Santórsola: Music for Violin/Viola & Piano

Guido Santórsola (1904–1994) began his musical studies at the age of five, taught by his father, a sculptor, trumpeter and double bassist who moved from Southern Italy to São Paulo, Brazil in 1909, with the rest of the family joining him the following year. He enrolled at the São Paulo Conservatory of Music, then travelled to Naples to hone his violin technique and later London, where he studied at the Trinity College of Music under Alfred Mistowsky. His eventual return to Brazil coincided with a visit from Pietro Mascagni. At a concert in the great composer’s honour Santórsola, accompanied at the piano by Mascagni himself, performed his own compositions for violin and piano for the first time.

Composer: Guido Antonio Santórsola
Artists: Gran Duo Italiano
Mauro Tortorelli (5-string violin)
Angela Meluso (piano)

🎵 Purchase or streaming (Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, YouTube Music): https://brilliant-classics.lnk.to/SantorsolaViolinViolaPianoID

💎 More Information: https://www.brilliantclassics.com/articles/s/sant%C3%B3rsola-music-for-violinviola-piano/



🎬🎮 These tracks are available for sync licensing in videos, films, tv-shows, games, advertising and more. For more information and to request a license go to: https://www.brilliantclassicslicensing.com/albums/santorsola-music-for-violinviola-piano/

Santórsola’s final compositional period began at the age of 58, in 1962. He devised a very personal 12-tone technique free from conventional rules, and not to be confused with Schoenberg’s. His language is rooted in the golden age of Florentine counterpoint through to Bach.

The novel instrument used on this recording – the gran violino a 5 corde (great five-string violin) – originated from an idea by violinist Mauro Tortorelli, who commissioned the luthiers Vincenzo and Marco Corrado – based in Montegiordano, in southern Italy – to build a special instrument covering both the violin and viola registers by adding the viola’s low C string to the usual four of the violin. This ingenious solution allows the performer to switch between violin and viola repertoire on the same instrument.

The Sonata for violin and piano, composed in São Paulo in 1928, undoubtedly belongs to Santórsola’s early compositional period. Divided into three movements – Con sofferenza, Andante espressivo, Deciso – it is based on classical sonata form but with typically post-romantic expressive, passionate themes, enriched with original South America-inspired harmonies.

Saudade, a nostalgic piece for violin and piano dedicated to Santórsola’s mother, was composed in 1931. The violin has a binary rhythm in 2/2, while the piano plays groups of five notes in 10/8, the two overlapping to create a sort of atmosphere of unresolved suspense, evoking a feeling of pleasant melancholy in the listener.

Choro No.2 for violin and piano, composed in Montevideo, Uruguay in 1952, is a bright and highly rhythmic piece in Brazilian style that belongs to Santórsola’s middle compositional period. The Danza brasileira and Canção triste, both composed in 1934, written in an ABA lieder form and scored for violin or viola and piano, also belong to the composer’s middle period. Valsa chorosa for piano, written in Montevideo in 1971, and therefore dating from Santórsola’s final compositional period, clearly recalls his first period in the nostalgic way it is written.
Tracklist:
Guido Antonio Santórsola:
Sonata for Violin & Piano:
00:00:00 I. Con sofferenza
00:09:07 II. Andante espressivo
00:14:49 III. Deciso
00:21:36 Saudade for Violin & Piano
00:27:01 Danza brasileira for Viola & Piano
00:30:15 Cançao triste for Viola & Piano
00:34:19 Valsa chorosa for Piano Solo
00:39:05 Choro No. 2 for Violin & Piano

👉 Social media links:
Instagram: https://brilliant-classics.lnk.to/InstagramID
Facebook: https://brilliant-classics.lnk.to/FacebookID
TikTok: https://brilliant-classics.lnk.to/TikTokID

Spotify Playlists:
Brilliant Classics Spotify: https://brilliant-classics.lnk.to/SpotifyID
New Classical Releases: https://brilliant-classics.lnk.to/NewReleasesID
The Best of Liszt: https://brilliant-classics.lnk.to/PlaylisztID
The Best of Bach: https://brilliant-classics.lnk.to/BestOfBachPlaylistID
Most Popular Piano Music: https://brilliant-classics.lnk.to/MostPopularPianoID
Beautiful Classical Music: https://brilliant-classics.lnk.to/BeautifulClassicalMelodiesID
Classical Music For Dinnertime: https://brilliant-classics.lnk.to/ClassicalMusicforDinnertimeID

Thank you for watching this video by Brilliant Classics, we hope you enjoyed it! Don’t forget to share it and subscribe to our YouTube channel. And visit our channel for other pieces by Santórsola and more of the greatest composers. We upload daily with complete albums and compilations with the best classical music. https://brilliant-classics.lnk.to/YouTubeID

#Brilliantclassics #Classicalmusic #Classical #Santórsola #Piano

Видео Santórsola: Music for Violin/Viola & Piano канала Brilliant Classics