Bartok: Works for Violin and Piano, Volume 2 Violin Piano Chandos

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BÉLA BARTÓK

(1881-1945)

Sonata, BB 124 (1944)

25:43

for Solo Violin

Edited by Yehudi Menuhin (1947)

Tempo di ciaccona. Crotchet = c. 50 - Mosso - Tempo I - Mosso - Tempo I

9:06

Fuga. Risoluto, non troppo vivo. Crotchet = c. 116 - Poco allargando - Tempo I

4:18

Melodia. Adagio. Quaver = c. 90 - 92 - Un poco più

7:13

andante - Tempo i - Più lento

Presto. Crotchet = c. 96 - Tranquillo - Tempo I - [ ] - Tempo i

5:05

Sonata, BB 28 (1903)

30:05

in E minor - in e-Moll - en mi mineur

Edited by Denijs Dille and André Gertler

Allegro moderato (molto rubato) - Maestoso - Meno mosso (Moderato) - Più vivo - Meno mosso -

9:39

Andante - Più vivo - Poco maestoso - Quieto - Tempo I

10:52

Vivace - Vivace molto - Presto

9:31

Hungarian Folksongs, BB 109 (1931)

9:14

Transcription for violin and piano by Tivadar Országh and the composer of nine pieces from For Children, BB 53 (1908-10) for solo piano

Book II No. 34. Andante - Un poco più lento -

1:30

Book II No. 36. Allegretto -

0:28

10.

Book I No. 17. Lento, ma non troppo -

1:17

11.

Book II No. 31. Allegro

0:59

12.

Book I No. 16. Lento, poco rubato -

1:35

13.

Book I No. 14. Allegretto -

0:26

14.

Book I No. 19. Allegretto scherzando -

0:34

15.

Book I No. 8. Sostenuto - Allegro - Adagio - Sostenuto - Allegro - Adagio -

1:18

16.

Book I No. 21. Allegro robusto - Sostenuto - Tempo I - Un poco sostenuto - Tempo I - Sostenuto -

0:59

Hungarian Folk Tunes (1926-27)

7:41

Transcription for violin and piano by Joseph Szigeti and the composer of seven pieces from For Children, BB 53 (1908-10) for solo piano

17.

Book II No. 28. Parlando -

1:05

18.

Book I. No. 18. Andante non molto -

0:54

19.

Book II No. 42. Allegro vivace

1:33

20.

Book II No. 33. Andante sostenuto -

1:32

21.

Book I No. 6. Allegro -

0:40

22.

III

Book I No. 13. Andante -

0:54

23.

Book II No. 38. Poco vivace

0:56

Romanian Folk Dances (1925-26)

5:23

Transcription for violin and piano by Zoltán Székely of Romanian Folk Dances, BB 68 (1915) for solo piano

24.

(Joc cu bâta) [Stick Dance].) Allegro moderato

1:13

25.

(Brâul.) Allegro -

0:26

26.

III

(Pe loc) [In One Spot].) Andante

0:58

27.

(Buciumeana [Dance of Bucium].) Molto moderato

1:17

28.

(Poarga româneasca [Romanian Polka].) Allegro -

0:30

29.

(Marunte [Fast Dance].) Allegro - Più allegro

0:55

78:08

Solo: Andrew Armstrong piano

2-4 June 2012

"... The sets of Hungarian and Romanian folk pieces are easier on the ear and played with real flair and feeling for the idiom by Ehnes and Andrew Armstrong. Again, the main item on this disc that makes it, in my opinion, a must-have acquisition is the gorgeous E-Minor Sonata, which Ehnes and Armstrong deliver with expressive romantic fervor."

Jerry Dubins - Fanfare - July/August 2013

**** - Excellent

Massimo Viazzo – Musica magazine – June 2013

“... [the Violin Sonata] is Bartok’s last work for violin. It is severe and not easy listening. It is also hard to play. You wouldn’t know that to listen to Ehnes, though. The work’s difficulties do not exist for him Virtuosity, tone and style are important in these [folk arrangements] ; and Ehnes has all of that in spades. Good sound.”

Joesph Magil – American Record Guide – May/June 2013

"... this is a strongly recommended release in excellent sound."

David Denton - The Strad - April 2013

Repertoire ***** Sound **** Interpretation *****

Isabel Fedridrizzi - Ensemble magazime - April/May 2013

“...It is a marvellous piece [Bartok solo violin sonata], and James Ehnes with his beautifully toned violin does it full justice. He also plays the Sonata for violin and piano, and three collections of Hungarian and Romanian folk songs and dances making a delightful conclusion to the programme. Andrew Armstrong is the fine pianist.”

Peter Spaull – Liverpool Daily Post – February 2013

Chamber Choice

Performance ***** Recording *****

“James Ehnes delivers a magisterial performance”

Erik Levi – BBC Music magazine – March 2013

"... Big toned yet poetic. Ehnes is a persausive interpreter."

Fiona Maddocks - The Observer - 20 January 2013

"... Ehnes gives a stunning account of the Solo Sonata. The impression is that he’s simply following all Bartók’s meticulous direction - bowing, dynamics, modifications of tempo - and adding nothing extra. If this seems boring, the effect is anything but: clarity of articulation, beauty of sound, the ease with which he surmounts the technical challenges, and deep understanding of the work’s structure and character; all these combine to make a performance that’s exciting and enthralling ..."

Duncan Druce - Gramophone magazine - January 2013

“... This second instalment of James Ehnes’s traversal through Bartók’s published works for violin and piano amply continues the high standard of its predecessor as well as featuring two works that can be said to encompass almost the whole of the composer’s accessible published output”

Richard Whitehouse – International Record Review – January 2013

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