Mihaela Martin & Elena Bashkirova - Schubert: Violin & Piano (2021) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. Sonatina No. 1 for Piano and Violin in D Major, Op. 137 posth, D. 384: I. Allegro molto
02. Sonatina No. 1 for Piano and Violin in D Major, Op. Posth. 137 , D. 384: II. Andante
03. Sonatina No. 1 for Piano and Violin in D Major, Op. Posth. 137 , D. 384: III. Allegro vivace
04. Sonatina No. 2 for Piano and Violin in A Minor, Op. 137 posth, D. 385: I. Allegro moderato
05. Sonatina No. 2 for Piano and Violin in A Minor, Op. Posth. 137, D. 385: II. Andante
06. Sonatina No. 2 for Piano and Violin in A Minor, Op. Posth. 137, D. 385: III. Menuetto. Allegro
07. Sonatina No. 2 for Piano and Violin in A Minor, Op. Posth. 137, D. 385: IV. Allegro
08. Sonatina No. 3 for Piano and Violin in G Minor, Op. Posth. 137, D. 408: I. Allegro giusto
09. Sonatina No. 3 for Piano and Violin in G Minor, Op. Posth. 137, D. 408: II. Andante
10. Sonatina No. 3 for Piano and Violin in G Minor, Op. Posth. 137, D. 408: III. Menuetto. Allegro
11. Sonatina No. 3 for Piano and Violin in G Minor, Op. Posth. 137, D. 408: IV. Allegro moderato
12. Rondo brilliant, for Piano and Violin in B Minor, Op. 70, D. 895: I. Andante
13. Rondo brilliant, for Piano and Violin in B Minor, Op. 70, D. 895: II. Allegro più mosso



“Schubert’s music is always associated in my imagination with a journey in a horse-drawn carriage. Outside, the scenery is flowing by. Cities, mountains, rivers, lakes, villages. At times the carriage slows down, then it speeds up again, but I always have that feeling of being on a journey. Not on foot and not on horse, but in a carriage on wheels.” (Elena Bashkirova)

The year 1816 ushered in a series of new beginnings for 19-year old Franz Schubert. He had applied for a music teaching job in Laibach (and soon would probably be overjoyed in secret that he was turned down, thus avoiding the task of school teaching, which he abhorred). He sent Goethe a notebook with songs of his pen, hoping, in vain, that he would be allowed to dedicate them to the “prince of poets”. He dreamt of his future wedding with the soprano Therese Grob. And he composed incessantly. Apart from countless songs, Schubert’s catalogue already included a half-dozen works for the stage, three masses, sixteen string quartets, overtures, piano music, and choir pieces. Now, in the course of just a few weeks, he wrote his 4th Symphony, the “Tragic”. A cantata likewise flowed from his pen. And the Stabat Mater. Fourteen new songs. Furthermore: three sonatas “for fortepiano and violin”, his first chamber music works for violin.

Schubert probably intended these sonatas as music for domestic use: perhaps for Ferdinand, his favorite brother, who, one year thereafter, arranged them for orchestra with Schubert’s approval.

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