6 Violin Sonatas, op. 27

Album by Eugène Ysaÿe & Niklas Walentin

Six Sonatas for Solo Violin, Op. 27 is a set of six solo violin sonatas by Belgian violinist and composer Eugène Ysaÿe, composed in 1923. The works blend late-Romantic virtuosity with early 20th-century harmonic and technical innovations—featuring contrapuntal textures, extended techniques and demanding idiomatic writing—and occupy an important place in Ysaÿe's output as an effort to expand the solo violin repertoire and reflect evolving modernist currents in violin literature.

6 Violin Sonatas, op. 27 by Eugène Ysaÿe - album cover

First released: 11th September 2020

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Disc 1

1.
Violin Sonata in G minor, op. 27 no. 1: I. Grave
5:05
2.
Violin Sonata in G minor, op. 27 no. 1: II. Fugato
5:25
3.
Violin Sonata in G minor, op. 27 no. 1: III. Allegretto poco scherzoso
4:50
4.
Violin Sonata in G minor, op. 27 no. 1: IV. Finale. Con brio
3:35
5.
Violin Sonata in A minor, op. 27 no. 2: I. Prélude (Obsession)
2:43
6.
Violin Sonata in A minor, op. 27 no. 2: II. Malinconia
2:43
7.
Violin Sonata in A minor, op. 27 no. 2: III. Danse des ombres - Sarabande
5:06
8.
Violin Sonata in A minor, op. 27 no. 2: IV. Les furies
4:26
9.
Violin Sonata in D minor "Ballade", op. 27 no. 3
8:19

Disc 2

2.
Violin Sonata in E minor, op. 27 no. 4: I. Allemanda
5:38
3.
Violin Sonata in E minor, op. 27 no. 4: II. Sarabande
3:27
4.
Violin Sonata in E minor, op. 27 no. 4: III. Finale
3:24
5.
Violin Sonata in G major, op. 27 no. 5: I. L'aurore
5:05
6.
Violin Sonata in G major, op. 27 no. 5: II. Danse rustique
7:03
7.
Violin Sonata "Unfinished", op. 27 no. 6bis: I. Allegro molto moderato ma con brio
4:48
8.
Violin Sonata "Unfinished", op. 27 no. 6bis: II. Canzona
3:54
9.
Violin Sonata "Unfinished", op. 27 no. 6bis: III. Finale
1:41
10.
Violin Sonata in E major, op. 27 no. 6
9:02