Mouvements Anna Naomi Schultsz & Gérard Wyss

• Maurice Ravel (1875 - 1937):
• 1 Ravel: Tzigane, M. 76 (Version for Violin & Piano) 10:12
• César Franck (1822 - 1890): Violin Sonata in A Major, FWV 8:
• 2 Franck: Violin Sonata in A Major, FWV 8: I. Allegro ben moderato 06:09
• 3 Franck: Violin Sonata in A Major, FWV 8: II. Allegro 07:19
• 4 Franck: Violin Sonata in A Major, FWV 8: III. Recitativo Fantasia. Ben moderato - Molto lento 07:16
• 5 Franck: Violin Sonata in A Major, FWV 8: IV. Allegretto poco mosso 06:08
• Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924): Violin Sonata No. 1 in A Major, Op. 13:
• 6 Fauré: Violin Sonata No. 1 in A Major, Op. 13: I. Allegro molto 09:13
• 7 Fauré: Violin Sonata No. 1 in A Major, Op. 13: II. Andante 07:01
• 8 Fauré: Violin Sonata No. 1 in A Major, Op. 13: III. Scherzo. Allegro vivo 03:47
• 9 Fauré: Violin Sonata No. 1 in A Major, Op. 13: IV. Allegro quasi presto 04:56
• Eugène Ysaÿe (1858 - 1931):
• 10 Ysaÿe: Sonata in D Minor "Ballade", Op. 27 No. 3 08:05
• Total Runtime 01:10:06

Info for Mouvements

The four works that this album brings together are among the most beautiful of the French repertoire for violin. In the last decades of the 19th century, a new kind of music emerged in France that revisited French culture and tradition. For until then, the German classics and romantics had dominated the concert halls of France. Works by French composers were rarely performed. Saint-Saëns recalled in retrospect, "It was not long ago [...] when [...] the name of a French composer, a living one at that, was enough to scare the whole world away." The lost Franco-Prussian War of 1870 was the impetus for a new orientation. Now the "Grande Nation" had to prove itself anew and find a new self-image. People looked back to their own traditions and wanted to revive French music. To this end, several composers founded the "Société nationale de musique". Among the founding members were Camille Saint-Saëns, César Franck and Gabriel Fauré. Under the motto "Ars gallica," this society was to promote and disseminate French music. It was to be music that combined German profundity with French charm and esprit.

Anna Naomi Schultsz, violin
Gérard Wyss, piano

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