Ysaÿe: Six Sonatas for solo violin Op. 27

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Chylek is drawn to charm, which she renders with refinement and without distortion…Other performers will make the case that this is great music; Chylek succeeds in proving that it also has surface... — Gramophone Magazine, April 2019 More…

Release Date: 3rd Feb 2017
Catalogue No: OC17021C
Label: OnClassical
Length: 67 minutes

Ysaÿe: Violin Sonata No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 27 No. 1

Work length17:11

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Paolo Ghidoni (violin)
Recorded: 2016

I. Grave: Lento assai

Track length4:24

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II. Fugato: Molto moderato

Track length4:39

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III. Allegretto poco scherzoso: Amabile

Track length4:53

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IV. Finale con brio: Allegro fermo

Track length3:15

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Ysaÿe: Sonata for solo violin in A minor, Op. 27 No. 2

Work length13:05

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Paolo Ghidoni (violin)
Recorded: 2016

I. Prelude, "Obsession": Poco vivace

Track length2:41

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II. Malinconia: Poco Lento

Track length2:23

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III. Sarabande: Lento, "Danse des ombres" (Dance of the shades)

Track length4:41

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IV. Les Furies: Allegro furioso

Track length3:20

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Ysaÿe: Sonata for solo violin in D minor, Op. 27 No. 3 'Ballade'

Work length6:54

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Paolo Ghidoni (violin)
Recorded: 2016

Ysaÿe: Violin Sonata No. 4 in E Minor, Op. 27 No. 4

Work length12:03

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Paolo Ghidoni (violin)
Recorded: 2016

I. Allemanda: Lento maestoso

Track length5:13

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II. Sarabande: Quasi lento

Track length3:22

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III. Finale: Presto ma non troppo

Track length3:28

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Ysaÿe: Sonata for solo violin in G major, Op. 27 No. 5

Work length10:42

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Paolo Ghidoni (violin)
Recorded: 2016

I. L'Aurore: Lento assai

Track length4:41

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II. Danse rustique: Allegro giocoso molto moderato

Track length6:01

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Ysaÿe: Sonata for solo violin in E major, Op. 27 No. 6

Work length7:24

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Paolo Ghidoni (violin)
Recorded: 2016

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"I'd never heard a violinist play so in tune before hearing Ysaÿe," claimed Pablo Casals (who himself was an outstanding cellist and personality of the 1900s). The expression "in tune" should not, however, be relegated to the mere (so to speak) precise intonation of the violinist, because Sarasate, Kreisler, and Enesco (whom Casals knew) were themselves great violinists, whose Sonatas cannot be underestimated. Perhaps Casals was referring to the harmonic union that Ysaÿe, as a performer, was able to create between precision and expressiveness of intonation: the so-called "expressive intonation" that transcends the static tuning of keyboard instruments, and highlights a sense of "modernity" which is particular to the great Belgian violinist? In these Sonatas this particular aspect is made palpable by the use of characteristic intervals (major sixths, minor seconds, etc.). And, if each Sonata may seem a world apart, it is when we play them in one go that we become aware of a long singular journey, representing a fresco and a passionate and panoramic voyage in the early 20th century society?

Paolo Ghidoni exhibits a solid preparation, an excellent control and a rare poetic sense, whilst managing to emphasize the contrapuntal streak and romantic mood of the Sonatas?Ghidoni plays a copy of a "Pietro Guarnieri" (Mantua 1704), built by luthiers Gian Luca Zanetti and Alessandro Gambarin, who for years have been specializing in the making of instruments according to classical method of the historical Mantovana luthiers? The registration is done in real stereo, 176.4 kHz * 24 bits, inside the historic Pieve of Bassano del Grappa, without any post-production!

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April 2019

Chylek is drawn to charm, which she renders with refinement and without distortion…Other performers will make the case that this is great music; Chylek succeeds in proving that it also has surface appeal in abundance.

Ysaÿe: Six Sonatas for solo violin Op. 27

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