Busoni: Sonatas for Violin and Piano opp. 29 & 36a

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Despite Busoni’s feelings about them, and despite the fact that more characteristic works remain under-recorded, these sonatas are of more than passing interest. They respond both to gentle handling... — Fanfare, March/April 2021 More…

Release Date: 28th Feb 2020
Catalogue No: 555213-2
Label: CPO
Length: 60 minutes

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Busoni: Violin Sonata No. 1 in E minor, Op. 29

Work length26:26

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Ingolf Turban (violin), Ilja Scheps (piano)

I. Allegro deciso

Track length8:47

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II. Molto sostenuto

Track length8:20

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III. Allegro molto e deciso

Track length9:19

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Busoni: Violin Sonata No. 2 in E minor, Op. 36a

Work length34:28

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Ingolf Turban (violin), Ilja Scheps (piano)

I. Langsam

Track length10:04

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II. Presto

Track length2:44

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IIIa. Andante, piuttosto grave

Track length3:33

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IIIb. Andante con moto

Track length1:49

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IIIc. Poco piu andante

Track length2:19

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IIId. Alla marcia. Vivace

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IIIe. Lo stesso movimento

Track length0:54

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IIIf. Andante

Track length4:19

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IIIg. Tranquillo assai

Track length3:26

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IIIh. Allegro deciso, un poco maestoso

Track length2:26

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IIIi. Piu tranquillo, apoteotico

Track length1:49

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Of Busoni’s two Violin Sonatas, composed in 1889 and 1898, the op.36a second sonata is regarded as an absolutely key work. According to Busoni’s own testimony, it first delineated his unique character as a composer. The entire work is based on a Bach chorale, and it culminates in a magnificent variation movement on the same. However, his enormous public appeal and the admiration for his transcription technique made Busoni skeptical, and he thought that he had strayed onto conventional paths – which was not the case. The op. 29 first sonata is very much more conventional within its limits, very much in keeping with its composer’s life and times. The work today speaks unusually clearly to us, as an homage to Brahms, who supported Busoni, or as a link to the great pianist of those times, Anton Rubinstein, who himself published three violin sonatas.

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March/April 2021

Despite Busoni’s feelings about them, and despite the fact that more characteristic works remain under-recorded, these sonatas are of more than passing interest. They respond both to gentle handling (as they do here) as well as to a rougher touch. Turban and Scheps, while not transcendent and seldom on fire, make a good case for this music. If you don’t know these sonatas, perhaps you should.

June 2020

As with much of Busoni’s output, the music’s technical demands are considerable, yet here the overarching tone is lyrical. Holding it all together is perhaps the greatest challenge, and Ingolf Turban and Ilja Scheps do a fine job, for the most part. They capture the exploratory mood of the opening Langsam, savouring its subtle shifts of mood.

Busoni: Sonatas for Violin and Piano opp. 29 & 36a

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