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13 avril 2025 Émission : Cantabile Esprit folk. Fanny Stefanelli, violoniste Animateur : Portehaut Marc
1er mai 2025 Fanny et Matthieu Stefanelli Thierry Vagne
That magnificent hazel eye is very promising! You put the record on and think, why is the violin so reverberant and a little distant? That's because you only have to look at the booklet to realise that on this CD, violinist Fanny Stefanelli alternates between using a traditional violin and an electric violin...
It includes works by contemporary composers Régis Campo, Graciane Finzi and Mathieu Stefanelli, the violinist's husband, pianist and composer, as well as arrangements for violin and piano of famous pieces.
Yop! and Pagamania! the titles of Régis Campo's two short pieces already give you an idea of their mischievous nature, especially the second, which is wild, with electric guitar, toy piano, mandolin, douddouk and oud! Impressions tango by Graciane Finzi takes up the codes of tango in a dreamy atmosphere.
The famous pieces transcribed range from the early Gymnopédie and Gnossienne to the Danse espagnole, the Fille aux cheveux de lin and the Danses populaires roumaines. Granados's piece is superbly interpreted, combining accuracy and variety, and Debussy's prelude flows like honey. Ravel's Deux Mélodies hébraïques (Two Hebrew Melodies) are also very engaging. The prelude was transcribed by violinist Arthur Hartmann (1881-1956, a friend of Debussy's), Granados by Fritz Kreisler, and the pieces by Satie and Ravel by Matthieu Stefanelli himself.
The Romanian Dances were transcribed by the Hungarian violinist Zoltán Székely (1903-2001). The techniques and/or instruments used give the pieces strange (5!) and fascinating sounds and atmospheres (3).
Finally, there are two pieces by Matthieu Stefanelli, a composer whose recent monograph we thoroughly enjoyed (cf.). Cabaceo is a kind of tango that becomes increasingly frenzied. Sur la voie du Shambahala is ‘a long Buddhist prayer’ to heaven on earth. Each of the five movements, interspersed with three ‘meditations’, describes the ascent to this paradise. In addition to the classical or electric violin, she calls on the Tibetan bowl and gong. It's sometimes phantasmagorical (II) or heady (V), but always captivating.
A fine achievement, thanks to the combined talents of the two musicians, published by Indésens.
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