Lalo: Symphonie Espagnole, Sonate, Arlequin & Guitare Nikita Boriso-Glebsky

• Édouard Lalo (1823–1892): Symphonie espagnole op. 21 pour violon et orchestre
• 1Allegro non troppo07:31
• 2Scherzando: Allegro molto04:21
• 3Intermezzo: Allegretto non troppo06:21
• 4Andante06:30
• 5Rondo: Allegro08:34
• Sonate pour violon et piano in D Major, Op. 12:
• 6Allegro moderato07:01
• 7Variations06:03
• 8Rondo03:51
• Arlequin, esquisse humoristique pour violon et piano in G Major
• 9Arlequin, esquisse humoristique pour violon et piano03:18
• Guitare pour violon et piano in B Minor, Op. 28
• 10Guitare pour violon et piano in B Minor, Op. 2803:24
• Total Runtime56:54

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For this sixth volume of Fuga Libera's collection 'Chapelle Musicale Reine Elisabeth', we again find the magnificent Sinfonia Varsovia under the direction of Augustin Dumay, whose disciple Nikita Boriso-Glebsky has the place of honour, as in the Vieuxtemps set (FUG 575) where he excelled in the 3rd Concerto.

Winner of the Sibelius and Fritz Kreisler competitions in 2010, and prize winner at the Tchaikovsky, Queen Elisabeth and Montreal competitions, Nikita Boriso-Glebsky is one of the surest talents of his generation. Here he offers a particularly welcome programme since, alongside the famous, colourful Symphonie espagnole, we find pieces that are infinitely less well known, such as the Sonata for violin and piano in which Jean-Philippe Collard matches the young Russian violinist with sparkling keyboard playing: the occasion to recall that Lalo was a pioneer of chamber music in France.

'Fuga Libera’s compilation seems, like an ellipse, to have two foci: the emerging young violinist Nikita Boriso-Glebsky and the music of Édouard Lalo. The program opens with the familiar, the Symphonie espagnole , which perhaps made Lalo’s reputation (and hardly hurt violinist Pablo Sarasate’s). Boriso-Glebsky produces a strong, rich tone from the bold opening of the solo part and plays with a commanding assurance, surmounting stylishly the virtuosic difficulties the movement presents; but somehow the reading may nevertheless seem perfunctory or at least inflexible, in the solo part as well as in the orchestral one, to those familiar with such blockbuster re-creations as Isaac Stern’s, Jascha Heifetz’s, or Zino Francescatti’s. Those same listeners may, then, welcome the injection by the soloist of some Iberian coloration in the Scherzando and even more in the Intermezzo—such moments collectively provide a strong argument for including the movement, which Lalo supposedly added after he’d finished the work, rather than omitting it as older violinists (including Heifetz and Francescatti) used to do. In fact, Boriso-Glebsky’s personality as an interpreter seems to blossom in this movement in piquant rhythms and timbral subtleties that seem largely his own. That same strong personality emerges in the ardent, mellifluous account he gives of the slow movement that follows. He rises above the orchestra here in part because of the placement of the microphones and in part because of his strong-minded though sweet lyricism (as in the movement’s closing passages). His version of the finale sounds as tantalizingly sprightly as if it were an alternative finale for Felix Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto. Still, if Sarasate’s violinistic persona might be described as quicksilver, there’s a greater heaviness in Boriso-Glebsky’s, although it doesn’t remain earthbound. The recorded sound brings a bracing clarity to the orchestral forces. '

'The Violin Sonata, op. 12, began what life it’s had, according to Michel Stockhem’s notes, as a Grand duo concertant ; Boriso-Glebsky plays it here in a reverberant venue (Flagey, Studio 1) with pianist Jean-Philippe Collard. Both violinist and pianist seem strongly committed to this early composition, marking Lalo’s engaging dialogue by dramatic contrasts in the first movement. Boriso-Glebsky affects an elegant manner in the theme of the second movement’s variations, a theme that might have been drawn almost directly from one of Robert Schumann’s piano pieces; but he plays with unaffected lyricism throughout the variations, his tone emitting a warm glow in the lower registers. The brief Rondo that brings the sonata to a close sparkles with the duo’s exuberant high spirits channeled by a strong personality. Almost a decade ago, Luigi Alberto Bianchi recorded the sonata and a program of the composer’s short pieces on Dynamic 356, Fanfare 26:5. He takes a more leisurely approach to these works than does Boriso-Glebsky, but he doesn’t always sound more gracious for his greater leisure—still, for those interested primarily in the works for violin and piano, he’s worth hearing. The program concludes with two short pieces, Arlequin and Guitare, both of which emerge so full of character as to be worthy of more than an occasional resuscitation. For its vivid recorded sound and its generally sparkling readings, as well as for the inherent interest in its repertoire, Fuga Libera’s release deserves overall an enthusiastic recommendation.' (Robert Maxham, Fanfare)

Nikita Boriso-Glebsky, violin
Sinfonia Varsovia (on tracks 1-5)
Augustin Dumay, conductor (on tracks 1-5)
Jean-Philippe Collard, piano (on tracks 6-10)

Recording: 16-17 January 2011, Lutoslawski Hall (Polski Radio), Warsaw
Producer: Michel Stockhem
ecording, editing & mastering: Julita Emanuilow
Sonate, Arlequin, Guitare: Recording: 19-20 September 2011, Flagey (Studio 1), Brussels
Producer, recording, editing & mastering: Aline Blondiau
Executive Producer: Frederik Styns

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