Bach, Paganini, Bartók, Scarlatti & Ysaÿe: Violon seul
3/26/2013, 107 Tracks, 7:07:55
Featuring
Tedi Papavrami
Johann Sebastian Bach
Eugène Ysaÿe
Béla Bartók
Niccolò Paganini
Domenico Scarlatti
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Instruments
This album features recordings made with several different violins and bows, including an anonymous Italian violin, a Christian Bayon 2005, and a Giovanni Battista Guadagnini 1782.
Compositional Technique
Bartók's writing for solo violin is so precise that Tedi Papavrami feels the composer knew his exact technical limits, especially regarding tempi.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Tedi Papavrami, the violinist on this album, views the repertoire for unaccompanied violin as the essence of the solitary, symbiotic bond between a violinist and their instrument.
Interpretation
Tedi Papavrami found that studying Bach helped him technically, enabling him to calm his hand and avoid excessive tension, even when working on Paganini.
Compositional Technique
The solo violin writing in works by Bach, Paganini, Bartók, and Ysaÿe is often highly contrapuntal and fugal, which is seemingly contrary to the violin's identity as a melodic instrument.
Interpretation
Tedi Papavrami made his own transcriptions of works by Scarlatti and Bach for solo violin, aiming to enrich the repertoire.
Performer Biography
Tedi Papavrami began confronting the unaccompanied violin repertoire daily from a young age, driven by the sense of freedom it offered.
