Maurice Ravel Chamber Works for Violin Sasha Rozhdestvensky, Josiane Marfurt, Michal Kanka

• Maurice Ravel (1875 – 1937): Tzigane, for Violin and Piano, M. 76:
• 1 Ravel: Tzigane, for Violin and Piano, M. 76 09:42
• Violin Sonata No. 2 in G Major, M. 77:
• 2 Ravel: Violin Sonata No. 2 in G Major, M. 77: I. Allegretto vivace 07:32
• 3 Ravel: Violin Sonata No. 2 in G Major, M. 77: II. Blues. Moderato 05:31
• 4 Ravel: Violin Sonata No. 2 in G Major, M. 77: III. Perpetuum mobile. Allegro 03:50
• Berceuse sur le nom de Gabriel Fauré, M. 74:
• 5 Ravel: Berceuse sur le nom de Gabriel Fauré, M. 74 02:38
• Sonata for Violin and Cello, M. 73 "A la mémoire de Claude Debussy":
• 6 Ravel: Sonata for Violin and Cello, M. 73 "A la mémoire de Claude Debussy": I. Allegro 04:49
• 7 Ravel: Sonata for Violin and Cello, M. 73 "A la mémoire de Claude Debussy": II. Très vif 03:25
• 8 Ravel: Sonata for Violin and Cello, M. 73 "A la mémoire de Claude Debussy": III. Lent 05:25
• 9 Ravel: Sonata for Violin and Cello, M. 73 "A la mémoire de Claude Debussy": IV. Vif, avec entrain 05:50
• Pièce en forme de Habanera, for Violin and Piano, M. 51:
• 10 Ravel: Pièce en forme de Habanera, for Violin and Piano, M. 51 03:08
• Violin Sonata No.1 in A Minor, M. 12 (Posthumous Sonata):
• 11 Ravel: Violin Sonata No.1 in A Minor, M. 12 (Posthumous Sonata): Allegro. Allegro fugato 13:53
• Total Runtime 01:05:43

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Clear, precise music featuring rhythmic refinement as free as it is polished, with vibrations that are, in the final analysis, more morbid than conquering, a series of enchantments idealising the violin as the charming bard of the inexpressible. A new form of Expressionism and a timeless challenge for performers.

In 1969 Gennady Rozhdestvensky married the brilliant pianist Viktoria Postnikova, who first shot to fame at the Leeds International Piano Competition; their son is the internationally acclaimed violinist Alexander, or Sasha, Rozhdestvensky. He has appeared at the Proms, the Barbican and the Festival Hall in London and has made well-regarded cds for both Delos and Chandos usually in Russian repertoire.

Sasha Rozhdestvensky, violin
Josiane Marfurt, piano
Michal Kaňka, cello

Sasha Rozhdestvensky
is considered to be one of Russia’s finest young violinists. Yehudi Menuhin pronounced him to be “one of the most talented and refined violinists of his generation”, while the legendary violinist Ivry Gitlis said of him: “He belongs to the great line of outstanding artists. His approach and relationship to music and the violin is intense, highly sensitive and intelligent”.

He has appeared internationally with leading orchestras such as the Bavarian State Orchestra, Bamberger Symphoniker, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Deutsches Symphonie Orchester, l'Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio-France, Ensemble Orchestral de Paris, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Het Residentie Orkest, London Symphony Orchestra,, Orchestra Sinfonica dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Orchestra of “La Scala”, Mariinsky Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, State Symphony Capella of Russia, Prague Symphony Orchestra, Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchester der Beethovenhalle Bonn, Orquestra Gulbenkian, Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich, Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra, Dresdner Philharmonie Orchestra, Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, West Australia Symphony Orchestra, the Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestra.

Among the conductors with whom Sasha Rozhdestvensky has worked are Antonio de Almeida, Alexander Anissimov, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Yuri Bashmet, Joanna Carneiro, Jean Claude Casadesus, Simon Gaudenz, Valery Gergiev, Vernon Handley, Wolf-Dieter Hauschild, Jansug Kakhidze, Gabriel Khmura, Lois Langree, Jacques Mercier, Anton Nanut, Avi Ostrowsky, Valery Polyansky, George Pehlivanyan, Vladimir Ponkin, Gennady Rozhdestvensky, Gerard Schwartz, Lothar Seifarth, Martin Sieghart, Yuri Simonov, Vladimir Spivakov, Stanley Sperber, Vladimir Valek, Vladimir Verbitsky, Christopher Warren-Green.

Sasha Rozhdestvensky has recorded numerous works for the THESIS and CHANDOS labels including the Concerto Grosso No. 6 by Alfred Schnittke with the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic. In 1994 he premiered this concerto, which was written especially for him and Viktoria Postnikova. He recently recorded the Violin Concerto No. 1 by Dimitri Shostakovich and the Violin Concerto by Alexander Glazunov with Gennady Rozhdestvensky and the State Symphony Capella of Russia.

He has appeared at major festivals including BBC Proms (London), Tanglewood, Schleswig-Holstein, Flanders, Gstaad, Istanbul, Colmar, Ravinia, Florida, Taormina, Sienna, Lockenhaus, Montreux, Rheingau, Mozart (La Coruna), Martinu (Basel), and has performed in all of the world’s major halls, including the Carnegie Hall, Royal Albert Hall, Barbican and Festival Hall London, Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Berlin Philharmonie, Suntory Hall Tokyo, Salle Pleyel, Salle Gaveau and Theatre du Chatelet Paris, Mann Auditorium Tel-Aviv, La Scala Milan, always to great acclaim.

His chamber music partners have included Marc Coppey, Gary Hoffman, Steven Isserlis, Christian Ivaldi, Kun Woo Paik, Michel Portal, Viktoria Postnikova, Michael Rudy, Andrei Vieru.

Sasha Rozhdestvensky’s dedication to contemporary music is highlighted through close contacts with several eminent composers, such as Alfred Schnittke, Sofia Gubaidulina and Giya Kancheli.

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