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Catalogue | Chamber Music
E. Franck: The Sonatas for Violin and Piano
audite is pleased to continue the series with works of Eduard and Richard Franck with the present Double SACD.
Composed during the years 1853-1861, the Violin Sonatas of Eduard Franck convince the listener by virtue of their freshness and the originality of their thematic and metric-rhythmic... 
Christiane Edinger | James Tocco
Eduard Franck
"Christiane Edinger und James Tocco interpretieren die Werke inspiriert: Sie kosten das schwärmerische Melos mit Schwung aus und widmen sich voller Hingebung der Poesie der langsamen Sätze. Organisch atmend halten sie auch die Spannung durch und beleben ihr Spiel mit vielen Nuancen und Akzenten. Das Ergebnis ist hörenswert!" (Pizzicato)
E. Franck: The Sonatas for Violin and Piano
- Violin Sonata in C minor, Op. 19
- Allegro moderato con espressione quasi fantasia (11:16)
- Andante con espressione (07:30)
- Allegro appassionato (07:40)
- Violin Sonata in A major, Op. 23
- Allegro (07:20)
- Andante con moto (07:36)
- Scherzo (04:10)
- Allegro espressivo (05:54)
- Violin Sonata in E major, Op. 60
- Allegro (09:19)
- Scherzo (01:56)
- Allegretto (04:49)
- Presto (07:52)
- Violin Sonata in D major, op. posth. (1861)
- Allegro (07:04)
- Allegro vivace (05:09)
- Adagio molto espressivo (09:31)
- Presto (01:28)
audite is pleased to continue the series with works of Eduard and Richard Franck with the present Double SACD.
Composed during the years 1853-1861, the Violin Sonatas of Eduard Franck convince the listener by virtue of their freshness and the originality of their thematic and metric-rhythmic invention as well as their formal perfection. On the other hand, Franck’s classicist aesthetic does not renounce its connection to the sound world of his teacher, Mendelssohn-Bartholdy and influences from French music, e.g. the works of C. V. Alkan. The genre of the violin sonata found itself in a crisis after the deaths of Beethoven and Schubert; it only found a renewal during the 1880s with the sonatas of Brahms, Dvorak, César Franck, Grieg and Saint-Saens. With the publication of the four Violin Sonatas of Eduard Franck, his contribution towards the overcoming of this crisis is put up for discussion. Due to their adaptation of elements of folk and church music, the Violin Sonatas stand on the threshold of a new musical realism which dominated the music history of the second half of the 19th century.
The four Violin Sonatas offer present-day virtuosos grateful and differentiated tasks; they deserve to be heard and appreciated anew.
Both musicians have already participated in various recordings of the Franck series.
Christiane Edinger has been a professor at the Music Academy in Lübeck since 1994. She has undertaken regular concert tours as a soloist and chamber musician in Germany and abroad. She was awarded the Music Prize of the City of Berlin and the German Critics’ Prize.
James Tocco has also taught at the Music Academy in Lübeck since 1990. After winning the ARD competition in 1973, he has gained an international reputation as a soloist and member of a variety of chamber ensembles.
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American Record Guide
| Magil | January 5, 2009
This is Eduard Franck (1817-93) of Breslau, not Cesar Franck of Liège, and there are four violin sonatas here. Sonata 1, composed in 1853, is not a...
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Crescendo Magazine
| Nicolas Derny | January 4, 2008
“Avec leur beauté tonale et leur virtuosité, les Sonates d’Eduard Franck représentent une contribution importante à la résolution de la crise...
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Ensemble - Magazin für Kammermusik
| Helmut Peters | January 4, 2008
Franck und reich
Nicht nur in Frankreich gab es einen Komponisten namens Franck, der noch dazu Violinsonaten komponiert hat. Mit César Franck hingegen ist der aus... -
fermate
| Christoph Vratz | January 10, 2008
melodiös
Wenn in der Musik der Name Franck fällt, muss nicht immer César gemeint sein – mit Eduard Franck und seinem Sohn Richard gibt es gleich zwei... -
Fono Forum
| Norbert Hornig | January 5, 2008
Verdienstvoll
Diese Bilanz kann sich sehen lassen: Was das Label Audite in den vergangenen Jahren für die Wiederentdeckung der deutschen Komponisten Eduard und... -
klassik.com
| Dr. Stefan Drees | January 3, 2008
Viel zu vorsichtig
Ein großes Verdienst des Labels audite ist der Einsatz für die... -
NDR Kultur
| Raliza Nikolov | September 2, 2008
Wer die Geigen-Professorin an der Lübecker Musikhochschule, Christiane Edinger kennt, weiß, dass die international gefragte Solistin eine besondere...
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Partituren
| Attila Csampai | February 27, 2008
Mit einer Doppel-SACD schließt das Detmolder Label audite seine nunmehr achtteilige Eduard Franck-Reihe fürs Erste ab. Zumindest auf dem CD-Markt...
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Pizzicato
| Rémy Franck | January 4, 2008
Schwungvolle Violinsonaten
Christiane Edinger engagiert sich einmal mehr als kompetente Interpretin für das Werk des Mendelssohn-Schülers Eduard Franck. Zusammen mit James...
E. Franck: The Sonatas for Violin and Piano (audite 91.553)
| article number: | 91.553 |
| EAN barcode: | 4022143915535 |
| price group: | CV |
| release date: | 1. December 2007 |
| total time: | 98 min. |
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