Francesca Bonaita - Szymanowski Works for Violin & Piano (2024) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

A young violinist, paired with one of the most renowned Lisztians of our day, make an illuminating and harmonious partnership in an exquisite body of modern classics for the duo.
Very few 20th-century pieces have entered the canon of literature for violin and piano as universally as the Mythes of Karol Szymanowski. Alongside the sonatas of Janácek and Prokofiev, for example, the cycle embodies the style of its composer at his most characteristic.

In Szymanowski’s case, the Mythes draw on a sensuous language of impressionism but also a Russian school of violin playing, and a fragrance in the melodies that is unique to him.

Italian critics have been extravagant in their praise of Francesca Bonaita. Her repertoire already includes modern classics such as the concertos by Barber, Zimmermann and Schnittke, indicating the kind of affinity with modernist idioms which makes this Szymanowski disc so striking as a demonstration of her musicianship.

Having graduated from the conservatoire in Milan as a student of Sergei Krylov, she furthered her studies in Lugano while attracting notice for her performances in many international violin competitions.

The pianist Saskia Giorgini is well known as a Lisztian, with several outstanding albums to her credit, and as a sympathetic recital partner to outstanding musicians of our day such as Ian Bostridge and Vilde Frang.

TRACKLIST

1. Francesca Bonaita - Sonata pour piano et violon in D Minor, Op. 9 (1904): I. Allegro moderato. Patetico
2. Francesca Bonaita - Sonata pour piano et violon in D Minor, Op. 9 (1904): II. Andantino tranquillo e dolce
3. Francesca Bonaita - Sonata pour piano et violon in D Minor, Op. 9 (1904): III. Finale. Allegro molto, quasi presto
4. Francesca Bonaita - Romance pour violon et piano, Op. 23 (1910): I. Lento assai, poco rubato. (Espressivo)
5. Francesca Bonaita - Mythes. 3 Poèmes pour violon et piano, Op. 30 (1915): I. La fontaine d'arethuse
6. Francesca Bonaita - Mythes. 3 Poèmes pour violon et piano, Op. 30 (1915): II. Narcisse a madame Sophie Kochanska
7. Francesca Bonaita - Mythes. 3 Poèmes pour violon et piano, Op. 30 (1915): III. Dryades et pan
8. Francesca Bonaita - 3 Caprices de Paganini pour violon et piano, Op. 40 (1918): I. (Caprice No. 20) Andante dolcissimo. Vivace Scherzando. Andante dolcissimo a Paul Kochanski
9. Francesca Bonaita - 3 Caprices de Paganini pour violon et piano, Op. 40 (1918): II. (Caprice No. 21) Adagio [molto espressivo ed "affetuoso"] A Paul Kochanski
10. Francesca Bonaita - 3 Caprices de Paganini pour violon et piano, Op. 40 (1918): III. (Theme varié. Caprice No.24) Tema. Vivace - Variations I-X A Joseph Oziminski



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