Hindemith: Violin Sonatas

Online purchase or streaming (Spotify, iTunes, Amazon Music, Deezer, Google Play): https://brilliant-classics.lnk.to/Hin... Available for licensing: https://www.brilliantclassicslicensin... More Information: https://www.brilliantclassics.com/art... Social media: Brilliant Classics Facebook: https://brilliant-classics.lnk.to/Fac... Brilliant Classics Instagram: https://brilliant-classics.lnk.to/Ins... Spotify Playlists: Brilliant Classics Spotify: https://brilliant-classics.lnk.to/Spo... New Classical Releases: https://brilliant-classics.lnk.to/New... The Best of Liszt: https://brilliant-classics.lnk.to/Pla... The Best of Bach: https://brilliant-classics.lnk.to/Bes... Most Popular Piano Music: https://brilliant-classics.lnk.to/Mos... Beautiful Classical Music: https://brilliant-classics.lnk.to/Bea... Classical Music For Dinnertime: https://brilliant-classics.lnk.to/Cla... Composer: Paul Hindemith Artists: Eliot Lawson (violin), Jill Lawson (piano) How many works by Hindemith can you name? This is the question underpinning the opening note written by the artists on this release, as it would appear that this composer – undoubtedly one of the 20th century’s most famous – in fact wrote ‘the least famous music of the 20th century’. Jill and Eliot Lawson have therefore taken it upon themselves to try and go a little way towards changing this premise; through presenting the complete sonatas for violin and piano of Paul Hindemith, they hope to reveal the ‘magic’ of one of music history’s most original voices. The first half of the release is dedicated to the sonatas Op.11, works that were devised as early as 1917 – by which time Hindemith, first and foremost a violinist, was already a master of his instrument. While No.1 is largely atonal and bears the influences of Debussy (one of the composer’s greatest idols at the time), No.2 has vaster proportions and more obviously refers to the late German Romanticism of Reger, Strauss and Korngold. Fast-forward 15 years and we come to the final two sonatas – works that reveal a unique blend combining years of experimentation and artistic development with elegance, confidence and ease. Premiered in 1936, the Sonata in E major was composed during a time of great personal duress following the Nazis’ attack of the composer in the press. It marks the first in a series in which Hindemith set out to write a sonata for every instrument; the C major sonata, dating from the composer’s exile in Switzerland, also features in what amounts to a 26-strong collection of veritable instrumental portraits Tracklist: 00:00:00 dViolin Sonata in E-Flat Major, Op. 11 No. 1: I. Frisch 00:04:19 Violin Sonata in E-Flat Major, Op. 11 No. 1: II. Im Zeitmaß eines langsamen feierlichen Tanzes 00:09:18 Violin Sonata in D Major, Op. 11 No. 2: I. Lebhaft 00:16:06 Violin Sonata in D Major, Op. 11 No. 2: II. Ruhig und gemessen 00:24:19 Violin Sonata in D Major, Op. 11 No. 2: III. Im Zeitmaß und Charakter eines geschwinden Tanzes 00:29:39 Violin Sonata in E Major: I. Ruhig bewegt 00:33:26 Violin Sonata in E Major: II. Langsam 00:39:47 Violin Sonata in C Major: I. Lebhaft 00:42:21 Violin Sonata in C Major: II. Langsam 00:46:28 Violin Sonata in C Major: III. Fuge. Ruhig bewegt Thanks for watching! Feel free to subscribe and visit our channel for the best classical music from the greatest composers like: Bach, Satie, Mozart, Tchaikovsky, Beethoven, Chopin, Haydn, Ravel, Debussy, Verdi, Vivaldi, Handel, Brahms, Liszt, Schubert, Mendelssohn, Rachmaninoff, Wagner, Strauss, Handel, Dvorak, Schubert and many more! We upload complete albums, music for relaxing, working, studying, meditating, concentrating, instrumental music, opera, violin, classical piano music, sonatas and more! EliotLawson # JillLawson #Violin #Piano #BrilliantClassics #Music #Composer #ClassicalMusic