Composer: Edvard Hagerup Grieg
Performer: Hagai Shaham, Arnon Erez
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Hyperion
Catalogue: CDA67504
Release: 2006
Size: 340 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Violin Sonata No. 1 in F major, Op. 8
01. I. Allegro con brio
02. II. Allegretto quasi andantino
03. III. Allegro molto vivace
Violin Sonata No. 2 in G major, Op. 13
04. I. Lento doloroso – Allegro vivace
05. II. Allegretto tranquillo
06. III. Allegro animato
Violin Sonata No. 3 in C minor, Op. 45
07. I. Allegro molto ed appassionato
08. II. Allegretto espressivo alla Romanza
09. III. Allegro animato – Prestissimo
Lyric Pieces III, Op. 43
10. No 3 ‘In my native country’. I hjemmet
Lyric Pieces X, Op. 71
11. No 3 ‘Puck’. Småtroll
Grieg: Lyric Pieces III, Op. 43
12. No 2 ‘Solitary traveller’. Ensom vandrer
Moods, Op. 73
13. II. Scherzo-Impromptu
Lyric Pieces IX, Op. 68
14. No 2 ‘Grandmother’s minuet’. Bestemors menuett
25 Norwegian Folksongs & Dances, Op. 17
15. V. Jölstring ‘Dance from Jölster’
In 1900 the fifty-six-year-old Edvard Grieg cast an eye back over his music and confessed that he thought his three violin sonatas were among his best works, each of them representing a stage in his development, the first nave, rich in ideas, the second national and the third with a wider horizon. On this disc violinist Hagai Shaham displays his thrilling virtuosity and lustrous tone in his performances of Greigs favourite sonatas, through the lyrical, spring-like freshness of Sonata No 1 and the playful rustic folk-inspired charm of Sonata No 2 to the brooding and dramatic Sonata No 3. Also on this disc are six of Griegs piano miniatures, arranged for violin and piano by the Lithuanian-born violinist, Joseph Achron.