Louis Vierne (Concert-Centenaire Vol. II) Judith Ingolfsson & Vladimir Stoupel

• Louis Vierne (1870-1937): Sonata for Violin and Piano in G Minor, Op. 23:
• 1 I. Large - Animé 07:30
• 2 II. Calme 11:21
• 3 III. Très Vif 04:08
• 4 IV. Large - Lent 15:40
• Piano Quintet in C Minor, Op. 42:
• 5 I. Poco Lento - Moderato 12:28
• 6 II. Larghetto Sostenuto 13:41
• 7 III. Maestoso - Allegro Molto Risoluto 10:53
• Total Runtime 01:15:41

Info for Louis Vierne (Concert-Centenaire Vol. II)

Violinist Judith Ingolfsson and pianist Vladimir Stoupel are both accomplished soloists with international concert careers. In 2006, they began a successful collaboration, searching for new paths in chamber music and devoting themselves to the cultivation of an uncommon repertoire. One of their projects is “Concert-Centenaire,” dedicated to composers whose lives were influenced by the First World War.

The life of French composer Louis Vierne (1870-1937), a pupil of César Franck, was marked by terrible blows of fate, and yet he reached the heights of the compositional profession in spite of the difficult times in which he lived. Almost blind from birth, Vierne became the organist of Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris and was celebrated during his lifetime as both a soloist and a composer. Today his works are for the most part – unjustly – ignored. This recording seeks to restore them to their rightful place. The richly nuanced Sonata in G minor for violin and piano was commissioned by the renowned virtuoso Eugène Ysaÿe, who played the triumphant first performance of the work in 1908. The Piano Quintet in C minor is dedicated to Vierne’s son, who was killed in the First World War. This piece is widely acknowledged as Vierne’s finest chamber music composition and is notable for its bold emotionality as well as its masterful construction.

Judith Ingolfsson, violin
Vladimir Stoupel, piano
Additional musicians:
Rebecca Li, violin
Stefan Fehlandt, viola
Stephan Forck, cello

Judith Ingolfsson
is recognized for her intense, commanding performances, uncompromising musical maturity, and charismatic performance style. Based in Berlin and enjoying a global career, she performs regularly as a soloist chamber musician as well as in recitals as part of Duo Ingolfsson-Stoupel, founded in 2006. Judith Ingolfsson appears regularly at major concert venues throughout the world, including Konzerthaus Berlin, Tokyo Opera City, the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. and Carnegie Hall in New York. Concert tours have taken her throughout the United States as well as Europe, Israel, Iceland, Russia, China, Taiwan, Hong-Kong, Macao, Japan, Canada, Puerto Rico, Panama and Brazil. She frequently performs as a soloist with leading orchestras and renowned conductors such as Wolfgang Sawallisch or Leonard Slatkin. Judith Ingolfsson completed her music studies with the legendary violinist and teacher, Jascha Brodsky at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia as well as with David Cerone and Donald Weilerstein at the Cleveland Institute of Music. In addition to winning the Gold Medal at the prestigious International Violin Competition of Indianapolis in 1998, she has won numerous prizes and honors, including First Prize at the Concert Artists Guild Competition in New York and Third Prize at the Premio Paganini International Violin Competition in Genoa. Judith Ingolfsson has been a professor at the Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst in Stuttgart since October 2008 and at the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University since 2019. She plays a 1750 Lorenzo Guadagnini violin.

Booklet for Louis Vierne (Concert-Centenaire Vol. II)