Bax - Violin Sonatas | Naxos 8557540

Bax - Violin Sonatas

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Label: Naxos

Cat No: 8557540

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Chamber

Release Date: 2nd October 2006

Contents

Artists

Laurence Jackson (violin)
Ashley Wass (piano)

Works

Bax, Arnold

Violin Sonata no.1 in E major
Violin Sonata no.3

Artists

Laurence Jackson (violin)
Ashley Wass (piano)

About

The heart-on-sleeve romanticism of Bax’s First Violin Sonata reflects the composer’s passionate love-affair with the Ukrainian girl Natalia Skarginska in the winter of 1909-1910. Bax soon replaced two of the movements, but the vibrant originals survive, and are here recorded for the first time. Bax still writes romantically in the more compact Third Sonata, but here the object of his affections is surely the country and people of Ireland.
 
The 1st violinist of the Maggini Quartet, Laurence Jackson takes the lead in this new recording, following their recordings of Bax’s Quartets.
 
Ashley Wass once again proves his talent in this new partnership with Jackson, Wass’ previous Bax recordings achieving rave reviews.

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