Romances & Elegies for Viola & Piano
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Composer: Benjamin BrittenComposer: Elliott Carter
Composer: Alexander Glazunov
Composer: Zoltan Kodaly
Composer: Franz Liszt
Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams
Composer: Henri Vieuxtemps
Performer: Robert Levin
Performer: Kim Kashkashian
Edition: Music CD
Format: Original recording reissued
CD Release Date: 2000-04-18
Music Label: Ecm Records
Soundtracks:
- Lacrymae op.48
- Romance
- Elegy
- Elegie op. 44
- Romance oubliee
- Adagio
- Elegie op.30
Free Music Notes for Romances & Elegies for Viola & Piano
Free Music Review: Songs for Winter Solstice
Hit: 5 Stars
Perhaps none of the composers of this lovely set of works for viola and piano had in mind the death theme surrounding the winter solstice, the end of the season of growing, a time for pause and even sleep to prepare for the rumblings of rebirth, but that is what comes to mind while listening to this very well chosen collection of elegies.
Violist Kim Kashkashian and pianist Robert Levin seem extensions of each other, so well melded are these performances. While most will be familiar with the gorgeous Benjamin Britten 'Lachrymae, reflections on a song of Dowland', there are enough unfamiliar works to spark even the most experienced listener. Some highlights are the Vaughn Williams 'Romance', the Adagio of Zoltan Kodaly, and the Vieuxtemps 'Elegie'. The spectrum even manages to include Elliot Carter's 'Elegy' so you can rest assured there is a wide spread of periods and oddly enough they all create a cohesive program.
Kashkashian's tone is never forced, always refined, and never pushing towards heart on the sleeve. This is a beautiful recording, especially for winter nights. Highly recommended. Grady Harp, December 05
Romances & Elegies for Viola & Piano Poster
This elegiac music seems very well-suited to the dark sound of the viola. Kashkashian plays it simply and very expressively, without slides or sentimentality; glowing and shimmering, her tone is pure, warm, inflected. The program has great variety. Britten's mournful Lachrymae (Reflections on a Song of John Dowland) comes to an agitated climax and ends with an old chorale. Vaughan Williams's Romance is a peaceful pastoral; Carter's Elegy is somber, gentle, and hardly dissonant; Glasunov's Elegy is very romantic. Liszt's Romance is very rhetorical--half recitation, half lamentation--but ends serenely. Kod?ly's Adagio, solemn and inward, comes to a passionate climax; the opening returns in the highest register. Vieuxtemps's romantic virtuoso piece has musical substance as well as passion, rhetoric, a big climax, and a wild, brilliant ending. --Edith EislerClassical Music CDs
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