Ysaÿe: Six Sonatas for solo violin, Op. 27 David Grimal

• Eugène Ysaÿe (1858 - 1931): Sonata No .1 in G Minor, Op. 27 "Joseph Szigeti":
• 1 Ysaÿe: Sonata No .1 in G Minor, Op. 27 "Joseph Szigeti": I. Grave 05:29
• 2 Ysaÿe: Sonata No .1 in G Minor, Op. 27 "Joseph Szigeti": II. Fugato 05:27
• 3 Ysaÿe: Sonata No .1 in G Minor, Op. 27 "Joseph Szigeti": III. Allegretto poco schersozo 04:36
• 4 Ysaÿe: Sonata No .1 in G Minor, Op. 27 "Joseph Szigeti": IV. Finale con brio 03:02
• Sonata No. 2 in A Minor, Op. 27 "Jacques Thibaud":
• 5 Ysaÿe: Sonata No. 2 in A Minor, Op. 27 "Jacques Thibaud": I. Obsession 02:50
• 6 Ysaÿe: Sonata No. 2 in A Minor, Op. 27 "Jacques Thibaud": II. Malinconia 02:37
• 7 Ysaÿe: Sonata No. 2 in A Minor, Op. 27 "Jacques Thibaud": III. Danse des Ombres 04:02
• 8 Ysaÿe: Sonata No. 2 in A Minor, Op. 27 "Jacques Thibaud": IV. Les Furies 03:49
• Sonata No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 27 "Georges Enesco":
• 9 Ysaÿe: Sonata No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 27 "Georges Enesco" 07:46
• Sonata No. 4 in E Minor, Op. 27 "Fritz Kreisler":
• 10 Ysaÿe: Sonata No. 4 in E Minor, Op. 27 "Fritz Kreisler": I. Allemanda 05:11
• 11 Ysaÿe: Sonata No. 4 in E Minor, Op. 27 "Fritz Kreisler": II. Sarabande 03:18
• 12 Ysaÿe: Sonata No. 4 in E Minor, Op. 27 "Fritz Kreisler": III. Finale 03:11
• Sonata No. 5 in G Major, Op. 27 "Mathieu Crickboom":
• 13 Ysaÿe: Sonata No. 5 in G Major, Op. 27 "Mathieu Crickboom": I. L'Aurore 04:39
• 14 Ysaÿe: Sonata No. 5 in G Major, op. 27 "Mathieu Crickboom": II. Danse rustique 06:05
• Sonata No.6 in E Major, Op. 27 "Manuel Quiroga":
• 15 Ysaÿe: Sonata No.6 in E Major, Op. 27 "Manuel Quiroga" 07:50
• Total Runtime 01:09:52

Info for Ysaÿe: Six Sonatas for solo violin, Op. 27

Eugène Ysaÿe was one of the leading figures in the violin world at the turn of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and a source of inspiration for subsequent generations. Towards the end of his life, he composed these six sonatas for solo violin. David Grimal's interpretations explore these pieces which look back to the past, reflect his present and open towards the future. Interpretations and explorations with David Grimal . . .

Ysaÿe was a citizen of the world and a protagonist of modernity, open to experiences of all kinds, an all-round musician at the heart of a teeming universe. In addition to being a renowned composer and teacher, he was a soloist, a chamber musician (with such partners as Albéniz, Busoni, Rachmaninoff, Anton Rubinstein, Arthur Rubinstein, Casals), an orchestral concertmaster and a conductor.

When Ysaÿe composed these six sonatas, he obviously had Bach’s Six Sonatas and Partitas before his eyes, works which were already considered at the time to be a ‘Himalaya’ of the violin. What traces did Bach’s sonatas leave on Ysaÿe’s?


David Grimal, violin

David Grimal
He started to play the violin at the age of five. Afterwards he did his postgraduate studies with Regis Pasquier. He also enriched and deepened his musicality by studying with such personalities as Philipp Hirschhorn, Shlomo Mintz, Isaac Stern.

David Grimal pursues an international career as a solo violinist, which has seen him performing regularly over the past twenty years in the world’s leading classical music venues and with prestigious orchestras such as the Orchestre de Paris, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Russian National Orchestra, Orchestre National de Lyon, Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Berliner Symphoniker, New Japan Philharmonic, Orchestre de l’Opera de Lyon, Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg, Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra and Sinfonia Varsovia, under the direction of Christoph Eschenbach, Michel Plasson, Michael Schønwandt, Peter Csaba, Heinrich Schiff, Lawrence Foster, Emmanuel Krivine, Mikhail Pletnev, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos and Péter Eötvös, Andris Nelsons, Christian Arming, among others

He has been the honoured recipient of dedicated works by various composers, among whom are counted Marc-André Dalbavie, Brice Pauset, Thierry Escaich, Jean-François Zygel, Alexander Gasparov, Victor Kissine, Fuminori Tanada, Richard Dubugnon, Ivan Fedele, Philippe Harrowing, Anders Hillborg, Oscar Bianchi, Guillaume Connesson and Frederic Verrièresearch In addition, David Grimal has for many years taken part in recitals with George Pludermacher.

They have toured worldwide and their collaborative discography, which features works by Ravel, Debussy, Bartok, Franck, Strauss, Enescu, Szymanovski and Janacek, has reaped countless awards (Strad Selection, 5 star British Broadcasting Corporation Magazine, Arte Sélection, Télérama’s ƒƒƒƒ, etc). David Grimal has recorded Schubert’s Sonatines with Valery Afanassiev.

In 2009, his recording of Bach’s complete Sonatas and Partitas along with Brice Pauset’s “Kontrapartita”, a creation originally dedicated to David Grimal himself, was distinguished by a Choc de Classica – Le Monde de la Musique (France’s leading classical music monthly).

His recording of Thierry Escaich’s Concerto for violin with the Orchestre National de Lyon was also awarded a Choc de Classica in 2011. Since 2008, David Grimal has been Artist in Residence at the Opéra de Dijon. He teaches violin at the Musikhochschule, in Sarrebrück, Germany.

He was appointed Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres by the French Ministre de la Culture in 2008.

In addition to pursuing his career as a solo artist, David Grimal has been keen to explore more personal projects. The liberty afforded by his collaboration with has enabled him to develop his inner universe by venturing into repertoires not available to soloists.

With, he has founded “L’Autre Saison”, a series of concerts performed to the benefit of and with homeless people in the Église Saint-Leu, in the very heart of Paris. David Grimal plays the Ex Roederer, Stradivarius (1710) lent by Fazenda Ipiranga, Mguaranesia / MG, Brasil.

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