Yossif Ivanov is a young Belgian violinist (19 at the time of this recording) who already is making mature decisions about his work. In the notes of his first recording, simply called Sonatas, he says that he wanted to center the disc on Eugčne Ysa˙e, the great Belgian violinist and composer. So he started with César Franck's Sonata in A major, written for Ysa˙e, chose a couple of Ysa˙e's own solo sonatas, then was going to end with Ernest Chausson's Počme, also dedicated to Ysa˙e. However, he changed his mind and instead ...
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Yossif Ivanov is a young Belgian violinist (19 at the time of this recording) who already is making mature decisions about his work. In the notes of his first recording, simply called Sonatas, he says that he wanted to center the disc on Eugčne Ysa˙e, the great Belgian violinist and composer. So he started with César Franck's Sonata in A major, written for Ysa˙e, chose a couple of Ysa˙e's own solo sonatas, then was going to end with Ernest Chausson's Počme, also dedicated to Ysa˙e. However, he changed his mind and instead chose to record a sonata for violin and piano written by fellow Belgian Rafaël d'Haene. D'Haene wrote the sonata for Ivanov, and it fits well with the other sonatas. Its tonal and harmonic language is like that of the Ysa˙e, as are its contrasts of textures, and the way the continuous movements are thematically linked is like Franck's sonata. It also gives the violin many solo lines that seem like the Recitative of the Franck and the stream-of-thought-like Ysa˙e, such as at the very...
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