Raff: Complete Violin Sonatas, Vol. 1

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Label
Naxos
Release Date
September 13, 2019
Format
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      RAFF, JOACHIM
    • PERFORMER
      Kayaleh, Schneider
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      September 13, 2019
    • UPC
      747313384174
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      8573841
    • LABEL
      Naxos
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Bewegt, mit elegischem Pathos (Agitated, with elegiac pathos)

      Composer: Joachim Raff

      Performer: Laurence Kayaleh, Jean-Fabien Schneider

    2. II. Sehr rasch und fein (Very quick and precise)

      Composer: Joachim Raff

      Performer: Laurence Kayaleh, Jean-Fabien Schneider

    3. III. Nicht zu langsam (Not too slow)

      Composer: Joachim Raff

      Performer: Laurence Kayaleh, Jean-Fabien Schneider

    4. IV. Bewegt, sehr bestimmt (Lively, very determined)

      Composer: Joachim Raff

      Performer: Laurence Kayaleh, Jean-Fabien Schneider

    5. I. Rasch, mit Wärme und Bewegung (Quick, with warmth and animation)

      Composer: Joachim Raff

      Performer: Laurence Kayaleh, Jean-Fabien Schneider

    6. II. Nicht zu langsam (Not too slow)

      Composer: Joachim Raff

      Performer: Laurence Kayaleh, Jean-Fabien Schneider

    7. III. In raschem Zeitmaße, doch nicht zu bewegt (In quick tempo, yet not too lively)

      Composer: Joachim Raff

      Performer: Laurence Kayaleh, Jean-Fabien Schneider

    8. IV. Rasch und feurig (Quick and fiery)

      Composer: Joachim Raff

      Performer: Laurence Kayaleh, Jean-Fabien Schneider


Though he was known primarily as a symphonist, and despite his large portfolio of piano works, Raff's first love was the violin and his pieces for the instrument were promoted by no less a virtuoso than Sarasate, The Violin Sonata No. 1 is a powerful work teeming with expressive intensity and lyrical beauty- it remained the most performed of his violin sonatas during his lifetime. The large-scale Violin Sonata No. 2 offers his characteristic lyric impulse and virtuoso fireworks. Laurence Kayaleh has performed as a guest soloist with many distinguished orchestras, including the Tonhalle Orchester Zurich, the Russian National Orchestra, the National Symphony Orchestra, and many others. She has recorded the complete works for violin and piano by Medtner, Honegger and Catoire for Naxos. She plays a 1742 Guarneri which belonged to the eminent violinist and pedagogue Carl Flesch.