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Gramola Records

French Violin Sonatas

$36.99

Details

Composer
Gabriel Faure, Guillaume Lekeu, Olivier Messiaen, Francis Poulenc, Maurice Ravel
Artist
Thomas Albertus Irnberger, Michael Korstick
Format
SACD
Label
Gramola Records
Released
Mar 07, 2025
Catalog #
GRAM99336
UPC
9003643993365

About

On this double SACD, "Paths into Impressionism" are taken: starting with the two important Sonatas for Violin and Piano by Gabriel Faure, the first of which was already described as a masterpiece by Camille Saint-Saens, and four other short pieces by Faure, the great Salzburg violinist Thomas Albertus Irnberger and the German pianist Michael Korstick, who is already very familiar with the French idiom through many of his own recordings, present further works from the French and Belgian repertoire in their usual masterly and spirited interpretations: the Sonata by the early deceased Guillaume Lekeu, which was commissioned and premiered by Eugene Ysaÿe, and Maurice Ravel's Sonata for Violin and Piano (with a Blues as the middle movement), which is characterized by Ravel's view that violin and piano were fundamentally incompatible. The resulting manifold parallel developments and bitonal frictions create specific stimuli, though without showing even the slightest hint of the music falling apart. Ravel's "Kaddish" and the "Berceuse sur le nom de Gabriel Faure", dedicated to his teacher, can also be heard, as well as the Sonata by Francis Poulenc, written in collaboration with Ginette Neveu and dedicated posthumously to Federico Garcia Lorca, and the fascinating work "Theme et variations" by Olivier Messiaen, which he dedicated to his first wife, a violinist, and which still contains many impressionistic elements.

Tracklist 23 tracks

  1. Disc 1
  2. 1 I. Allegro molto 09:25
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Allegro molto
    Duration
    09:25
    Composer
    Gabriel Fauré
    Performer
    Thomas Albertus Irnberger, Michael Korstick
  3. 2 II. Andante 06:59
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Andante
    Duration
    06:59
    Composer
    Gabriel Fauré
    Performer
    Thomas Albertus Irnberger, Michael Korstick
  4. 3 III. Allegro vivo 04:08
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Allegro vivo
    Duration
    04:08
    Composer
    Gabriel Fauré
    Performer
    Thomas Albertus Irnberger, Michael Korstick
  5. 4 IV. Allegro quasi presto 05:24
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Allegro quasi presto
    Duration
    05:24
    Composer
    Gabriel Fauré
    Performer
    Thomas Albertus Irnberger, Michael Korstick
  6. 5 I. Allegro non troppo 09:05
    Track
    5
    Title
    I. Allegro non troppo
    Duration
    09:05
    Composer
    Gabriel Fauré
    Performer
    Thomas Albertus Irnberger, Michael Korstick
  7. 6 II. Andante 08:12
    Track
    6
    Title
    II. Andante
    Duration
    08:12
    Composer
    Gabriel Fauré
    Performer
    Thomas Albertus Irnberger, Michael Korstick
  8. 7 III. Final: Allegro non troppo 07:19
    Track
    7
    Title
    III. Final: Allegro non troppo
    Duration
    07:19
    Composer
    Gabriel Fauré
    Performer
    Thomas Albertus Irnberger, Michael Korstick
  9. 8 Romance in B-Flat Major, Op. 28 05:57
    Track
    8
    Title
    Romance in B-Flat Major, Op. 28
    Duration
    05:57
    Composer
    Gabriel Fauré
    Performer
    Thomas Albertus Irnberger, Michael Korstick
  10. 9 Andante in B-Flat Major, Op. 75 04:58
    Track
    9
    Title
    Andante in B-Flat Major, Op. 75
    Duration
    04:58
    Composer
    Gabriel Fauré
    Performer
    Thomas Albertus Irnberger, Michael Korstick
  11. 10 Sicilienne, Op. 78 04:01
    Track
    10
    Title
    Sicilienne, Op. 78
    Duration
    04:01
    Composer
    Gabriel Fauré
    Performer
    Thomas Albertus Irnberger, Michael Korstick
  12. 11 Berceuse, Op. 16 (version for violin and piano) 03:34
    Track
    11
    Title
    Berceuse, Op. 16 (version for violin and piano)
    Duration
    03:34
    Composer
    Gabriel Fauré
    Performer
    Thomas Albertus Irnberger, Michael Korstick
  13. 12 Theme and Variations 09:50
    Track
    12
    Title
    Theme and Variations
    Duration
    09:50
    Composer
    Olivier Messiaen
    Performer
    Thomas Albertus Irnberger, Michael Korstick
  14. Disc 2
  15. 1 I. Très modéré - Vif et passionné 12:11
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Très modéré - Vif et passionné
    Duration
    12:11
    Composer
    Guillaume Lekeu
    Performer
    Thomas Albertus Irnberger, Michael Korstick
  16. 2 II. Très lent 10:09
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Très lent
    Duration
    10:09
    Composer
    Guillaume Lekeu
    Performer
    Thomas Albertus Irnberger, Michael Korstick
  17. 3 III. Très animé 09:21
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Très animé
    Duration
    09:21
    Composer
    Guillaume Lekeu
    Performer
    Thomas Albertus Irnberger, Michael Korstick
  18. 4 I. Allegretto 08:23
    Track
    4
    Title
    I. Allegretto
    Duration
    08:23
    Composer
    Maurice Ravel
    Performer
    Thomas Albertus Irnberger, Michael Korstick
  19. 5 II. Blues: Moderato 05:40
    Track
    5
    Title
    II. Blues: Moderato
    Duration
    05:40
    Composer
    Maurice Ravel
    Performer
    Thomas Albertus Irnberger, Michael Korstick
  20. 6 III. Perpetuum mobile: Allegro 03:53
    Track
    6
    Title
    III. Perpetuum mobile: Allegro
    Duration
    03:53
    Composer
    Maurice Ravel
    Performer
    Thomas Albertus Irnberger, Michael Korstick
  21. 7 I. Allegro con fuoco 06:42
    Track
    7
    Title
    I. Allegro con fuoco
    Duration
    06:42
    Composer
    Francis Poulenc
    Performer
    Thomas Albertus Irnberger, Michael Korstick
  22. 8 II. Intermezzo: Très lent et calme 06:20
    Track
    8
    Title
    II. Intermezzo: Très lent et calme
    Duration
    06:20
    Composer
    Francis Poulenc
    Performer
    Thomas Albertus Irnberger, Michael Korstick
  23. 9 III. Presto tragico 05:19
    Track
    9
    Title
    III. Presto tragico
    Duration
    05:19
    Composer
    Francis Poulenc
    Performer
    Thomas Albertus Irnberger, Michael Korstick
  24. 10 2 Mélodies hébraïques: No. 1. Kaddish (arr. for violin and piano) 04:45
    Track
    10
    Title
    2 Mélodies hébraïques: No. 1. Kaddish (arr. for violin and piano)
    Duration
    04:45
    Composer
    Maurice Ravel
    Performer
    Thomas Albertus Irnberger, Michael Korstick
  25. 11 Berceuse sur le nom de Gabriel Fauré 02:54
    Track
    11
    Title
    Berceuse sur le nom de Gabriel Fauré
    Duration
    02:54
    Composer
    Maurice Ravel
    Performer
    Thomas Albertus Irnberger, Michael Korstick