シューマン: ヴァイオリン・ソナタ集

シューマンのヴァイオリン・ソナタ第2番においてヨーゼフ・ヨアヒムを魅了した"高貴な情熱"と"壮麗な音の波"は、他の2つのソナタにも同様に豊かに感じられます。アリーナ・イブラギモヴァとセドリック・ティベルギアンによるこのアルバムには、これら3つの素晴らしい作品がすべて収められています。
ユニバーサル・ミュージック/IMS

Schumanns three violin sonatas were long considered inferior products of his late, proto-insane period, but since the 1980s, things have turned around. Performers have leaned into the discontinuous qualities of the works rather than trying to smooth them over, even in the first movement of the Violin Sonata No. 3 in A minor, WoO 2, which Clara Schumann suppressed from publication. Violinist Alina Ibragimova and pianist Cedric Tiberghien do a nice job with its odd galumphing rhythm and persuade the listener that Schumann was simply trying new things at what would become the end of his career. The pair is also elegant in the "Leise, einfach" third movement of the Violin Sonata No. 2 in D minor, Op. 121, one of Schumanns great lyric creations. In general, Ibragimova and Tiberghien have a relaxed attitude toward this music, which differs from that of most of their predecessor. It takes the works status as chamber music at face value, which is fine, although theyre not terribly well supported by the spaces of Henry Wood Hall in London. Ibragimova and Tiberghien have been known in the past for historically oriented performances. There is nothing very historical about these, although Ibragimova plays a 1570 Amati violin, and there is a dry tone to it that goes well with her overall reading. Listener reaction to this release will vary, but the performances do justice to the music in a fresh way. ~ James Manheim