Evocations: The Poet

David Pereira, cello, & David Bollard, piano

1992: Tall Poppies TP010

1. Melody [Melodia]

   Pál Járdányi

2. Larghetto

   Erland von Koch

3. Eclogue, op. 41, no. 1

   A Walter Kramer

4. Variations on a Slovak Theme

   Bohuslav Martinu

5. Silent Woods, op. 68, no. 2

   Antonin Dvořák

6. Minstrel’s Song, op. 71

   Alexander Glazunov

7. Serenade, op. 98

   Gabriel Fauré

   
   

   Suite Espagnole

   Joaquin Nin

8. Vieille Castille
9. Mercienne
10. Asturiana
11. Andaluza

     

12. Caprice

    Frederick Delius

13. Elegy

    Frederick Delius

14. Sonatina

    Zoltán Kodály

15. Arioso

    Ferenc Farkas

This CD contains the only recording of Járdányi’s exquisite “Melodia” that I know of being commercially released; I have loved that piece since my cellist friend Lucy brought it to me (as her accompanist), saying “this is gorgeous, we HAVE to play it!” I cherish the cassette I have of us performing it in her Senior Recital, although we took it a little slowly and there were a few missed notes (but only a few): it’s a tremendous but brief melodrama of Eastern-European intensities and odd harmonies that still haunts me. The recording here is pretty good but again not quite perfect…there’s just some little element of performance magic missing, so you can hear how beautiful the piece is as written but you might not be swooning over it as Lucy and I were in playing it.

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