David Grimal - Ysaÿe: Six Sonatas for solo violin, Op. 27 (2021) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. Sonata No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 27 "Joseph Szigeti": I. Grave
02. Sonata No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 27 "Joseph Szigeti": II. Fugato
03. Sonata No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 27 "Joseph Szigeti": III. Allegretto poco schersozo
04. Sonata No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 27 "Joseph Szigeti": IV. Finale con brio
05. Sonata No. 2 in A Minor, Op. 27 "Jacques Thibaud": I. Obsession
06. Sonata No. 2 in A Minor, Op. 27 "Jacques Thibaud": II. Malinconia
07. Sonata No. 2 in A Minor, Op. 27 "Jacques Thibaud": III. Danse des Ombres
08. Sonata No. 2 in A Minor, Op. 27 "Jacques Thibaud": IV. Les Furies
09. Sonata No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 27 "Georges Enesco"
10. Sonata No. 4 in E Minor, Op. 27 "Fritz Kreisler": I. Allemanda
11. Sonata No. 4 in E Minor, Op. 27 "Fritz Kreisler": II. Sarabande
12. Sonata No. 4 in E Minor, Op. 27 "Fritz Kreisler": III. Finale
13. Sonata No. 5 in G Major, Op. 27 "Mathieu Crickboom": I. L'Aurore
14. Sonata No. 5 in G Major, Op. 27 "Mathieu Crickboom": II. Danse rustique
15. Sonata No. 6 in E Major, Op. 27 "Manuel Quiroga"

It is worth noting the total and all too rare fidelity to both the letter and the spirit of the text in these performances. David Grimal displays the full maturity of his playing: he has made his own the very essence of each movement, with its architecture and its specific gestures. His transcendental yet invariably humble technique works wonders.

The widest imaginable palette of colours, accents and dynamics bestows musical truth on this album, recorded in July 2019. And beyond our admiration for the technical mastery, we can clearly perceive the emotion inherent in these pieces. For David Grimal, Eugène Ysaÿe was one of the key figures of the violin at the turn of the nineteenth and twentieth cen- turies, and a source of personal inspiration. He sees in this corpus ‘a document of astonishing creative power that looks back to the past, reflects the present and opens out towards the future.’

Interpretations and explorations with David Grimal, a magis-terial servant of Ysaÿe’s music.

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