Composer: Paul Juon
Performer: Basil Vendryes, Igor Pikayzen, William David
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Toccata
Catalogue: TOCC0389
Release: 2022
Size: 1 GB
Recovery: +3%
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Viola Sonata in D Major, Op. 15
01. I. Moderato
02. II. Adagio assai e molto cantabile
03. III. Allegro moderato
Viola Sonata in F Minor, Op. 82a
04. Moderato assai
05. Adagio
06. Tempo primo
07. Romanze, Op. 7b (Version for Viola & Piano)
Silhouettes, Deuxième serie, Op. 43, Book 3
08. No. 1, Prélude
09. No. 2, Chant d’amour
Silhouettes, Deuxième serie, Op. 43, Book 4 (Version for Violin, Viola & Piano)
10. No. 3a, Intermezzo 1
11. No. 3b, Intermezzo 2
12. No. 3c, Intermezzo 3
13. No. 4, Mélancholie
14. No. 5, Danse grotesque
Trio-Miniaturen for Violin, Viola & Piano
15. No. 1, Rêverie, Op. 18 No. 3
16. No. 2, Humoreske, Op. 18 No. 7
17. No. 3, Elegie, Op. 18 No. 6
18. No. 4, Danse fantastique, Op. 24 No. 2
Paul Juon was born in Moscow, of Swiss parents, in 1872, studying there with Arensky and Taneyev; Rachmaninov, a fellow student, dubbed him the Russian Brahms. At the Hochschule der Musik in Berlin, Woldemar Bargiel, Clara Schumanns half-brother, was his main teacher before Juon himself became a respected member of the staff. There are indeed echoes of Brahms in Juons early music but there is also a fondness for Russian folksong and a mastery of counterpoint, which all feed into his urgent, late-Romantic lyricism.