Ysaÿe: Violin Sonatas, Op. 27 Nos. 1-6
Label: Acqua Records Catalog: AQ507 Format: COMPACT DISC Weintraub, JavierEugene Ysaye was a Belgian violinist, composer and conductor who was regarded as “The King of the Violin.” His Six Sonatas for solo violin, presented here by master violinist Javier Weintraub, were composed in 1923. A work close to the composer’s heart, each sonata was dedicated to one of Ysaye’s contemporary violinists: No 1 to Joseph Szigeti, No. 2 to Jacques Thibaud, No. 3 to George Enescu, No. 4 to Fritz Kreisler, No. 5 to Mathieu Crickboom, and No. 6 to Manuel Quiroga. He was inspired to write the cycle after hearing Joseph Szigeti perform Bach’s sonata for solo violin in G minor. Ysaye set out to compose solo violin works that represented the evolution of techniques and expression of his time. He wrote: “I have played everything from Bach to Debussy, for real art should be international,” and “at the present day the tools of violin mastery, of expression, technique, mechanism, are for more necessary than in days gone by. In fact they are indispensable, if the spirit is to express itself without restraint.” Price: $27.98 |