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Eugene Ysaÿe (Composer)
Born: 16th July 1858, Liege, Belgium
Died: 12th May 1931, Brussels, Belgium
Nationality: Belgian
Eugène-Auguste Ysaÿe was a Belgian violinist, composer and conductor. He was regarded as "The King of the Violin", or, as Nathan Milstein put it, the "tsar".
Read more at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugène_Ysaÿe
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Further Reading: Ysaÿe
Recording of the Week,
Franck and Vierne from Alina Ibragimova and Cédric Tiberghien
1st March 2019
The Russian violinist and French pianist bring a refreshing clarity and delicacy to two sonatas written for the Belgian composer-violinist Eugène Ysaÿe.
Interview,
Alina Ibragimova on Ysaÿe
12th June 2015
The violinist talks about the Belgian composer's sonatas for unaccompanied violin, which she has just recorded on Hyperion.
All Works: Ysaÿe
- Amitie for 2 Violins (4)
- Andante in B minor for 2 violins, 2 violas and cello (1)
- Ballades Nos. 4 & 6 (1)
- Berceuse Op. 20 (5)
- Caprice (2)
- Caprice d'apès l'Etude en forme de Valse de C. Saint-Säens, Op.52 (5)
- Cello Sonata Op. 28 (9)
- Chant d'hivers Op. 15 (5)
- Divertimento Op. 24 (3)
- Etude Poeme, Op. 9: Serenade (1)
- Exil, Op. 25 (2)
- Extase Op. 21 (10)
- Harmonies du Soir (3)
- Légende norvégienne pour violon et piano (2)
- Les neiges d'antan Op. 23 (3)
- Lointain passé, Op.11 (1)
- Mazurka No. 2, Op. 10 (3)
- Mazurka No. 3 in B minor, Op. 11 'Lointain Passé' (3)
- Méditation pour violoncelle et orchestre, Op. 16 (3)
- Obsession (3)
- Paganini-Variations op. posth. (4)
- Petite Fantasie Romantique (1)
- Piano Sonata No. 1 in G minor (1)
- Piano Sonata No. 2 (1)
- Pier Li Houyeu (1)
- Poeme elegiaque in D minor, Op. 12 (25)
- Preludes (10), Op. 35 (1)
- Rêve d'enfant, Op. 14 (26)
- Saltarelle Carnavalesque, Op.Posth (2)
- Sérénade pour violoncelle et orchestre, Op. 22 (2)
- Si vous saviez pour violon et piano (1)
- Six Sonatas for solo violin Op. 27 (38)
- Sonata for solo violin in A minor, Op. 27 No. 2 (35)
- Sonata for solo violin in D minor, Op. 27 No. 3 'Ballade' (77)
- Sonata for solo violin in E major, Op. 27 No. 6 (39)
- Sonata for solo violin in E minor, Op. 27 No. 4 (48)
- Sonata for solo violin in E minor, Op. 27 No. 4 - First movement (1)
- Sonata for solo violin in G major, Op. 27 No. 5 (39)
- Sonata for solo violin in G minor, Op. 27 No. 1 (31)
- Sonata for violin & piano in F minor after Locatelli (1)
- Sonata in A minor for Two Violins, Op. posth. (9)
- Sonata in A minor for Two Violins, Op. posth.: I. Poco lento maestoso - Allegro fermo (1)
- Sonata No. 1 in C for 2 Violins (1)
- Sonate posthume pour violin seul, Op. 27 (1)
- String Quartet London (1)
- String Quintet in B minor for 2 violins, 2 violas and cello - 'à mon frère Théophile' (1)
- String Trio ‘Le Chimay’, Op. posth. (3)
- Trio for two violins and viola (1)
- Trio No. 1 de Concert (in one part) for violin, viola and cello (2)
- Trio No. 2 for violin, viola and cello (1)
- Valse-Caprice (8)
- Variations, Op. 10 (1)
- Violin Concerto (1)
- Violin Concerto in D Minor (1)
- Violin Concerto in E Minor (1)
