Lekeu's Violin Sonata features cyclic repetitions of material and rhythms, with phrases often having their longest note in the middle and ending with a triplet.
Recording & Production
This album was recorded using 24-bit / 96 kHz technology, which offers a dynamic range up to 48 dB greater and 256 times the resolution of standard 16-bit recordings.
Composer Biography
Guillaume Lekeu, a Belgian composer, died at the age of 24 from typhoid after drinking contaminated water.
Composition History
Gabriel Fauré's Violin Sonata No. 1, considered his first masterpiece, was completed in 1876 and premiered in Paris in January 1877.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Lekeu confessed to disliking music that was merely pretty and not deeply felt, believing that art was entirely a matter of feeling.
Performer Biography
Tasmin Little, the violinist on this recording, plays a violin made by Guadagnini in 1757.
Critical Reception
Fauré's Violin Sonata No. 1 was initially rejected by French publishers as too modern, similar to how Bizet's Carmen was received by the Parisian public in 1875.
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