DISC1 69.15

 

Ľudovít Rajter - Suite

Andrej Očenáš - Poem about the Heart

Ilja Zeljenka - Four Miniatures

Roman Berger - Convergence No. 1

Evgeny Irshai  - 3 Huslehubky

 

DISC2 52.39

 

Juraj Pospíšil - Sonata

Tomáš Boroš - Bausteine

Juraj Hatrík - Ciacona Interotta

Daniel Matej - Stormy

Julius Kowalski - Partita in a Six-tone System

Ivan Hrušovský - Sonata

 

Recorded digitaly at the Mansion Burg in Považské Podhradie, December 7th-8th, 2013 • Recording, Mastering (24 bit/192 kHz), Production and Distribution: PAVLÍK RECORDS • Music Director: Milan Paľa • Sound Director: Rostislav Pavlík • Notes: © Anton Steinecker • Translation: © Peter Fančovič, Larry Newland • Photo: © Julián Veverica • Cover picture (detail): © Karol Baron, Orava Gallery Collection • Graphic Design: © Martin Vojtek

 

Milan Paľa is one of Slovakia’s most outstanding violinists. His artistic engagements are universal and his repertoire is large, with works from early musical periods to the avant-garde. Besides performing as a soloist, he is also engaged in chamber music. Paľa’s artistic creativity shows itself in the encouragement of new compositions for violin and viola. It is due to his effort that the project of recording the complete Slovak solo violin repertoire was launched. Altogether, 5 double-albums are the fruit of his encouragement, which required much time and  included research work that started in 2009. The anthology is a unique publishing project within Slovak music and it pushes Slovak violin music forward into a world-wide context by its quality. The presented works clearly show the composers and their solutions and how the social and political events influenced their thinking and the esthetics of our country. The double-albums cover a wide spectrum of different types of compositions: student works, didactic pieces for children, works with refined stylistic features of musical thinking by the composers, and timeless works. The high quality of interpretation and the way of presenting these works on CD offer an unusual and complete experience for listeners.

 

Anton Steinecker