Composer: Eduard Nápravník
Performer: Lana Trotovšek, Ludmil Angelov
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Toccata
Catalogue: TOCC0305
Release: 2020
Size: 1.73 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Violin Sonata in G Major, Op. 52
01. I. Andante sostenuto – Allegro
02. II. Scherzo. Vivace
03. III. Andantino doloroso
04. IV. Allegro con fuoco
Suite for Violin & Orchestra, Op. 60 (Arr. for Violin & Piano)
05. I. Molto moderato – Allegro moderato
06. II. Scherzo. Allegro vivo
07. III. Elegie. Molto moderato
08. IV. Tarantella. Vivace
4 Pieces for Violin & Piano, Op. 64
09. No. 1, Nocturne
10. No. 2, Valse-Caprice
11. No. 3, Mélodie russe
12. No. 4, Scherzo espagnol
The Czech-born Eduard Nápravník (1839–1916) became one of the pivotal figures in the musical life of nineteenth-century Russia: as conductor of the Imperial Mariinsky Opera in St Petersburg, he gave the premieres of some of the most important Russian operas, among them Mussorgsky’s Boris Godunov, six by Tchaikovsky and nine by Rimsky-Korsakov. But his own music has largely been lost from sight – a fate it emphatically does not deserve, as these three works for violin and piano prove: big-hearted and big-boned, replete with passionate Tchaikovskian melody, they reveal a composer ripe for rediscovery.