Crossroads: American Violin Sonatas Aleksey Semenenko & Artem Belogurov

• André Previn (1929 - 2019): Violin Sonata No. 2:
• 1 Previn: Violin Sonata No. 2: I. Joyous 05:49
• 2 Previn: Violin Sonata No. 2: II. Desolate - Fast, Like Shadows - Subito molto meno mosso 07:39
• 3 Previn: Violin Sonata No. 2: III. Brilliant, quasi cadenza - A tempo 05:19
• Tony Schemmer (b. 1946): Oboe Sonata (Version for Violin & Piano):
• 4 Schemmer: Oboe Sonata (Version for Violin & Piano): I. Allegro 07:13
• 5 Schemmer: Oboe Sonata (Version for Violin & Piano): II. Sandor's Ballad 07:09
• 6 Schemmer: Oboe Sonata (Version for Violin & Piano): III. Omaggio a Django 02:35
• 7 Schemmer: Oboe Sonata (Version for Violin & Piano): IV. Finale 10:09
• Paul Gay (b. 1936): Violin Sonata:
• 8 Gay: Violin Sonata: I. Introduction & Toccata 04:39
• 9 Gay: Violin Sonata: II. Sonnet 04:14
• 10 Gay: Violin Sonata: III. Idyll 04:06
• 11 Gay: Violin Sonata: IV. Games & Epilogue 11:10
• Total Runtime 01:10:02

Info for Crossroads: American Violin Sonatas

In this transatlantic recording, three American composers born during the first half of the last century rub shoulders with two young musicians from Eastern Europe. A member of the BBC New Generation Artists scheme, the violinist Aleksey Semenenko first met the pianist Artem Belogurov at the Stolyarsky Special Music School in Odessa at an early age. Even if their individual careers have taken to different parts of the world, the two still perform together whenever possible, and here they present three sonatas.

Of the composers, the best-known is André Previn who composed his Violin Sonata No. 2 in 2011 for Anne-Sophie Mutter. An improvisatory spirit permeates the work which is in three movements with the markings Joyous, Desolate and Brilliant. Tony Schemmer and Paul Gay are both based in the Boston area and share a background in which jazz and classical genres merge. This is reflected in their Sonatas, composed in the 1980s and here recorded for the first time.

Aleksey Semenenko, violin
Artem Belogurov, piano

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