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Cedille

Violin Lullabies / Pine

$19.99

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Composer
BRAHMS YSAYE REBIKOV BEACH
Artist
Pine, Hagle
Format
CD
Label
Cedille
Released
Apr 30, 2013
Catalog #
CDR 139
UPC
735131913928

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VIOLIN LULLABIES • Rachel Barton Pine (vn); Matthew Hagle (pn) • ÇEDILLE 90000 139 (68:35)

BRAHMS Wiegenlied. YSAŸE Rêve d’enfant. REBIKOV Berceuse. BEACH Berceuse No 2. SCHWAB Berceuse Ecossaise. RESPIGHI Berceuse. GERSHWIN Summertime. FALLA Nana. FAURÉ Berceuse. SIBELIUS Berceuse No. 6. VIARDOT-GARCIA Berceuse No. 3. HOVHANNES Oror. STRAVINSKY Firebird: Berceuse. RAVEL Berceuse sur le Nom de Fauré. CLARKE Lullaby. SCHUBERT Wiegenlied. SCHUMANN Cradle Song. DUROSOIR Berceuse No. 4. GRIEG Berceuse. ANTSEV Au Berceau. R. STRAUSS Wiegenlied. SIVORI Berceuse. BERAUD Petite Reine Berceuse. STILL Mother and Child. REGER Wiegenlied

What a beautiful recording this is! It fills a real need as well. A mother or father can put this recording on and relax listening to its clear and present sound while feeding and bonding with the baby. This album also gives us a chance to see how composers from different cultures and different eras handled this particular type of composition. The CD opens with the universally loved Brahms Lullaby , which Rachel Barton Pine says her mother sang to her. You may have had the same experience. Mine sang it to me in German. Johannes Brahms wrote his Wiegenlied or Cradle Song in 1868 to celebrate the birth of a second son to his Viennese friends Arthur and Bertha Faber. Eugène Ysaÿe wrote his Rêve d’Enfant for his own son, Antoine, who would later be his father’s biographer and publisher. In 1913, he actually recorded it, too, at a very slow tempo. Pine and Hagle play the Ysaÿe and Brahms pieces at moderate tempos and with great delicacy of tone. Their notes fall as gently as rose petals. Vladimir Rebikov is a little known composer whose music leads into the compositions of Debussy, Scriabin, and even Stravinsky. Pine plays Amy Beach’s Berceuse (lullaby) using a warm toned mute that evokes daydreams. Listening to her play it is a calming antidote to everyday stress. Ludwig Schwab’s lullaby clothes the baby in an aural tartan coverlet as Pine and Hagle play the composer’s version of a Scottish tune. Pine also renders Respighi’s long-lined melody with a warm-toned mute while Hagle plays the piano part with the fleetest of fingers. We all know the tune of George Gershwin’s Summertime, but Pine gives us her own fascinating take on it. Pine uses a mute with a rather mysterious tone for Manuel de Falla’s Spanish Nana. Its words, “Sleep little star of the morning,” might hit a familiar note with parents! Gabriel Fauré’s pastel tones and Jean Sibelius’s charming melody bring us back to cooler lands and sweet invitations to slumber. Research shows that neither Rebecca Clarke nor Amy Beach had children, so of the women composers represented here only the famous singer and pianist Pauline Viardot-Garcia could have sung her lullaby to her own baby. The music of Alan Hovhaness always had a hint of mystery and this early lullaby is no exception. Pine and Hagle play it smoothly, so that its inventive harmonies fascinate the ear. The Firebird is a ballet based on a folk tale about a magical creature that sings at night and pecks at golden fruit. Its eloquent music spices up the middle of this disc with its unique harmonies.

Maurice Ravel’s music envelopes the listener in its gossamer fabric and its colors dance in the air. Rebecca Clarke was a violist and her contribution makes use of the violin’s lower strings. The delicate radiance of Pine’s rendition holds the listener in thrall. Like the Brahms, Schubert’s Cradle Song is a familiar tune. Here it is rendered in flawless form complete with gorgeous double-stopping. The Schumann Slumber Song is one of his lesser-known pieces. Like the Durosoir that follows, it massages the ears. So do the charming Grieg and Antsev pieces. I hope we get to hear more of the latter’s music. Pine and Hagle’s version of Richard Strauss’s Cradle Song strikes a delicate balance between lullaby and concert aria. Like Respighi, Camillo Sivori wrote his music with the long lines of bel canto and topped it off with a challenging finale that Pine tosses off with ease. Victor Beraud is the pen name of British composer G. Frank Blackbourne. He wrote his Lullaby for a Little Queen for piano. Edward Elgar then arranged it for violin and piano. African-American composer William Grant Still wrote his warm toned and inviting yet intense Mother and Child in 1943. Max Reger’s Cradle Song , a dreamy invitation to sleep, shows a very different side of his creativity. In addition to the music on this CD, there is a download available with three more lullabies: Alexander Iljinsky’s Berceuse No. 7 from the opera Noure and Anitra, Xavier Montsalvatge’s Nana, and Betty King Jackson’s Lullaby. These three show the variety of cultures that lullabies cover. Pine and Hagle play each of them idiomatically with great attention to detail and the ultimate in musical values. This is a truly beautiful disc and I think it will have great appeal to our readers.

FANFARE: Maria Nockin

Tracklist 25 tracks

  1. 1 Wiegenlied (Cradle Song), No. 4 from Fünf Lieder, Op. 49 02:23
    Track
    1
    Title
    Wiegenlied (Cradle Song), No. 4 from Fünf Lieder, Op. 49
    Duration
    02:23
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    Rachel Barton Pine, Matthew Hagle
  2. 2 Rêve d'Enfant (Child’s Dream), Op.14 03:52
    Track
    2
    Title
    Rêve d'Enfant (Child’s Dream), Op.14
    Duration
    03:52
    Composer
    Eugène Ysaÿe
    Performer
    Rachel Barton Pine, Matthew Hagle
  3. 3 Berceuse (Lullaby), No. 1 from Trois Morceaux, Op. 7 01:47
    Track
    3
    Title
    Berceuse (Lullaby), No. 1 from Trois Morceaux, Op. 7
    Duration
    01:47
    Composer
    Vladimir Rebikov
    Performer
    Rachel Barton Pine, Matthew Hagle
  4. 4 Berceuse (Lullaby), No. 2 from Three Compositions, Op. 40 03:47
    Track
    4
    Title
    Berceuse (Lullaby), No. 2 from Three Compositions, Op. 40
    Duration
    03:47
    Composer
    Amy Beach
    Performer
    Rachel Barton Pine, Matthew Hagle
  5. 5 Berceuse écossaise (Scottish Lullaby) 03:57
    Track
    5
    Title
    Berceuse écossaise (Scottish Lullaby)
    Duration
    03:57
    Composer
    Ludwig Schwab
    Performer
    Rachel Barton Pine, Matthew Hagle
  6. 6 Berceuse (Lullaby), No. 1 from Sei Pezzi 03:33
    Track
    6
    Title
    Berceuse (Lullaby), No. 1 from Sei Pezzi
    Duration
    03:33
    Composer
    Ottorino Respighi
    Performer
    Rachel Barton Pine, Matthew Hagle
  7. 7 “Summertime” from Porgy and Bess 03:49
    Track
    7
    Title
    “Summertime” from Porgy and Bess
    Duration
    03:49
    Composer
    George Gershwin
    Performer
    Rachel Barton Pine, Matthew Hagle
  8. 8 Nana (Lullaby), No. 5 from Siete canciones populares españolas 02:10
    Track
    8
    Title
    Nana (Lullaby), No. 5 from Siete canciones populares españolas
    Duration
    02:10
    Composer
    Manuel de Falla
    Performer
    Rachel Barton Pine, Matthew Hagle
  9. 9 Berceuse (Lullaby), Op. 16 03:48
    Track
    9
    Title
    Berceuse (Lullaby), Op. 16
    Duration
    03:48
    Composer
    Gabriel Fauré
    Performer
    Rachel Barton Pine, Matthew Hagle
  10. 10 Berceuse (Lullaby), No. 6 from Six Pieces, Op. 79 02:28
    Track
    10
    Title
    Berceuse (Lullaby), No. 6 from Six Pieces, Op. 79
    Duration
    02:28
    Composer
    Jean Sibelius
    Performer
    Rachel Barton Pine, Matthew Hagle
  11. 11 Berceuse (Lullaby), No. 3 from Six Morceaux 02:37
    Track
    11
    Title
    Berceuse (Lullaby), No. 3 from Six Morceaux
    Duration
    02:37
    Composer
    Pauline Viardot
    Performer
    Rachel Barton Pine, Matthew Hagle
  12. 12 Oror (Lullaby), Op. 1 02:41
    Track
    12
    Title
    Oror (Lullaby), Op. 1
    Duration
    02:41
    Composer
    Alan Hovhaness
    Performer
    Rachel Barton Pine, Matthew Hagle
  13. 13 Berceuse (Lullaby) from The Firebird 02:59
    Track
    13
    Title
    Berceuse (Lullaby) from The Firebird
    Duration
    02:59
    Composer
    Igor Stravinsky
    Performer
    Rachel Barton Pine, Matthew Hagle
  14. 14 Berceuse sur le nom de Gabriel Fauré (Lullaby on the name “Gabriel Fauré”) 02:28
    Track
    14
    Title
    Berceuse sur le nom de Gabriel Fauré (Lullaby on the name “Gabriel Fauré”)
    Duration
    02:28
    Composer
    Maurice Ravel
    Performer
    Rachel Barton Pine, Matthew Hagle
  15. 15 Lullaby 03:00
    Track
    15
    Title
    Lullaby
    Duration
    03:00
    Composer
    Rebecca Clarke
    Performer
    Rachel Barton Pine, Matthew Hagle
  16. 16 Wiegenlied (Cradle Song), D 498 / Op. 98, No. 2 02:18
    Track
    16
    Title
    Wiegenlied (Cradle Song), D 498 / Op. 98, No. 2
    Duration
    02:18
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Performer
    Rachel Barton Pine, Matthew Hagle
  17. 17 Schlummerlied (Slumber Song), No. 16 from Albumblätter, Op. 124 03:41
    Track
    17
    Title
    Schlummerlied (Slumber Song), No. 16 from Albumblätter, Op. 124
    Duration
    03:41
    Composer
    Robert Schumann
    Performer
    Rachel Barton Pine, Matthew Hagle
  18. 18 Berceuse (Lullaby), No. 4 from Cinq aquarelles 02:55
    Track
    18
    Title
    Berceuse (Lullaby), No. 4 from Cinq aquarelles
    Duration
    02:55
    Composer
    Lucien Durosoir
    Performer
    Rachel Barton Pine, Matthew Hagle
  19. 19 Vuggevise (Cradle Song), No. 1 from Lyric Pieces, Op. 38 02:31
    Track
    19
    Title
    Vuggevise (Cradle Song), No. 1 from Lyric Pieces, Op. 38
    Duration
    02:31
    Composer
    Edvard Grieg
    Performer
    Rachel Barton Pine, Matthew Hagle
  20. 20 Berceuse (Lullaby), No. 1 from Four Pieces 03:08
    Track
    20
    Title
    Berceuse (Lullaby), No. 1 from Four Pieces
    Duration
    03:08
    Composer
    Mikhail Antsev
    Performer
    Rachel Barton Pine, Matthew Hagle
  21. 21 Wiegenlied (Cradle Song), No. 1 from Fünf Lieder, Op. 41 03:46
    Track
    21
    Title
    Wiegenlied (Cradle Song), No. 1 from Fünf Lieder, Op. 41
    Duration
    03:46
    Composer
    Richard Strauss
    Performer
    Rachel Barton Pine, Matthew Hagle
  22. 22 Berceuse (Lullaby), Op. 30 04:03
    Track
    22
    Title
    Berceuse (Lullaby), Op. 30
    Duration
    04:03
    Composer
    Camillo Sivori
    Performer
    Rachel Barton Pine, Matthew Hagle
  23. 23 Petite reine Berceuse (Lullaby for a Little Queen) 03:33
    Track
    23
    Title
    Petite reine Berceuse (Lullaby for a Little Queen)
    Duration
    03:33
    Composer
    Victor Beraud
    Performer
    Rachel Barton Pine, Matthew Hagle
  24. 24 Mother and Child, No. 2 from Suite for violin and piano 06:21
    Track
    24
    Title
    Mother and Child, No. 2 from Suite for violin and piano
    Duration
    06:21
    Composer
    William Grant Still
    Performer
    Rachel Barton Pine, Matthew Hagle
  25. 25 Wiegenlied (Cradle Song), No. 1 from Drei Kompositionen, Op. 79d 01:37
    Track
    25
    Title
    Wiegenlied (Cradle Song), No. 1 from Drei Kompositionen, Op. 79d
    Duration
    01:37
    Composer
    Max Reger
    Performer
    Rachel Barton Pine, Matthew Hagle