Piano Trio, Violin Sonata, Etc: Rasonyi(Vn)Fenyo(Vc)Ertungealp(P)

ILDEBRANDO PIZZETTI (1880-1968)

Trio in A for Violin, Cello and Piano (1925)
Sonata in A for Violin and Piano (1918-1919)
Tre Canti for Violin and Piano (1924)

Leila Rasonyi (violin)
Laszlo Fenyo (cello)
Alpaslan Ertungealp (piano)
Recorded at the Hungaroton Rottenbiller Street Studio, Budapest, Hungary
17-18 May and 1-2 June 1994
Previously released on Marco Polo 8.223812

Ildebrando Pizzetti was hailed in 1921 by The Musical Times as ‘doubtless the greatest musician in Italy today’. Composed in 1918-19, the powerful Violin Sonata opens with a turbulent evocation of war and continues with a prayer for the innocent before concluding in a hopeful mood. The radiant Piano Trio (1925) was inspired by Pizzetti’s experience of meeting and courting his second wife, Irene, known as Riri. Tre Canti (Three Songs, 1924), originally for cello and piano and arranged by the composer for violin, are relatively unadorned, touching miniatures dedicated to his daughter, Maria Teresa. ( NAXOS )