Double-je

Tribute to friendship

September 13 2019

Double-je marks the beginning of the adventure Schweizer Fonogramm: with three rarely given sonatas for two solo violins by Prokofiev, Honegger and Ysaÿe we suggest a rendez-vous with the violinists Raphaël Oleg (Tchaikowsky Award in 1986) and Frédéric Angleraux who will play a central role for this label. Double-je is dedicated to Jacques Fustier, Lyon’s great violin maker and close friend of the two musicians who both play instruments created by him on the record. The two violinists also owe their first encounter to Jacques who had organized a meeting in his studio in Lyon, some 20 years ago…

Excerpts

1 - Andante

Sergueï Prokofiev - Sonate opus 56 en ut majeur

2 - Allegro

Sergueï Prokofiev - Sonate opus 56 en ut majeur

3 - Andante

Sergueï Prokofiev - Sonate opus 56 en ut majeur

4 - Presto

Sergueï Prokofiev - Sonate opus 56 en ut majeur

5 - Allegro non tanto

Arthur Honegger - Sonatine H.29

7 - Allegro moderato

Arthur Honegger - Sonatine H.29

8 - Poco lento - Maestoso - Allegro fermo

Eugène Ysaÿe - Sonate opus posth. en la mineur

9 - Poco lento

Eugène Ysaÿe - Sonate opus posth. en la mineur

10 - Allegro vivo a con fuoco

Sonate opus posth. en la mineur - Eugène Ysaÿe

Surprise :
The last track of Double-je is once again dedicated to the intricate playing of two violin parts: Luciano Berio (1925 – 2003) composed the poetic 24th Duettino ‘Per Aldo’ for two violins between 1979 and 1983: each of the 34 duos was linked to a musician of deep musical interest for the Italian composer: Among them were composers like Béla Bartòk, Igor Strawinsky or Bruno Maderna, conductors like Lorin Maazel, but also different instrumentalists. Aldo Bennici, the dedicatee of the Surprise track, was born in 1918 in Palermo. As violinist and violist he premiered e.g. Berio’s Voci (for viola and two orchestras) or Naturale (for viola, percussion and band). The duettini are regarded as a kind of intimate correspondence between Berio and personalities who played a supporting and inspiring role in his musical cosmos.

Interview :

… Hear the other think …

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