Eugene Ysaye: Six Sonates, op. 27

Klasyczna Muzyka Kameralna
premiera polska: 2004-09-09
opakowanie: plastikowe etui
opis:
Gramophone Awards 2005
Best of Category - Instrumental

Gramophone Magazine
Editor's Choice - January 2005

Editor's Info:
Thomas Zehetmair's account of Ysaye's third sonata, presented as a "preface" to Heinz Holliger's recently released Violin Concerto, a work itself inspired by Ysaye, already gave evidence of this outstanding musician's affinity for the work of the great violinist-composer. Now comes a recording of all six sonatas, which ranks amongst the most exceptional recordings of this demanding repertoire. The Ysaye sonatas belong, with Bach's sonatas and partitas and Paganini's caprices, to the masterworks of music for unaccompanied violin, and offer a comparable challenge to the interpreter.
Challenges are a way of life for Zehetmair, currently covering a great many bases with skill and verve and commitment. This is the player of whom conductor Simon Rattle has said, "He is maybe the only violinist today able to encompass every style of playing. He is a true child of period style, Romantic temperament and contemporary taste." One of the earliest modern violinists to take an interest in period performance, he worked with Nikolaus Harnoncourt and Concentus Musicus more than two decades ago, before the boom period for 'historical performance practise'. Simultaneously, he has always been a passionate advocate of contemporary musical expression.

muzycy:
Thomas Zehetmair: violin

wydano: 2004
nagrano: 2004
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