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Petite École de la mélodie, a little known work for violin and piano by composer Jean Baptiste Charles Dancla, is the headlining piece on this Chandos album. While it is the world-premiere recording of the Petite École, and new works are always a welcome asset, Dancla's 12 etude-like shorts may not be worthy of great esteem. Yes, they are certainly all melodic as the title would suggest, but they offer little in the way of substance or backbone. After 12 tracks, the whole experience becomes one of relative banality. For his part, violinist Guido Rimonda offers a technically proficient reading of the work, but his interpretation tends to lean toward the syrupy sweet. The same could be said for his performance of the album's core piece: Saint-Saëns Violin Sonata No. 1 in D minor. Despite the clear first movement character marking of Allegro agitato, Rimonda's playing is rather soft around the edges with insufficient rhythmic dynamism. By the treacherous Finale, a perpetual motion, Rimonda livens things up a bit, but by this time it's too little, too late. The album ends with a technically flawless but musically overwrought performance of Massenet's Meditation from his opera Thaïs.
© TiVo
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Petite Ecole de la melodie (Little School of Melody), Op. 123 (Charles Dancla)
Guido Rimonda, violin - Cristina Canziani, piano
2009 Chandos 2009 Chandos
Guido Rimonda, violin - Cristina Canziani, piano
2009 Chandos 2009 Chandos
Guido Rimonda, violin - Cristina Canziani, piano
2009 Chandos 2009 Chandos
Guido Rimonda, violin - Cristina Canziani, piano
2009 Chandos 2009 Chandos
Guido Rimonda, violin - Cristina Canziani, piano
2009 Chandos 2009 Chandos
Guido Rimonda, violin - Cristina Canziani, piano
2009 Chandos 2009 Chandos
Guido Rimonda, violin - Cristina Canziani, piano
2009 Chandos 2009 Chandos
Guido Rimonda, violin - Cristina Canziani, piano
2009 Chandos 2009 Chandos
Guido Rimonda, violin - Cristina Canziani, piano
2009 Chandos 2009 Chandos
Guido Rimonda, violin - Cristina Canziani, piano
2009 Chandos 2009 Chandos
Guido Rimonda, violin - Cristina Canziani, piano
2009 Chandos 2009 Chandos
Guido Rimonda, violin - Cristina Canziani, piano
2009 Chandos 2009 Chandos
Violin Sonata No. 1 in D minor, Op. 75 (Camille Saint-Saëns)
Guido Rimonda, violin - Cristina Canziani, piano
2009 Chandos 2009 Chandos
Guido Rimonda, violin - Cristina Canziani, piano
2009 Chandos 2009 Chandos
Guido Rimonda, violin - Cristina Canziani, piano
2009 Chandos 2009 Chandos
Guido Rimonda, violin - Cristina Canziani, piano
2009 Chandos 2009 Chandos
Thais, Act II: Meditation (version for violin and piano) (Jules Massenet)
Guido Rimonda, violin - Cristina Canziani, piano
2009 Chandos 2009 Chandos
Album review
Petite École de la mélodie, a little known work for violin and piano by composer Jean Baptiste Charles Dancla, is the headlining piece on this Chandos album. While it is the world-premiere recording of the Petite École, and new works are always a welcome asset, Dancla's 12 etude-like shorts may not be worthy of great esteem. Yes, they are certainly all melodic as the title would suggest, but they offer little in the way of substance or backbone. After 12 tracks, the whole experience becomes one of relative banality. For his part, violinist Guido Rimonda offers a technically proficient reading of the work, but his interpretation tends to lean toward the syrupy sweet. The same could be said for his performance of the album's core piece: Saint-Saëns Violin Sonata No. 1 in D minor. Despite the clear first movement character marking of Allegro agitato, Rimonda's playing is rather soft around the edges with insufficient rhythmic dynamism. By the treacherous Finale, a perpetual motion, Rimonda livens things up a bit, but by this time it's too little, too late. The album ends with a technically flawless but musically overwrought performance of Massenet's Meditation from his opera Thaïs.
© TiVo
Details of original recording : 57:20 - DDD - Enregistré les 6 et 7 août 2007 au Théâtre Municipal de Verceil en Italie - Notes en français, anglais, allemand et italien
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 17 track(s)
- Total length: 00:54:12
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Guido Rimonda
- Composer: Jules Massenet
- Label: Chandos
- Area: France
- Genre: Classical Chamber Music
- Period: Romantic Music
2009 Chandos 2009 Chandos
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