Klara Flieder, Christophe Pantillon, Massimo Giuseppe Bianchi – RAVEL: Violin Sonata No. 2 in G major, Sonata for Violin and Cello in A minor, Piano Trio (2024)
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Ravel was very happy with his second Violin Sonata, written between 1923 and 1927, whose second movement adopts the Afro-American blues. This wonderful sonata is characterised throughout by the contrast between the consistently fairly dry piano part and the smooth, melodic violin.
The Sonata for Violin and Cello, written between 1920 and 1922, is dedicated to Debussy, who had died in 1918, and the work could be thought of as an elegy for the composer. There are references to Debussy’s final chamber works.
A complex and emotional work, the magnificent Piano Trio of 1914 contains four movements all full of exoticism and colour.
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Massimo Giuseppe Bianchi – The Art of Variation (2019)
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Il nuovo album del pianista Massimo Giuseppe Bianchi conferma la sua straordinaria originalità nel ricercare e proporre “concept” di particolare interesse. In “The Art of Variation” Bianchi esplora la forma musicale della variazione attraverso la quale un compositore si rivolge per coniugare movimento e stasi, aspirando a trovare un asse di convergenza tra il dinamismo della creazione continua e il senso di riposo che emana dalla forma compiuta.
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Massimo Giuseppe Bianchi – Around Bach (2016)
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Debut of pianist Massimo Giuseppe Bianchi on Decca label, refined soloist and has a significant international career and collaborations (Canino, Ballista, Pieranunzi, Aron-Quartett, Orchestra da Camera di Mantova, etc.). Around Bach and is a tribute to the timeless beauty and inspirational power of Johann Sebastian Bach’s music. An unusual journey through some of the works that the composer has inspired to the 800 authors and ‘900. The Toccata and Fugue in D minor transcribed for piano by Busoni at King Variations Op. 81 of Reger and those on the Chorale “Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen” Liszt until the Prelude, Chorale and Fugue Franck.
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