Violinist Rosanne Philippens believes in Ysaÿe's quote, "don't always vibrate, but always be vibrating," using vibrato as a conscious color and embracing a combination of singing and speaking in her playing.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Ysaÿe and Kreisler, both great virtuosos, challenged themselves in their compositions, ensuring every fingering was perfectly suited for the violin.
Composition History
Fritz Kreisler, a violin virtuoso and composer, once claimed to have written his Prelude and Allegro 'in the style of Pugnani,' a Baroque composer he invented.
Composition History
The album's concept is based on violin music by composers who honored and inspired one another, such as Ysaÿe dedicating his Poème élégiaque to Gabriel Fauré.
Performer Biography
Rosanne Philippens, the violinist on this album, began playing the violin at the age of three and graduated summa cum laude from the Royal Conservatory of The Hague in 2009.
Composition History
The idea for this album originated from Eugène Ysaÿe's Poème élégiaque, which requires tuning the lowest violin string a tone lower, giving it a dark character.
Instruments
Rosanne Philippens plays on the 'Barrere' Stradivarius violin from 1727, made available to her by the Elise Mathilde Fonds and Coen van Beuningen.
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