Henryk Szeryng
The Unreleased Berlin Studio Recordings
- Type CD
- Label The Lost Recordings
- UPC 0196587027421
- Catalog number TLR 2203040
- Release date 29 April 2022
About the album
Henryk Szeryng: "Johann Sebastian Bach’s work is a Bible. Bach is the ultimate goal; this is where everything starts and everything ends. His music brings you closer to your own spirit," What could more eloquently express the violinist’s relationship with Bach, developed from an early age? Szeryng keep up his intimate association of Bach throughout his life. Szeryng’s deft finger work brings out the full brilliance of the Partita’s clarity and joy. His energy, his attacks, his remarkably precise bowing and generous timbre once more bear testimony to the depth and intensity of his lifelong attachment to Bach.
Throughout the innumerable meanderings of this Sonata for Violin and Piano in which Franck breathes new life into the genre, Henryk Szeryng has wrought a miracle. With his natural, dynamic interpretation, the warmth of his emotion-filled timbre, and the ringing clarity of his articulation and intonations, he does perfect justice to a work that is constantly balancing between sensual melodies and formal experimentation.
Henryk Szeryng masters the most demanding technical difficulties while rendering the subtlest effects of Ravel’s writing. His generous timbre and pure phrasing, which have led some to compare him to “pure essence of rose”, are superb in this highlight of the repertoire. Ravel, entranced by the flights of tzigane music, has bequeathed us one of his most captivating works.
Szeryng’s performance makes his intimacy with Beethoven manifest. The energy of his interpretation of the sonata nevertheless captures the finest details of the drama of the works.
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11Partita for solo violin No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004 I. Allemanda
03:14 -
12Partita for solo violin No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004 II. Corrente
02:17 -
13Partita for solo violin No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004 III. Sarabanda
04:23 -
14Partita for solo violin No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004 IV. Giga
03:20 -
15Partita for solo violin No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004 V. Ciaccona
14:35 -
16Sonata for violin and piano in A major, FWV 8 I. Allegretto ben moderato
06:21 -
17Sonata for violin and piano in A major, FWV 8 II. Allegro - Quasi lento - Tempo primo
08:04 -
18Sonata for violin and piano in A major, FWV 8 III. Recitativo - Fantasia
07:20 -
19Sonata for violin and piano in A major, FWV 8 IV. Allegretto poco mosso
06:08 -
110Tzigane
09:24 -
21Sonata for violin and piano No. 5 in F major 'Spring', Op. 24 I. Allegro
07:30 -
22Sonata for violin and piano No. 5 in F major 'Spring', Op. 24 II. Adagio molto espressivo
05:35 -
23Sonata for violin and piano No. 5 in F major 'Spring', Op. 24 III. Scherzo: Allegro molto - Trio
01:08 -
24Sonata for violin and piano No. 5 in F major 'Spring', Op. 24 IV. Rondo: Allegro ma non troppo
06:45 -
25Sonata for violin and piano No. 7 in C minor 'Eroica', Op. 30/2 I. Allegro con brio
07:37 -
26Sonata for violin and piano No. 7 in C minor 'Eroica', Op. 30/2 II. Adagio cantabile
08:58 -
27Sonata for violin and piano No. 7 in C minor 'Eroica', Op. 30/2 III. Scherzo: Allegro
08:58 -
28Sonata for violin and piano No. 7 in C minor 'Eroica', Op. 30/2 IV. Finale: Allegro - Presto
05:06 -
29Partita for solo violin No. 3 in E major, BWV 1006 I. Preludio
04:13