Christian Ferras - Plays Bach, Tartini and Mozart (2014)

What is immediately evident when listening to these never published before German radio recordings is the lush, tonal beauty Christian Ferras produces and his magnificent intonation. Needless that hardly you will find such level of lyrical expressiveness, vibrant musicality and enraptured inspiration. In the Tartini evil's trill sonata and Mozart's violin sonata K.526, which he never recorded commercially, Ferras is accompanied by Pierre Barbizet whom he had met in 1949 at the International Marguerite Long-Jacques Thibaud Competition, and who would accompany Ferras for thirty years. Both offer readings of unforced musicality and sheer rightness. They are wonderfully attuned to each other.


Tracks:

1-4. BACH: Sonata for Violin Solo No.2 in A minor, BWV 1003 [20:28]
Recorded · 29 February 1956 · Frankfurt · Raum 1/D · Hessischer Rundfunk · Radio Studio Recording
Christian Ferras · solo violin

5-8. BACH: Sonata for Violin Solo No.3 in C Major, BWV 1005 [21:53]
Recorded · 03 February 1960 · Frankfurt · Sendesaal · Hessischer Rundfunk · Radio Studio Recording
Christian Ferras · solo violin

9. TARTINI: Violin Sonata in G minor, Op. 10/1 ‘Devil’s trill’ [12:44]
Recorded · 29 February 1956 · Frankfurt · Raum 1/D · Hessischer Rundfunk · Radio Studio Recording
Christian Ferras · violin
Pierre Barbizet · piano

10-12. MOZART: Violin Sonata in A Major, K.526 [18:03]
Recorded · 12 April 1957 · Frankfurt · Raum 1/D · Hessischer Rundfunk · Radio Studio Recording
Christian Ferras · violin
Pierre Barbizet · piano