Ysaye: Six Sonatas For Solo Violin

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Still only a teenager, the Czech violinist Daniel Matejča has already won a number of prestigious music competitions. His set of the Sonatas is very clearly focused, brilliant yet never flashy. — Gramophone Magazine, September 2023 More…

Release Date: 21st Apr 2023
Catalogue No: SU43132
Label: Supraphon
Length: 75 minutes

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Ysaÿe: Sonata for solo violin in G minor, Op. 27 No. 1

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I. Grave. Lento assai

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II. Fugato. Molto moderato

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III. Allegretto poco scherzoso. Amabile

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IV. Finale con brio. Allegro fermo

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

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I. Preludium. Obsession. Poco vivace

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II. Malinconia. Poco lento

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III. Danse des ombres. Sarabande. Lento

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IV. Les furies. Allegro furioso

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

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Ysaÿe: Sonata for solo violin in E minor, Op. 27 No. 4

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I. Allemande. Lento maestoso

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II. Sarabande. Quasi lento

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III. Finale. Presto ma non troppo

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

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I. L'Aurore. Lento assai

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II. Danse rustique. Allegro giocoso molto moderato

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

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Vöröšová: Obsession II for Violin solo

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“The artist's first task is to forget himself.” This statement, bold in its time, has been ascribed to Eugène Ysaÿe, referred to as the “King of the Violin”, who as a composer and performer considerably contributed to the modernisation of violin playing. In 1923, he was so deeply impressed by J. S. Bach’s Violin Sonata No. 1 in G minor, BWV 1001, as performed by Joseph Szigeti, that within a few hours (!) he sketched a set of six sonatas as a counterpart to Bach’s Sonatas and Partitas, BWV 1001-1006. Ysaÿe dedicated each of his sonatas to a superb contemporary violinist, tailoring it to his style. Technically reaching the limits of the instrument, the pieces placed enormous requirements on the dedicatees (Szigeti, Thibaud, Enescu, Kreisler, Crickboom, Quiroga), yet they remain challenging for the violinists of today. One hundred years after Ysaÿe created the set of six sonatas, this formidable task has been undertaken by the outstanding young Czech virtuoso Daniel Matejča, the winner of the Eurovision Young Musicians competition (2022), Telemann Violin Competition (Poznan 2020) and Jugend musiziert (Halle 2019). Matejča studied with such distinguished violinists as Boris Belkin and Christian Tetzlaff, and, after collaborating to acclaim with the Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra, has been invited to perform with other renowned orchestras. Supraphon has shifted the 100-year-old concept to the 21st century and commissioned a composition that would reflect Ysaÿe’s sonatas, as well as young violinists’ musicality and virtuosity. Jana Vöröšová’s Obsession II is both answer and challenge.

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September 2023

Still only a teenager, the Czech violinist Daniel Matejča has already won a number of prestigious music competitions. His set of the Sonatas is very clearly focused, brilliant yet never flashy.

Ysaye: Six Sonatas For Solo Violin

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