IDAGIO | Rêves - Ysaÿe: Violin Concerto in E Minor, Poème Concertant 822252265026

Featuring

Jean-Jacques Kantorow
Philippe Graffin
Marisa Gupta
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Eugène Ysaÿe

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Composer's Artistic Vision

Eugène Ysaÿe aimed to establish a new approach to instrumental technique, believing that new works should encourage technical discovery and novel harmonic combinations.

Composition History

The Poème concertant was originally a concerto that transformed into a 'poem' after Eugène Ysaÿe's affair with violinist Irma Sèthe, for whom he was composing the work.

Cultural Impact

Ysaÿe's Rêve d'enfant, Op. 14, is probably his most popular work; he even named his house, built in 1911, after it.

Composer Biography

Eugène Ysaÿe's Mazurkas de salon, Op. 10, were his first published works, dating from 1884 and dedicated to pianist Simon Weinberg, who accompanied him on a Russian tour.

Recording & Production

The orchestrations for this album aimed for plausibility, reconstructing Ysaÿe's orchestral approach based on his manuscript annotations without adding any new notes.

Historical Context

In 1915, Eugène Ysaÿe fled wartime Belgium in a fishing boat, abandoning many scores but saving his cherished Stradivarius, before making a comeback concert in Liverpool.

Composition History

The Concerto in E minor, composed by Eugène Ysaÿe between 1884 and 1885, is the only one of his early concertante projects to have three completed movements.

Grieg: Violin Sonata No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 45 - Sibelius: Violin Concerto in D Minor, Op. 47 - Svendsen: Romance in G Major, Op. 26 (Arr. for Violin & Piano)