André Previn's 'Two Little Serenades' were written in the late 1960s for the great violinist Itzhak Perlman, whose wife was expecting a baby, and were named 'Noah' and 'Naava' as Previn didn't know the baby's gender.
Compositional Technique
Glenn Gould's Sonata, originally for bassoon and piano, is dodecaphonic and possesses a multi-instrumental quality, making it suitable for a violin and piano combination.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Arvo Pärt believes that if one approaches silence with love, music may result, and that a composer often has to wait a long time for this music.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Arvo Pärt's music is characterized by minimalism, mysticism, simplicity, and space, aiming to comfort the listener and help them find their 'inner light'.
Interpretation
Alicja Smietana, the performer, believes that modern music performance often loses its spirit by obsessively striving to sound like others, advocating for exploring 'other sounds' that might be brutal or ugly but more engaging.
Recording & Production
The Bach Partita on this album was recorded on May 19, 2012, at Llanllawddog Church in Wales.
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Connections
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Zygmunt Stojowski – Complete works for violin and piano
Scharwenka: Violin Sonatas
Esposito: Music for Violin and Piano
Stojowski: Complete Works for Violin and Piano
Schumann, Schubert & Others: Works for Violin & Piano
The Vienna Connection – Violinsonaten
Lost American Violin Sonatas, Vol. 1
Prokofiev: Works for Violin & Piano
Carl Nielsen: Complete Violin Sonatas
Sonatas for Violin and Piano by Stoessel, Strube, and Damrosch
