Tor Johan Boen & Eirik Haug Stomner
Release Date: 27 January 2023
Label: Simax
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 2
Barcode: 7033662013746
Genres: Classical Chamber Music
Description
Nine world premiere recordings on this double release with original works and arrangements for violin and piano by Eugène Ysaye; the most important performer and composer for the development of modern violin technique. These works have been rediscovered and reconstructed from manuscripts and sketches by the Norwegian violinist and musicologist Tor Johan Boen.
The release of these 'new' Ysaye works – on CD and in critical editions – is a major event in the international world of music. The story behind the works, composed 1881-ca. 1926 and unknown for so long, is fascinating and typical of Ysaye.
Eugene Ysaye (1858–1931) was the most important violinist of his time, and a part of the violinist/composer tradition that started with Corelli. Ysaye first toured Norway in the spring of 1882. The tour visited the towns along the Norwegian coast from Trondheim to Fredrikstad. Ysaye played with the two Norwegian pianists Erika Lie Nissen and Karen Olstad. During his concert tour in Norway in 1882 Ysaye composed three works for violin and piano: Legende norvegienne, Mazurka de Concert Op. 1, and Grande Valse de Concert op. 3.
"Scénes Sentimentales: No. 5, a genuine charmer that moves from palm tree and antimacassar to foreground some virile extroversion. It's played splendidly here. […] even Ysaÿe collectors will find things new to them in the stylish recital in which pianist Eirik Haug Stømner plays his full part." – MusicWeb International
Tracklisting
Jonas Batstrand, Jorn Fossheim
Tone Kummervold
Per Kristian Skalstad, Telemark Chamber Orchestra
Ketil Bjornstad
Marius Neset, Leif Ove Andsnes
The Norwegian National Opera Chorus and Orchestra, Terje Boye Hansen
Bjorn Sagstad & Ila Brass Band
Yngve Slettholm
Karolos
The Counterpoints
Narratio Quartet
Danbi Um; Juho Pohjonen
Engegard Quartet, NyNorsk Messingkvintett
Flute Alors
Louise Bessette
Jonas Batstrand, Jorn Fossheim
