Minna Pensola, Vida Vujić, Simone Sgarbanti - Marx: Chamber Music, Vol. 1 (2026) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. Suite in F Major: I. Präludium
02. Suite in F Major: II. Largo
03. Suite in F Major: III. Menuett
04. Suite in F Major: IV. Finale
05. Pastorale
06. Violin Sonata No. 2 in D Major Frühlingssonate: I. Allegro espressivo
07. Violin Sonata No. 2 in D Major Frühlingssonate in D Major: II. Allegretto. Im Serenadenton
08. Violin Sonata No. 2 in D Major Frühlingssonate: III. Moderato

This first volume of Joseph Marx’s chamber music charts a period of 30 years from the cello works of 1913–14 to the Violin Sonata No. 2, written in 1944, shortly before he ceased all composition. The Pastorale is characteristically subtle with impressionistic devices harnessed to ever-changing variations. The Suite in F major, for which the Pastorale was originally intended, balances a rural idyll with more sombre elements, informed by a noble Classical design. Violin Sonata No. 2, subtitled Frühlingssonate (‘Spring Sonata’), consciously re-uses material from earlier works to form a lyrical dance-like work irradiated by ingenious harmonic twists.