. La Californienne 02:11
    Track
    3
    Title
    No. 1. La Californienne
    Duration
    02:11
    Composer
    Darius Milhaud
    Performer
    Andrea Cagnin, Patricia Pagny
  4. 4 No. 2. The Wisconsonian 01:28
    Track
    4
    Title
    No. 2. The Wisconsonian
    Duration
    01:28
    Composer
    Darius Milhaud
    Performer
    Andrea Cagnin, Patricia Pagny
  5. 5 No. 3. La Bruxelloise 03:20
    Track
    5
    Title
    No. 3. La Bruxelloise
    Duration
    03:20
    Composer
    Darius Milhaud
    Performer
    Andrea Cagnin, Patricia Pagny
  6. 6 No. 4. La Parisienne 02:36
    Track
    6
    Title
    No. 4. La Parisienne
    Duration
    02:36
    Composer
    Darius Milhaud
    Performer
    Andrea Cagnin, Patricia Pagny
  7. 7 I. Prélude 06:41
    Track
    7
    Title
    I. Prélude
    Duration
    06:41
    Composer
    Georges Migot
    Performer
    Andrea Cagnin
  8. 8 II. Andante 06:00
    Track
    8
    Title
    II. Andante
    Duration
    06:00
    Composer
    Georges Migot
    Performer
    Andrea Cagnin
  9. 9 III. Allègrement 03:50
    Track
    9
    Title
    III. Allègrement
    Duration
    03:50
    Composer
    Georges Migot
    Performer
    Andrea Cagnin
  10. 10 IV. Conclusion 07:24
    Track
    10
    Title
    IV. Conclusion
    Duration
    07:24
    Composer
    Georges Migot
    Performer
    Andrea Cagnin
  11. 11 Nocturne (arr. for viola and piano) 02:39
    Track
    11
    Title
    Nocturne (arr. for viola and piano)
    Duration
    02:39
    Composer
    Lili Boulanger
    Performer
    Andrea Cagnin, Patricia Pagny
  12. 12 Cortège (arr. for viola and piano) 01:53
    Track
    12
    Title
    Cortège (arr. for viola and piano)
    Duration
    01:53
    Composer
    Lili Boulanger
    Performer
    Andrea Cagnin, Patricia Pagny
  13. 13 Estampie (version for viola and piano) 06:16
    Track
    13
    Title
    Estampie (version for viola and piano)
    Duration
    06:16
    Composer
    Georges Migot
    Performer
    Andrea Cagnin, Patricia Pagny
  14. 14 I. Andante - Vivace 07:36
    Track
    14
    Title
    I. Andante - Vivace
    Duration
    07:36
    Composer
    Arthur Honegger
    Performer
    Andrea Cagnin, Patricia Pagny
  15. 15 II. Allegretto molto moderato 05:03
    Track
    15
    Title
    II. Allegretto molto moderato
    Duration
    05:03
    Composer
    Arthur Honegger
    Performer
    Andrea Cagnin, Patricia Pagny
  16. 16 III. Allegro non troppo 04:03
    Track
    16
    Title
    III. Allegro non troppo
    Duration
    04:03
    Composer
    Arthur Honegger
    Performer
    Andrea Cagnin, Patricia Pagny