Günter Raphael: Music for Violin

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Günter Raphael: Music for Violin

Catalogue Number: TOCC0122
EAN: 5060113441225
Release Date: 20 September 2010
Duration: 60:08

Sonatina in B minor, Op. 52
Sonata in E major, Op. 46, No. 2
Duo in G minor, Op. 47, No. 1
Sonata in A minor, Op. 46, No. 1
Sonata No. 3 in C major, Op. 43

Pauline Reguig, violin
Darius Kaunas, violin
Emilio Peroni, piano

In the first part of his career Günter Raphael (1903–60) enjoyed performances of his music by Germany’s leading musicians, among them the Busch Quartet and Wilhelm Furtwängler. But declared a ‘half-Jew’ by the Nazis in 1934, he was forced from his prestigious teaching position in Leipzig. Confined to hospital by tuberculosis during the War years, he continued to compose while his doctors protected him from persecution. These violin works – strongly melodic and rhythmically vital – continue the mainstream of German Romanticism as refracted through Hindemith; the two solo sonatas have echoes of Bach.

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Track Listing, MP3 Downloads and Streaming Samples

Track No.	Track Title / Details	Duration

	DOWNLOAD COMPLETE ALBUM	60:08

1-3	Sonatina in B minor, Op. 52, for violin and piano (1944) Günter Raphael, composer Pauline Reguig, violin Emilio Peroni, piano	11:41
1	I. Mässig	5:05
2	II. Breit und gesangvoll	3:18
3	III. Tänzerisch belebt, dabei etwas schwerfällig und derb	3:18

4-6	Sonata in E major, Op. 46, No. 2, for solo violin (1940) Günter Raphael, composer Pauline Reguig, violin	11:51
4	I. Sehr langsam	3:41
5	II. Scherzo: Ganze Takte	2:13
6	III. Gemessen	5:57

7-9	Duo in G minor, Op. 47, No. 1, for two violins (1940) Günter Raphael, composer Pauline Reguig, violin Darius Kaunas, violin	10:44
7	I. Mit lebhafter Energie	3:42
8	II. Langsam gehend (in fliessender Bewegung)	2:37
9	III. Nicht zu lebhaft, ein wenig gemächlich	4:25

10-12	Sonata in A minor, Op. 46, No. 1, for solo violin (1940) Günter Raphael, composer Pauline Reguig, violin (first recording)	8:50
10	I. In Form einer freien Fantasie	3:23
11	II. Ruhig und gesangvoll	3:56
12	III. Äusserst schnell	1:31

13-15	Sonata No. 3 in C major, Op. 43, for violin and piano (1936) Günter Raphael, composer Pauline Reguig, violin Emilio Peroni, piano	17:02
13	I. Vivace	6:50
14	II. Allegretto grazioso	4:47
15	III. Con fuoco	5:25

Artists

Günter Raphael, composer

Pauline Reguig, violin

Darius Kaunas, violin

Emilio Peroni, piano

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