BAX: Violin Sonatas, Vol. 1 (Nos. 1, 3)

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Label
Naxos
Release Date
October 31, 2006
Format
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      BAX
    • PERFORMER
      Wass, Jackson
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      October 31, 2006
    • UPC
      747313254026
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      8557540
    • LABEL
      Naxos
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Chamber Music & Recitals
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Moderato tempo

      Composer: Arnold Bax

      Performer: Ashley Wass, Laurence Jackson

    2. II. Allegro vivace - poco più lento

      Composer: Arnold Bax

      Performer: Ashley Wass, Laurence Jackson

    3. III. Moderato tempo - Smooth and Serene

      Composer: Arnold Bax

      Performer: Ashley Wass, Laurence Jackson

    4. II. Slow and Sombre (original movement)

      Composer: Arnold Bax

      Performer: Ashley Wass, Laurence Jackson

    5. III. Allegro molto vivace (original movement)

      Composer: Arnold Bax

      Performer: Ashley Wass, Laurence Jackson

    6. I. Moderato

      Composer: Arnold Bax

      Performer: Ashley Wass, Laurence Jackson

    7. II. Allegro molto

      Composer: Arnold Bax

      Performer: Ashley Wass, Laurence Jackson


The heart-on-sleeve romanticism of Bax' First Violin Sonata reflects the composer' passionate love affair with the Ukrainian girl Natalia Skarginska in the winter of 1909-1910. Bax soon replaced two of the movements, but the vibrant originals survive.