L'aurore

Carolin Widmann (violin)

In haar fantasierijke solorecital omspant de Duitse violiste Carolin Widmann duizend jaar muziekgeschiedenis, van Hildegard von Bingen's antifoon Spiritus sanctus vivificans vita tot George Benjamin's Drie Miniaturen. Onderweg bevat Widmanns "kleine encyclopedie" composities van Eugène Ysaÿe en George Enescu, stukken die nieuwe expressieve mogelijkheden gaven aan de vioolliteratuur. Een stralende vertolking van Bachs Partita Nr. 2 in D klein rondt de opname af.

Hildegard von Bingen:
1. Spiritus sanctus vivificans vita (Version I)

Enescu:
2. Fantaisie concertante

George Benjamin:
Three Miniatures for Solo Violin
3. I. A Lullaby for Lalit (Three Miniatures for Solo Violin)
4. II. A Canon for Sally (Three Miniatures for Solo Violin)
5. Iii. Lauer Lied (Three Miniatures For Solo Violin)

Ysaye:
Sonata No. 5 in G Major, Op. 27
6. I. L'Aurore (Sonata No. 5 in G Major, Op. 27)
7. II. Danse rustique (Sonata No. 5 in G Major, Op. 27)
8. Spiritus sanctus vivificans vita (Version II)

Johann Sebastian Bach:
Violin Partita No. 2 In D Minor, Bwv 1004
9. I. Allemande (Original Version)
10. II. Courante (Original Version)
11. Iii. Sarabande (Original Version)
12. IV. Gigue (Original Version)
13. V. Chaconne (Original Version)

"L’Aurore is far greater than the sum of its parts...The album takes its name from the first movement of Ysay?e’s fifth solo sonata, a work dedicated to his friend and former pupil Mathieu Crickboom. Widmann’s recording of this work is a timbral revelation."
BBC Music Magazine - September 2022