Antonio Joseph Bazzini - La Ronde des Lutins[요정의 론도]

Antonio Bazzini.

 

Antonio Joseph Bazzini (11 March 1818 – 10 February 1897) was an Italian violinist, composer and teacher. As a composer his most enduring work is his chamber music which has earned him a central place in the Italian instrumental renaissance of the 19th century. However his success as a composer was overshadowed by his reputation as one of the finest concert violinists of the nineteenth century. He also contributed to a portion of Messa per Rossini, specifically the first section of II. Sequentia, Dies Irae.

La Ronde des Lutins[요정의 론도]

Artists: Luca Fanfoni (violin), Maria Semaro (piano)

Poor Antonio Joseph Bazzini (1818-1897), a one-work composer if ever there was one, after the examples of Bruch and Holst, destined forever to be remembered as encore fodder for virtuoso violinists as they end their recitals in a blaze of glory with his Scherzo fantastique Op.25, better known as La Ronde des lutins, or Dance of the Goblins.

Now, Luca Fanfoni and Maria Semeraro expand our knowledge of Bazzini with a more complete survey of music for his own instrument, for he had a place, post-Paganini, in the 19th-century tradition of performer-composers. Inevitably Italian Opera exercised an influence upon him, evidenced by many fantasias based on operatic themes, often from Verdi, such as the one inspired by La Traviata in which the virtuosity effectively brings out Verdi’s dramatic intent.

Then his mastery of longer and more abstract forms is revealed by his Op.55 Sonata, a poetic masterpiece with a formal, well-defined structure. Later in life Bazzini aside his performing career in favour of composition, including symphonic, choral and chamber music (six quartets and a quintet) and teaching: Puccini and Catalani were among his students.

Tracklist

00:00:00 Antonio Bazzini: Scherzo fantastique, Op. 25
00:06:05 Antonio Bazzini: Violin Sonata Op. 55: I. Allegro deciso
00:16:12 Antonio Bazzini: Violin Sonata Op. 55: II. Andante con moto
00:22:42 Antonio Bazzini: Violin Sonata Op. 55: III. Finale
00:29:50 Antonio Bazzini: La traviata “fantasia brillante”, Op. 50
00:44:05 Antonio Bazzini: 6 Morceaux lyriques, Op. 35: I. Elegia
00:51:15 Antonio Bazzini: 6 Morceaux caractéristiques, Op. 34: III. La calma serenata
00:56:41 Antonio Bazzini: 6 Morceaux lyriques, Op. 35: III. Le muletier
01:03:23 Antonio Bazzini: Le Carrillon d’ Arras, Op. 36