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Debussy / Graffin / Desert- Fiddler's Blues (CD)

SKU: 822252239928
¥138.00
the album cover for Debussy / Graffin / Desert - Fiddler's Blues
the album cover for Debussy / Graffin / Desert - Fiddler's Blues

Philippe Graffin's virtuosity combined with his skills as a sleuth have led to the world-premiere recording of a "Posthumous" solo violin sonata by Eugene Ysaye, an astonishing discovery that extends the Belgian composer's canon of his essential six sonatas for the medium. Philippe unearthed the nearly-completed manuscript in the library of the Brussels Conservatoire, and polished off the final movement in the most Ysaye-esque manner possible. Philippe's penchant for intuitive programming I brought to bear on Fiddler's Blues, combining two Ysaye works- including another premiere, with a pair of folksy, Bohemian-flavored works by George Enescu, another virtuoso violinist/composer who emigrated from his native Romania and like Ysaye settled in Paris. Enescu was a classmate of Maurice Ravel whose Berceuse sur le nom de Gabriel Faure is an affectionate nod to their teacher at the Paris Conservatoire, whilst his azure-tinged Violin Sonata influences the album's title. Ravel's slightly older contemporary Claude Debussy befriended Ysaye. Whereas Ysaye soared writing works for solo violin, Debussy wrote none. Suggesting how such a work may have sounded, Philippe contributes his own arrangement for solo violin of Debussy's enduring piece Claire de lune.

Tracklist:

  1. Sonate Posthume Pour Violin Seul, Op. 27: I. Allegro Molto Moderato Ma Con Brio
  2. Sonate Posthume Pour Violin Seul, Op. 27: II. Canzona - Lento E Mesto
  3. Sonate Posthume Pour Violin Seul, Op. 27: III. Finale - Giocoso (Completed P. Graffin)
  4. Violin Sonata No. 2 In G Major: I. Allegretto
  5. Violin Sonata No. 2 In G Major: II. Blues - Moderato
  6. Violin Sonata No. 2 In G Major: III. Perpetuum Mobile - Allegro
  7. Claire De Lune (Transcribed For Solo Violin By David Matthews And Philippe Graffin)
  8. Petite Fantasie Romantique
  9. Violin Sonata No. 3 In A Minor, Op. 25, ‘dans Le Caractère Populaire Roumain’: I. Moderato Malinconico
  10. Violin Sonata No. 3 In A Minor, Op. 25, ‘dans Le Caractère Populaire Roumain’: II. Andante Sostenuto E Mister
  11. Violin Sonata No. 3 In A Minor, Op. 25, ‘dans Le Caractère Populaire Roumain’: III. Allegro Con Brio, Ma Trop
  12. Berceuse Sur Le Nom De Gabriel Fauré
  13. Hora Unirii
Format: New CD/Classical

Debussy / Graffin / Desert- Fiddler's Blues (CD)

SKU: 822252239928
¥138.00

Release Date: 02.01.2019

 
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Philippe Graffin's virtuosity combined with his skills as a sleuth have led to the world-premiere recording of a "Posthumous" solo violin sonata by Eugene Ysaye, an astonishing discovery that extends the Belgian composer's canon of his essential six sonatas for the medium. Philippe unearthed the nearly-completed manuscript in the library of the Brussels Conservatoire, and polished off the final movement in the most Ysaye-esque manner possible. Philippe's penchant for intuitive programming I brought to bear on Fiddler's Blues, combining two Ysaye works- including another premiere, with a pair of folksy, Bohemian-flavored works by George Enescu, another virtuoso violinist/composer who emigrated from his native Romania and like Ysaye settled in Paris. Enescu was a classmate of Maurice Ravel whose Berceuse sur le nom de Gabriel Faure is an affectionate nod to their teacher at the Paris Conservatoire, whilst his azure-tinged Violin Sonata influences the album's title. Ravel's slightly older contemporary Claude Debussy befriended Ysaye. Whereas Ysaye soared writing works for solo violin, Debussy wrote none. Suggesting how such a work may have sounded, Philippe contributes his own arrangement for solo violin of Debussy's enduring piece Claire de lune.

Tracklist:

  1. Sonate Posthume Pour Violin Seul, Op. 27: I. Allegro Molto Moderato Ma Con Brio
  2. Sonate Posthume Pour Violin Seul, Op. 27: II. Canzona - Lento E Mesto
  3. Sonate Posthume Pour Violin Seul, Op. 27: III. Finale - Giocoso (Completed P. Graffin)
  4. Violin Sonata No. 2 In G Major: I. Allegretto
  5. Violin Sonata No. 2 In G Major: II. Blues - Moderato
  6. Violin Sonata No. 2 In G Major: III. Perpetuum Mobile - Allegro
  7. Claire De Lune (Transcribed For Solo Violin By David Matthews And Philippe Graffin)
  8. Petite Fantasie Romantique
  9. Violin Sonata No. 3 In A Minor, Op. 25, ‘dans Le Caractère Populaire Roumain’: I. Moderato Malinconico
  10. Violin Sonata No. 3 In A Minor, Op. 25, ‘dans Le Caractère Populaire Roumain’: II. Andante Sostenuto E Mister
  11. Violin Sonata No. 3 In A Minor, Op. 25, ‘dans Le Caractère Populaire Roumain’: III. Allegro Con Brio, Ma Trop
  12. Berceuse Sur Le Nom De Gabriel Fauré
  13. Hora Unirii