Violin, piano
SKU:
BR.EB-9386
Urtext. Composed
by Joachim Raff. Solo
instruments. Edition
Breitkopf. Sonata;
Romantic. Sheet Music.
Duration 27'. Breitkopf
and Haertel #EB 9386.
Published by Breitkopf
and Haertel (BR.EB-9386).
ISBN 9790004188569. 0
x 0 inches.
The
Violin Sonata No. 1 in E
minor, op. 73, a Grand
Sonata for Violin and
Piano, occupies an
important position in
Joachim Raff's oeuvre: it
reflects numerous
artistic, aesthetic,
biographical, and
reception-historical
aspects characteristic of
Raff. The work was
composed in Weimar in
1854, when Raff was going
through a process of
artistic self-discovery.
He increasingly distanced
himself from his mentor
Franz Liszt and
intensively explored
Wagner as well as the
ideal of absolute music -
this is also reflected in
the music of the sonata.
While Raff described the
first two movements as
objectified, he perceived
the last two movements as
a piece of him, that is,
not free of extra-musical
influences.The 1st
movement, with its
expansive main theme, is
reminiscent of
Mendelssohn; the 2nd
movement reveals the
refinement of
classical-romantic work
with musical material.
The 3rd movement, with
its partly rhythmic,
virtuoso accompanying
figures and harmonically
advanced passages, allows
a deeply romantic, almost
tormented insight into a
soul life a la Sturm und
Drang. The partly
irascible last movement
revisits already familiar
themes and thus creates a
musical framework.In
collaboration with the
Joachim-Raff-Archiv
Lachen (CH)
First
Urtext Edition of the
Grand Sonata for Violin
and Piano.
