French Violin Sonatas (7CD)

CD1 60’53

Louise Farrenc 1804-1875

Music for Violin & Piano

Variations concertantes sur une mélodie suisse Op.20 (1835)

1. Introduzione: Andante maestoso 1’09

2. Tema: Andante 0’57

3. Variation I: Più mosso 0’50

4. Variation II 0’52

5. Variation II bis: Espressivo 1’09

6. Variation III: Brillante 0’55

7. Variation IV: Andante sostenuto 2’30

8. Finale: Vivace 2’22

Violin Sonata No.1 Op.37 (1848)

9. I Largo-Allegro 9’21

10. II Poco adagio 5’58

11. III Finale: Allegro vivace 5’34

Violin Sonata No.2 Op.39 (1850)

12. I Allegro grazioso 10’44

13. II Scherzo: Allegro 5’18

14. III Adagio 6’46

15. IV Finale: Allegro 6’17

Daniele Orlando violin · Linda Di Carlo piano

Recording: October 2019, Studio Piano et Forte, Perugia, Italy

CD2 64’29

Camille Saint-Saëns 1835–1921

Violin Sonata No.1 in D minor Op.75

1. I. Allegro agitato 7’27

2. II. Adagio 6’42

3. III. Allegretto moderato 3’57

4. IV. Allegro molto 6’11

5. Berceuse in B flat Op.38 5’35

Violin Sonata No.2 in E flat Op.102

6. I. Poco allegro più tosto moderato 7’13

7. II. Scherzo: Vivace 3’48

8. III. Andante 5’40

9. IV. Allegro grazioso, non presto 4’33

Triptyque Op.136

10. I. Prémice 5’28

11. II. Vision congolaise 4’43

12. III. Joyeuseté 2’51

Mauro Tortorelli violin · Angela Meluso piano

Recording: December 2013, Studio I Musicanti, Rome

CD3 49’52

Gabriel Fauré 1845-1924

Violin Sonata No.1 in A Op.13

1. I. Allegro molto 9’25

2. II. Andante 7’17

3. III. Allegro vivo 4’01

4. IV. Allegro quasi presto 5’17

Violin Sonata No.2 in E minor Op.108

5. I. Allegro non troppo 8’32

6. II. Andante 8’33

7. III. Allegro non troppo 6’07

Krysia Osostowicz violin · Susan Tomes piano

Recording: 25 & 26 August 1987

CD4 56’37

Claude Debussy 1862-1918

Violin Sonata L140 (1917)

1. Allegro vivo 4’32

2. Intermède, fantasque et léger 4’04

3. Finale, très animé 4’11

Maurice Ravel 1875-1937

Violin Sonata No.2 in G M77 (1923-27)

4. Allegretto 8’09

5. Blues. Moderato 5’26

6. Perpetuum mobile, allegro 3’46

César Franck 1822-1890

Violin Sonata in A FWV8 (1886)

7. Allegretto ben moderato 5’35

8. Allegro 7’37

9. Recitativo-Fantasia, ben moderato 6’43

10. Allegretto poco mosso 6’09

Kristóf Baráti violin · Klára Würtz piano

Recording: August 2014, Kodály Centre, Pécs, Hungary

CD5 77’21

Guillaume Lekeu 1870-1894

Sonata for Violin and Piano in G

1. Très modéré 13’00

2. Très lent 10’16

3. Très animé 11’08

Bruno Monteiro violin

Miguel Rocha cello

João Paulo Santos piano

Henry Vieuxtemps 1820-1881

Violin Sonata Op.12 in D for Violin and Piano (1843)

4. Allegro Assai 15’37

5. Scherzo: Allegro vivace-Trio 6’49

6. Largo non troppo 10’52

7. Rondo: Allegro gioioso 9’26

Carmelo Andriani violin

Pierluigi Camicia piano

Recording: June/July 2018, Igreja da Cartuxa, Caxias, Portugal (Lekeu); 23-24 June 2020, Palazzo delle Arti “Beltrani”, Trani (Puglia), Italy (Vieuxtemps)

CD6 74’09

Rhené-Emmanuel Bâton 1879-1940

Violin Sonata No.1 Op.24 (1921)

1. I. Allegro non troppo – Allegro vivo assai 8’22

2. II. Larghetto 7’33

3. III. Allegro vivo 8’05

Violin Sonata No.2 Op.46 (1927)

4. I. Allegro comodo 17’07

Wolferl Trio

Leonardo Micucci violin

Roberto Mansueto cello

Francesco Basanisi piano

Albert Roussel 1869–1937

Sonata No.1 in D minor for Piano and Violin Op.11

5. I. Lent – Très animé – Lent 12’22

6. II. Assez animé – Très lent – Assez animé 10’21

7. III. Très animé – très modéré – Très animé 9’54

Jet Röling piano

Jean-Jacques Kantorow violin

Herre-Jan Stegenga cello

Paul Verheij flute

Hans Roerade oboe

Frank van den Brink clarinet

Herman Jeurissen horn

Jos de Lange bassoon

Recording: 10-15 July 2017, Auditorium Parco della Musica, Studio 1, Rome, Italy (Bâton); April, June & December 1994, Old Catholic Church, Delft, The Netherlands (Roussel)

CD7 78’36

Sonata FP119 for violin and piano

1. Allegro con fuoco 6’17

2. Intermezzo (Très lent et calme) 6’38

3. Presto tragico 5’23

Duccio Ceccanti violin

Matteo Fossi piano

Darius Milhaud 1892-1974

Violin Sonata No.1 Op.3

4. Lent et robuste – Animé 7’36

5. Très lent 8’03

6. Très rythmé, joyeux 6’32

Violin Sonata No.2 Op.40

7. Pastoral 5’53

8. Vif 3’05

9. Très lent 4’50

10. Très vif 3’46

Gran Duo Italiano

Mauro Tortorelli violin and viola

Angela Meluso piano

André Jolivet 1905-1974

Sonate for Violin & Piano (1932) ed. Salabert

11. I. Ramassé 5’09

12. II. Librement (Très lent) 6’32

13. III. Bousculé 8’20

Roberto Costa violin

Filippo Farinelli piano

Recording: February 2016, Budrio (Bologna), Italy (Poulenc); October 2015, Studio I Musicanti, Rome, Italy (Milhaud); 28-29 May 2016, Umbria Music Center, Assisi, Italy (Jolivet)