Description
Title: Violin Sonatas Nos. 1-4
Artist: Tianwa Yang
Label: Naxos
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 636943993729
Genre: Classical
Release Date: 2023-06-09
Number of Discs: 1
?New Jersey-born George Antheil travelled to Europe in 1922 determined to become ”noted and notorious”. The first three violin sonatas come from this period, with the eclectic Violin Sonata No. 1 displaying the fiercely barbaric influence of Stravinsky, the more jazzy No. 2 developing experiments in ”musical cubism” and the Violin Sonata No. 3 achieving a synthesis of Stravinskyian rhythms and Antheil”s more song-like tendencies. The later No. 4 is built on Classical and Baroque models.
Tracks:
1.1 Violin Sonata No. 1~I. Allegro moderato
1.2 Violin Sonata No. 1~II. Andante moderato
1.3 Violin Sonata No. 1~III. Funebre, lento espressivo
1.4 Violin Sonata No. 1~IV. Presto
1.5 Violin Sonata No. 2
1.6 Violin Sonata No. 3
1.7 Violin Sonata No. 4~I. Scherzo
1.8 Violin Sonata No. 4~II. Passacaglia Variations
1.9 Violin Sonata No. 4~III. Toccata-Rondo
