Maria Milstein / Mathieu van Bellen
Sonatas for Two Violins
- Type CD
- Label Challenge Classics
- UPC 0608917280722
- Catalog number CC 72807
- Release date 07 February 2020
About the album
The setting of this album - two violins without accompaniment - is no ordinary combination, and the repertoire, though encompassing several style periods from the Baroque to the 21st century, is much smaller than that of a more standard duo such as violin and piano.
When choosing a program for this CD, we were adamant to present works which, rather than using virtuosic violin display as a means to an end, are masterworks in their own right, where the virtuosity of writing is a simple tool used to create breathtaking landscapes and thrilling stories. Three different countries and three different universes, though all three composed within less than half a century - the Sonatas for Two Violins by Serguei Prokofiev, Henryk Górecki and Eugène Ysaÿe show with their incredible variety how exciting a violin duo can be.
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11Sonata for Two Violins Op. 56 Andante cantabile
02:49 -
12Sonata for Two Violins Op. 56 Allegro
02:59 -
13Sonata for Two Violins Op. 56 Commodo (quasi allegretto)
03:59 -
14Sonata for Two Violins Op. 56 Allegro con brio
05:28 -
15Sonata for Two Violins, Op. 10 Allegro molto
08:14 -
16Sonata for Two Violins, Op. 10 Adagio sostenuto
03:53 -
17Sonata for Two Violins, Op. 10 Andante con moto
04:07 -
18Sonata for Two Violins Poco Lento, maestoso - Allegro fermo
11:46 -
19Sonata for Two Violins Allegretto poco lento
08:13 -
110Sonata for Two Violins Finale. Allegro vivo e con fuoco
12:28