Six sonates pour violon seul

Album by Eugène Ysaÿe & Laurent Korcia

Six sonates pour violon seul is a set of six solo violin sonatas by Belgian violinist and composer Eugène Ysaÿe, composed and published in 1923. The works blend late-Romantic virtuosity with early 20th-century harmonic language and nods to Baroque forms, and they occupy an important place in Ysaÿe's output and the solo violin repertoire for their technical demands and exploration of timbre and expression.

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  1. 1.
    Sonate no. 1 (à Joseph Szigeti), op. 27: I. Grave
    5:16
  2. 2.
    Sonate no. 1 (à Joseph Szigeti), op. 27: II. Fugato
    4:08
  3. 3.
    Sonate no. 1 (à Joseph Szigeti), op. 27: III. Allegretto poco scherzoso
    4:05
  4. 4.
    Sonate no. 1 (à Joseph Szigeti), op. 27: IV. Finale con brio
    2:48
  5. 5.
    Sonate no. 2 (à Jacques Thibaud), op. 27: I. Obsession
    2:18
  6. 6.
    Sonate no. 2 (à Jacques Thibaud), op. 27: II. Malinconia
    2:30
  7. 7.
    Sonate no. 2 (à Jacques Thibaud), op. 27: III. Danse des ombres
    4:11
  8. 8.
    Sonate no. 2 (à Jacques Thibaud), op. 27: IV. Les furies
    2:53
  9. 9.
    Sonate no. 3 (à Georges Enesco), op. 27: I. Ballade
    6:37
  10. 10.
    Sonate no. 4 (à Fritz Kreisler), op. 27: I. Allemanda
    5:21
  11. 11.
    Sonate no. 4 (à Fritz Kreisler), op. 27: II. Sarabande
    3:16
  12. 12.
    Sonate no. 4 (à Fritz Kreisler), op. 27: III. Finale
    3:15
  13. 13.
    Sonate no. 5 (à Mathieu Crickboom), op. 27: I. L'Aurore
    3:57
  14. 14.
    Sonate no. 5 (à Mathieu Crickboom), op. 27: II. Danse rustique
    5:16
  15. 15.
    Sonate no. 6 (à Manuel Quiroga), op. 27: I.
    7:20

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