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Eugène Ysaÿe: 6 Sonatas for Solo Violin, Op. 27 - Oscar Shumsky
Genre: Classical

Track Listings (15) - Disc #1
1. Sonata for violin solo No. 1 in G minor, Op. 27/1: Grave
2. Sonata for violin solo No. 1 in G minor, Op. 27/1: Fugato
3. Sonata for violin solo No. 1 in G minor, Op. 27/1: Allegretto poco scherzoso
4. Sonata for violin solo No. 1 in G minor, Op. 27/1: Finale con brio
5. Sonata for violin solo No. 2 in A minor ('Obsession'), Op. 27/2: Obesession: Prelude
6. Sonata for violin solo No. 2 in A minor ('Obsession'), Op. 27/2: Malinconia
7. Sonata for violin solo No. 2 in A minor ('Obsession'), Op. 27/2: Danse des Ombres: Sarabande
8. Sonata for violin solo No. 2 in A minor ('Obsession'), Op. 27/2: Les Furies
9. Sonata for violin solo No. 3 in D minor ('Ballade'), Op. 27/3
10. Sonata for solo violin No. 4 in E minor (dedicated to F. Kreisler), Op. 27/4: Allemanda
11. Sonata for solo violin No. 4 in E minor (dedicated to F. Kreisler), Op. 27/4: Sarabanda
12. Sonata for solo violin No. 4 in E minor (dedicated to F. Kreisler), Op. 27/4: Finale
13. Sonata for violin solo No. 5 in G major ('Pastorale'), Op. 27/5: L'Aurore
14. Sonata for violin solo No. 5 in G major ('Pastorale'), Op. 27/5: Danse Rustique
15. Sonata for violin solo No. 6, Op. 27/6

CD Details

All Artists: Eugène Ysaÿe
Title: Eugène Ysaÿe: 6 Sonatas for Solo Violin, Op. 27 - Oscar Shumsky
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Nimbus Records
Release Date: 12/2/1992
Genre: Classical
Styles: Chamber Music, Instruments, Strings
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 710357503924

CD Reviews

Superb

F. Rupert | 05/13/2010

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Oscar Shumsky was a master violinist whose career as a touring concert artist never really flourished. Some instrumentalists are inconsistent in live performance, and this seems to have been Shumsky's downfall. So much for the history.

Wanna hear superb violin music, played on a great Stradivari violin by a great violinist? You do? BUY THIS. Shumsky sounds terrific, in a flattering acoustic. The Ysaye sonatas are real finger-twisters; Shumsky is completely on top of their technical demands and makes them into an enjoyable listening experience.

This is one of those too-infrequent recordings where the requirements of the music, the skills of the performer and the skills of the engineers come together to make magic."

A collector item!

Hiram Gomez Pardo | Valencia, Venezuela | 12/28/2009

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Oscar Schumsky was a master of this legendary instrument. The musical world was well aware his virtues as interpreter and pedagogue. But for better or worst, just a few soloists have kept into account the transcendental importance of these sonatas into the literature for violin solo. As far I remember, Ruggiero Ricci was captured and seduced by these pages (as matter of fact the CD has not been released yet, uniquely available on LP format on the label Candide).

But when Schumsky decided to be part of this excel minority of notable violinists, probably he was not aware he was writing with golden letters, a glorious incursion to the immortality with these magisterial performances.

Until this date no other soloist has been able to approach respect this sublime performance.

A desert island issue, inch by inch.

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