Dmitry smirnov –

Violin works

Russian violinist Dmitry Smirnov's début recording on FHR features works by master baroque composer (J.S. Bach), a leading figure of 20th century music (Béla Bartók) and a wonderful newly discovered work by influential Swiss violinist Hansheinz Schneeberger who died in 2019. The Schneeberger Sonata, written two years before Bartók's Sonata, is a violin show piece, displaying much imagination in it's idiomatic and virtoustic violin writing - this is the first recording of the work. There are many connections that link these three works together - the Bartók and Schneeberger sonatas show influences of Bach. Also, Bartók's First Violin Concerto was premièred by Schneeberger. On this album Smirnov plays a modern violin made by Philipp Bonhoeffer (Bartók and Schneeberger) and a 1795 Johann Schönfelder violin (Bach).

Country of Pressing	US
Artist	Dmitry Smirnov
Released	2021
Music Genre	Classical
Label	FIRST HAND
Condition	New
UPC	5060216348117
SKU	al-5060216348117

1.1 Sonata for Solo Violin, BB 124, Sz. 38~Tempo di ciaccona
1.2 Sonata for Solo Violin, BB 124, Sz. 38~Fuga: Risoluto, non troppo vivo
1.3 Sonata for Solo Violin, BB 124, Sz. 38~Melodia: Adagio
1.4 Sonata for Solo Violin, BB 124, Sz. 38~Presto
1.5 Violin Partita No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004~Allemande
1.6 Violin Partita No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004~Courante
1.7 Violin Partita No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004~Sarabande
1.8 Violin Partita No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004~Gigue
1.9 Violin Partita No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004~Chaconne
1.10 Sonata for Solo Violin~Introduzione (quasi cadenza): Adagio, rubato
1.11 Sonata for Solo Violin~Allegro comodo e grazioso
1.12 Sonata for Solo Violin~Finale: Allegro vivace, ma non troppo