Composer: Béla Bartók, Paul Hindemith, Sergei Prokofiev
Performer: Ning Feng
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Channel Classics
Catalogue: CCSSA34413
Release: 2013
Size: 299 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover
Prokofiev: Sonata in D major for solo violin, Op. 115
01. I. Moderato
02. II. Theme and Variations: Andante dolce
03. III. Con brio – Allegro precipitato
Hindemith: Sonata for Solo Violin, Op. 31 No. 1
04. I. Sehr lebhafte Achtel
05. II. Sehr langsame Viertel
06. III. Sehr lebhafte Viertel
07. IV. Intermezzo: Lied. Ruhig bewegte Achtel
08. V. Prestissimo
Hindemith: Sonata for Solo Violin, Op. 31 No. 2 ‘Es ist so schönes Wetter draussen…’
09. I. Leicht bewegte Viertel
10. II. Ruhig bewegte Achtel
11. III. Gemächliche Viertel
12. IV. Fünf Variationen über das Lied ‘Komm, lieber Mai’. Leicht bewegt
Bartók: Sonata for Solo Violin, BB 124, Sz. 117
13. I. Tempo di ciaccona
14. II. Fuga
15. III. Melodia
16. IV. Presto
Béla Bartók composed his Sonata for violin solo (1944) after emigrating from Hungary to the USA on the outbreak of World War II. Political developments in Hungary and surrounding dictatorships became such an unbearable torment, that after long hesitation he said farewell to his fatherland. Before the October Revolution of 1918, Sergey Prokofiev had been the enfant terrible of Russian music. His pointed, granite-like touch and – for that time – petrifying harmonies invariably caused violent controversies. In 1933, after a voluntary exile of fifteen years, homesickness brought him back to his fatherland.
Paul Hindemith’s name was established as a prominent contemporary composer, which led to his appointment in 1927 as composition teacher at the Berlin Hochschule für Musik. However, the rise to power of the Nazis brought an end to Hindemith’s activities and performances of his music. His two ‘crimes’ were the composition of ‘degenerate’ music and his association with Jews. Via Switzerland he went into exile in the USA.