Composer: Eduard Erdmann, Paul Hindemith, Philipp Jarnach, Erwin Schulhoff
Performer: Baiba Skride
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Orfeo
Catalogue: C210051
Release: 2022
Size: 1 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Schulhoff: Violin Sonata, WV 83
01. I. Allegro con fuoco
02. II. Andante sostenuto
03. III. Scherzo. Allegretto grazioso
04. IV. Allegro risoluto
Hindemith: Violin Sonata, Op. 31 No. 2
05. I. Leicht bewegte Viertel
06. II. Ruhig bewegte Achtel
07. III. Gemächliche Viertel
08. IV. Fünf Variationen über das Lied “Komm, lieber Mai“ v. Mozart
Jarnach: Violin Sonata in D Minor, Op. 13
09. I. Andante sostenuto
10. II. Prestissimo
11. III. Allegro deciso
Erdmann: Violin Sonata, Op. 12
12. I. Ruhig – Fließend – Ruhig
13. II. Allegretto scherzando – Trio. Einfach, wie eine Volksweise
14. III. Langsam
15. IV. Lebendig
On her first album for solo violin, internationally acclaimed and renowned Latvian violinist Baiba Skride interprets selected sonatas by Erwin Schulhoff, Paul Hindemith, Philipp Jarnach and Eduard Erdmann. Although Johann Sebastian Bach’s Sonatas and Partitas for Violin Solo are regarded as the measure of every violinist’s technical skill and maturity, compositions for unaccompanied violin became increasingly rare in subsequent epochs (the classical and the romantic era). It wasn’t until the turn of the 20th century that Max Reger made a conspicuous contribution in this field with altogether eleven sonatas. His example was an impetus that very plausibly inspired his contemporaries and successors to come up with the four contributions to this genre from the 1920s on this album.