Eugène Ysaÿe - Six Sonatas for Solo Violin, Op. 27

Ksenia Milas, violin Sonata No. 1 in G minor, dedicated to Joseph Szigeti 1. Grave 0:00 2. Fugato 4:41 3. Allegro poco scherzoso 9:04 4. Finale 13:06 Sonata No. 2 in A minor, dedicated to Jacques Thibaud 1. Obsession; Prelude 15:55 2. Malinconia 18:32 3. Danse des ombres; Sarabande 20:46 4. Les furies 25:09 Sonata No. 3 in D minor, “Ballade“, dedicated to George Enescu 1a. Lento molto sostenuto 28:38 1b. Allegro in tempo giusto e con bravura 30:57 Sonata No. 4 in E minor, dedicated to Fritz Kreisler 1. Allemande 36:15 2. Sarabande 42:05 3. Finale 45:28 Sonata No. 5 in G major, dedicated to Mathieu Crickboom 1. L’aurore 48:53 2. Danse rustique 53:17 Sonata No. 6 in E major, dedicated to Manuel Quiroga 1. Allegro giusto non troppo vivo 58:39 Eugène Ysaÿe’s set of Six Sonatas for solo violin, Op. 27, was written in July 1923. Each sonata was dedicated to one of Ysaÿe’s contemporary violinists. All six sonatas are very difficult. Score in the public domain. Recording by Ksenia Milas published by ANIMA Records and licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Information from Wikipedia, under the 3.0 version of said license, taken from (Ysaÿe)