Sonatas for Solo Violin

Album by Eugène Ysaÿe & Karl Stobbe

Sonatas for Solo Violin is a set of six sonatas for solo violin by Belgian violinist and composer Eugène Ysaÿe, composed in 1923. The works combine late-Romantic virtuoso writing with early 20th-century harmonic and textural experimentation—employing dense chromaticism, extended techniques and nationalistic gestures—and reflect Ysaÿe's mature style and engagement with contemporary developments in violin technique.

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  1. 1.
    Sonata no. 1 in G minor "Joseph Szigeti": I. Grave
    5:22
  2. 2.
    Sonata no. 1 in G minor "Joseph Szigeti": II. Fugato
    4:08
  3. 3.
    Sonata no. 1 in G minor "Joseph Szigeti": III. Allegretto poco scherzoso
    4:18
  4. 4.
    Sonata no. 1 in G minor "Joseph Szigeti": IV. Finale: Con brio
    2:40
  5. 5.
    Sonata no. 2 in A minor "Jacques Thibaud": I. Obsession: Prelude
    2:22
  6. 6.
    Sonata no. 2 in A minor "Jacques Thibaud": II. Malinconia
    2:49
  7. 7.
    Sonata no. 2 in A minor "Jacques Thibaud": III. Danse des Ombres: Sarabande
    4:34
  8. 8.
    Sonata no. 2 in A minor "Jacques Thibaud": IV. Les Furies
    3:21
  9. 9.
    Sonata no. 3 in D minor "George Enescu"
    7:16
  10. 10.
    Sonata no. 4 in E minor "Fritz Kreisler": I. Allemanda
    5:32
  11. 11.
    Sonata no. 4 in E minor "Fritz Kreisler": II. Sarabande
    3:15
  12. 12.
    Sonata no. 4 in E minor "Fritz Kreisler": III. Finale
    3:18
  13. 13.
    Sonata no. 5 in G "Mathieu Crickboom": I. L’Aurore
    3:58
  14. 14.
    Sonata no. 5 in G "Mathieu Crickboom": II. Danse rustique
    4:56
  15. 15.
    Sonata no. 6 in E "Manuel Quiroga"
    7:16

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