{"product_id":"bolcom-violin-sonatas-nos-1-4","title":"BOLCOM: Violin Sonatas Nos. 1-4 - Greene, Arthur; Soroka, Solomia","description":"\u003cdiv\u003eWilliam Bolcom’s compositions, widely performed and recorded, include seven symphonies, various concertos, six operas and an extensive catalogue of chamber music. Reflecting the composer’s self-confessed fascination with the instrument since an early age, the four violin sonatas were composed over a period of 40 years. The 1978 Second Sonata was inspired partly by the great jazz fiddler Joe Venuti, many of whose stylistic tricks, including alternate left- and right-hand pizzicato, and double-stop slides, are incorporated into the work. Bolcom has described his highly dramatic Third Sonata as “stramba (weird)… Its last movement shares a mood somewhere between the darker tangos of Astor Piazzolla and Arabic music.”\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e Violin Sonata No. 1\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 1 I. Legend 08:02\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 2 II. Nocturne 04:08\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 3 III. Quasi-Variations: Scenes From a Young Life 09:45\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e Violin Sonata No. 2\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 4 I. Summer Dreams 06:26\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 5 II. Brutal, fast 02:09\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 6 III. Adagio 05:33\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 7 IV. In Memory of Joe Venuti 03:50\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e Violin Sonata No. 3, \"Sonata Stramba\"\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 8 I. A piacere, drammatico - Allegro con fuoco 07:37\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 9 II. Andante 05:44\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 10 III. Like a Shiver - attacca - 01:02\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 11 IV. Moderato, risoluto, all’arabesca 07:22\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e Violin Sonata No. 4\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 12 I. Allegro brillante 02:57\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 13 II. White Night 05:42\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 14 III. Arabesque 02:35\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 15 IV. Jota 03:58\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Naxos American","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48973978337530,"sku":"8559150","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0067\/4660\/3571\/files\/8.559150.jpg?v=1780844817","url":"https:\/\/classicselectworld.com\/products\/bolcom-violin-sonatas-nos-1-4","provider":"ClassicSelect World","version":"1.0","type":"link"}