This album was recorded in March 2022 at BartokStudio in Bernareggio, Italy, and released by Brilliant Classics in 2023.
Performer Biography
Bruno Canino, the pianist, has had an extensive worldwide concert career, collaborating with artists like Itzhak Perlman and Salvatore Accardo, and premiering works by contemporary composers such as Pierre Boulez and Luciano Berio.
Composer Biography
Edvard Grieg, the composer, was encouraged to pursue a music career at age fifteen by his uncle, the violinist and composer Ole Bull.
Performer Biography
Germana Porcu Morano, the violinist on this album, won the Michelangelo Abbado International Competition for Violinists in Milan and was nominated Most Distinguished Violinist at the World Music Competition Ibla Grand Prize.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Grieg considered his three Violin Sonatas to be among his finest works, representing stages in his development: the first naive, the second national, and the third with broader horizons.
Performer Biography
Germana Porcu Morano plays a Gaetano Pollastri violin built in 1954 and an Amati violin from 1700, both lent to her by their owners.
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