Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach, Béla Bartók, Hansheinz Schneeberger
Performer: Dmitry Smirnov
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: First Hand
Catalogue: FHR117
Release: 2021
Size: 2.19 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Bartók: Sonata for Solo Violin, BB 124, Sz. 117
01. I. Tempo di ciaccona
02. II. Fuga. Risoluto, non troppo vivo
03. III. Melodia. Adagio
04. IV. Presto
Bach: Partita for solo violin No. 2 in D minor, BWV1004
05. I. Allemande
06. II. Courante
07. III. Sarabande
08. IV. Gigue
09. V. Chaconne
Schneeberger: Solo Violin Sonata
10. I. Introduzione. Adagio, rubato
11. II. Allegro comodo e grazioso
12. III. Finale. Allegro vivace, ma non troppo
Russian violinist Dmitry Smirnov’s debut recording on First Hand Records features works by master baroque composer (Johann Sebastian Bach), a leading figure of 20th century music (Béla Bartók) and a wonderful newly discovered work by influential Swiss violinist Hansheinz Schneeberger who died in 2019. The Schneeberger’s Sonata, written two years before Bartók’s Sonata, is a violin show piece, displaying much imagination in its idiomatic and virtoustic violin writing – this is the first recording of the work. There are many connections that link these three works together – the Bartók and Schneeberger Sonatas show influences of Bach. Also, Bartók’s First Violin Concerto was premièred by Schneeberger. On this album Smirnov plays a modern violin made by Philipp Bonhoeffer (Bartók and Schneeberger) and a 1795 Johann Schönfelder violin (Bach).