SHLOMO MINTZ
EUGÈNE YSAŸE
SIX VIOLIN SONATAS, OP. 27
New Album Release March 2019
« There are many fine recordings of the complete Ysaÿe sonatas for solo violin.
My version is simply an attempt to share a personal interpretation prompted by and reflecting Ysaÿe’s own notion of “for all humanity”.
By and large I have followed the standard editions, but I also looked at the so-called original editions, and this having influenced some of my decisions, I consider my versión to reflect a “best of all” approach. And this I would like to share in the same spirit of “for all humanity”.
Ysaÿe’s free, individual outlook had a religious basis, and this too was part of his personal wish to communicate.
I would like to thank the people who made this recording possible, especially those who put this extraordinary music before their own personal interests».
Shlomo Mintz
SIX VIOLIN SONATAS, OP. 27
Dedicated to different virtuoso violinists and composed as their performing style.
Sonata n° 1 (to Joseph Szigeti)
1 Grave. Lento Assai
2 Fugato. Molto Moderato
3 Allegretto Poco Scherzoso. Amabile
4 Finale Con Brio. Allegro Fermo
Sonata n° 2 (to Jacques Thibaud)
5 Obsession.
6 Malinconia.
7 Danse Des Ombres.
8 Les Furies.
Sonata n° 3 (to George Enescu)
9 Ballade
Sonata n° 4 (to Fritz Kreisler)
10 Allemanda.
11 Sarabande.
12 Finale.
Sonata n° 5 (to Mathieu Crickboom)
13 L’Aurore.
14 Danse Rustique.
Sonata n° 6 (to Manuel Quiroga)
15 Allegro Giusto
EUGÈNE YSAŸE (1858-1931)
