Debussy / Israelievitch / Matsumoto French Violin Sonatas CD

Written between 1900 and 1949 these four sonatas for violin and piano represent some of the best music written in France in the first half of the 20th Century. Each work is a masterpiece and together they form a richly varied recital expressing the gamut of human emotion.

1. Sonata for Violin and Piano Op. 36// I. Allegretto Gabriel Piern? 2. Sonata for Violin and Piano Op. 36// II. Allegretto Tranquillo Gabriel Piern? 3. Sonata for Violin and Piano Op. 36// III. Andante Non Troppo - Allegro Un Poco Agitato Gabriel Piern? 4. Sonata for Violin and Piano// I. Allegro Con Fuoco Francis Poulenc 5. Sonata for Violin and Piano// II. Intermezzo: TR?S Lent Et Calme la Guitare Fait Pleurer Les Songes (Federico Garcia Lorca) Francis Poulenc 6. Sonata for Violin and Piano// III. Presto Tragic Francis Poulenc 7. Sonata for Violin and Piano// I. Allegro Vivo Claude Debussy 8. Sonata for Violin and Piano// II. Interm?de: Fantasque Et L?ger Claude Debussy 9. Sonata for Violin and Piano// III. Finale: TR?S Anim? Claude Debussy 10. Sonata for Violin and Piano// I. Allegretto Maurice Ravel 11. Sonata for Violin and Piano// II. Blues: Moderato Maurice Ravel 12. Sonata for Violin and Piano// III. Perpetuum Mobile, Allegro Maurice Ravel