Tianwa Yang, ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra & Jun Märkl – Prokofiev: Violin Works (2021) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Tianwa Yang, ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra & Jun Märkl – Prokofiev: Violin Works (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:02:32 minutes | 1,16 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Naxos

Prokofiev first became fascinated by the violin upon hearing the playing of his private teacher, Reinhold Glière. A dozen years later Prokofiev wrote his Violin Concerto No. 1 – a work of contrasting open-hearted lyricism and whimsical playfulness that features a wild central Scherzo with dazzling technical gymnastics. By contrast, the Violin Concerto No. 2 is emotionally reserved and sardonic with an inspired plaintive and long-arching slow movement. Composed to an official Soviet commission for an ensemble piece to be played by talented child violinists in unison, the witty and upbeat Sonata for Solo Violin can also be played by a single performer.

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Tianwa Yang – Eugène Ysaÿe : Sonatas for Solo Violin, Op. 27 (2014) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz]

Tianwa Yang – Eugène Ysaÿe : Sonatas for Solo Violin, Op. 27 (2014)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:13:30 minutes | 728 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Naxos

Eugène Ysaÿe was a towering figure in the history of the violin. He also composed a number of important works, most inspirationally the cycle of Six Sonatas for Solo Violin, which rank among the greatest and most demanding of the twentieth century. Each is dedicated to a fellow violinist and friend, whose style of performance and musical preoccupations they reflect. Echoes of Bach are present, as are dance motifs, and virtuoso figuration, reflecting the eminence of the dedicatees.

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