Sarasate

Komponisten og violinvirtuosen Pablo de Sarasates musik er fokus for den unge violinist Julia Fischers nyeste udgivelse. Musikken har et præg af spansk folklore og udnytter samtidig instrumentets potentiale til det yderste. Delikate miniature-stykker, der flyder som afrundede små fortællinger. Julia Fischer akkompagneres af sin vante pianist Milana Chernyavska. Star violinist Julia Fischer turns to the showpieces of violin legend Pablo Sarasate for her follow-up to 2013’s Bruch/Dvořák concertos. Sarasate, a new album for violin and piano to be released by Decca Classics in February 2014, demonstrates not only the extreme technical challenges of the music but also, in Julia Fischer’s words, its inherent “joy and enthusiasm”. The key track on the album is Sarasate’s most celebrated composition: Zigeunerweisen (‘Gypsy Airs’). With its heady czardas rhythms and folk flavour, it is best known as a display piece for violin and orchestra, but Fischer and her long-standing accompanist Milana Chernyavska present it here as it was originally written, for violin and piano. Their programme also includes the popular Danzas españolas. Shamelessly designed to show off technique, these captivating pieces soon became a top choice for violin encores. Fischer’s recording will help shine a new light on Sarasate’s music, which she wants to restore to the concert platform, where its presence was taken for granted in the first half of the 20th century. She feels that each of the pieces is a little gem with a mood and story all its own. All of the works on the recording are short, the longest lasting under eight minutes. They speak directly to the heart and do not require deep musical knowledge to appreciate. Track list: Spanische Tänze, Op.26 [1] VII. Vito 5.36 [2] VIII. Habanera 5.00 [3] Jota aragonesa, Op.27 4.48 [4] Serenata andaluza, Op.28 6.03 [5] El Canto del Ruiseñor, Op.29 8.24 Spanische Tänze, Op.21 [6] I. Malaguena 4.17 [7] Habanera 4.13 Spanische Tänze, Op.22 [8] III. Romanza Andaluza 4.18 [9] IV. Jota Navarra 4.33 Spanische Tänze, Op.23 [10] V. Playera 4.06 [11] VI. Zapateado 3.16 [12] Caprice Basque, Op.24 5.57 [13] Zigeunerweisen (Gypsy Airs), Op.20 7.53