Ysaye,E. / Ibragimova,Alina Sonatas For Solo Violin Nos.1-6 CD

Ysaye's Sonatas for solo violin were sketched out in a fevered twenty-four hours during the summer of 1923, a response to the question of why - in over two hundred years - no one had attempted to follow the path forged by Johann Sebastian Bach. Each of these six new Sonatas is dedicated to and customized around the playing style of a contemporary violinist, and as such they present formidable challenges. Russian virtuoso Alina Ibragimova, whose earlier recording of the Bach Sonatas & Partitas was revelatory, turns out performances fully worthy of this distinguished ancestry.

1. Grave: Lento Assai 2. Fugato: Molto Moderato 3. Allegretto Poco Scherzoso: Amabile 4. Finale Con Brio: Allegro Fermo 5. Obsession, 'Pr?lude': Poco Vivace 6. Malinconia: Poco Lento 7. Danse Des Ombres, 'Sarabande': Lento 8. Les Furies: Allegro Furioso 9. Sonata No. 3 in D minor, Op. 27, No. 3, 'Ballade' 10. Allemanda: Lento Maestoso 11. Sarabande: Quasi Lento 12. Finale: Presto Ma Non Troppo 13. L'aurore: Lento Assai 14. Danse Rustique: Allegro Giocoso Molto Moderato - Moderato Amabile - Tempo Primo - Poco Piu Mosso 15. Sonata No. 6 in E Major, Op. 27, No. 6