Composer: Eugene Ysaÿe
Performer: Alina Ibragimova
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Hyperion
Catalogue: CDA67993
Release: 2015
Size: 1.2 GB
Recovery: +3%
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Sonata for solo violin in G minor, Op. 27 No. 1
01. I. Grave: Lento assai
02. II. Fugato: Molto moderato
03. III. Allegretto poco scherzoso: Amabile
04. IV. Finale con brio: Allegro fermo
Sonata for solo violin in A minor, Op. 27 No. 2
05. I. Obsession ‘Prélude’: Poco vivace
06. II. Malinconia: Poco lento
07. III. Danse des ombres ‘Sarabande’: Lento
08. IV. Les furies: Allegro furioso
09. Sonata for solo violin in D minor, Op. 27 No. 3 ‘Ballade’
Sonata for solo violin in E minor, Op. 27 No. 4
10. I. Allemanda: Lento maestoso
11. II. Sarabande: Quasi lento
12. III. Finale: Presto ma non troppo
Sonata for solo violin in G major, Op. 27 No. 5
13. I. L’aurore: Lento assai
14. II. Danse rustique: Allegro giocoso molto moderato – Moderato amabile – Tempo 1 – Poco più mosso
15. Sonata for solo violin in E major, Op. 27 No. 6
Ysaÿe’s Sonatas for solo violin were sketched out in a fevered twenty-four hours during the summer of 1923, a response to the question of why—in over two hundred years—no one had attempted to follow the path forged by Johann Sebastian Bach. Each of these six new Sonatas is dedicated to and customized around the playing style of a contemporary violinist, and as such they present formidable challenges. Russian virtuoso Alina Ibragimova, whose earlier recording of the Bach Sonatas was revelatory, turns out performances fully worthy of this distinguished ancestry.