SCHUMANN: Violin Sonatas – Anthony Marwood, Aleksandar Madzar WIGMORE HALL

Awarded the prestigious title ‘Instrumentalist of the Year’ by the Royal Philharmonic Society in 2006, the British violinist Anthony Marwood is internationally celebrated for his engaging and insightful performances. For Schumann’s three Violin Sonatas, he is joined by Aleksandar Madžar, recently praised by the magazine Classical Music as matchless ‘in terms of technique and interpretation’. Considered by many to be the product of a tired mind hovering on the edge of insanity, these richly impassioned works are filled with restlessness, melancholy, and fractured lyricism.

Awarded the prestigious title of ’Instrumentalist of the Year’ by the Royal Philharmonic Society in 2006, British violinist Antony Marwood is internationally celebrated for his engaging and insightful performances. For Schumann’s three Violin Sonatas, he is joined by Aleksander Madzar, recently praised by Classical Music Magazine as matchless ’in terms of technique and interpretation’. Considered by many to be the product of a tired mind hovering on the edge of insanity, these richly impassioned works are filled with restlessness, melancholy, and fractured lyricism.

Anthony Marwood – (violin)
Aleksandar Madzar – (piano)

ROBERT SCHUMANN
Violin Sonatas
Violin Sonata No.1 in A minor Op.105
1.Mit leidenschaftlichem Ausdruck 7:18
2.Allegretto 3:43
3.Lebhaft 5:36

Violin Sonata No.2 in D minor Op.121
4.Ziemlich langsam – Lebhaft 12:44
5.Sehr lebhaft 4:21
6.Leise, einfach 5:40
7.Bewegt 9:11

Violin Sonata No.3 in A minor WoO27
8.Ziemlich langsam 6:40
9.Lebhaft 2:47
10.Intermezzo: Bewegt, doch nicht zu schnell 2:21
11.Finale: Markiertes, ziemlich lebhaftes Tempo 7:10
68:33