Daniel Röhn - Virtuoso Works for Violin & Piano
A virtuoso’s impressive calling card
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Composer or Director: Manuel (Maria) Ponce, Nicolò Paganini, Franz Schubert, Franz Waxman, Moritz Moszkowski, Christian (August) Sinding, Johannes Brahms, Claude Debussy, Stephen Collins Foster
Genre:
Chamber
Label: Claves
Magazine Review Date: 13/2005
Media Format: CD or Download
Media Runtime: 70
Mastering:
Stereo
DDD
Catalogue Number: 502507

Tracks:
Composition | Artist Credit |
---|---|
Suite for Violin and Piano, 'im alten Stil' |
Christian (August) Sinding, Composer
Christian (August) Sinding, Composer Daniel Röhn, Violin Milana Chernyavska, Piano |
Fantasie |
Franz Schubert, Composer
Daniel Röhn, Violin Franz Schubert, Composer Milana Chernyavska, Piano |
(21) Hungarian Dances, Movement: No. 17 in F sharp minor |
Johannes Brahms, Composer
Daniel Röhn, Violin Johannes Brahms, Composer Milana Chernyavska, Piano |
Estrellita |
Manuel (Maria) Ponce, Composer
Daniel Röhn, Violin Manuel (Maria) Ponce, Composer Milana Chernyavska, Piano |
Jeanie with the light brown hair |
Stephen Collins Foster, Composer
Daniel Röhn, Violin Milana Chernyavska, Piano Stephen Collins Foster, Composer |
Petite suite, Movement: Menuet |
Claude Debussy, Composer
Claude Debussy, Composer Daniel Röhn, Violin Milana Chernyavska, Piano |
Guitarre |
Moritz Moszkowski, Composer
Daniel Röhn, Violin Milana Chernyavska, Piano Moritz Moszkowski, Composer |
Introduction and Variations on 'Nel cor più non mi sento' from Paisiello's 'La molinara' |
Nicolò Paganini, Composer
Daniel Röhn, Violin Nicolò Paganini, Composer |
Carmen Fantasia |
Franz Waxman, Composer
Daniel Röhn, Violin Franz Waxman, Composer Milana Chernyavska, Piano |
Author: Rob Cowan
You hear it initially in Sinding’s finger-twisting Suite in A, made famous by Heifetz on an unforgettable RCA recording. And while no one (not even Perlman) quite matches Heifetz’s high-tension pyrotechnics in the Presto, Röhn’s warmth, richness of tone and emotive shifts make as powerful a case for the Adagio and finale as you’re likely to hear.
Heifetz’s record of Schubert’s great Fantasy in C was made relatively late in life, by which time full-on intensity had been replaced by wistful sighing. Here Röhn’s Heifetzian cue seems musical rather than technical, with judicious timing, fragile soft playing, a light albeit spiky attack in faster passages and an acute responsiveness to musical modulation. His pianist, Milana Chernyavska, is excellent here, too. I’ll mention just one subtle detail – a slight suggestion of Chernyavska holding back for the little three-note figure at around 15’30”, making Schubert’s (and Röhn’s) subsequent play on that same figure particularly memorable.
The rest of the disc consists of what one might call ‘encore’ material. Röhn’s pert transcription of the ‘Menuet’ from Debussy’s Petite suite is a nice find, nicely played too. Though Príhoda’s arrangement of Paganini’s Nel cor più confirms a virtuoso’s credentials, I suspect from the evidence that Röhn is happier with Schubert. Listening to this CD has been a joy but now I want some bigger stuff from Röhn – Beethoven, of course, Brahms, Mozart or maybe the Schubert sonatinas. Claves please take note.
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