J Bach .S. / Smirnov- Violin Works (CD)
Russian violinist Dmitry Smirnov's début recording on FHR features works by master baroque composer (J.S. Bach), a leading figure of 20th century music (Béla Bartók) and a wonderful newly discovered work by influential Swiss violinist Hansheinz Schneeberger who died in 2019. The Schneeberger Sonata, written two years before Bartók's Sonata, is a violin show piece, displaying much imagination in it's idiomatic and virtoustic violin writing - this is the first recording of the work. There are many connections that link these three works together - the Bartók and Schneeberger sonatas show influences of Bach. Also, Bartók's First Violin Concerto was premièred by Schneeberger. On this album Smirnov plays a modern violin made by Philipp Bonhoeffer (Bartók and Schneeberger) and a 1795 Johann Schönfelder violin (Bach).
Tracklist:
- Sonata for Solo Violin, BB 124, Sz. 38~Tempo di ciaccona
- Sonata for Solo Violin, BB 124, Sz. 38~Fuga: Risoluto, non troppo vivo
- Sonata for Solo Violin, BB 124, Sz. 38~Melodia: Adagio
- Sonata for Solo Violin, BB 124, Sz. 38~Presto
- Violin Partita No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004~Allemande
- Violin Partita No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004~Courante
- Violin Partita No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004~Sarabande
- Violin Partita No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004~Gigue
- Violin Partita No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004~Chaconne
- Sonata for Solo Violin~Introduzione (quasi cadenza): Adagio, rubato
- Sonata for Solo Violin~Allegro comodo e grazioso
- Sonata for Solo Violin~Finale: Allegro vivace, ma non troppo
Russian violinist Dmitry Smirnov's début recording on FHR features works by master baroque composer (J.S. Bach), a leading figure of 20th century music (Béla Bartók) and a wonderful newly discovered work by influential Swiss violinist Hansheinz Schneeberger who died in 2019. The Schneeberger Sonata, written two years before Bartók's Sonata, is a violin show piece, displaying much imagination in it's idiomatic and virtoustic violin writing - this is the first recording of the work. There are many connections that link these three works together - the Bartók and Schneeberger sonatas show influences of Bach. Also, Bartók's First Violin Concerto was premièred by Schneeberger. On this album Smirnov plays a modern violin made by Philipp Bonhoeffer (Bartók and Schneeberger) and a 1795 Johann Schönfelder violin (Bach).
Tracklist:
- Sonata for Solo Violin, BB 124, Sz. 38~Tempo di ciaccona
- Sonata for Solo Violin, BB 124, Sz. 38~Fuga: Risoluto, non troppo vivo
- Sonata for Solo Violin, BB 124, Sz. 38~Melodia: Adagio
- Sonata for Solo Violin, BB 124, Sz. 38~Presto
- Violin Partita No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004~Allemande
- Violin Partita No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004~Courante
- Violin Partita No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004~Sarabande
- Violin Partita No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004~Gigue
- Violin Partita No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004~Chaconne
- Sonata for Solo Violin~Introduzione (quasi cadenza): Adagio, rubato
- Sonata for Solo Violin~Allegro comodo e grazioso
- Sonata for Solo Violin~Finale: Allegro vivace, ma non troppo