Xenakis, Kodály & Others: Duos for Violin & Cello Marc Paquin, Orfilia Saiz Vega

• Iannis Xenakis (1922 - 2001):
• 1 Dhipli Zyia 04:08
• Zoltán Kodály (1882 - 1967): Duo for Violin & Cello, Op. 7:
• 2 Duo for Violin & Cello, Op. 7: I. Allegro serioso, non troppo 08:53
• 3 Duo for Violin & Cello, Op. 7: II. Adagio 09:38
• 4 Duo for Violin & Cello, Op. 7: III. Maestoso e largamente, ma non troppo lento - Presto 09:41
• Peteris Vasks (b. 1946):
• 5 Castillo Interior 13:49
• Maurice Ravel (1875 - 1937): Sonata for Violin & Cello, M. 73:
• 6 Sonata for Violin & Cello, M. 73: I. Allegro 05:04
• 7 Sonata for Violin & Cello, M. 73: II. Très vif 03:38
• 8 Sonata for Violin & Cello, M. 73: III. Lent 05:58
• 9 Sonata for Violin & Cello, M. 73: IV. Vif, avec entrain 06:11
• Béla Bartók (1881 - 1945): Romanian Folk Dances, Sz. 68 (Arr. for Violin & Cello):
• 10 Romanian Folk Dances, Sz. 68 (Arr. for Violin & Cello): I. Jocul cu bata 01:24
• 11 Romanian Folk Dances, Sz. 68 (Arr. for Violin & Cello): II. Braul 00:35
• 12 Romanian Folk Dances, Sz. 68 (Arr. for Violin & Cello): III. Pe loc 01:16
• 13 Romanian Folk Dances, Sz. 68 (Arr. for Violin & Cello): IV. Buciumeana 01:10
• 14 Romanian Folk Dances, Sz. 68 (Arr. for Violin & Cello): V. Poarga Romaneasca 00:34
• 15 Romanian Folk Dances, Sz. 68 (Arr. for Violin & Cello): VI. Maruntel 01:03
• Total Runtime 01:13:02

Info for Xenakis, Kodály & Others: Duos for Violin & Cello

Regarding the music chosen, it would be impossible not to include, in an album like this one, the two great pillars of the repertoire for these eight strings, Zoltán Kodálys Duo and Maurice Ravels Sonata, an explosion of creativity after the dearth of repertoire for this kind of duo during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Both composers manage to dress their music in such an incredible way that this ensemble does not appear bare and the polyphony is complete. In contrast to these two great works, we have chosen three pieces of easier and more emotive listening which, nevertheless, we feel are representative of the different vital issues reflected in their composition; from the spiritual conflict transmitted in P. Vasks Castillo Interior to the popular frenzy of I. Xenakis. Closing this album is the duos own arrangement of Béla Bartóks Romanian Dances, providing their own musical contribution to the repertoire for these two instruments.

Marc Paquin, violin
Orfilia Sáiz, cello

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