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Track(s) taken from SIGCD224

Saltarelle carnavalesque, Op posth.

composer
Eugène Ysaÿe (1858-1931)

Hideko Udagawa (violin), Philharmonia Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins (conductor)
Recording details: November 2007
All Hallows, Gospel Oak, London, United Kingdom
Release date: April 2010
Total duration: 5 minutes 2 seconds
 

Reviews

'Udagawa's mastery of the Russian Romantic school of violin playing is a tour de force. Her distinctly northern European style suits this repertoire perfectly' (Classic FM Magazine)

'Udagawa [is] a performer who puts the spirit of the music ahead of all other considerations, and that is what makes this disc interesting' (Fanfare, USA)» More
The Saltarello Carnavalesque was found after Ysaÿe’s death in his papers. Consequently, little is known about the work, or the period in which it was written, but it comes as a very different study in violin playing and in compositional character to the relatively early Mazurka. If the music itself poses few problems for the attentive listener, it is difficult not to agree with David Oistrakh regarding Ysaÿe’s technique and all-round mastery of the violin, when he said that ‘Ysaÿe stands out as the greatest innovator since Paganini’.

from notes by Robert Matthew-Walker © 2010

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