Hindemith: Violin Sonatas - Tanja Becker-Bender, Péter Nagy

Hindemith’s Violin Sonatas fascinatingly mirror the various stages in the development of his musical language from the vocabulary of late Romanticism to the monumental, contrapuntal and revivified Baroque idiom of his maturity. They are performed here by virtuoso German violinist Tanja Becker-Bender who has made a speciality of the music of the early twentieth century.

Violin Sonata in E flat major Op 11 No 1[9'28]
1 Frisch[4'08]
2 Im Zeitmass eines langsamen, feierlichen Tanzes[5'20]

Violin Sonata in D major Op 11 No 2[18'23]
3 Lebhaft[5'55]
4 Ruhig und gemessen[7'22]
5 Im Zeitmass und Charakter eines geschwinden Tanzes[5'06]

Violin Sonata in E major[10'11]
6 Ruhig bewegt[4'01]
7 Langsam[6'10]

Violin Sonata in C major[14'21]
8 Lebhaft[2'27]
9 Langsam[4'11]
10 Fuge: Ruhig bewegt[7'43]
11 Meditation: Sehr langsam  (Movement from Nobilissima visione)[4'36]