6 Sonatas for Violin Solo, op. 27

Album by Eugène Ysaÿe & Josef Špaček

Six Sonatas for Solo Violin, Op. 27 is a set of six sonatas for solo violin by Belgian composer Eugène Ysaÿe, written in 1923. Drawing on late-Romantic chromaticism and early modern harmonic language, the works feature demanding virtuosic solo writing and varied technical and expressive challenges, and they occupy a central place in Ysaÿe's output and in twentieth-century solo violin literature.

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  1. 1.
    Sonata no. 1 in G minor: Grave
    5:22
  2. 2.
    Sonata no. 1 in G minor: Fugato
    4:37
  3. 3.
    Sonata no. 1 in G minor: Allegretto poco scherzozo
    4:46
  4. 4.
    Sonata no. 1 in G minor: Finale. Con brio
    3:05
  5. 5.
    Sonata no. 2 in A minor: Obsession. Prelude
    2:24
  6. 6.
    Sonata no. 2 in A minor: Malinconia. Poco lento
    3:20
  7. 7.
    Sonata no. 2 in A minor: Danse des ombres. Sarabande
    4:45
  8. 8.
    Sonata no. 2 in A minor: Les Furies. Allegro furioso
    3:26
  9. 9.
    Sonata no. 3 in D minor: Ballade
    6:59
  10. 10.
    Sonata no. 4 in E minor: Allemande. Lento maestoso
    5:13
  11. 11.
    Sonata no. 4 in E minor: Sarabande. Quasi lento
    3:24
  12. 12.
    Sonata no. 4 in E minor: FInale. Presto ma non troppo
    3:04
  13. 13.
    Sonata no. 5 in G major: L'Aurore. Lento assai
    4:16
  14. 14.
    Sonata no. 5 in G major: Dance Rustique. Allegro giocoso
    5:21
  15. 15.
    Sonata no. 6 in E major: Allegro giusto non troppo vivo
    7:28

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