Emmanuele Baldini & Pablo Rossi - Villa-Lobos: Complete Violin Sonatas (2021) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. Sonata fantasia No. 1, Op. 35, W51 "Désespérance"
02. Sonata fantasia No. 2, Op. 29, W83: I. Allegro non troppo
03. Sonata fantasia No. 2, Op. 29, W83: II. Largo - Moderato
04. Sonata fantasia No. 2, Op. 29, W83: III. Rondo. Allegro final
05. Violin Sonata No. 3, W171: I. Adagio non troppo
06. Violin Sonata No. 3, W171: II. Allegro vivace scherzando
07. Violin Sonata No. 3, W171: III. Molto animato e final



Heitor Villa-Lobos’s three Violin Sonatas date from a key period in his career: the moment at which he matured as a composer, established his personal idiom and achieved his first professional triumphs. Each Sonata shares some influence from French late Romanticism or Impressionism, as well as revealing Villa-Lobos’s skill as a string player. The First Violin Sonata’s subtitle of "Désespérance" (‘Despair’) suits its melancholy lyricism, while the "infinite abundance of musical ideas" in the Second Violin Sonata is characterized by a wide range of emotions. The sophisticated Third Violin Sonata is steeped in the influence of Debussy, but also anticipates Villa-Lobos’s new directions in the 1920s.

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