Joshua Bell and Jeremy Denk.
Joshua Bell’s recorded recital program on this CD features Mr. Bell and his longtime friend and recital partner, pianist Jeremy Denk, offering wonderful interpretation of works by Camille Saint-Saens, Maurice Ravel and Cesar Franck.
The New York Times wrote about a concert in which these two artists performed the Saint-Saens Violin Sonata No. 1 in D Minor:
“Mr. Bell and Mr. Denk gave a passionate performance…There were plenty of fireworks in the whirlwind of the concluding movement.”
And Joshua Bell says:
“French Impressions is the culmination of my last decade of exploration and performance with pianist Jeremy Denk, and I hope that with this recording we can affect the listener with the same joy and spiritual enrichment that these masterpieces have provided us over the years.”
The individual tracks on this CD are:
Camille Saint-Saens:
1. Allegro agitato
2. Sonata No. 1 for Violin and Piano in D minor, Op. 75: Adagio
3. Sonata No. 1 for Violin and Piano in D minor, Op. 75: Allegretto moderato
4. Sonata No. 1 for Violin and Piano in D minor, Op. 75: Allegro molto
Cesar Franck:
5. Violin Sonata in A Major: Allegretto ben moderato
6. Allegro
7. Recitativo – Fantasia: ben moderato – molto lento
8. Violin Sonata in A Major: Allegretto poco mosso
Maurice Ravel:
9. Sonata for Violin and Piano (1927): Allegretto
10. Blues: Moderato
11. Sonata for Violin and Piano (1927): Perpetuum Mobile: Allegro
Here are Joshua Bell, performing the Tchaikovsky violin concerto in D-Major:
And here is a casual setting where Mr. Bell and Jeremy Denk talk as well as perform 52 minutes of music from this album:
Tags: Joshua Bell, Jeremy Denk, Cesar Franck, Camille Saint-Saens, Maurice Ravel, Sonatas
