Diana Galvydyte / Christopher Guild
A Different World
- Type CD
- Label Champs Hill
- UPC 5060212590404
- Catalog number CHRCD 039
- Release date 01 September 2012
About the album
Featuring exuberant young violinist and pianist Diana Galvydyte and Christopher Guild, this exciting new release brings together an incredible set of works by Eastern European, Italian and British composers, many of whom are alive and still composing to this day.
Italian composer Joe Schittino's Poem 'Eglé' is based on the Lithuanian folk tale of Eglé the Serpent Queen, and is a world premiere recording on this album. Violinist Diana Galvydyte was born in Vilnius, Lithuania in 1984, and grew up close to this folk-tale and its symbolism. The story - the best-known Lithuanian fairy tale - is considered one of the richest in references of Baltic mythology.
Eduardas Balsys, the influential Lithuanian composer, wrote a ballet in 1960 based on the same story, and it is this score from which 'Lament' and 'Mischievous Drebulyt' are taken.
Two fabulous works by Scottish composer James Macmillan also feature - After the Tryst is a setting of William Soutar's love poem which he originally wrote to sing with a folk band, whilst A Different World is a musical yearning for a dream world in which lovers' wishes might be fulfilled.
Huw Watkins, one of the UK's most sought after pianists and composers, wrote his beautiful and virtuosic Partita for solo violin in 2006.
With other excellent works by conductor and composer Esa-Pekka Salonen, Graźyna Bacewicz, Venjamin Sher, and Vytautas Barkauskas, this disc is an exciting exploration of contemporary works for solo violin and violin & piano.
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11Partita for Solo Violin, Op. 12: I. Praeludium
00:57 -
12Partita for Solo Violin, Op. 12: II. Scherzo
01:35 -
13Partita for Solo Violin, Op. 12: III. Grave
02:28 -
14Partita for Solo Violin, Op. 12: IV. Toccata
01:29 -
15Partita for Solo Violin, Op. 12: V. Postludium
01:40 -
16Rauda (Lament) for Violin and Piano
03:46 -
17Drebulytè Išdykélè (Mischievous Drebulytè) for Violin and Piano
01:55 -
18Poem 'Eglè' for Violin and Piano
10:26 -
19Lachen Verlernt for Violin Solo
09:43 -
110Concert Piece for Violin and Piano
06:15 -
111Scherzo for Violin and Piano
03:58 -
112After the Tryst for Violin and Piano
02:48 -
113A Different World for Violin and Piano
07:08 -
114Partita for Solo Violin: I. Maestoso
04:02 -
115Partita for Solo Violin: II. Lento ma non troppo
01:08 -
116Partita for Solo Violin: III. Lento
04:17 -
117Partita for Solo Violin: IV. Comodo
00:55 -
118Partita for Solo Violin: V. Allegro molto
04:42 -
119Caprice for Violin and Piano
01:53 -
120Humoresque for Violin and Piano
02:59 -
121Oberek I for Violin and Piano
02:01