Schumann: The Violin Sonatas
Ulf Wallin (violin) & Roland Pöntinen (piano)
one of the most compelling accounts of the Second Sonata that I've ever heard. In lesser hands, this work's outer movements can so easily sound relentless and even monotonous...Here, however,...
Schumann: The Violin Sonatas
Ulf Wallin (violin) & Roland Pöntinen (piano)
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one of the most compelling accounts of the Second Sonata that I've ever heard. In lesser hands, this work's outer movements can so easily sound relentless and even monotonous...Here, however,...
About
Robert Schumann's three Sonatas for violin and piano were all composed between 1851 and 1853, and have suffered from neglect like other works from this period in the composer's life.
Here the performers are Ulf Wallin and Roland Pöntinen: a team who recorded their first disc for BIS in 1991, and whose partnership has been described as 'masterfully cultivated ensemble playing' on ClassicsToday.com.
Wallin's credentials in Schumann are firmly established, after his recently released recording of the violin concerto, the Fantasy and the arrangement for violin of the cello concerto has been met with considerable critical acclaim.
Contents and tracklist
Work length17:53
- Ulf Wallin, Roland Pöntinen
- Recorded: July 2009
- Recording Venue: Nybrokajen 11, Stockholm, Sweden
I. Mit Leidenschaftlichem Ausdruck
Track length8:24
II. Allegretto
Track length4:02
III. Lebhaft
Track length5:27
Work length34:45
- Ulf Wallin, Roland Pöntinen
- Recorded: July 2009
- Recording Venue: Nybrokajen 11, Stockholm, Sweden
I. Ziemlich langsam - Lebhaft
Track length14:24
II. Sehr lebhaft
Track length4:40
III. Leise, einfach
Track length6:08
IV. Bewegt
Track length9:33
Work length21:24
- Ulf Wallin, Roland Pöntinen
- Recorded: July 2009
- Recording Venue: Nybrokajen 11, Stockholm, Sweden
I. Ziemlich langsam
Track length7:37
III. Intermezzo. Bewegt, doch nicht zu schnell
Track length3:09
II. Scherzo
Track length3:33
IV. Finale. Markiertes, ziemlich lebhaftes Tempo
Track length7:05
Awards and reviews
June 2012
one of the most compelling accounts of the Second Sonata that I've ever heard. In lesser hands, this work's outer movements can so easily sound relentless and even monotonous...Here, however, Wallin and Pontinen extract the maximum variety of expression and articulation out of the material, almost as if they are restoring the vibrant colours to an ancient painting.
May 2012
he captures ideally the turbulence of the First Sonata, so reminiscent of the sound world of the First Piano Trio, and the irresistable drive of the Second Lebhaft. The balance with the piano of Roland Pontinen seems natural
