IDAGIO | Schubert: Fantasy in C Major, Op. 159, D. 934 - Strauss: Violin Sonata in E-Flat Major, Op. 18, TrV 151 4260036253108

Featuring

Nina Karmon
Maria Sofianska
Franz Schubert
Richard Strauss

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Composition History

Richard Strauss composed his Violin Sonata, Op. 18, in 1887 as his last piece of chamber music, dedicating it to his cousin Robert Pschorr, who had supported him.

Recording & Production

This album is the fourth joint CD recording by Nina Karmon (violinist) and Maria Sofianska (pianist), documenting over twenty years of their artistic collaboration.

Composer Biography

Richard Strauss met the soprano Pauline de Ahna, who would later become his wife and for whom he wrote many of his lieder, in September 1887, the same year he composed his Violin Sonata.

Critical Reception

Schubert's Fantasia in C major received a perplexing public critique at its private premiere in 1828, with one reporter admitting he didn't know what to say about the piece.

Composition History

The original manuscript of Schubert's Fantasia in C major is missing; only a copy was preserved and published in 1851, 36 years after Schubert's death.

Compositional Technique

For the variations in his Fantasia, Schubert used a shortened version of his lied 'Sei mir gegrüßt' (I greet you), which features the oriental form of the ghazal to express themes of separation and enduring love.