Kerenza Peacock, Laura van der Heijden, Huw Watkins Rodrigo Ruiz: Behold the Stars

Format: CD
Catalogue No.: SIGCD664
Barcode: 0635212066423  
Release Date: 19th March 2021
Genre: Classical

 Signum’s first disc with Rodrigo Ruiz highlights the Mexican composer’s musical and literary passions, in performances by world-class soloists Kerenza Peacock, Huw Watkins and Laura van der Heijden.
 Born in Tijuana, Mexico, Ruiz has attracted commissions from a number of leading artists, with both the opening Violin Sonata and ‘A Riveder Le Stelle’ commissioned by Kerenza Peacock for this recording. The second work is a duo for violin and piano that is accompanied by poetic quotations from Canto XXXIV of Dante’s ‘Inferno’.
 The booklet notes include an interview with the composer by Jessica Duchen, who describes how the programme “clearly shows Rodrigo’s roots in the traditions of Beethoven and Brahms, but with individual twists that clearly indicate we are in fact
on new territory.”

Tracklisting:
Sonata for Violin and Piano, R. 6
1 I. Adagio – Allegro assai
2 II. Andante sostenuto
3 III. Allegro con fuoco
4 IV. Adagio ed intimo
5 A Riveder Le Stelle, R. 8

Trio for Violin, Cello and Piano, R. 9
6 I. Allegro
7 II. Allegro agitato
8 III. Tema e varizioni