Violin Sonatas & Pieces: Baiba Skride & Lauma Skride

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Grieg’s Second Sonata sounds gorgeously, openly melancholic. — BBC Music Magazine, December 2016, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 9th Sep 2016
Catalogue No: C913161A
Label: Orfeo
Length: 71 minutes

BBC Music Magazine

December 2016

Chamber Choice

Grieg: Violin Sonata No. 2 in G major, Op. 13

Work length20:28

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Baiba Skride, Lauma Skride

I. Lento doloroso - Allegro vivace

Track length9:03

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II. Allegretto tranquillo

Track length6:13

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III. Allegro animato

Track length5:12

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Nielsen: Violin Sonata No. 2, Op. 35 (FS64)

Work length19:31

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Baiba Skride, Lauma Skride

I. Allegro

Track length7:40

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II. Molto adagio

Track length7:18

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III. Allegro piacevole

Track length4:33

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Sibelius: Four Pieces, Op. 78

Work length11:30

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Baiba Skride, Lauma Skride

No. 1, Impromptu

Track length1:55

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No. 2, Romance

Track length3:05

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No. 3, Religioso

Track length4:21

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No. 4, Rigaudon

Track length2:09

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Stenhammar: Sonata in A minor for Violin and Piano, Op. 19

Work length20:17

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Baiba Skride, Lauma Skride

I. Allegro con anima

Track length6:57

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II. Andantino

Track length6:41

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III. Allegro

Track length6:39

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On their new CD the Latvian Skride sisters present yet more composers from their extended Baltic homeland region (allowing that they include Norwegian Edvard Grieg, especially since he composed his Sonata in Copenhagen, then called Christiania). The uniting thread of the works on this CD lies in ‘finding one’s own sound’, something which each of the featured composers first had to find, and an element that the sisters effortlessly achieve as performers. All four composers on this recording share a close link with the violin, and all four had an ambivalent relationship with the German tradition. Grieg’s Sonata introduces folk music influences into the expanded Romantic form in a completely new manner: not just as a quote or ‘tone’, but as an integral compositional element on all levels, from the dramatically erupting, cadenza-like violin solo through to the internal motivic work. In addition to the six string quartets that Wilhelm Stenhammar penned, he left this Violin Sonata in A minor Op. 19 of 1899 to posterity. While still paying tribute to the German tradition, the sonata invokes his own mysterious ‘semi-frankness’ towards the future, which makes considerable demands upon the violin. Jean Sibelius and Carl Nielsen played and composed a great deal of chamber music. While Nielsen’s works for solo violin centre on three mature sonatas with piano accompaniment, Sibelius wrote a large number of short pieces for violin and piano, often combined into groups of works, such as the four brought together here as Op. 78. They represent the greatest conceivable contrast to his seven famous, large-scale symphonies. In the smaller scale form, the often erratic symphonist reveals himself as an utterly different, yet no less able composer. In contrast, the Violin Sonata No 2 Op. 35 of 1912 by the Danish individualist Carl Nielsen offers the most ‘modern’ music. In a manner typical of the composer, Nielsen eschews the foundations of clearly traditional harmony and consciously experiments with shimmering tonality that naturally opens up opportunities for creating his own new tonal landscape. At the same time, the composer proves to be entirely and sensitively in tune with the times with regard to his approach to historical and musical gestures and formal concepts.

Reviews

December 2016

Grieg’s Second Sonata sounds gorgeously, openly melancholic.

October 2016

[Baiba] is a player of rare intelligence and individuality, and so is her sister, who opens proceeding with a magical placing of the chords that introduce Grieg’s Second Sonata. Lauma makes this performance, marrying elfin dexterity with fresh air to which her sister responds with delicacy, a fullness of tone even at low volumes and that sense of innocence so central to the piece

17th January 2017

A most enjoyable recital with an interesting programme and played with both finesse and commitment.

Violin Sonatas & Pieces: Baiba Skride & Lauma Skride

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