Martina Rudić & Michele Gamba - Correspondences (2022) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

"The idea of this album came to us during the first Covid-19 lockdown in March 2020. Martina and I share a deep enthusiasm for new music and we are always eager to find the common roots of composers who have been a constant part of our development as musicians, going right back to our school years. What have Berio and Boulez in common with Bach? Firstly, polyphony. The Bach Sonatas, played here on piano and cello, are in fact "Sonate a 3", in which the use of different timbres and rhythms goes along with the Bach's mastery of counterpoint and the sheer inventiveness of the musical motifs. We find that these elements of the composer's creativity are also very present in the music of Berio and Boulez. In Berio's Sequenza for cello, the exploration of the idea of polyphony on a monodic instrument, the variety of atmosphere and the pure technical virtuosity find their roots in Bach's music. Boulez, with his Douze Notations for piano, pays a huge debt to the old German tradition of counterpoint, filtered through the twelvetone system of Schönberg. Boulez clearly stated that he wanted to make fun of the Second Viennese School, and yet the character of each piece and the virtuosity of each tiny nuance recall Bach's heritage, in particular his rhythmic precision and the effective way that the different 'voices' can be heard. These ideas have encouraged us to offer listeners some fascinating parallels between centuries which can seem so far from one another. We hope that re-building these bridges in our own time might help to maintain dialogues and echoes of the history of our common cultural patrimony." (Michele Gamba and Martina Rudic)

TRACKLIST

1. Martina Rudić & Michele Gamba - Sonata No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1027 (Arr. for Cello & Piano): I. Adagio
2. Martina Rudić & Michele Gamba - Sonata No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1027 (Arr. for Cello & Piano): II. Allegro ma non tanto
3. Martina Rudić & Michele Gamba - Sonata No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1027 (Arr. for Cello & Piano): III. Andante
4. Martina Rudić & Michele Gamba - Sonata No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1027 (Arr. for Cello & Piano): IV. Allegro moderato
5. Martina Rudić & Michele Gamba - Sequnza XIV for Cello
6. Martina Rudić & Michele Gamba - Sonata No. 2 in D Major, BWV 1028 (Arr. for Cello & Piano): I. Adagio
7. Martina Rudić & Michele Gamba - Sonata No. 2 in D Major, BWV 1028 (Arr. for Cello & Piano): II. Allegro
8. Martina Rudić & Michele Gamba - Sonata No. 2 in D Major, BWV 1028 (Arr. for Cello & Piano): III. Andante
9. Martina Rudić & Michele Gamba - Sonata No. 2 in D Major, BWV 1028 (Arr. for Cello & Piano): IV. Allegro
10. Martina Rudić & Michele Gamba - 12 Notations for Piano: No. 1, Fantasque - Modéré
11. Martina Rudić & Michele Gamba - 12 Notations for Piano: No. 2, Très vif
12. Martina Rudić & Michele Gamba - 12 Notations for Piano: No. 3, Assez lent
13. Martina Rudić & Michele Gamba - 12 Notations for Piano: No. 4, Rythmique
14. Martina Rudić & Michele Gamba - 12 Notations for Piano: No. 5, Doux et improvisé
15. Martina Rudić & Michele Gamba - 12 Notations for Piano: No. 6, Rapide
16. Martina Rudić & Michele Gamba - 12 Notations for Piano: No. 7, Hiératique
17. Martina Rudić & Michele Gamba - 12 Notations for Piano: No. 8, Modéré jusqu’ à très vif
18. Martina Rudić & Michele Gamba - 12 Notations for Piano: No. 9, Lointain - Calme
19. Martina Rudić & Michele Gamba - 12 Notations for Piano: No. 10, Mécanique et très sec
20. Martina Rudić & Michele Gamba - 12 Notations for Piano: No. 11, Scintillant
21. Martina Rudić & Michele Gamba - 12 Notations for Piano: No. 12, Lent - Puissant et âpre
22. Martina Rudić & Michele Gamba - Sonata No. 3 in G Minor, BWV 1029 (Arr. for Cello & Piano): I. Vivace
23. Martina Rudić & Michele Gamba - Sonata No. 3 in G Minor, BWV 1029 (Arr. for Cello & Piano): II. Adagio
24. Martina Rudić & Michele Gamba - Sonata No. 3 in G Minor, BWV 1029 (Arr. for Cello & Piano): III. Allegro



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