Though he was heralded by some as being the Mozart of his day, much of the music of George Enescu goes criminally underplayed in modern concert halls. His compositional endeavors extended from very early in his life to the very end, producing works in nearly every popular genre. As a composition student, he studied with Fauré and Massenet, whose influence is clearly heard in his early works. At his heart, Enescu was also a virtuoso violinist. But unlike other virtuoso composers of his day, Enescu's works for his own ...
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Though he was heralded by some as being the Mozart of his day, much of the music of George Enescu goes criminally underplayed in modern concert halls. His compositional endeavors extended from very early in his life to the very end, producing works in nearly every popular genre. As a composition student, he studied with Fauré and Massenet, whose influence is clearly heard in his early works. At his heart, Enescu was also a virtuoso violinist. But unlike other virtuoso composers of his day, Enescu's works for his own instrument were never virtuosic for the sake of being showy. Rather, Enescu's considerable skills on his instrument were used as a method to communicate his rapidly developing musical ideals, particularly the Romanian and Gypsy folk music idioms. This Telos two-disc set incorporates the complete works for violin/viola and piano, of which only the Third Violin Sonata is today played with any regular frequency. Performing these dazzling, thrilling works is violinist/violist Laurent Albrecht...
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