Sonatas for piano and violin Nos. 1 & 2. Ciaconna after. Bach. Gesänge der Frühe
Andreas Staier, piano Erard, Daniel Sepec, violon
1h18
Digital
HMC902048
Apple Music
After his earlier ‘Hommage à Bach’ album played on the same 1837 Érard piano he uses here, Andreas Staier is now joined by Daniel Sepec in a programme of considerably later works by Schumann. But these two violin sonatas and the Gesänge der Frühe of 1853 show no retreat from the composer’s ideal: here too, ‘the poet speaks’ ...
ROBERT SCHUMANN [1810-1856] · Ciaconna for violin and piano (J.S. Bach/Schumann) (Transcription from the Violin Partita no.2 in D minor, BWV 1004) (14'28) Sonata no.1 for violin and piano op.105 in A minor / la mineur / a-moll · I. Mit leidenschaftlichem Ausdruck (7'56) · II. Allegretto (3'27) · III. Lebhaft (5'47) "Gesänge der Frühe" for piano op.133 · I. Im ruhigen Tempo (2'39) · II. Belebt, nicht zu rasch (2'26) · III. Lebhaft (2'22) · IV. Bewegt (3'05) · V. Im Anfange ruhiges, im Verlaufe bewegteres Tempo (2'30) Sonata no.2 for violin and piano op.121 in D minor / ré mineur / d-moll · I. Ziemlich langsam (13'49) · II. Sehr lebhaft (4'08) · III. Leise, einfach (5'57) · IV. Bewegt (9'10)
