I. Con moto; II. Ballada; III. Allegretto;
IV. Adagio
It was relatively late in life that the Moravian
composer Janácek won more than local recognition. He made his early career in
the capital of his native province, Brno, coupling an interest in regional folk music with a
study of speech intonations, echoed in his instrumental as well as vocal
writing.
The Violin Sonata in A flat (G sharp) minor
was first performed in Brno in
1922. Janacek began its writing in 1914 ("I wrote [it] at the
beginning of the War when we were expecting the Russians in Moravia"),
but the work went through two revisions before reaching its final, considerably
altered form in 1921. Prefaced by a short unaccompanied violin improvisation,
the first movement is a monothematic sonata design, with a formal exposition
repeat. Tripartite structures underline the Ballada and Allegretto with
a harmonically richer and slower middle section in the latter movement. The
closing g-sharp minor Adagio is another single-themed structure. Its recapitulation
is striking with agitated keyboard tremolos symbolic, according to the
composer, of "the Russian armies entering Hungary." Yura Lee
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Leoš Janáček
Sonata for Violin and Piano Play
Recorded on 07/10/2007, uploaded on 01/16/2009
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Sonata for Violin and Piano Leoš Janáček
I. Con moto; II. Ballada; III. Allegretto; IV. Adagio
It was relatively late in life that the Moravian composer Janácek won more than local recognition. He made his early career in the capital of his native province, Brno, coupling an interest in regional folk music with a study of speech intonations, echoed in his instrumental as well as vocal writing.
The Violin Sonata in A flat (G sharp) minor was first performed in Brno in 1922. Janacek began its writing in 1914 ("I wrote [it] at the beginning of the War when we were expecting the Russians in Moravia"), but the work went through two revisions before reaching its final, considerably altered form in 1921. Prefaced by a short unaccompanied violin improvisation, the first movement is a monothematic sonata design, with a formal exposition repeat. Tripartite structures underline the Ballada and Allegretto with a harmonically richer and slower middle section in the latter movement. The closing g-sharp minor Adagio is another single-themed structure. Its recapitulation is striking with agitated keyboard tremolos symbolic, according to the composer, of "the Russian armies entering Hungary." Yura Lee
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String Quartet No. 2, "Intimate Letters"
In the Mists
Pohadka (Fairy Tale)
Piano Sonata 1.X.1905, From the Street
Piano Sonata 1.X.1905, From the Street
String Quartet No. 1 "Kreutzer Sonata"
Moravian Folk Dances
On an Overgrown Path I, Our evening
On an Overgrown Path I, A blown-away leaf
Performances by same musician(s)
String Quartet in A Minor, Op. 35
Sonata for Violin and Piano in G Major, K. 301
Viola Sonata Op. 11 No. 4
Sonata in A minor D. 821 (Arpeggione)
Viola Sonata Op. 11 No. 4
String Quintet No. 2 in G Major, Op. 111
String Quintet No. 2 in G Major, Op. 111
Octet for Strings in E-flat Major, Op. 20
String Trio in C Minor, Op. 9, No. 3
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