Six Sonates pour violon seul, op. 27

Album by Eugène Ysaÿe & Žiga Brank

Six Sonates pour violon seul, Op. 27 is a set of six solo violin sonatas by Belgian violinist and composer Eugène Ysaÿe, composed in 1923. They employ late Romantic and early 20th-century harmonic language and advanced violin techniques, featuring virtuosic writing and distinct individual character studies that position the cycle as Ysaÿe's engagement with earlier solo violin traditions and an influential contribution to the solo violin repertoire.

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  1. 1.
    Sonata no. 1 "à Joseph Szigeti": I. Grave
    4:45
  2. 2.
    Sonata no. 1 "à Joseph Szigeti": II. Fugato
    4:50
  3. 3.
    Sonata no. 1 "à Joseph Szigeti": III. Allegretto poco scherzoso
    5:39
  4. 4.
    Sonata no. 1 "à Joseph Szigeti": IV. Finale con brio
    2:40
  5. 5.
    Sonata no. 2 "à Jacques Thibaud": I. Obsession
    2:38
  6. 6.
    Sonata no. 2 "à Jacques Thibaud": II. Malinconia
    2:47
  7. 7.
    Sonata no. 2 "à Jacques Thibaud": III. Danse des ombres
    4:58
  8. 8.
    Sonata no. 2 "à Jacques Thibaud": IV. Les furies
    3:45
  9. 9.
    Sonata no. 3 "à Georges Enesco"
    7:31
  10. 10.
    Sonata no. 4 "à Fritz Kreisler": I. Allemanda
    5:40
  11. 11.
    Sonata no. 4 "à Fritz Kreisler": II. Sarabande
    3:31
  12. 12.
    Sonata no. 4 "à Fritz Kreisler": III. Finale
    3:09
  13. 13.
    Sonata no. 5 "à Mathieu Crickboom": I. L'Aurore
    4:39
  14. 14.
    Sonata no. 5 "à Mathieu Crickboom": II. Danse rustique
    5:40
  15. 15.
    Sonata no. 6 "à Manuel Quiroga"
    7:59

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