Delius: Violin Sonatas (complete)

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FREDERICK DELIUS
Delius: Violin Sonatas (complete)
Gusztav Fenyo (violin) / Susanne Stanzeleit (piano)

[ Naxos / CD ]

Release Date: Tuesday 7 July 2009

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"..the subtlety of their rubato and the sheer responsive plasticity of Stanzeleit's phrasing of the long melodic lines, which can so often seem to meander but here are a moment-to-moment index of feeling, are exemplary."
(BBC Music)

"In Susanne Stanzeleit and Gusztáv Fenyö they have certainly found worthy interpreters: the subtlety of their rubato and the sheer responsive plasticity of Stanzeleit's phrasing of the long melodic lines, which can so often seem to meander but here are a moment-to-moment index of feeling, are exemplary."
(BBC Music)

Beneath the shimmering surface of Delius's little-known violin sonatas are the latent exuberance and nostalgic rapture which have made his orchestral music so popular. Across the decades separating the B major Violin Sonata of 1892 from the Third Violin Sonata of 1930, Delius developed a unique musical language which leavened the post-Romantic heritage of Wagner with French Impressionism and European and Afro-American folk idioms; an intoxicating mix that moved Sir Thomas Beecham to call him 'the last great apostle in our time of beauty and romance in music'.

Tracks:

Violin Sonata in B major, Op. posth.
1. I. Allegro con brio 00:08:26
2. II. Andante molto tranquillo 00:09:35
3. III. Allegro con moto 00:08:20

Violin Sonata No. 1
4. I. With easy movement but not quick - II. Slow 00:12:38
5. III. With vigour and animation 00:08:34

6. Violin Sonata No. 2 00:11:38

Violin Sonata No. 3
7. I. Slow 00:06:12
8. II. Andante scherzando - Meno mosso - Tempo I 00:04:20
9. III. Lento - Con moto 00:07:30

Total Playing Time: 01:17:13