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Schickedanz, Breidenbach: Röntgen – Works for Violin & Piano vol.2 (FLAC)

Schickedanz, Breidenbach: Röntgen - Works for Violin & Piano vol.2 (FLAC)

Composer: Julius Röntgen
Performer: Christoph Schickedanz, Ernst Breidenbach
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: CPO
Catalogue: 777769-2
Release: 2019
Size: 383 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes

Violin Sonata in F major
01. I. Con moto
02. II. Andante quasi fantasia
03. III. Vivace, ma non troppo presto
04. IV. Finale. Molto passionato e vivace

Schwedische Weisen und Tanze
05. I. Moderato ed espressivo
06. II. Allegro non troppo
07. III. Andante
08. IV. Allegro
09. V. Andante
10. VI. Allegro

11. Variationen über ein norwegisches Volkslied, Op. 21

Violin Sonata No. 3 in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 20
12. I. Allegro non troppo
13. II. Con animazione
14. III. Agitato

The works on this CD feature the Scandinavian influences that the Swedish violinist and the Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg exerted on Julius Röntgens music for violin and piano. Amanda Maier was Röntgens great love and his first wife, and Grieg was his best friend. Significantly, Edvard Grieg is represented in the first work on this CD in the form of the sonata that Röntgen composed »In Memory of Edvard Grieg.« However, precisely this work is the only one on the present program that was not published during Röntgens lifetime. His Swedish Melodies and Dances may initially seem unassuming, but they display the highest virtuosity. They require great technical mastery from the instrumentalists with their third, sixth, and octave intervals, swift passages in the highest register, and leaps extending over several octaves. Even though the Norwegian Variations last a mere seven minutes and thus are not very lengthily dimensioned, they number among Röntgens best variation works. The exposition of the theme in D major is followed by eight variations in which the piano and the violin take turns in the lead role.

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