Carolin Widmann, Dénes Várjon - Schumann: The Violin Sonatas (2008) CD-Rip
Artist: Carolin Widmann, Dénes Várjon
Title: Schumann: The Violin Sonatas
Year Of Release: 2008
Label: ECM New Series
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (image+.cue,log,scans) / FLAC (tracks) / MP3 320 Kbps
Total Time: 01:11:39
Total Size: 352 / 362 / 185 Mb
WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist: Title: Schumann: The Violin Sonatas
Year Of Release: 2008
Label: ECM New Series
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (image+.cue,log,scans) / FLAC (tracks) / MP3 320 Kbps
Total Time: 01:11:39
Total Size: 352 / 362 / 185 Mb
WebSite: Album Preview
01. Schumann: Sonata no.1 for Violin and Piano in A minor, Op.105 - 1. Mit leidenschaftlichem Ausdruck
02. Schumann: Sonata no.1 for Violin and Piano in A minor, Op.105 - 2. Allegretto
03. Schumann: Sonata no.1 for Violin and Piano in A minor, Op.105 - 3. Lebhaft
04. Schumann: Sonata for Violin and Pianoforte in A Minor, WoO 2 - I. Ziemlich langsam - (Lebhaft)
05. Schumann: Sonata for Violin and Pianoforte in A Minor, WoO 2 - III. Lebhaft
06. Schumann: Sonata for Violin and Pianoforte in A Minor, WoO 2 - II. Intermezzo. Bewegt, doch nicht zu schnell
07. Schumann: Sonata for Violin and Pianoforte in A Minor, WoO 2 - IV. Finale. Markiertes, ziemlich lebhaftes Tempo
08. Schumann: Sonata no.2 for Violin and Piano in D minor, op.121 - 1. Ziemlich langsam - Lebhaft
09. Schumann: Sonata no.2 for Violin and Piano in D minor, op.121 - 2. Sehr lebhaft
10. Schumann: Sonata no.2 for Violin and Piano in D minor, op.121 - 3. Leise, einfach
11. Schumann: Sonata no.2 for Violin and Piano in D minor, op.121 - 4. Bewegt
Performers:
Carolin Widmann, violin
Dénes Várjon, piano
If you thought violinist Gidon Kremer and pianist Martha Argerich's 1986 DG recording of Schumann's two published violin sonatas was the last word in overwhelming passion in the German Romantic composer's late chamber music, try this 2008 ECM disc of the two published sonatas plus the unpublished sonata by violinist Carolin Widmann and pianist Dénes Várjon. The old virtuoso's advice to let the fur fly was certainly heeded by Widmann; there are passages here where she seems close to breaking the strings of her fiddle with the full unfettered force of her bow. And yet her near-violence never seems overdone or uncalled for. The sonatas were written when Schumann's mind was inching closer to the complete collapse that later killed him, and Widmann's ardent attack is biographically and interpretively entirely appropriate. Aided and abetted by Várjon, Widmann's performances suit the works' character, and as captured in ECM's vivid digital sound, they deserve to be heard by any devotee of Schumann's late chamber music.
