Bartók: Works for Violin and Piano, Vol. 2 James Ehnes & Andrew Armstrong

• Béla Bartók (1881 - 1945): Sonata for Solo Violin, BB 124, Sz. 117:
• 1 Bartók: Sonata for Solo Violin, BB 124, Sz. 117: I. Tempo di ciaccona 09:05
• 2 Bartók: Sonata for Solo Violin, BB 124, Sz. 117: II. Fuga. Risoluto, non troppo vivo 04:19
• 3 Bartók: Sonata for Solo Violin, BB 124, Sz. 117: III. Melodia. Adagio 07:14
• 4 Bartók: Sonata for Solo Violin, BB 124, Sz. 117: IV. Presto 05:06
• Violin Sonata in E Minor, BB 28:
• 5 Bartók: Violin Sonata in E Minor, BB 28: I. Allegro moderato (molto rubato) 09:39
• 6 Bartók: Violin Sonata in E Minor, BB 28: II. Andante 10:53
• 7 Bartók: Violin Sonata in E Minor, BB 28: III. Vivace 09:32
• Magyar népdalok, BB 109, Sz. 29:
• 8 Bartók: Magyar népdalok, BB 109, Sz. 29: Book II No. 34, Andante 01:31
• 9 Bartók: Magyar népdalok, BB 109, Sz. 29: Book II No. 36, Allegretto 00:29
• 10 Bartók: Magyar népdalok, BB 109, Sz. 29: Book I No. 17, Lento, ma non troppo 01:18
• 11 Bartók: Magyar népdalok, BB 109, Sz. 29: Book II No. 31, Allegro 01:00
• 12 Bartók: Magyar népdalok, BB 109, Sz. 29: Book I No. 16, Lento, poco rubato 01:36
• 13 Bartók: Magyar népdalok, BB 109, Sz. 29: Book I No. 14, Allegretto 00:27
• 14 Bartók: Magyar népdalok, BB 109, Sz. 29: Book I No. 19, Allegretto scherzando 00:35
• 15 Bartók: Magyar népdalok, BB 109, Sz. 29: Book I No. 8, Sostenuto 01:19
• 16 Bartók: Magyar népdalok, BB 109, Sz. 29: Book I No. 21, Allegro robusto 00:59
• For Children, BB 53, Sz.42:
• 17 Bartók: For Children, BB 53, Sz.42: Book II No. 28, Parlando (Arr. for Violin and Piano by Joseph Szigeti) 01:06
• 18 Bartók: For Children, BB 53, Sz.42: Book I No. 18, Andante non molto (Arr. for Violin and Piano by Joseph Szigeti) 00:56
• 19 Bartók: For Children, BB 53, Sz.42: Book II No. 42, Allegro vivace (Arr. for Violin and Piano by Joseph Szigeti) 01:35
• 20 Bartók: For Children, BB 53, Sz.42: Book II No. 33, Andante sostenuto (Arr. for Violin and Piano by Joseph Szigeti) 01:32
• 21 Bartók: For Children, BB 53, Sz.42: Book I No. 6, Allegro (Arr. for Violin and Piano by Joseph Szigeti) 00:42
• 22 Bartók: For Children, BB 53, Sz.42: Book I No. 13, Andante (Arr. for Violin and Piano by Joseph Szigeti) 00:54
• 23 Bartók: For Children, BB 53, Sz.42: Book II No. 38, Poco vivace 00:57
• Román népi táncok, BB 68, Sz. 56:
• 24 Bartók: Román népi táncok, BB 68, Sz. 56: I. Joc cu bâta 01:14
• 25 Bartók: Román népi táncok, BB 68, Sz. 56: II. Brâul 00:27
• 26 Bartók: Román népi táncok, BB 68, Sz. 56: III. Pe loc 00:59
• 27 Bartók: Román népi táncok, BB 68, Sz. 56: IV. Buciumeana 01:18
• 28 Bartók: Román népi táncok, BB 68, Sz. 56: V. Poarga româneasca 00:30
• 29 Bartók: Román népi táncok, BB 68, Sz. 56: VI. Marunte 00:55
• Total Runtime 01:18:07

Info zu Bartók: Works for Violin and Piano, Vol. 2

James Ehnes has previously explored Béla Bartók’s concertos for violin and for viola, to great acclaim. This disc is the second in his equally successful survey of Bartók’s chamber music for the violin. His accompanist, once more, is Andrew Armstrong, a pianist praised by critics for his passionate expression and dazzling technique.

The folk-inspired Sonata for Solo Violin was the last work that Bartók wrote for the instrument, not to mention the most challenging. In a departure from his usual practice, this work was written not for a fellow Hungarian, but rather for an artist born in New York where Bartók was now living: Yehudi Menuhin. Suitably impressed by a recital performance by Menuhin of his first Violin Sonata as well as Bach’s Sonata in C, he had no hesitation in accepting the violinist’s commission for a sonata that, like Bach’s, would be unaccompanied.

Almost half a century earlier, Bartók had written his Sonata for Violin and Piano in E minor. It was included in a concert given by graduating students of the Liszt Academy in June 1903, when a critic, most likely not realising just how right he would prove, hailed Bartók as ‘a phenomenal young genius, whose name today is known only to a few, but who is destined to play a great and brilliant role in the history of Hungarian music’.

Additionally on this disc we have three groups of Bartók’s Romanian and Hungarian folk dances, folksongs, and folk tunes, arranged for violin variously by Zoltán Székely, Tivadar Országh, and Joseph Szigeti, often with direct involvement by the composer himself who helped fine-tune the new arrangements. James Ehnes also highlights the Romanian influences in Bartók’s Sonatina for piano, transcribed for violin by André Gertler, a student of Bartók’s.

"Needless to say, the score [of the Solo Sonata] holds no terrors for Ehnes who delivers a magisterial performance...Ehnes and his excellent pianist, Andrew Armstrong, make the best possible case for reappraising the early Violin Sonata of 1903, dismissed by the composer as a mere apprentice work." (BBC Music Magazine)

"Ehnes gives a stunning account of the Solo Sonata. The impression is that he's simply following all Bartok's meticulous direction...and adding nothing extra. If this seems boring, the effect is anything but: clarity of articulation, beauty of sound, the ease with which he surmounts the technical challenges, and deep understanding of the work's structure and character; all these combine to make a performance that's exciting and enthralling." (Gramophone Magazine)

James Ehnes, violin
Andrew Armstrong, piano

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