Ries: 3 Violin Sonatas (CD)

Ferdinand Ries 1784-1838

3 Violin Sonatas

Grand Sonate in F minor for Violin and Piano Op.19 (1810)

Composed and dedicated to his friends Kirchhoffer and Maurer

1. Largo espressivo – Allegro agitato 10’06
2. Andante 5’30
3. Allegro 6’06

2 Sonatas for Violin and Piano Op.59 (1813)

Composed and dedicated to J.P. Salomon

Sonata No.1 in D

4. Adagio – Allegro moderato 8’41
5. Romance. Andante 4’40
6. Rondo. Allegro 6’29

Sonata No.2 in B-flat

7. Allegro 7’56

8 Mesto – Allegro moderato                                                                                                                                         6’26

ROBERT BACHARA violin (Anonymous Italian, 18th c.)

MAREK TOPOROWSKI fortepiano (Andrzej Włodarczyk (2021) after Krall & Seidler, ca.1830)

Total time: 56’01

Recording: 2021, Andrzej Włodarczyk’s Piano Workshop, Słupno, Poland