Listen & tracks
6 of 14 tracks have a preview · 10 works · 62:46
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Sonata for violin and pianoGeorge Benjamin 3 movements22:21
- 1 i. 8:19
- 2 ii. 6:25
- 3 iii. 7:37
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4 Prélude élégiaque Paul Dukas 4:41
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Tre Pezzi, Op. 14eGyörgy Kurtág 3 movements6:07
- 5 i. 2:18
- 6 ii. 1:10
- 7 iii. 2:39
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8 Anthèmes for solo violin Pierre Boulez 9:30
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9 Pièce pour le tombeau de Paul Dukas Olivier Messiaen 3:32
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10 Doloroso (Garzulyéknak) György Kurtág 1:41
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11 Anziksz Kellerandnak György Kurtág :27
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12 Calmo-Sognando (Stefan Romascau in memoriam) György Kurtág 1:50
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13 In Nomine – all'ungherese (Damjanich emlékko) György Kurtág 5:10
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14 Fantasie Olivier Messiaen 7:27
Violinist Elizabeth Sellars and pianist Kenji Fujimura gather chamber works that map the Paris Conservatoire circle around Messiaen: Benjamin’s three-movement sonata, Dukas’s elegiac prelude, Kurtág’s Tre Pezzi and later solo violin pieces, Boulez’s Anthèmes, and Messiaen’s own memorial for Dukas and the early Fantasie.
Reviews
This disc should be praised as much for thoughtful programming as for musicianship.
Sellars and Fujimura focus on chamber works for violin and piano deriving their inspiration from the Paris Conservatoire under Messiaen's period of tutelage. ★★★★
Sellars and Fujimura have created a most entrancing and expressive rendition of these technically advanced and challenging works for violin and piano. Even though Messiaen is only represented in two of the 14 tracks, the title of the disc refers to his relationship and influence on the other composers in the period of the Paris Conservatoire – as a teacher of pupil. Benjamin, Dukas, Kurtág and Boulez's works are modern yet differ vastly in their style. The pieces selected comprise works for solo violin as well as violin pieces accompanied by piano. The virtuosity of these accomplished performers is displayed as well as their ensemble skills. Each work draws the listener in on an emotional journey although the sounds are at first new and foreign. Through their intellectualism and stylistic mastery, these eclectic works are very satisfying to listen to, and music which one would want to hear again.
Artists
Elizabeth Sellars
violin
Australian-born violinist Elizabeth Sellars, is a graduate of the Guildhall School of Music in London where she studied with David Takeno (violin) and the Takacs String Quartet (chamber music).
Kenji Fujimura
piano
Dr Kenji Fujimura (piano) is a multi- award-winning pianist and composer, with many broadcasts on ABC-FM/TV, MBS-FM, BBC Radio3 and Bravo!Canada to his credit. Concert, masterclass, and adjudication engagements have taken Kenji throughout Europe, North America, Asia and Australasia.
Paul Dukas
composer
Paul Dukas (1865–1935) was a French composer, critic and teacher whose surviving works are few but exacting. He is best known for the orchestral scherzo The Sorcerer's Apprentice.
Olivier Messiaen
composer
Olivier Messiaen (1908–1992) was a French composer, organist and ornithologist whose colour-rich, rhythmically intricate music stands among the major achievements of the twentieth century.
George Benjamin
composer
Pierre Boulez
composer
Pierre Boulez’s music is tightly argued and often brief, yet full of sudden colour, rhythmic snap and hard-edged attack. His Douze Notations for piano pack twelve distinct characters into a few concentrated minutes.
György Kurtág
composer
Performers
- Elizabeth Sellars · violin · all except tracks 4 and 9
- Kenji Fujimura · piano · tracks 1–7, 9 and 14
Details
- List price
- $25.00 AUD
- Total playing time
- 62 minutes 46 seconds
- Release date
- 2013
- Category
- Classical
- Musical work copyright
- © 2013 Move Records
- Sound recording copyright
- ℗ 2013 Move Records
- Catalogue
- MD 3369
- EAN
- 9314574336924
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