Haik Kazazyan / Philip Kopachevsky -Violinsonaten -Delos CD Grooves.land/Playthek

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Sonate für Klavier und Violine Nr. 1 F-Dur op. 8

01. "1. Allegro con brio: Andante"

02. "2. Allegretto quasi andantino"

03. "3. Allegro molto vivace"
Sonate für Violine und Klavier Nr. 2 G-Dur op. 13

04. "1. Lento doloroso: Allegro vivace"

05. "2. Allegretto tranquillo"

06. "3. Allegro animato"
Sonate für Violine und Klavier Nr. 3 c-moll op. 45

07. "1. Allegro molto ed appassionato"

08. "2. Allegretto espressivo alla romanza"

09. "3. Allegro animato"

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Haik Kazazyan/ Philipp Kopachevsky

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Edvard Grieg himself established a classification of his three sonatas for violin and piano: the First is naive and prolix, the Second nationalistic and the Third opens up new horizons. Born in Bergen in 1843, Grieg was sent at the age of 15 to Leipzig to undergo elite musical training, like many Scandinavian musicians at this time. Contact with his Norwegian compatriots rapidly gave him the virus of folklore and it would be found throughout the whole of his output. Allergic to the great traditional forms of music, Grieg was more at ease in composing small forms. However, as a unique group in his output, he held these three sonatas in special esteem until old age, often taking the piano part himself. The First Sonata dates from 1865 and was written in Denmark; full of inspired freshness, it is characterised by melodic purity and is ever in song. The Second, composed two years later, corresponds to Grieg’s return to Norway and his marriage; the composer expresses here a honeymoon: there is love and of course dance (‘springdans’), the central figure of Grieg’s music. Another 20 years would pass before the Third Sonata was born after a difficult gestation; no doubt the most often played albeit the most demanding, the folklore is secondary to a more adventurous expressive research, to more elaborate harmonies and some uncommon displays of power. The Latvian violinist Vineta Sareika – first violin of the Artemis Quartet – and the French pianist Amandine Savary have been partners on the most prestigious concert platforms, both of them at the time founding members of the Trio Dali. From this friendship was born the desire to continue to make music together. Their respective capacities for listening, their musical complicity shine forth in this performance of a monument of chamber music. - HAIK KAZAZYAN/PHILIPP KOPACHEVSKY

recorded December 2014

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DE3523

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