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Title: 9th Symphony Op. 125 - Transcription for Violin
Artist: Mauro Loguercio-Emanuela Piemonti
Label: Brilliant Classics
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 5028421967110
Genre: Classical
Release Date: 2023-06-23
Number of Discs: 1
Hans Sitt (1850-1928) was an extremely important personality in the transition between the 19th and 20th centuries, a great violinist by training and culture straddling Hungary, Bohemia and Germany, but even more of a great teacher who trained many of the great violinists of later years. He was also a remarkably prolific composer. Astonishing in his catalogue, however, is the enormous number (and weight) of his transcriptions of the most important 19th-century symphonic works for the duo of violin and piano. Sitt transcribed all (!) of Beethoven's nine Symphonies, already a cyclopean feat in itself, but also two by Haydn, one by Mozart, Schubert's two best-known (the Unfinished and Ninth), two by Mendelssohn and one by Schumann. This is a labour of unimaginable proportions, if one thinks of the difficulty of distilling for violin and piano these scores of vast proportions, entailing thousands of choices to be made in each bar, and again bar after bar. It is precisely in Sitt's choice of target ensemble that his transcriptions stand out from those around him, indicating his purpose as distinct from that of his peers. The clear majority of transcriptions of that era were for piano four-hands, because of the impression that dividing the piano between two performers halved the demands on piano technique and that the possibility of register-filling was more apt for the broad spectrum of an orchestra. Sitt's decision to transcribe, instead, for violin and piano allows him to make the violin a part among parts, to immerse it in the (very rich) piano fabric, sometimes giving it a thematic role and sometimes not, a display of compositional virtuosity which naturally requires the two performers to find the right balance between the sonic weights. It is also astonishing to say, but if one listens to it many times, Sitt's transcription of the Ninth ends up revealing aspects of the original score of which one had never been aware: the polyphonies of the Scherzo emerge with formidable cleanliness, as do the endless imitations and motivic transformations of the first movement. In the Fourth Movement, distillation of the original alternation of vocal, choral and orchestral-only moments to violin and piano alone makes it clear that the variety of character, the shifting from dance to march, from chorales to fugati, from recitatives to arias, is fundamentally a series of variations on the well-known theme, set at the beginning monodically and sotto voce. Sitt's transcription of the Ninth, therefore, in addition to being splendid to listen to, if only in that obvious sense of the formidable challenge it poses to the performers, thus becomes an important and unexpected tool for delving deeper into the structure of the Beethovenian masterpiece. And for this we shall forever have to thank him.
Tracks:
1.1 Piano Sonata in B Flat Hob XVI:41 (Ca 1782/84)
1.2 I. Allegro
1.3 II. Allegro Di Molto
1.4 Piano Sonata in E Flat Hob XVI:16 (Before 1766)
1.5 I. Andante - Presto
1.6 II. Menuet - Trio
1.7 III. Presto
1.8 Piano Sonata in B Flat Hob XVI:2 (Before 1766)
1.9 I. Moderato
1.10 II. Largo
1.11 III. Menuet
1.12 Piano Sonata in B minor Hob XVI:32 (1776)
1.13 I. Allegro Moderato
1.14 II. Menuet - Trio
1.15 III. Finale: Presto
1.16 Piano Sonata in a Flat Hob XVI:46 (Ca 1768)
1.17 I. Allegro Moderato
1.18 II. Adagio
1.19 III. Finale: Presto
1.20 Piano Sonata in D Hob XVI:33 (1771/73?)
1.21 I. Allegro
1.22 II. Adagio
1.23 III. Tempo Di Menuet
1.24 Piano Sonata in C Hob XVI:1 (Before 1776)
1.25 I. Allegro
1.26 II. Adagio
1.27 III. Menuet - Trio
1.28 Piano Sonata in a Hob XVI:12 (Before 1776)
1.29 I. Andante
1.30 II. Menuet - Trio
1.31 III. Presto
1.32 Piano Sonata in D Hob XVI:42 (Ca 1782/84)
1.33 I. Andante Con Espressione
1.34 II. Vivace Assai
1.35 Piano Sonata in C Hob XVI:50 (1794/95)
1.36 I. Allegro
1.37 II. Adagio
1.38 III. Allegro Molto
1.39 Piano Sonata in G ('Divertimento') Hob XVI:G1 (Before 1766)
1.40 I. Allegro
1.41 II. Menuetto
1.42 III. Finale: Presto
1.43 Piano Sonata in C ('Divertimento') Hob XVI:3 (Before 1766)
1.44 I. Allegretto
1.45 II. Andante
1.46 III. Menuet
1.47 Piano Sonata in E ('Parthia'. 'Divertimento') Hob XVI:13 (Before 1766)
1.48 I. Moderato
1.49 II. Menuetto
1.50 III. Finale: Presto
1.51 Piano Sonata in a ('Divertimento') Hob XVI:30 (1766)
1.52 I. Allegro - Adagio
1.53 II. Allegretto
1.54 Piano Sonata in G minor Hob XVI:44 (1768/70?)
1.55 I. Moderato
1.56 II. Allegretto
1.57 Piano Sonata in a Flat Hob XVI:43 (1771/73?)
1.58 I. Moderato
1.59 II. Menuetto
1.60 III. Rondo: Presto
1.61 Piano Sonata in C ('Divertimento') Hob XVI:10 (Before 1766)
1.62 I. Moderato
1.63 II. Menuet
1.64 III. Finale: Presto
1.65 Piano Sonata in a ('Divertimento') Hob XVI:5 (Before 1763)
1.66 I. Allegro
1.67 II. Menuet
1.68 III. Presto
1.69 Piano Sonata in E Hob XVI:22 (1773)
1.70 I. Allegro Moderato
1.71 II. Andante
1.72 III. Finale: Menuetto
1.73 Piano Sonata in D Hob XVI:37 (1777/79)
1.74 I. Allegro Con Brio
1.75 II. Largo E Sostenuto
1.76 III. Finale: Presto Ma Non Troppo
1.77 Piano Sonata in E Flat Hob XVI:49 (1789/90)
1.78 I. Allegro
1.79 II. Adagio E Cantabile
1.80 III. Finale: Tempo Di Menuet
1.81 Piano Sonata in C Hob XVI:7 (Before 1766)
1.82 I. Allegro Moderato
1.83 II. Menuet
1.84 III. Finale: Allegro
1.85 Piano Sonata in E minor Hob XVI:47 (Before 1766)
1.86 I. Adagio
1.87 II. Allegro
1.88 III. Finale: Tempo Di Menuet
1.89 Piano Sonata in F Hob XVI:23 (1773)
1.90 I. Allegro
1.91 II. Adagio
1.92 III. Finale: Presto
1.93 Piano Sonata in G Hob XVI:27 (1776)
1.94 I. Allegro Con Brio
1.95 II. Menuet
1.96 III. Finale: Presto
1.97 Piano Sonata in E Flat Hob XVI:52 (1794)
1.98 I. Allegro
1.99 II. Adagio
1.100 III. Finale: Presto
1.101 Piano Sonata in G Hob XVI:11 (Before 1766)
1.102 I. Presto
1.103 II. Andante
1.104 III. Menuetto
1.105 Piano Sonata in D Hob XVI:19 (1767)
1.106 I. Moderato
1.107 II. Andante
1.108 III. Finale: Allegro Assai
1.109 Piano Sonata in C Hob XVI:35 (1777/79)
1.110 I. Allegro
1.111 II. Adagio
1.112 III. Finale: Allegro
1.113 Piano Sonata in E minor Hob XVI:34 (1781)
1.114 I. Presto
1.115 II. Adagio
1.116 III. Vivace Molto
1.117 Piano Sonata in D Hob XVI:51 (1794)
1.118 I. Andante
1.119 II. Finale: Presto
1.120 Piano Sonata in D ('Variazione') Hob XVI:D1 (Before 1766)
1.121 I. Thema Con Variationi
1.122 II. Menuet
1.123 III. Finale
1.124 Piano Sonata in D Hob XVI:24 (1773)
1.125 I. Allegro
1.126 II. Adagio
1.127 III. Finale: Presto
1.128 Piano Sonata in E Flat Hob XVI:25 (1773)
1.129 I. Moderato
1.130 II. Tempo Di Menuet
1.131 Piano Sonata in F ('Divertimento') Hob XVI:29 (1774)
1.132 I. Moderato
1.133 II. Adagio
1.134 III. Tempo Di Menuet
1.135 Piano Sonata in G Hob XVI:39 (1780)
1.136 I. Allegro Con Brio
1.137 II. Adagio
1.138 III. Prestissimo
1.139 Piano Sonata in E Flat Hob XVI:45 (1766)
1.140 I. Moderato
1.141 II. Andante
1.142 III. Allegro Di Molto
1.143 Piano Sonata in B Flat Hob XVI:18 (Ca 1766/67)
1.144 I. Allegro Moderato
1.145 II. Moderato
1.146 Piano Sonata in E Flat Hob XVI:38 (1777/79?)
1.147 I. Allegro Moderato
1.148 II. Adagio
1.149 III. Finale: Allegro
1.150 Piano Sonata in G Hob XVI:40 (Ca 1782/84)
1.151 I. Allegretto E Innocente
1.152 II. Presto
1.153 Piano Sonata in C Hob XVI:48 (1789)
1.154 I. Andante Con Espressione
1.155 II. Rondo: Presto
1.156 Piano Sonata in C Hob XVI:21 (1773)
1.157 I. Allegro
1.158 II. Adagio
1.159 III. Finale: Presto
1.160 Piano Sonata in C Hob XVI:20 (1771)
1.161 I. Moderato
1.162 II. Andante Con Moto
1.163 III. Finale: Allegro
1.164 Piano Sonata in a Hob XVI:26 (1773)
1.165 I. Allegro Moderato
1.166 II. Menuet Al Rovescio
1.167 III. Finale: Presto
1.168 Piano Sonata in D ('Divertimento') Hob XVI:4 (Before 1776)
1.169 I
1.170 II. Menuetto
1.171 Piano Sonata in E ('Divertimento') Hob XVI:31 (1776)
1.172 I. Moderato
1.173 II. Allegretto
1.174 III. Finale: Presto
1.175 Piano Sonata in E Flat ('Divertimento') Hob XVI:28 (1776)
1.176 I. Allegro Moderato
1.177 II. Menuet
1.178 III. Finale: Presto
1.179 Piano Sonata in C Sharp minor Hob XVI:36 (1777/79?)
1.180 I. Moderato
1.181 II. Scherzando - Allegro Con Brio
1.182 III. Menuet: Moderato
1.183 Piano Sonata in D ('Partita'. 'Divertimento') Hob XVI:14 (Before 1766)
1.184 I. Allegro Moderato
1.185 II. Menuet
1.186 III. Presto
1.187 Piano Sonata in G ('Partita'. 'Divertimento') Hob XVI:6 (Before 1766)
1.188 I. Allegro
1.189 II. Minuet
1.190 III. Adagio
1.191 IV. Finale: Allegro Molto
1.192 Piano Sonata in F ('Divertimento') Hob XVI:9 (Before 1766)
1.193 I. Allegro
1.194 II. Menuet
1.195 III. Scherzo
1.196 Piano Sonata in G ('Partita'. 'Divertimento') Hob XVI:8 (Before 1766)
1.197 I. Allegro
1.198 II. Menuet
1.199 III. Andante
1.200 IV. Allegro
Artist: Mauro Loguercio-Emanuela Piemonti
Label: Brilliant Classics
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 5028421967110
Genre: Classical
Release Date: 2023-06-23
Number of Discs: 1
Hans Sitt (1850-1928) was an extremely important personality in the transition between the 19th and 20th centuries, a great violinist by training and culture straddling Hungary, Bohemia and Germany, but even more of a great teacher who trained many of the great violinists of later years. He was also a remarkably prolific composer. Astonishing in his catalogue, however, is the enormous number (and weight) of his transcriptions of the most important 19th-century symphonic works for the duo of violin and piano. Sitt transcribed all (!) of Beethoven's nine Symphonies, already a cyclopean feat in itself, but also two by Haydn, one by Mozart, Schubert's two best-known (the Unfinished and Ninth), two by Mendelssohn and one by Schumann. This is a labour of unimaginable proportions, if one thinks of the difficulty of distilling for violin and piano these scores of vast proportions, entailing thousands of choices to be made in each bar, and again bar after bar. It is precisely in Sitt's choice of target ensemble that his transcriptions stand out from those around him, indicating his purpose as distinct from that of his peers. The clear majority of transcriptions of that era were for piano four-hands, because of the impression that dividing the piano between two performers halved the demands on piano technique and that the possibility of register-filling was more apt for the broad spectrum of an orchestra. Sitt's decision to transcribe, instead, for violin and piano allows him to make the violin a part among parts, to immerse it in the (very rich) piano fabric, sometimes giving it a thematic role and sometimes not, a display of compositional virtuosity which naturally requires the two performers to find the right balance between the sonic weights. It is also astonishing to say, but if one listens to it many times, Sitt's transcription of the Ninth ends up revealing aspects of the original score of which one had never been aware: the polyphonies of the Scherzo emerge with formidable cleanliness, as do the endless imitations and motivic transformations of the first movement. In the Fourth Movement, distillation of the original alternation of vocal, choral and orchestral-only moments to violin and piano alone makes it clear that the variety of character, the shifting from dance to march, from chorales to fugati, from recitatives to arias, is fundamentally a series of variations on the well-known theme, set at the beginning monodically and sotto voce. Sitt's transcription of the Ninth, therefore, in addition to being splendid to listen to, if only in that obvious sense of the formidable challenge it poses to the performers, thus becomes an important and unexpected tool for delving deeper into the structure of the Beethovenian masterpiece. And for this we shall forever have to thank him.
Tracks:
1.1 Piano Sonata in B Flat Hob XVI:41 (Ca 1782/84)
1.2 I. Allegro
1.3 II. Allegro Di Molto
1.4 Piano Sonata in E Flat Hob XVI:16 (Before 1766)
1.5 I. Andante - Presto
1.6 II. Menuet - Trio
1.7 III. Presto
1.8 Piano Sonata in B Flat Hob XVI:2 (Before 1766)
1.9 I. Moderato
1.10 II. Largo
1.11 III. Menuet
1.12 Piano Sonata in B minor Hob XVI:32 (1776)
1.13 I. Allegro Moderato
1.14 II. Menuet - Trio
1.15 III. Finale: Presto
1.16 Piano Sonata in a Flat Hob XVI:46 (Ca 1768)
1.17 I. Allegro Moderato
1.18 II. Adagio
1.19 III. Finale: Presto
1.20 Piano Sonata in D Hob XVI:33 (1771/73?)
1.21 I. Allegro
1.22 II. Adagio
1.23 III. Tempo Di Menuet
1.24 Piano Sonata in C Hob XVI:1 (Before 1776)
1.25 I. Allegro
1.26 II. Adagio
1.27 III. Menuet - Trio
1.28 Piano Sonata in a Hob XVI:12 (Before 1776)
1.29 I. Andante
1.30 II. Menuet - Trio
1.31 III. Presto
1.32 Piano Sonata in D Hob XVI:42 (Ca 1782/84)
1.33 I. Andante Con Espressione
1.34 II. Vivace Assai
1.35 Piano Sonata in C Hob XVI:50 (1794/95)
1.36 I. Allegro
1.37 II. Adagio
1.38 III. Allegro Molto
1.39 Piano Sonata in G ('Divertimento') Hob XVI:G1 (Before 1766)
1.40 I. Allegro
1.41 II. Menuetto
1.42 III. Finale: Presto
1.43 Piano Sonata in C ('Divertimento') Hob XVI:3 (Before 1766)
1.44 I. Allegretto
1.45 II. Andante
1.46 III. Menuet
1.47 Piano Sonata in E ('Parthia'. 'Divertimento') Hob XVI:13 (Before 1766)
1.48 I. Moderato
1.49 II. Menuetto
1.50 III. Finale: Presto
1.51 Piano Sonata in a ('Divertimento') Hob XVI:30 (1766)
1.52 I. Allegro - Adagio
1.53 II. Allegretto
1.54 Piano Sonata in G minor Hob XVI:44 (1768/70?)
1.55 I. Moderato
1.56 II. Allegretto
1.57 Piano Sonata in a Flat Hob XVI:43 (1771/73?)
1.58 I. Moderato
1.59 II. Menuetto
1.60 III. Rondo: Presto
1.61 Piano Sonata in C ('Divertimento') Hob XVI:10 (Before 1766)
1.62 I. Moderato
1.63 II. Menuet
1.64 III. Finale: Presto
1.65 Piano Sonata in a ('Divertimento') Hob XVI:5 (Before 1763)
1.66 I. Allegro
1.67 II. Menuet
1.68 III. Presto
1.69 Piano Sonata in E Hob XVI:22 (1773)
1.70 I. Allegro Moderato
1.71 II. Andante
1.72 III. Finale: Menuetto
1.73 Piano Sonata in D Hob XVI:37 (1777/79)
1.74 I. Allegro Con Brio
1.75 II. Largo E Sostenuto
1.76 III. Finale: Presto Ma Non Troppo
1.77 Piano Sonata in E Flat Hob XVI:49 (1789/90)
1.78 I. Allegro
1.79 II. Adagio E Cantabile
1.80 III. Finale: Tempo Di Menuet
1.81 Piano Sonata in C Hob XVI:7 (Before 1766)
1.82 I. Allegro Moderato
1.83 II. Menuet
1.84 III. Finale: Allegro
1.85 Piano Sonata in E minor Hob XVI:47 (Before 1766)
1.86 I. Adagio
1.87 II. Allegro
1.88 III. Finale: Tempo Di Menuet
1.89 Piano Sonata in F Hob XVI:23 (1773)
1.90 I. Allegro
1.91 II. Adagio
1.92 III. Finale: Presto
1.93 Piano Sonata in G Hob XVI:27 (1776)
1.94 I. Allegro Con Brio
1.95 II. Menuet
1.96 III. Finale: Presto
1.97 Piano Sonata in E Flat Hob XVI:52 (1794)
1.98 I. Allegro
1.99 II. Adagio
1.100 III. Finale: Presto
1.101 Piano Sonata in G Hob XVI:11 (Before 1766)
1.102 I. Presto
1.103 II. Andante
1.104 III. Menuetto
1.105 Piano Sonata in D Hob XVI:19 (1767)
1.106 I. Moderato
1.107 II. Andante
1.108 III. Finale: Allegro Assai
1.109 Piano Sonata in C Hob XVI:35 (1777/79)
1.110 I. Allegro
1.111 II. Adagio
1.112 III. Finale: Allegro
1.113 Piano Sonata in E minor Hob XVI:34 (1781)
1.114 I. Presto
1.115 II. Adagio
1.116 III. Vivace Molto
1.117 Piano Sonata in D Hob XVI:51 (1794)
1.118 I. Andante
1.119 II. Finale: Presto
1.120 Piano Sonata in D ('Variazione') Hob XVI:D1 (Before 1766)
1.121 I. Thema Con Variationi
1.122 II. Menuet
1.123 III. Finale
1.124 Piano Sonata in D Hob XVI:24 (1773)
1.125 I. Allegro
1.126 II. Adagio
1.127 III. Finale: Presto
1.128 Piano Sonata in E Flat Hob XVI:25 (1773)
1.129 I. Moderato
1.130 II. Tempo Di Menuet
1.131 Piano Sonata in F ('Divertimento') Hob XVI:29 (1774)
1.132 I. Moderato
1.133 II. Adagio
1.134 III. Tempo Di Menuet
1.135 Piano Sonata in G Hob XVI:39 (1780)
1.136 I. Allegro Con Brio
1.137 II. Adagio
1.138 III. Prestissimo
1.139 Piano Sonata in E Flat Hob XVI:45 (1766)
1.140 I. Moderato
1.141 II. Andante
1.142 III. Allegro Di Molto
1.143 Piano Sonata in B Flat Hob XVI:18 (Ca 1766/67)
1.144 I. Allegro Moderato
1.145 II. Moderato
1.146 Piano Sonata in E Flat Hob XVI:38 (1777/79?)
1.147 I. Allegro Moderato
1.148 II. Adagio
1.149 III. Finale: Allegro
1.150 Piano Sonata in G Hob XVI:40 (Ca 1782/84)
1.151 I. Allegretto E Innocente
1.152 II. Presto
1.153 Piano Sonata in C Hob XVI:48 (1789)
1.154 I. Andante Con Espressione
1.155 II. Rondo: Presto
1.156 Piano Sonata in C Hob XVI:21 (1773)
1.157 I. Allegro
1.158 II. Adagio
1.159 III. Finale: Presto
1.160 Piano Sonata in C Hob XVI:20 (1771)
1.161 I. Moderato
1.162 II. Andante Con Moto
1.163 III. Finale: Allegro
1.164 Piano Sonata in a Hob XVI:26 (1773)
1.165 I. Allegro Moderato
1.166 II. Menuet Al Rovescio
1.167 III. Finale: Presto
1.168 Piano Sonata in D ('Divertimento') Hob XVI:4 (Before 1776)
1.169 I
1.170 II. Menuetto
1.171 Piano Sonata in E ('Divertimento') Hob XVI:31 (1776)
1.172 I. Moderato
1.173 II. Allegretto
1.174 III. Finale: Presto
1.175 Piano Sonata in E Flat ('Divertimento') Hob XVI:28 (1776)
1.176 I. Allegro Moderato
1.177 II. Menuet
1.178 III. Finale: Presto
1.179 Piano Sonata in C Sharp minor Hob XVI:36 (1777/79?)
1.180 I. Moderato
1.181 II. Scherzando - Allegro Con Brio
1.182 III. Menuet: Moderato
1.183 Piano Sonata in D ('Partita'. 'Divertimento') Hob XVI:14 (Before 1766)
1.184 I. Allegro Moderato
1.185 II. Menuet
1.186 III. Presto
1.187 Piano Sonata in G ('Partita'. 'Divertimento') Hob XVI:6 (Before 1766)
1.188 I. Allegro
1.189 II. Minuet
1.190 III. Adagio
1.191 IV. Finale: Allegro Molto
1.192 Piano Sonata in F ('Divertimento') Hob XVI:9 (Before 1766)
1.193 I. Allegro
1.194 II. Menuet
1.195 III. Scherzo
1.196 Piano Sonata in G ('Partita'. 'Divertimento') Hob XVI:8 (Before 1766)
1.197 I. Allegro
1.198 II. Menuet
1.199 III. Andante
1.200 IV. Allegro
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