George Enescu: Complete Works for Violin and Piano, Vol. 1
Remus Azoitei, violin
Eduard Stan, piano
Catalogue Number: CD98.239
Hänssler Classic
Eduard Stan, piano
Catalogue Number: CD98.239
Hänssler Classic
George Enescu: Complete Works for Violin and Piano, Vol. 2
Remus Azoitei, violin
Eduard Stan, piano
Catalogue Number: CD98.240
Hänssler Classic
Eduard Stan, piano
Catalogue Number: CD98.240
Hänssler Classic
"No need to look any further: this is a first-rate collection."
- Gramophone, February 2009
"The violinist Remus Azoitei and the pianist Eduard Stan master these balancing acts
with an eminent sense of tonal colour and much understanding for Enescu's Romanian soul."
- Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 13 September 2008
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George Enescu: Complete Works for Violin and Piano, Vol. 1
Remus Azoitei, violin
Eduard Stan, piano
Label: Hänssler Classic
Catalogue Number: CD98.239
Recorded: 6-9.12.2005, at Radio Bremen Studios, Germany
Violin: 1718 Antonio Stradivari "Maurin", courtesy of the Royal Academy of Music
Piano: Steinway & Sons D, Hamburg
Track Listing
| Impressions d'enfance for Violin and Piano Op. 28 (1940) | 22:23 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fiddler | 3:27 | |
| 2 | Old Beggar | 3:03 | |
| 3 | Stream at the Bottom of the Garden | 2:47 | |
| 4 | The Bird in the Cage and the Cuckoo on the Wall | 2:17 | |
| 5 | Lullaby | 1:44 | |
| 6 | Cricket | 0:25 | |
| 7 | Moonlight through the Window | 2:34 | |
| 8 | Wind in the Chimney | 0:22 | |
| 9 | Storm outside, at Night | 2:11 | |
| 10 | Sunrise | 3:33 | |
| Sonata in A minor for Violin and Piano "Torso" (1911) | 16:28 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | Moderato | 16:28 | |
| Sonata in F minor Op. 6 for Piano and Violin (1899) | 22:08 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | Assez mouvementé | 7:52 | |
| 13 | Tranquillement | 6:48 | |
| 14 | Vif | 7:28 | |
samples with permission from Hänssler Classic, Germany
Reviews on Volume 1:
"The performances are richly responsive and tastefully phrased, the recording sound excellent"
- Gramophone, February 2009
"Hanssler has done this recording proud: every detail is caught to perfection."
- The Strad, May 2007
"Realised with astonishing clarity, ...an enthralling reading.
Where this new account scores is in the with which Azoitei and Stan suffuse poetic
means with musical ends... In short, a superb disc."
- International Record Review, April 2007
"Azoitei and Stan believe in this music wholeheartedly and convey its various
aspects with such apparent ease that I find it impossible not to be totally carried along by it.
In short, they perform with rare distinction to do Enescu proud. Consequently, in due course,
this recording should be a strong candidate for admission to the Classical Hall of Fame".
- Fanfare Magazine, Spring 2008
"Remus Azoitei and Eduard Stan, who in this fabulous recording present the first
of the two instalments with works for violin and piano, follow
Enescu's guidelines in exemplary manner."
- Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 21 April 2007
George Enescu: Complete Works for Violin and Piano, Vol. 2
Remus Azoitei, violin
Eduard Stan, piano
Label: Hänssler Classic
Catalogue Number: CD98.240
Recorded: 14-17.03.2006, at Radio Bremen Studios, Germany
Violin: 1699 Antonio Stradivari "Kustendyke", courtesy of the Royal Academy of Music
Piano: Steinway & Sons D, Hamburg
Track Listing
| Sonata No. 3 Op. 25 "In Romanian Folk Character" (1926) | 25:10 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Moderato malinconico | 8:24 | |
| 2 | Andante sostenuto e misterioso | 8:34 | |
| 3 | Allegro con brio, ma non troppo mosso | 8:14 | |
| 4 | Ballade (1895) | 4:39 | |
| 5 | Impromptu Concertant (1903) | 5:17 | |
| 6 | Andante Malinconinco (1951) | 2:26 | |
| 7 | Tarantelle (1895) * | 4:10 | |
| 8 | Hora Unirei (1917) * | 2:06 |
| Sonata No. 1 in D Major Op. 2 (1897) | 24:08 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | Allegro vivo | 7:27 | |
| 10 | Quasi adagio | 9:03 | |
| 11 | Allegro | 7:38 | |
* WORLD PREMIERE RECORDING
samples with permission from Hänssler Classic, Germany
Reviews on Volume 2:
"A touch of racy Romanian fire in this appealing violin and piano repertoire... The Third Sonata is a must-have masterpiece"
- Gramophone, February 2009
"In a hypnotic account of the Third Sonata, Azoitei and Stan demonstrate complete empathy with the
quasi-improvisatory nature of the writing. Superb playing also in the Brahmsian First Sonata."
- BBC Music Magazine, February 2009
"The technically sovereign musicians immerse themselves completely in this 'mothertongue', with fire as well as refinement."
- Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 13 September 2008