Eugène Ysaÿe: 6 Sonatas for Solo Violin, Op. 27 - Oscar Shumsky

Eugène Ysaÿe (Artist), Oscar Shumsky (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Oscar Shumsky
• Audio CD (December 2, 1992)
• SPARS Code: DDD
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Nimbus Records
• ASIN: B00005YBUO
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #228,944 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Sonata for violin solo No. 1 in G minor, Op. 27/1: Grave

2. Sonata for violin solo No. 1 in G minor, Op. 27/1: Fugato

3. Sonata for violin solo No. 1 in G minor, Op. 27/1: Allegretto poco scherzoso

4. Sonata for violin solo No. 1 in G minor, Op. 27/1: Finale con brio

5. Sonata for violin solo No. 2 in A minor ('Obsession'), Op. 27/2: Obesession: Prelude

6. Sonata for violin solo No. 2 in A minor ('Obsession'), Op. 27/2: Malinconia

7. Sonata for violin solo No. 2 in A minor ('Obsession'), Op. 27/2: Danse des Ombres: Sarabande

8. Sonata for violin solo No. 2 in A minor ('Obsession'), Op. 27/2: Les Furies

9. Sonata for violin solo No. 3 in D minor ('Ballade'), Op. 27/3

10. Sonata for solo violin No. 4 in E minor (dedicated to F. Kreisler), Op. 27/4: Allemanda

11. Sonata for solo violin No. 4 in E minor (dedicated to F. Kreisler), Op. 27/4: Sarabanda

12. Sonata for solo violin No. 4 in E minor (dedicated to F. Kreisler), Op. 27/4: Finale

13. Sonata for violin solo No. 5 in G major ('Pastorale'), Op. 27/5: L'Aurore

14. Sonata for violin solo No. 5 in G major ('Pastorale'), Op. 27/5: Danse Rustique

15. Sonata for violin solo No. 6, Op. 27/6

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Superb, May 12, 2010

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This review is from: Eugène Ysaÿe: 6 Sonatas for Solo Violin, Op. 27 - Oscar Shumsky (Audio CD)

Oscar Shumsky was a master violinist whose career as a touring concert artist never really flourished. Some instrumentalists are inconsistent in live performance, and this seems to have been Shumsky's downfall. So much for the history.

Wanna hear superb violin music, played on a great Stradivari violin by a great violinist? You do? BUY THIS. Shumsky sounds terrific, in a flattering acoustic. The Ysaye sonatas are real finger-twisters; Shumsky is completely on top of their technical demands and makes them into an enjoyable listening experience.

This is one of those too-infrequent recordings where the requirements of the music, the skills of the performer and the skills of the engineers come together to make magic.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A collector item!, December 28, 2009

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This review is from: Eugène Ysaÿe: 6 Sonatas for Solo Violin, Op. 27 - Oscar Shumsky (Audio CD)

Oscar Schumsky was a master of this legendary instrument. The musical world was well aware his virtues as interpreter and pedagogue. But for better or worst, just a few soloists have kept into account the transcendental importance of these sonatas into the literature for violin solo. As far I remember, Ruggiero Ricci was captured and seduced by these pages (as matter of fact the CD has not been released yet, uniquely available on LP format on the label Candide).

But when Schumsky decided to be part of this excel minority of notable violinists, probably he was not aware he was writing with golden letters, a glorious incursion to the immortality with these magisterial performances.

Until this date no other soloist has been able to approach respect this sublime performance.

A desert island issue, inch by inch.