あるヴァイオリンの一生～リピンスキのストラディヴァリウスのための音楽 Vol.3

伝説的なヴァイオリンの1つ、
「リピンスキ」のための音楽!

アントニオ・ストラディヴァリが製作した銘器のうち、もっとも伝説的なヴァイオリンの1つ、1715年に製作された「Lipinski」を用いて、この楽器にまつわる様々な作品を聴く好企画盤の第3弾(第1弾:AV2279、第2弾:AV2363)。パガニーニのライバルとしても知られるポーランドの名ヴァイオリニスト、カロル・リピンスキ(1790-1861)の名を冠したストラディバリは、ジュゼッペ・タルティーニ、カルロ・リピンスキ、レントヘン一族、エヴィ・リーヴァクの手を経て、現在はミルウォーキー交響楽団のコンサートマスター、フランク・アーモンドに受け継がれています。この楽器は第1弾のCD発売後、武装強盗に遭い強奪されてしまったというエピソードでも有名になりました(その後FBIの追跡により奇跡的に発見・回収、この事件は後に映画化されています)。本作で注目されるのは19世紀スウェーデンの女性作曲家、アマンダ・レントヘン=マイエル(1853-1894)のピアノ三重奏曲で、この傑作は彼女の義理の父エンゲルベルト・レントヘンを通じて伝説の楽器とつながっています。
東京エムプラス

Frank Almond has recorded several volumes in his Music for the Lipinski Stradivari series; the later ones have gained considerable publicity due to Almonds having been mugged at Taserpoint in Milwaukee, losing the violin (it was recovered after nine days). The idea is unique: Almond plays music associated with the violins owners down through the years, somewhat in the manner of E. Annie Proulxs novel Accordion Crimes. All the volumes are attractive due to the violins distinctive, meaty tone, and another strong point of the series is that the idea leads Almond to some unusual music. Both the second volume and the present release include music by composer Amanda Maier, thus far largely overlooked in the rediscovery of music by women. Her teacher (and father-in-law), Julius Rontgen, owned the Strad for a time. The Piano Trio in E flat major heard here is an especially strong work in the Robert Schumann mold but with distinctively Scandinavian touches (sample the Trio of the Scherzo). Also intriguing is the Violin Sonata in D major, B. D13, of Giuseppe Tartini, the violins original owner; one might think the leap from the late Romanticism of the first two works on the program to the Pre-Classical Tartini would be a large one, but Tartinis opening Andante cantabile is one of those works that seem to far prefigure the Romantic era. The opening work is the famous Violin Sonata in C minor, Op. 45, of Grieg, whose only connection to the violin is apparently that he was a friend of Amanda Maiers. This lacks a certain cohesion, but the work does display the violins virtues well. Certainly, those interested in music by women and in historical violins will find this an essential release. ~ James Manheim