Grieg: The Violin Sonatas
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EDWARD GRIEG
Grieg: The Violin Sonatas
Hagai Shaham (violin) Arnon Erez (piano)
[ Hyperion / CD ]
Release Date: Friday 14 July 2006
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"The two players bring to the music a spontaneous flow and a detailed yet carefree observation of Grieg's performance instructions"
(MusicWeb Sept 2006)
In 1900 the fifty-six-year-old Edvard Grieg cast an eye back over his music and confessed that he thought his three violin sonatas were among his best works, each of them representing a stage in his development, 'the first naïve, rich in ideas, the second national and the third with a wider horizon'.
On this disc violinist Hagai Shaham displays his thrilling virtuosity and lustrous tone in his performances of Greig's favourite sonatas, through the lyrical, spring-like freshness of Sonata No 1 and the playful rustic folk-inspired charm of Sonata No 2 to the brooding and dramatic Sonata No 3.
Also on this disc are six of Grieg's piano miniatures, arranged for violin and piano by the Lithuanian-born violinist, Joseph Achron.
Tracks:
Violin Sonata No 1 in F major Op 8
Violin Sonata No 2 in G major Op 13
Violin Sonata No 3 in C minor Op 45
solo piano minatures arranged for violin and piano:
At Home Op 43 No 3
Puck Op 71 No 3
Lonely Wanderer Op 43 No 2
Scherzo-Impromptu Op 73 No 2
Grandmother's Minuet Op 68 No 2
Dance from Jölster Op 17 No 5
