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Dutch violin virtuoso Janine Jansen turns her considerable talents to Impressionist and post-Romantic French repertoire in this album devoted to music evocative of the evening, night, and dreams. The recital includes the premiere recordings of three brief works by contemporary French composer Richard Dubugnon, and while they would not be mistaken for products of the early 20th century, their language and sensibility are very much linked to the works of Debussy, Fauré, Lili Boulanger, Messiaen, and Ravel that make up the rest of the album. Jansen has been a generalist, recording works from Vivaldi and Bach to Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, and Britten. French music has not been a large presence in her repertoire, although she played the premiere of Dubugnon's Violin Concerto, which he wrote for her. For the most part she avoids the wispiness that can afflict interpretations of "Impressionist" repertoire, a term Debussy hated. That delicacy is perfectly suited, however, to Heifetz's arrangement of Debussy's early song, Beau soir. She's entirely successful in Ravel's vigorous Sonata in G major, and she nicely captures the looseness of the music's vernacular elements. Dubugnon's character pieces are lyrical, lovely, and expertly scored. Pianist Itamar Golan provides a strong, nuanced, and idiomatically sensitive accompaniment. Decca's sound is clean and vivid. The closeness of the miking may be a problem for listeners who do not enjoy hearing a player's breathing as a significant performance element. The predictability of Jansen's sniffs as pickups to every phrase, with their volume a sure predictor of the intensity of the phrase, can wear very thin very quickly and mars an otherwise lovely performance.
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Violin Sonata in G Minor, L. 140 (Claude Debussy)
Claude Debussy, Composer - Friedemann Engelbrecht, Producer, Recording Producer - Itamar Golan, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Janine Jansen, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Philipp Knop, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2010 Decca Music Group Limited
Claude Debussy, Composer - Friedemann Engelbrecht, Producer, Recording Producer - Itamar Golan, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Janine Jansen, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Philipp Knop, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2010 Decca Music Group Limited
Claude Debussy, Composer - Friedemann Engelbrecht, Producer, Recording Producer - Itamar Golan, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Janine Jansen, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Philipp Knop, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2010 Decca Music Group Limited
Beau Soir (Claude Debussy)
Claude Debussy, Composer - Friedemann Engelbrecht, Producer, Recording Producer - Jascha Heifetz, Arranger, Work Arranger - Itamar Golan, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Janine Jansen, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Philipp Knop, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2010 Decca Music Group Limited
Suite bergamasque, L. 75 (Claude Debussy)
Claude Debussy, Composer - Friedemann Engelbrecht, Producer, Recording Producer - Itamar Golan, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Janine Jansen, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Philipp Knop, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Alexandre Roelens, Arranger, Work Arranger
℗ 2010 Decca Music Group Limited
La Minute Exquise (Richard Dubugnon)
Friedemann Engelbrecht, Producer, Recording Producer - Itamar Golan, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Dubugnon, ComposerLyricist - Janine Jansen, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Philipp Knop, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2010 Decca Music Group Limited
Nocturno (Lili Boulanger)
Lili Boulanger, Composer - Friedemann Engelbrecht, Producer, Recording Producer - Itamar Golan, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Janine Jansen, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Philipp Knop, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2010 Decca Music Group Limited
Hypnos (Richard Dubugnon)
Friedemann Engelbrecht, Producer, Recording Producer - Itamar Golan, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Dubugnon, ComposerLyricist - Janine Jansen, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Philipp Knop, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2010 Decca Music Group Limited
Thème et Variations (Olivier Messiaen)
Olivier Messiaen, ComposerLyricist - Friedemann Engelbrecht, Producer, Recording Producer - Itamar Golan, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Janine Jansen, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Philipp Knop, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2010 Decca Music Group Limited
Gabriel Fauré, Composer - Friedemann Engelbrecht, Producer, Recording Producer - Itamar Golan, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Janine Jansen, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Philipp Knop, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2010 Decca Music Group Limited
Violin Sonata in G Major, M. 77 (Maurice Ravel)
Maurice Ravel, Composer - Friedemann Engelbrecht, Producer, Recording Producer - Itamar Golan, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Janine Jansen, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Philipp Knop, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2010 Decca Music Group Limited
Maurice Ravel, Composer - Friedemann Engelbrecht, Producer, Recording Producer - Itamar Golan, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Janine Jansen, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Philipp Knop, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2010 Decca Music Group Limited
Maurice Ravel, Composer - Friedemann Engelbrecht, Producer, Recording Producer - Itamar Golan, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Janine Jansen, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Philipp Knop, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2010 Decca Music Group Limited
Retour à Montfort-Lamaury (Richard Dubugnon)
Friedemann Engelbrecht, Producer, Recording Producer - Itamar Golan, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Dubugnon, ComposerLyricist - Janine Jansen, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Philipp Knop, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2010 Decca Music Group Limited
Album review
Dutch violin virtuoso Janine Jansen turns her considerable talents to Impressionist and post-Romantic French repertoire in this album devoted to music evocative of the evening, night, and dreams. The recital includes the premiere recordings of three brief works by contemporary French composer Richard Dubugnon, and while they would not be mistaken for products of the early 20th century, their language and sensibility are very much linked to the works of Debussy, Fauré, Lili Boulanger, Messiaen, and Ravel that make up the rest of the album. Jansen has been a generalist, recording works from Vivaldi and Bach to Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, and Britten. French music has not been a large presence in her repertoire, although she played the premiere of Dubugnon's Violin Concerto, which he wrote for her. For the most part she avoids the wispiness that can afflict interpretations of "Impressionist" repertoire, a term Debussy hated. That delicacy is perfectly suited, however, to Heifetz's arrangement of Debussy's early song, Beau soir. She's entirely successful in Ravel's vigorous Sonata in G major, and she nicely captures the looseness of the music's vernacular elements. Dubugnon's character pieces are lyrical, lovely, and expertly scored. Pianist Itamar Golan provides a strong, nuanced, and idiomatically sensitive accompaniment. Decca's sound is clean and vivid. The closeness of the miking may be a problem for listeners who do not enjoy hearing a player's breathing as a significant performance element. The predictability of Jansen's sniffs as pickups to every phrase, with their volume a sure predictor of the intensity of the phrase, can wear very thin very quickly and mars an otherwise lovely performance.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 14 track(s)
- Total length: 01:09:31
- Main artists: Janine Jansen Itamar Golan
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Decca Music Group Ltd.
- Genre: Classical
© 2010 Decca Music Group Limited ℗ 2010 Decca Music Group Limited
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