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Juon: Chamber Music for Viola / Vendryes, Pikayzen, David
Toccata

Juon: Chamber Music for Viola / Vendryes, Pikayzen, David

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Composer
Paul Juon
Artist
Basil Vendryes, Igor Pikayzen, William David
Format
CD
Label
Toccata
Released
Jun 03, 2022
Catalog #
TOCC0389
UPC
5060113443892

About

Paul Juon was born in Moscow, of Swiss parents, in 1872, studying there with Arensky and Taneyev; Rachmaninov, a fellow student, dubbed him ‘the Russian Brahms’. At the Hochschule der Musik in Berlin, Woldemar Bargiel, Clara Schumann’s half-brother, was his main teacher before Juon himself became a respected member of the staff. There are indeed echoes of Brahms in Juon’s early music but there is also a fondness for Russian folksong and a mastery of counterpoint, which all feed into his urgent, late-Romantic lyricism.

REVIEW

Paul Juon...studied with Woldemar Bargiel in Berlin at the Hochschule für Musik. These influences developed him into a hothouse for late-Romantic lyricism and, on this showing, a skilled purveyor of channelled sentimentality.

The sound here is right upfront to the listener...The musicians play right to your heart.

Of the two tightly-timed viola sonatas, the D major, Op. 15 work is from the turn of the 19th and twentieth centuries. It overflows with torrential Brahmsian high romance, rather in the style of the Brahms Double Concerto. There’s no question of a temperate or distanced approach here and the musicians are at one with that mind-set; they constantly ‘push’ the mood and the tempo to intensify rather than in impatience with it. Listen to them in the finale. The Second Viola Sonata Op. 82a is from 1924. Its Moderato assai is a shade cooler but soulful and does not disappoint. On this disc it is the viola sonatas, with their robust and memorable themes and treatment, that will have the listener sitting bolt-upright.

--MusicWeb International (Rob Barnett)

Tracklist 18 tracks

  1. 1 I. Moderato 07:05
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Moderato
    Duration
    07:05
    Composer
    Paul Juon
    Performer
    Basil Vendryes, William David
  2. 2 II. Adagio assai e molto cantabile 06:15
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Adagio assai e molto cantabile
    Duration
    06:15
    Composer
    Paul Juon
    Performer
    Basil Vendryes, William David
  3. 3 III. Allegro moderato 06:37
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Allegro moderato
    Duration
    06:37
    Composer
    Paul Juon
    Performer
    Basil Vendryes, William David
  4. 4 I. Moderato assai 05:37
    Track
    4
    Title
    I. Moderato assai
    Duration
    05:37
    Composer
    Paul Juon
    Performer
    Basil Vendryes, William David
  5. 5 II. Adagio 03:03
    Track
    5
    Title
    II. Adagio
    Duration
    03:03
    Composer
    Paul Juon
    Performer
    Basil Vendryes, William David
  6. 6 III. Tempo primo 07:07
    Track
    6
    Title
    III. Tempo primo
    Duration
    07:07
    Composer
    Paul Juon
    Performer
    Basil Vendryes, William David
  7. 7 Romance, Op. 7a (version for viola and piano) 03:17
    Track
    7
    Title
    Romance, Op. 7a (version for viola and piano)
    Duration
    03:17
    Composer
    Paul Juon
    Performer
    Basil Vendryes, William David
  8. 8 Book 3: No. 1. Prelude 02:41
    Track
    8
    Title
    Book 3: No. 1. Prelude
    Duration
    02:41
    Composer
    Paul Juon
    Performer
    Basil Vendryes, Igor Pikayzen, William David
  9. 9 Book 3: No. 2. Chant d'amour 05:29
    Track
    9
    Title
    Book 3: No. 2. Chant d'amour
    Duration
    05:29
    Composer
    Paul Juon
    Performer
    Basil Vendryes, Igor Pikayzen, William David
  10. 10 Book 4: No. 3a. Intermezzo I 00:40
    Track
    10
    Title
    Book 4: No. 3a. Intermezzo I
    Duration
    00:40
    Composer
    Paul Juon
    Performer
    Basil Vendryes, Igor Pikayzen, William David
  11. 11 Book 4: No. 3b. Intermezzo II 01:42
    Track
    11
    Title
    Book 4: No. 3b. Intermezzo II
    Duration
    01:42
    Composer
    Paul Juon
    Performer
    Basil Vendryes, Igor Pikayzen, William David
  12. 12 Book 4: No. 3c. Intermezzo III 01:16
    Track
    12
    Title
    Book 4: No. 3c. Intermezzo III
    Duration
    01:16
    Composer
    Paul Juon
    Performer
    Basil Vendryes, Igor Pikayzen, William David
  13. 13 Book 4: No. 4. Melancolie 03:17
    Track
    13
    Title
    Book 4: No. 4. Melancolie
    Duration
    03:17
    Composer
    Paul Juon
    Performer
    Basil Vendryes, Igor Pikayzen, William David
  14. 14 Book 4: No. 5. Danse grotesque 03:08
    Track
    14
    Title
    Book 4: No. 5. Danse grotesque
    Duration
    03:08
    Composer
    Paul Juon
    Performer
    Basil Vendryes, Igor Pikayzen, William David
  15. 15 I. Reverie: Molto adagio 03:55
    Track
    15
    Title
    I. Reverie: Molto adagio
    Duration
    03:55
    Composer
    Paul Juon
    Performer
    Basil Vendryes, Igor Pikayzen, William David
  16. 16 II. Humoreske: Allegro ma non troppo 02:01
    Track
    16
    Title
    II. Humoreske: Allegro ma non troppo
    Duration
    02:01
    Composer
    Paul Juon
    Performer
    Basil Vendryes, Igor Pikayzen, William David
  17. 17 III. Élégie: Andante cantabile 02:47
    Track
    17
    Title
    III. Élégie: Andante cantabile
    Duration
    02:47
    Composer
    Paul Juon
    Performer
    Basil Vendryes, Igor Pikayzen, William David
  18. 18 IV. Danse fantastique: Quasi valse lente 01:51
    Track
    18
    Title
    IV. Danse fantastique: Quasi valse lente
    Duration
    01:51
    Composer
    Paul Juon
    Performer
    Basil Vendryes, Igor Pikayzen, William David