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Schubert: 4 Sonatas for Violin & Piano / Valova, Häkkinen
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Schubert: 4 Sonatas for Violin & Piano / Valova, Häkkinen

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Composer
SCHUBERT, FRANZ
Artist
Valova, Hakkinen
Format
CD
Label
Brilliant Classics
Released
Oct 22, 2021
Catalog #
BRI96423
UPC
5028421964232

About

The Bulgarian violinist Zefira Valova graduated from the National Music Academy of her native Sofia, Bulgaria, before specializing in Baroque violin studies with Lucy van Dael. While still based in her homeland, having founded Bulgaria’s only annual early-music festival (Sofia Baroque Arts Festival) she is a frequent soloist with and guest leader of the Helsinki Baroque Orchestra under its founder-director Aapo Häkkinen, who swaps the conductor’s platform on this occasion for a seat at a gentle, plangent-sounding fortepiano from 1820 of Viennese manufacture – ideally suited to the repertoire at hand. Together they make a lively and sympathetic partnership, informed by playing these youthful works in concert. Franz Schubert (1797-1828) was just 19 years old when he wrote a trio of sonatas in the spring of 1816, but he already had four symphonies under his belt as well as masterpieces of song such as Gretchen am Spinnrade and Erlkönig. Like so much of his music, they were only published after his death, when they were given both a misleading opus number (Op.137) and even title, for the diminutive ‘sonatina’ nomenclature shows little respect for both the scale of Schubert’s imagination and handling of form. On a technical level, the trio of pieces lies within the ambit of amateur players of both instruments, though more demanding for the pianist. This relative ease of execution need not obscure the rapturous melodies of the second work in the collection, D385, or its deeply felt harmonies, which culminate in an elegiac finale. Cast in the turbulent Erlkönig key of G minor, D408 turns the listener’s ear towards Beethoven, though the concise opening melody clearly speaks with Schubert’s voice. However, all three of these ‘sonatinas’ are somewhat overshadowed by the Sonata D574 from the summer of the following year, 1817, which ranks among the most inspired productions of even Schubert’s prodigious youth.

Tracklist 15 tracks

  1. 1 I. Allegro molto 04:39
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Allegro molto
    Duration
    04:39
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Performer
    Zefira Valova, Aapo Häkkinen
  2. 2 II. Andante 04:26
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Andante
    Duration
    04:26
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Performer
    Zefira Valova, Aapo Häkkinen
  3. 3 III. Allegro vivace 04:21
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Allegro vivace
    Duration
    04:21
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Performer
    Zefira Valova, Aapo Häkkinen
  4. 4 I. Allegro moderato 06:49
    Track
    4
    Title
    I. Allegro moderato
    Duration
    06:49
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Performer
    Zefira Valova, Aapo Häkkinen
  5. 5 II. Andante 07:14
    Track
    5
    Title
    II. Andante
    Duration
    07:14
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Performer
    Zefira Valova, Aapo Häkkinen
  6. 6 III. Menuetto: Allegro 02:23
    Track
    6
    Title
    III. Menuetto: Allegro
    Duration
    02:23
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Performer
    Zefira Valova, Aapo Häkkinen
  7. 7 IV. Allegro 04:56
    Track
    7
    Title
    IV. Allegro
    Duration
    04:56
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Performer
    Zefira Valova, Aapo Häkkinen
  8. 8 I. Allegro giusto 05:32
    Track
    8
    Title
    I. Allegro giusto
    Duration
    05:32
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Performer
    Zefira Valova, Aapo Häkkinen
  9. 9 II. Andante 04:33
    Track
    9
    Title
    II. Andante
    Duration
    04:33
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Performer
    Zefira Valova, Aapo Häkkinen
  10. 10 III. Menuetto 02:37
    Track
    10
    Title
    III. Menuetto
    Duration
    02:37
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Performer
    Zefira Valova, Aapo Häkkinen
  11. 11 IV. Allegro moderato 04:06
    Track
    11
    Title
    IV. Allegro moderato
    Duration
    04:06
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Performer
    Zefira Valova, Aapo Häkkinen
  12. 12 I. Allegro moderato 09:56
    Track
    12
    Title
    I. Allegro moderato
    Duration
    09:56
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Performer
    Zefira Valova, Aapo Häkkinen
  13. 13 II. Scherzo: Presto 04:13
    Track
    13
    Title
    II. Scherzo: Presto
    Duration
    04:13
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Performer
    Zefira Valova, Aapo Häkkinen
  14. 14 III. Andantino 04:08
    Track
    14
    Title
    III. Andantino
    Duration
    04:08
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Performer
    Zefira Valova, Aapo Häkkinen
  15. 15 IV. Allegro vivace 06:26
    Track
    15
    Title
    IV. Allegro vivace
    Duration
    06:26
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Performer
    Zefira Valova, Aapo Häkkinen