Nuits parisiennes

by Manon Galy, Jorge Gonzalez Buajasan

Overview

"At the beginning of the twentieth century, all roads led to Paris.... violinist Manon Galy and pianist Jorge Gonzalez Buajasan capture the flavor of that time of renewal and offer a glimpse of the audacity and modernity that characterized French music during those years." The problem with this is that it doesn't describe the contents very well; much of the music is from considerably earlier (Debussy's Beau soir in Jascha Heifetz's evergreen arrangement) or considerably later (Poulenc's Violin Sonata). This cavil aside, Nuits parisiennes is quite a promising debut for this young duo, whose cooperation was honed by a long acquaintance at the Paris Conservatoire. Galy is an insightful player who keeps control over the rapid flow of events in the two rather thorny sonatas at the center of the program. To surround these, the players devise a consistently delightful program that, by turns, shows Galy's way with a tune and offers some more unusual pieces, with the ragtime-y Braziliera from Milhaud's Scaramouche and his rarely heard Cinema-fantaisie, Op. 58b, both special pleasures. This release announces the presence of an exciting new duo. ~ James Manheim

Product Details

Release Date:	02/24/2023
Label:	Aparte
UPC:	5051083186490
Rank:	188917

Tracks

1. Beau Soir
2. Violin Sonata L. 140~I. Allegro vivo
3. Violin Sonata L. 140~II. Intermède. Fantasque et léger
4. Violin Sonata L. 140~III. Finale. Très animé
5. Pavane pour une infante défunte
6. Violin Sonata M. 12 (posth., 1897)
7. Presto
8. Violin Sonata FP 119~I. Allegro con fuoco
9. Violin Sonata FP 119~II. Intermezzo
10. Violin Sonata FP 119~III. Presto tragico
11. Brazileira (Scaramouche, 1937)
12. Cinéma-fantaisie (after Le b¿uf sur le toit, 1919)

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Manon Galy   Primary Artist,Violin
Jorge Gonzalez Buajasan   Primary Artist,Piano

Technical Credits

Jascha Heifetz   Arranger,Composer,Transcription
Claude Debussy   Composer,Original Material
Maurice Ravel   Composer
Darius Milhaud   Composer
Michael Guttman   Instrument Design
Caroline Doutre   Cover Photo,Photography
Carlo Ferdinando Landolfi   Instrument Design
Gabrielle Oliveira Guyon   Liner Notes
Peter Bannister   Liner Note Translation
Louis Fleury   Transcription
Guillaume Vaudelle   Tuning,Preparation
Hugo Scremin   Mixing,Editing,Engineer,Mastering,Artistic Director
Manon Galy   Liner Notes
Francis Poulenc   Composer
Jorge Gonzalez Buajasan   Liner Notes