Hans Enflo, Per Enflo - Romantic Sonatas for Violin and Piano (2026)

Tracklist

01. Sonata for Violin and Piano in A Minor, Op. 2: I. Allegro
02. Sonata for Violin and Piano in A Minor, Op. 2: II. Adagio - Poco più mosso
03. Sonata for Violin and Piano in A Minor, Op. 2: III. Finale: Allegro molto vivace e con brio
04. Sonata alla leggenda for Violin and Piano: I. Allegro moderato
05. Sonata alla leggenda for Violin and Piano: II. Andante - Poco mosso ma tranquillo -.Grave
06. Sonata alla leggenda for Violin and Piano: III. Scherzo
07. Sonata alla leggenda for Violin and Piano: IV. Misterioso
08. Sonata alla leggenda for Violin and Piano: V. Moderato ma energico - Allegro commondo e giocoso - Quasi Andante ma non troppo - Andante
09. Sonata for Violin and Piano in A Minor: I. Allegro
10. Sonata for Violin and Piano in A Minor: II. Menuetto
11. Sonata for Violin and Piano in A Minor: III. Andante
12. Sonata for Violin and Piano in A Minor: IV. Allegro

On this album, brothers Hans Enflo (violin) and Per Enflo (piano) focus on three late-Romantic violin sonatas from their native Sweden. They highlight rarely performed works by Svante Sjöberg, Harald Fryklöf, and Alice Tegnér.

Svante Sjöberg, an organist and influential musical figure in Karlskrona, studied under Max Bruch in Berlin, among others. His violin sonata, published in 1899, combines melodic clarity with fresh inventiveness and is (to the best of our knowledge) being recorded for the first time. Harald Fryklöf’s sonata employs cyclical references between the movements and combines late-Romantic expressiveness with formal coherence. Formally, the sonata consists of three notated movements, but an appended section gives it the character of a four-movement work. Alice Tegnér’s Violin Sonata in A minor from 1901 remained unpublished during her lifetime and was accessible only as a manuscript for a long time. Her work combines the influence of Mendelssohn and Gade with a surprising harmonic twist that nevertheless feels natural.