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Schumann Violin Sonatas – Alina Ibragimova Cédric Tiberghien – Hyperion

Schumann Violin Sonatas – Alina Ibragimova Cédric Tiberghien – Hyperion

by | Jan 29, 2025 | Classical CD Reviews

SCHUMANN: Violin Sonatas = Violin Sonata Nos 1, 2, & 3 – Alina Ibragimova, violin/ Cédric Tiberghien, piano – Hyperion CDA68354 (1/31/25) (71:49)[Distr. by PIAS]****: Violin Sonata No. 1 in A Minor, Op. 105 Violin Sonata No. 2 in D Minor, Op 121 Violin Sonata No. 3 in A minor, WoO 27 The early 1850s in the town of Düsseldorf, Germany proved especially fertile both for Robert and Clara Schumann, their creativity enhanced by the presence of young composer Johannes Brahms and violinist Joseph Joachim. Add to this venerable mix the assistance of violinist Ferdinand David and concertmaster Wilhelm Joseph von Wasielewski, and the stage had been set for the two violin sonatas by Robert Schumann that evince a grand intensity of expression. Often performing Beethoven’s “Kreutzer Sonata” in A with Clara Schumann at the keyboard, Ferdinand David, the principal inspirator for Mendelssohn’s famous E Minor Concerto, encouraged Robert to compose additional scores for the violin-piano duo, especially since Schumann’s Fantasy-Pieces, Op. 75 revealed his capacity for drea6m-scape sensibility that tests the limits of conventional, classical structures. Recorded at Henry Wood Hall, London, 13-16 December 2023, collaborators Ibragimova and Tiberghien embark on startling and passionate accounts of the Schumann violin […]