Rêves - Ysaÿe: Violin Concerto in E minor & Poème concertant - Avie: AV2650 - CD or download

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Both works are dark and virtuosic, and Graff in rises to the challenge, his fragile yet def iant instrument soaring above brooding orchestral forces. — BBC Music Magazine, March 2024, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 16th Feb 2024
Catalogue No: AV2650
Label: Avie
Length: 71 minutes

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Ysaÿe: Poème Concertant

Work length22:58

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orch. Erika Vega
Philippe Graffin (violin)
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Jean-Jacques Kantorow

Ysaÿe: Violin Concerto in E Minor

Work length35:33

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Philippe Graffin (violin)
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Jean-Jacques Kantorow

I. Allegro appassionato non troppo vivo

Track length15:21

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II. Andante

Track length7:49

$1.50

$2.10

$2.60

III. Allegro in modo di pomposo ma furioso

Track length12:23

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$2.80

$3.50

Ysaÿe: Deux Mazurkas de Salon, Op. 10

Work length8:44

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$2.80

$3.50

Philippe Graffin (violin), Marisa Gupta
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Jean-Jacques Kantorow

No. 1, (Dans le lontain)

Track length4:25

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$1.40

$1.75

No. 2, Mazurka

Track length4:19

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$1.40

$1.75

Ysaÿe: Rêve d'enfant, Op. 14

Work length4:12

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$1.40

$1.75

Philippe Graffin (violin), Marisa Gupta
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Jean-Jacques Kantorow

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Rêves, the new album by acclaimed French violinist Philippe Graffin, features two world-premiere recordings of freshly discovered concertos by Belgian virtuoso violinist and composer Eugène Ysaÿe - the complete Violin Concerto in E minor and Poème concertant. Rounding out this beautiful album are gems for violin and piano: 2 Mazurkas de salon, op.10, and Rêve d'enfant.

The world-premiere recording of the complete Violin Concerto in E minor by Belgian virtuoso violinist and composer Eugène Ysaÿe has arrived! Following the recent discovery of a first movement, further manuscripts which complete the work have come to light - one a full orchestration, others for violin and piano - which were found on opposite sides of the Atlantic. Philippe Graffin's close collaboration with Ysaÿe aficionado Xavier Falques led to a page-by-page analysis and painstaking reconstruction of the musical puzzle pieces, resulting in this recording of the full, three-movement concerto which displays Ysaÿe's trademark ardour, intensity and originality.

For reasons unknown, Ysaÿe abandoned his Violin Concerto in E minor in 1885, but some years later embarked on another, Poème concertant, which was also recently discovered in manuscript form and is imbued with passion and the love Ysaÿe felt for his pupil Irma Sèthe. Their love was mutual but their relationship could not endure, possibly sealing the fate of Poeme concertant which lay undiscovered for over a century but is now brought back to life with this worldpremiere recording.

Philippe rounds out the recording with three Ysaÿe gems for violin and piano: 2 Mazurkas de salon, op.10, works the violinist/composer frequently performed and gained popularity throughout Europe and Russia in his lifetime; and Rêve d'enfant ("A child's dream"), which he dedicated to his youngest son Antoine.

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March 2024

Both works are dark and virtuosic, and Graff in rises to the challenge, his fragile yet def iant instrument soaring above brooding orchestral forces.

April 2024

These are not what you’d call lived-in interpretations, but in the circumstances one could hardly expect that, and anyone excited by the prospect of two major unfamiliar works by Ysaÿe will find these performances much more than merely serviceable.

18th February 2024

The discovery of long-languishing manuscripts enabled Philippe Graffin and his collaborators to reconstruct both pieces — a true labour of love by a musician long associated with the Belgian’s music.

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