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Ysaye - Six sonatas for solo violin, Op.27

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Label: Simax

Cat No: PSC1293

Barcode: 7033662012930

Format: Hybrid SACD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Instrumental

Release Date: 30th June 2008

Works

Ysaye, Eugene

Sonatas (6) for solo violin, op.27

Artists

Henning Kraggerud (violin)

Works

Ysaye, Eugene

Sonatas (6) for solo violin, op.27

Artists

Henning Kraggerud (violin)

About

There are strong links between J.S. Bach’s sonatas and partitas and Eugéne Ysaÿe’s Op.27, with both direct quotations and more subtle connections and comments alternating throughout the work. Ysaÿe was an outstanding violinist (Fritz Kreisler called him the “best of the best”), but it was only when he heard Joseph Szigeti performing the Bach works, that he decided the solo violin could work for him as a compositional medium. That same year he started writing what has been described as his musical testament, a cycle standing next to that of Bach as the most significant works for solo violin.

Each of Ysaÿe’s solo sonatas is dedicated to a younger outstanding violinist. Not only do they bear the dedications of Joseph Szigeti, Jacques Thibaud, Georges Enescu, Fritz Kreisler, Mathieu Crickboom and Manuel Quiroga, they also contain numerous more or less hidden messages for these interpreters.

Henning Kraggerud was born in 1973 and is one of Scandinavia’s most sought after artists. He performs as a soloist with many of the leading orchestras, both in Europe and in North America, and is increasingly in demand in a play/direct capacity. Henning’s playing is described as fearless, bold and technically brilliant. Through his music he reveals a refreshing, passionate outlook on life and the arts. He has recorded three critically acclaimed CDs for Naxos - Grieg Violin Sonatas (with Helge Kjekshus), a set of Norwegian Pieces for violin and orchestra and the Sibelius and Sinding Violin Concerti with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, which was released in Autumn 2004.

Henning plays here on a 1744 Guarneri del Gesu, an instrument loaned to him for this recording by the “Dextra Musica” fund. The recording itself is part of a series that bears the fund’s name which features talented and internationally acclaimed Norwegian musicians and ensembles performing on some of the very best string instruments in the world.