BARTÓK Works for Violin and Piano Volume 2
Second disc in Ehnes’s violin-and-piano Bartók survey
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Genre:
Chamber
Label: Chandos
Magazine Review Date: 01/2013
Media Format: CD or Download
Media Runtime: 78
Mastering:
DDD
Catalogue Number: CHAN10752
Tracks:
Composition | Artist Credit |
---|---|
Sonata for Solo Violin |
Béla Bartók, Composer
Andrew Armstrong, Piano James Ehnes, Violin |
Sonata for Violin and Piano |
Béla Bartók, Composer
Andrew Armstrong, Piano James Ehnes, Violin |
Hungarian Folksongs (1947) |
Béla Bartók, Composer
Andrew Armstrong, Piano James Ehnes, Violin |
(6) Romanian Folkdances |
Béla Bartók, Composer
Andrew Armstrong, Piano James Ehnes, Violin |
10 Hungarian Folk Tunes for violin and piano |
Béla Bartók, Composer
Andrew Armstrong, Piano James Ehnes, Violin |
Sonatina |
Béla Bartók, Composer
Andrew Armstrong, Piano James Ehnes, Violin |
Author: DuncanDruce
It’s intriguing to search for hints of the mature Bartók in the 1903 Sonata, an ambitious, large-scale work whose first movement is elaborated in a somewhat Straussian manner, followed by a variation movement and finale that draw on a post-Lisztian Hungarian idiom. Played as here, with intense commitment and real virtuosity, it’s a most enjoyable piece. The middle movement is particularly engaging – a sombre, funereal theme and variations that suggest different styles of gypsy music, with cimbalom-like flourishes. Andrew Armstrong catches the spirit of these to perfection. The three suites of folk pieces are performed in authentic style and with irresistible panache. If anyone doubts Ehnes’s status as a wizard of the violin, they should listen to the way he plays the harmonics on tr 19.
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