Six Sonatas for Solo Violin op. 27 Six Sonatas for Solo Violin op. 27

Six Sonatas for Solo Violin op. 27 Six Sonatas for Solo Violin op. 27

Six Sonatas for Solo Violin op. 27

Six Sonatas for Solo Violin op. 27


Six Sonatas for Solo Violin op. 27
by: Leonidas Kavakos

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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0675754121525
Label: Bis
Manufacturer: Bis
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Bis
Release Date: February 14, 2000
Studio: Bis



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Disc 1:
  1. Sonata No. 1 in G minor: I. Grave
  2. Sonata No. 1 in G minor: II. Fugato
  3. Sonata No. 1 in G minor: III. Allegretto poco scherzoso
  4. Sonata No. 1 in G minor: IV. Finale con brio
  5. Sonata No. 2 in A major: I. Obsession: Prelude
  6. Sonata No. 2 in A major: II. Malinconia
  7. Sonata No. 2 in A major: III. Danse des ombres: Sarabande
  8. Sonata No. 2 in A major: IV. Les furies
  9. Sonata No. 3 in D minor, 'Ballade'
  10. Sonata No. 4 in E minor: I. Allemanda
  11. Sonata No. 4 in E minor: II. Sarabande
  12. Sonata No. 4 in E minor: III. Finale
  13. Sonata No. 5 in G major: I. L'aurore
  14. Sonata No. 5 in G major: II. Danse rustique
  15. Sonata No. 6 in E major
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In 1924, inspired by Josef Szigeti's performing one of Bach's Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin, Eugène Ysaÿe wrote his Six Sonatas for Solo Violin. In echo of Elgar's Enigma Variations, the composer dedicated each sonata to a violinist and friend. Elgar's Violin Concerto was a favorite showpiece for Ysaÿe, who was considered the greatest violinist of his age. Among his inventive and often virtuosic original material, Ysaÿe makes reference to Bach's E-major Partita for Solo Violin, such that the music must be considered part of the neoclassical, back-to-Bach movement of the 1920s and 1930s.

While much is traceable to the German Baroque, the final E-major Sonata offers a surprise: an Iberian rhapsody replete with habanera rhythms dedicated to the Spanish violinist Manuel Quiroga. Given Ravel's affection for the habanera in pieces such as Rhapsodie Espagnole, this release makes an interesting companion to the Kennedy-Harrell Duos for Violin and Cello, which sets Ravel's Sonata for Violin and Piano beside Bach and Handel. Ysaÿe 's music is thrilling, dazzling, witty, moving, and immensely attractive, and offers challenges that the modern virtuoso Leonidas Kavakos meets with beguiling musicianship on a Stradivarius made when Bach was just 13. --Gary S. Dalkin



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Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - The Best Recording
Of course Kavakos was the winner of the Paganini competition so it is no suprise to me that he played so well on this disk.

This is the best set of the Ysaye sonatas ever recorded but listen to Shumsky's CD also.


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Kavakos' Ysaye Solo Sonatas - Simply Incredible
Truly a magnificent and heroic performance of the Six Solo Sonatas by Ysaye- From the first sonata, dedicated to Szigeti through those dedicated to Thibaud,Enesco,Kreisler,Crickboom and Quiroga, this artist presents a thoughtful and highly powerful ... Read More


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