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EM Records was proud to present, on EMR CD011, the first-ever recording of a violin sonata by Ivor Gurney; and we are equally proud to issue this recording of the same composer’s Sonata for Violin and Piano in D major. Dating from around 1918, it combines formal rigour with harmonic fluidity and strongly characteristic melodic gestures; and it is a work of emotional immediacy, passion and human warmth. It is complemented by one of the twentieth century’s best-known British violin-and-piano sonatas, that of Sir Edward Elgar, here recorded using the Urtext edition lately published by G. Henle Verlag of Munich and prepared by Rupert Marshall-Luck, the violinist on this recording. Three of Elgar’s much-loved salon pieces, also published as Urtext by G. Henle Verlag, complete the disc.
| Edward Elgar
(1857–1934) SONATA FOR VIOLIN AND PIANO, op. 82 |
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| 1. | I. Allegro |
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| 2. | II. Romance — Andante |
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| 3. | III. Allegro, non troppo |
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| 4. | “SALUT D’AMOUR”, op. 12 |
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| 5. | “CHANSON DE NUIT”, op. 15 no. 1 |
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| 6. | “CHANSON DE MATIN”, op. 15 no. 2 |
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| Ivor Gurney (1890–1937) SONATA IN D MAJOR FOR VIOLIN AND PIANO (World Première recording) |
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| 7. | I. Allegro |
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| 8. | II. Scherzo |
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| 9. | III. Lento |
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| 10. | IV. Finale |
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EMR CD028 | INTERNATIONAL
RECORD REVIEW