Violin Sonatas

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WILHELM PIJPER / RUDOLF ESCHER
Violin Sonatas
Philippe Graffin (violin) / Jelger Blanken (piano)

[ Onyx / CD ]

Release Date: Wednesday 21 September 2011

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"Dutch 20th-century violin sonatas might be a niche area, but when an artist of Philippe Graffin's calibre espouses them you tend to sit up and take notice." (The Daily Telegraph)

"the pieces by Pijper, Rudolf Escher, Alexander Voormolen and Ton de Leeuw set one thinking. Memorable are such moments as when the concluding scherzando of Pijper's Sonata No 1 transforms into a haunting adagio. And De Leeuw's tiny, spectral improvisation on a Dutch Christmas carol is itself a pure enigma." (The Sunday Times)

"Dutch 20th-century violin sonatas might be a niche area, but when an artist of Philippe Graffin's calibre espouses them you tend to sit up and take notice. Willem Pijper offers a unique slant on French Impressionism in two sonatas with piano while Rudolf Escher looks back to Ravel and voices personal anguish triggered by the Second World War." (The Daily Telegraph)

Tracks:

Escher:
Sonata for violin and piano

Leeuw:
Sonatina for violin and piano

Pijper:
Sonata No. 1 for violin and piano
Sonata No. 2 for violin and piano
Sonata for solo violin

Voormolen:
Pastorale for oboe and piano (transcribed for violin and piano, 1940)