Journey Through A Century: Solo Violin Works

 
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Journey Through A Century: Solo Violin Works
Sueye Park (violin)

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Release Date: Friday 2 July 2021

For her third disc, the young Korean violinist Sueye Park has explored the repertoire for solo violin, and chosen works spanning exactly 100 hundred years - from Max Reger's Prelude and Fugue from 1909 to Penderecki's Capriccio, composed in 2008. Framing the 20th century, the programme starts as a relay race of famous violinist-composers; Reger dedicating his piece to Kreisler, who dedicated his Recitativo and Scherzo-Caprice to Ysaÿe, who wrote his Sonata No. 6 for the Spanish virtuoso Manuel Quiroga. In this series of names, that of Richard Strauss may come as a surprise, but his little-known Daphne-Etüde from 1945 is also dedicated to a violinist - his young grandson.

The journey now turns eastwards with two solo sonatas, by Prokofiev and Weinberg, that were both composed in Moscow, albeit 20 years apart. These are followed by Isang Yun's 'Royal Theme'. The Korean-born composer uses the theme from Bach's Musical Offering, but takes it on 'a walk through the Asian tradition' in the course of seven variations. In A Paganini, Alfred Schnittke revisits another colleague from the past - and one closely associated with the violin. Finally bringing us into the 21st century is Penderecki, whose early training as a violinist stood him in good stead when he composed his virtuosic Capriccio.

"This is sensational!...at no point in the programme do you feel that the technical and intellectual demands are in any way compromising her interpretations, which are wholly excellent." Recording of the Month - Gramophone September 2021

Tracks:

Max Reger
Prelude and Fugue in D minor, Op. 117 No. 6 8'13
1 Präludium 5'03
2 Fuge 3'10


Fritz Kreisler
Recitativo and Scherzo-Caprice, Op. 6 5'20
3 Recitativo 3'09
4 Scherzo-Caprice 2'11


Eugène Ysaye (Ysaÿe)
5 Sonata in E major for solo violin, Op. 27 No.6 8'17


Richard Strauss
6 Daphne-Etüde for solo violin, AV 141 1'33


Sergei Prokofiev
Sonata in D major for solo violin, Op. 115 12'50
7 I. Moderato 5'22
8 II. Theme with variations 3'14
9 III. Con brio - Allegro precipitato - Tempo I - Allegro precipitato 4'14


Mieczysław Weinberg
Sonata No. 2 for solo violin, Op. 92 16'26
10 I. Monody. Allegro moderato 1'49
11 II. Rests. Andantino grazioso 1'36
12 III. Intervals. Presto agitato 1'31
13 IV. Replies. Andante non tanto 2'45
14 V. Accompaniment. Allegretto leggiero 2'28
15 VI. Invocation. Lento affetuoso 2'50
16 VII. Syncopes. Vivace marcato 3'27


Isang Yun
17 Königliches Thema 8'18


Alfred Schnittke
18 A Paganini 13'55


Krzysztof Penderecki
19 Capriccio 3'56