Leone Sinigaglia — Chamber Music
Toccata 0025
Phillip Silver, piano
Noreen Silver, cello
Soromia Soroka, violin Leone Sinigaglia, born in Turin in 1868, was a friend of Brahms in Vienna and a student of Dvořák in Prague, applying their classical techniques to the inspiration he found in Italian folksong: his music is marked by strong melodies and a sophisticated use of harmony. Championed by musicians of the standing of Barbirolli, Furtwängler, Kreisler, Stokowski and Toscanini, he was also a famous mountaineer, with two first climbs in the Dolomites to his credit. Sinigaglia, who was Jewish, died in Turin in 1944 as he was being arrested, at the age of 75, by the occupying Nazi forces. His tuneful chamber music bears witness to the happy life that preceded that tragic end.

 

 

 

• Sonata for Violin and Piano Op. 44, written in 1936
• Sonata for Violoncello and Piano Op. 41, written in 1925
• Cavatina for Violin and Piano Op. 13 No. 1
• Romanze for Violoncello and Piano Op. 16 No. 1