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Sauret: Music For Violin & Piano / Wiancko, Vainshtein
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Sauret: Music For Violin & Piano / Wiancko, Vainshtein

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Composer
SAURET, EMILE
Artist
Wiancko, Vainshtein
Format
CD
Label
Naxos
Released
Jul 26, 2011
Catalog #
8572366
UPC
747313236671

About

Ahhh, the sweet sound of the Romantic (that’s with a capital “R”) violin. These are the sorts of pieces that from the latter 19th century until, oh, sometime in the 1950s were played and taught and loved by almost anyone who enjoyed classical music. Émile Sauret (1852-1920) was a virtuoso—a prodigy who began publicly performing at age eight—who also could write some pretty decent pieces for his instrument, ones that didn’t just show off technique but turned out some fine melodies and showed a capacity for developing ideas into cohesive, attractive miniatures and some extended pieces as well—the Souvenir de Los Angeles, Scherzo fantastique, and the delightful Farfalla (butterfly) that nicely integrates the piano with the violin in a true fantasy of lepidopteran aerobatics.

Michi Wiancko is certainly comfortable in this repertoire, dashing off runs, arpeggios, multiple-stops, and all manner of fancy bowing with the ease we’ve come to expect these days from fearless young performers. But she and her able partner, pianist Dina Vainshtein, really make music out of it all, relishing the style and expressive possibilities whether evoking ringing bells, the “orient”, a gondolier’s song, or, as mentioned, a butterfly. And Wiancko can really dig into or barely alight on a string as required—and at a second’s notice. These works are described as “lyrical, playful, ethereal, and ecstatic,” and that just about describes both the music and the playing here. The sound is excellent too. Terrific!

-- David Vernier, ClassicsToday.com

Tracklist 13 tracks

  1. 1 I. Le Matin 02:38
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Le Matin
    Duration
    02:38
    Composer
    Émile Sauret
    Performer
    Michi Wiancko, Dina Vainshtein
  2. 2 II. Pastorale 04:26
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Pastorale
    Duration
    04:26
    Composer
    Émile Sauret
    Performer
    Michi Wiancko, Dina Vainshtein
  3. 3 III. Vieille chanson 05:02
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Vieille chanson
    Duration
    05:02
    Composer
    Émile Sauret
    Performer
    Michi Wiancko, Dina Vainshtein
  4. 4 IV. Danse 02:40
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Danse
    Duration
    02:40
    Composer
    Émile Sauret
    Performer
    Michi Wiancko, Dina Vainshtein
  5. 5 Souvenir de Los Angeles, Op. 11 08:31
    Track
    5
    Title
    Souvenir de Los Angeles, Op. 11
    Duration
    08:31
    Composer
    Émile Sauret
    Performer
    Michi Wiancko, Dina Vainshtein
  6. 6 I. Souvenir de Constantinople 06:55
    Track
    6
    Title
    I. Souvenir de Constantinople
    Duration
    06:55
    Composer
    Émile Sauret
    Performer
    Michi Wiancko, Dina Vainshtein
  7. 7 II. Danse 04:02
    Track
    7
    Title
    II. Danse
    Duration
    04:02
    Composer
    Émile Sauret
    Performer
    Michi Wiancko, Dina Vainshtein
  8. 8 III. Ronde 02:50
    Track
    8
    Title
    III. Ronde
    Duration
    02:50
    Composer
    Émile Sauret
    Performer
    Michi Wiancko, Dina Vainshtein
  9. 9 IV. La Revue 02:39
    Track
    9
    Title
    IV. La Revue
    Duration
    02:39
    Composer
    Émile Sauret
    Performer
    Michi Wiancko, Dina Vainshtein
  10. 10 V. Gondoliera 04:47
    Track
    10
    Title
    V. Gondoliera
    Duration
    04:47
    Composer
    Émile Sauret
    Performer
    Michi Wiancko, Dina Vainshtein
  11. 11 VI. A Pera 04:47
    Track
    11
    Title
    VI. A Pera
    Duration
    04:47
    Composer
    Émile Sauret
    Performer
    Michi Wiancko, Dina Vainshtein
  12. 12 Farfalla 07:10
    Track
    12
    Title
    Farfalla
    Duration
    07:10
    Composer
    Émile Sauret
    Performer
    Michi Wiancko, Dina Vainshtein
  13. 13 Scherzo Fantastique, Op. 9 11:02
    Track
    13
    Title
    Scherzo Fantastique, Op. 9
    Duration
    11:02
    Composer
    Émile Sauret
    Performer
    Michi Wiancko, Dina Vainshtein