He did not want to use existing folk melodies because he felt he could do nothing more than state and re. However, it is in the public domain in canada where imslp is hosted and other countries where the term is lifeplus50 years such as china, japan. George enescu is still considered the greatest of all romanian composers. Adagio and fugue from solo violin sonata in g minor grave and fugue from solo violin sonata in a minor ciaccona from partita in d minor. Enescu chose instead to write it all himself, annotating the score in incredible detail to explain exactly how each violinistic effect is to be achieved. Georges enescu 18811955 was a child prodigy on the violin and also the piano.
Included on the cd are debussys delightfully innovative sonata for violin and piano, and that most romantic of works cesar francks a major sonata. Nowadays, thanks to the availability of several recordings, the situation has changed and the farreaching nature of enescu s achievement in this particular medium can be fully recognised. The complete works for violin and piano of george enescu the romanian musicians remus azoitei and eduard stan interpret the works of enescu with intuitional understanding for his multifaceted music including the famous 3rd sonata op. Until then and even then admirers of the romanian polymathic genius should seek out recordings made for radio bremen in 200506 and only now receiving commercial release. For example 602 m128 means that this performer offers a mp3 file of 128kbps that takes 6 minutes and two seconds. One complete work for solo violin or violin and piano chosen by competitor which. All works shall be performed by memory, except the violin and piano sonatas and the works composed by george enescu.
Refund policy, no drm protection and pricing is per second. While he is widely known for just one famous opus, he was in reality a very imaginative, highly skilled composer of music possessing great depth and subtlety, as well as being one of the great concert violinists of his time. High definition music the worlds greatestsounding music downloads. He entered the vienna conservatory at age seven graduating at age. George enescu s violin playing is the stuff of legend, but he saw himself mainly as a composer. George enescu and dinu lipatti enescu violin sonata no. It was natural that menuhin should be drawn to the bestknown work for violin by his teacher george enescu, the sonata no. It is one of the composers most popular and at the same time most critically respected works. The first performance of the sonata was given in paris by jacques thibaud, violin, with the composer himself at the piano, on 22 february 1900, in a concert that was part of the concerts colonne series hoffman and ra.
For many people he is remembered as one of the greatest violin virtuosos of the 20th century. Enescu absorbed the folk styles of his country in all of their complexity. Enescu george violin sonata no2 george enescu 19 august 1881 4 may 1955, known in france as georges enesco, is a romanian composer, violinist, pianist, conductor, and teacher. Enescu is a 20th century master whose works deserve wider currency, and this cd is an ideal introduction to his chamber music. He found slides, microtones, augmented seconds, insistent repeated notes played on the cimbalom, drone effects, free rhythms, four and five note gapped scales, tone patterns that repeat over and over ostinatos.
Enescu s two sonatas take us into fascinatingly different soundworlds, and sandwiched between them is the enigmatic sonata torso, one of various works which he left unfinished during his career. Adagio and fugue from solo violin sonata in g minor grave and fugue from solo violin sonata in a minor ciaccona from partita in d minor adagio and fugue from solo violin sonata in c major 2. Enescu violin sonata, sheet music, scores viola enescu, george. This is a truly admirable twofer that explores enescu s complete works for violin and piano. An audiophile recording of real music that isnt bombastic, overblown, or highpowered.
This page lists all recordings of violin sonata no. He did not want to use existing folk melodies because. He began studying music and violin at the age of six. Purists may be fazed, however, by fosters latest disc, which presents his own orchestral version of the string octet alongside the untouched third violin sonata. George enescu 18811955 was a gifted musician who was as proficient a composer and pianist as he was a great violinist. He is regarded by many as romanias most important musician. Complete, that is, unless and until some morceaux should turn up. The score, published in 1933, is dedicated to the memory of the violinist franz kneisel. Serge blanc was born in paris on december 31, 1929. Enescu violin sonata download free sheet music and scores. The works on the program span a time from 1895 at which point enescu was all of 14 years old to the highly refined and frequently performed third sonata of 1926 and culminating with the andante malinconico of 1951. George enescu was one of the most prodigiously gifted musicians of the 20 th century.
He won the first prize in violin three years later, and the honor award in chamber music. The score, published in 1933, is dedicated to the memory of the violinist. Pablo casals called george enescu 18811955 the greatest musical phenomenon since mozart. This sonata, performed by isaac stern and alexander zakin, is spellbinding.
The last movement begins not only with a quick alternation of themes between the violin and piano, but a soft and loud alternation, as well, which adds to the feeling of growing intensity. Imslp does not assume any sort of legal responsibility or liability for the consequences of downloading files that are not in the public domain in your country. He not only distinguished himself as a violinist, conductor and composer, but was also an accomplished pianist, able cellist and a famous violin teacher. Strauss, poletaev avoiding the showmanship and outward virtuosity often associated with brilliant composerperformers, george enescu s second violin sonata marked his true emergence as a composer.
George enescu conductor, violin, composer short biography. The three violin sonatas date from 1897, 1899 and 1926. Schubert fantasy for violin and piano in c major d 934 beethoven any sonata for violin and piano 2. Until relatively recently, however, only the third violin sonata, famously championed by yehudi menuhin and ida haendel, was at all widely known. Ravel arrived with his new violin sonata and asked enescu to go through. George enescu 19 august 1881 4 may 1955, known in france as georges enesco, is a romanian composer, violinist, pianist, conductor, and teacher. Dinu lipatti plays mozart sonata in a minor, k310, at his last recital duration. Georges enescu violin columbia recordings opus kura. George enescu museum bucharest aubade for violin, viola and cello 1899. Whilst true, that would be to recognise only one facet of this artist. Beethoven violin sonata op 96 enescu violin sonata op 25.