Composer: Grażyna Bacewicz
Performer: Annabelle Berthomé-Reynolds, Ivan Donchev
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: MUSO
Release: 2019
Size: 2.36 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Sonata for violin and piano No. 5
01. I. Moderato
02. II. Nokturn. Andante dolcissimo
03. III. Finale. Allegro inquietamente
Sonata for violin and piano No. 3
04. I. Allegro moderato
05. II. Adagio
06. III. Scherzo. Vivo
07. IV. Finale. Andante
Sonata for violin and piano No. 1 “Sonata da Camera”
08. I. Largo
09. II. Allegro
10. III. Tempo di minuetto
11. IV. Andante sostenuto
12. V. Gigue. Molto allegro
Sonata for solo violin No. 2
13. Adagio – Allegro
14. Adagio
15. Presto
Partita for violin and piano
16. I. Preludium. Grave
17. II. Toccata. Vivace
18. III. Intermezzo
19. IV. Rondo. Presto
Sonata for violin and piano No. 2
20. I. Allegro
21. II. Andante
22. III. Scherzo. Vivace
23. IV. Finale. Allegro molto
Sonata for solo violin No. 1
24. I. Allegro
25. II. Adagio
26. III. […]
27. IV. Variazioni
Sonata for violin and piano No. 4
28. I. Moderato
29. II. Andante ma non troppo
30. III. Scherzo. Molto vivace
31. IV. Finale. Con passione
To celebrate the 50th anniversary of Grażyna Bacewicz’s death, Annabelle Berthomé-Reynolds and Ivan Donchev have recorded her complete Sonatas and Partitas for violin. This is vivacious, sensitive, mischievous music that recalls the gentleness of the interwar period and is a wonderful reflection of the genius of one of the greatest Polish composers of the mid-20th century.
Berthomé-Reynolds has the works’ fearsome technical challenges under her fingers, including wild leaps and long chains of double-stops moving at high speed up the scale. One of the strengths of these performances is their rugged rhetorical quality, and the lack of any inappropriate gloss and polish that might smooth over the jagged edges of these works.