Various Artists / Franck, Ravel, Saint-Saens / Violin-Piano Sonatas (Joshua Bell)
Album: Franck, Ravel, Saint-Saens / Violin-Piano Sonatas (Joshua Bell)   Collection:Classical
Artist:Various Artists   Added:Feb 2012
Label:Sony Classical  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2012-03-10 Pull Date: 2012-05-12 Charts: Classical/Experimental
Week Ending: Mar 25 Mar 18
Airplays: 1 1

Recent Airplay
1. Jun 29, 2015: Clean Copper Radio
(5:53) Saint-Saens: Sonata No. 1, Violin/Piano, Allegro Molto
3. Mar 15, 2012: maximum entropy ii
(3:44) Ravel: Sonata For Violin/Piano, Perpetuum Mobile: Allegro, (5:27) Ravel: Sonata For Violin/Piano, Blues: Moderato, (7:54) Ravel: Sonata For Violin/Piano, Allegretto
2. Mar 21, 2012: Maximum Entropy
(6:00) Franck: Sonata For Violin/Piano A Maj., Allegretto Poco Mosso, (7:12) Franck: Sonata For Violin/Piano A Maj., Recitativo-Fantasia, (7:58) Franck: Sonata For Violin/Piano A Maj. Allegro, (6:14) Franck: Sonata For Violin/Piano A Maj., Allegretto Moderato

Album Review
Larry
Reviewed 2012-02-29
[Coll]: Franck, Ravel, Saint-Saëns / Violin-Piano Sonatas (Joshua Bell, violin, Jeremy Denk, piano)
Label: Sony Classical

Larry K.
Reviewed: 2012 – 02/25

JOSHUA BELL, JEREMY DENK: FRENCH IMPRESSIONS
Sony Classical, 2012

Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921) is known for Carnival of the Animals and Danse Macabre, but his melodious Sonata No. 1, like his piano concertos, is well worth a listen. Cesar Franck (1822-1890) was a noted organist and pianist as well as composer. His Sonata for Violin and Piano is one of the most popular in the literature. The harmonies float in glorious progressions and the melodies stay in memory. Ravel’s (1875-1937) Sonata (composed 1923-7) was inspired by jazz (rhythms) and by blues (harmonies and melodic twists).

1. (7:03) Saint-Saëns: Sonata No. 1, Violin/Piano, Op. 75, Allegro. Dramatic, noble, as clouds scud across a greying sky.
2. (5:20) Saint-Saëns: Sonata No. 1, Violin/Piano, Adagio. Warm in my cottage, I gaze on the garden and the fields beyond.
3. (4:13) Saint-Saëns: Sonata No. 1, Violin/Piano, Allegretto moderato. We trip about gaily, and are a bit tipsy.
4. (5:53) Saint-Saëns: Sonata No. 1, Violin/Piano, Allegro molto. Running as fast as I can, I spy the happily gurgling stream.
5. (6:14) Franck: Sonata for Violin/Piano A Maj., Allegretto moderato. Perfume fills the air, and I recall a sunlit view of Versailles.
6. (7:58) Franck: Sonata for Violin/Piano A Maj. Allegro. Fleeing, agitated, through the woods.
7. (7:12) Franck: Sonata for Violin/Piano A Maj., Recitativo-Fantasia. A torch-lit dinner in the grand garden, on a night that is cloudy.
8. (6:00) Franck: Sonata for Violin/Piano A Maj., Allegretto poco mosso. An elegant musical canon, as mounted riders parade their horses for us.
9. (7:54) Ravel: Sonata for Violin/Piano, Allegretto. Unsettled, I watch Parisian traffic from my high balcony. Mild disharmony fills the air.
10. (5:27) Ravel: Sonata for Violin/Piano, Blues: Moderato. My Rococo apartment interior has sophisticated charm, I think, but I’ am sadly alone.
11. (3:44) Ravel: Sonata for Violin/Piano, Perpetuum Mobile: Allegro. I must hurry. They are waiting for me. Will I make it?

Track Listing
 ArtistTrack Name
1. Joshua Bell, Violin /Jeremy Denk, Piano (7:03) Saint-Saens: Sonata No. 1, Violin/Piano, Op. 75, Allegro
2. (5:20) Saint-Saens: Sonata No. 1, Violin/Piano, Adagio
3. (4:13) Saint-Saens: Sonata No. 1, Violin/Piano, Allegretto Moderato
4. (5:53) Saint-Saens: Sonata No. 1, Violin/Piano, Allegro Molto
5. (6:14) Franck: Sonata For Violin/Piano A Maj., Allegretto Moderato
6. (7:58) Franck: Sonata For Violin/Piano A Maj. Allegro
7. (7:12) Franck: Sonata For Violin/Piano A Maj., Recitativo-Fantasia
8. (6:00) Franck: Sonata For Violin/Piano A Maj., Allegretto Poco Mosso
9. (7:54) Ravel: Sonata For Violin/Piano, Allegretto
10. (5:27) Ravel: Sonata For Violin/Piano, Blues: Moderato
11. (3:44) Ravel: Sonata For Violin/Piano, Perpetuum Mobile: Allegro