Duo Gazzana - Ravel, Franck, Messiaen, Ligeti

A sense of discovery is a key theme in the third ECM recital of sisters Natascia and Raffaella Gazzana. Alongside a landscape of French music for violin and piano, drawing on a multiplicity of inspirations, the album includes a premiere recording of Gyorgy Ligetis 1946 Duo (dedicated to Gyorgy Kurtag, and influenced by Hungarian and Rumanian folk music). Duo Gazzana plays Cesar Francks epic A major Sonata of 1886, and Maurice Ravels Sonate posthume, written in 1897, when its author was just 22, and the album concludes with Olivier Messiaens Theme et variations of 1932, a work which in some aspects prefigures the Quatuor pour la fin du temps. The duos performances were recorded at Luganos Auditorio Stelio Molo RSI in March 2017 and produced by Manfred Eicher.