Richard Franck - Violin Sonatas
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Label: Audite
Cat No: AUDITE92515
Format: Hybrid SACD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Chamber
Contents
Artists
Bernhard Fograscher (piano)Christoph Schickedanz (violin)
Works
Pieces (3), op.52Violin Sonata no.1
Violin Sonata no.2
Artists
Bernhard Fograscher (piano)Christoph Schickedanz (violin)
About
In the Sonata No. 1 in D major, Op. 14 of 1890, the composer comes to terms for the first time with the then popular sonata form. Wholly typical of his time, Franck reflects the classical form without breaking out of it. The characters of the individual movements range from the powerful and inventive first movement to the waltz-like second and intimate third to the virtuoso final movement, in which the work comes full circle by taking up thematic material from the first movement again. The Sonata No. 2 in C minor, Op. 35 was composed in 1903. Richard Franck shows himself to be fond of development here, enlarging upon the compositional principles already mastered. The result is a highly diversified sonata, sometimes reminiscent of Brahms's way of developing motivic material. The three short Character Pieces, Op. 52 are among the last published woks of Franck. The Elegy has a resigned effect, like a farewell, followed by a humorous Scherzo; the final piece is a Perpetuum Mobile, a playful virtuoso piece in "flight of the bumble-bee" style.
Christoph Schickedanz is a Professor at the Academy of Music and Theatre in Hamburg. A DAAD stipend enabled him to study at Indiana University in Bloomington, USA, where he met Bernhard Fograscher. This meeting was the cornerstone for a fruitful collaboration between the two artists. Bernhard Fograscher has been a prize winner at numerous competitions. He enjoys an active concert and recording career at home and abroad. The Schickedanz-Fograscher Duo has chosen to specialize in unusual repertoire combinations and unjustly neglected composers.
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