Young Norwegian violinist Vilde Frang is one of the leading young soloists to emerge from Scandinavia in recent years, noted particularly for her superb musical expression, as well as her well-developed virtuosity and musicality.

Here she brings together a diverse, yet complimentary, selection of sonatas for her second EMI Classics release.

The youthful, spirited Violin Sonata No.1 in F Major, Op.8 by Grieg and Richard Strauss' Violin Sonata in E-flat Major, Op.18 are paired with Bartók’s technically challenging, musically complex Sonata for Solo Violin, BB 124, Sz. 117. Frang frequently performs the latter, which Bartók composed as a homage to Bach, with the Strauss in concert.

Vilde is joined by pianist Michail Lifits for this recording.

Vilde’s debut recording, at the age of 22, of the Sibelius and Prokofiev Violin Concertos received wide-spread critical acclaim. The Financial Times wrote “rarely has this music sounded so tender, so intimate or so lyrical” while Independent Record Review called her “prodigiously gifted”. Vilde has been compared to a young Anne-Sophie Mutter, her mentor, with whom she often performs.