Ysaÿe: Six Sonatas for Solo Violin Roman Simovic

• Eugène Ysaÿe (1858 - 1931): Six Sonatas for Solo Violin, Op. 27, No. 1 in G Minor (À Joseph Szigeti):
• 1 Ysaÿe: Six Sonatas for Solo Violin, Op. 27, No. 1 in G Minor (À Joseph Szigeti): I. Grave. Lento assai 04:43
• 2 Ysaÿe: Six Sonatas for Solo Violin, Op. 27, No. 1 in G Minor (À Joseph Szigeti): II. Fugato. Molto moderato 04:55
• 3 Ysaÿe: Six Sonatas for Solo Violin, Op. 27, No. 1 in G Minor (À Joseph Szigeti): III. Allegretto poco scherzoso. Amabile 04:42
• 4 Ysaÿe: Six Sonatas for Solo Violin, Op. 27, No. 1 in G Minor (À Joseph Szigeti): IV. Finale con brio. Allegro fermo 03:19
• Six Sonatas for Solo Violin, Op. 27, No. 2 in A Minor (À Jacques Thibaud):
• 5 Ysaÿe: Six Sonatas for Solo Violin, Op. 27, No. 2 in A Minor (À Jacques Thibaud): I. Obsession "Prèlude". Poco vivace 02:39
• 6 Ysaÿe: Six Sonatas for Solo Violin, Op. 27, No. 2 in A Minor (À Jacques Thibaud): II. Malinconia. Poco lento 03:01
• 7 Ysaÿe: Six Sonatas for Solo Violin, Op. 27, No. 2 in A Minor (À Jacques Thibaud): III. Danse de Ombres. Sarabande (Lento) 04:25
• 8 Ysaÿe: Six Sonatas for Solo Violin, Op. 27, No. 2 in A Minor (À Jacques Thibaud): IV. Les Furies. Allegro furioso 03:58
• Six Sonatas for Solo Violin, Op. 27, No. 3 in D Minor, "Ballade" (À Georges Enesco):
• 9 Ysaÿe: Six Sonatas for Solo Violin, Op. 27, No. 3 in D Minor, "Ballade" (À Georges Enesco): Lento molto sostenuto - Molto moderato quasi lento - Allegro in Tempo giusto e con bravura 08:32
• Six Sonatas for Solo Violin, Op. 27, No. 4 in E Minor (À Fritz Kreisler):
• 10 Ysaÿe: Six Sonatas for Solo Violin, Op. 27, No. 4 in E Minor (À Fritz Kreisler): I. Allemande. Lento maestoso 05:44
• 11 Ysaÿe: Six Sonatas for Solo Violin, Op. 27, No. 4 in E Minor (À Fritz Kreisler): II. Sarabande. Quasi lento 03:14
• 12 Ysaÿe: Six Sonatas for Solo Violin, Op. 27, No. 4 in E Minor (À Fritz Kreisler): III. Finale. Presto ma non troppo 03:04
• Six Sonatas for Solo Violin, Op. 27, No. 5 in G Major (À Mathieu Crickboom):
• 13 Ysaÿe: Six Sonatas for Solo Violin, Op. 27, No. 5 in G Major (À Mathieu Crickboom): I. L'Aurore. Lento assai 04:23
• 14 Ysaÿe: Six Sonatas for Solo Violin, Op. 27, No. 5 in G Major (À Mathieu Crickboom): II. Danse rustique. Allegro giocoso molto moderato - Moderato amabile - Tempo I - Poco più mosso 05:32
• Six Sonatas for Solo Violin, Op. 27, No. 6 in E Major (À Manuel Quiroga):
• 15 Ysaÿe: Six Sonatas for Solo Violin, Op. 27, No. 6 in E Major (À Manuel Quiroga): Allegro giusto non troppo vivo 08:32
• Total Runtime 01:10:43

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Der Konzertmeister des London Symphony Orchestra, Roman Simovic, kehrt mit einer neuen Aufnahme eines der Meilensteine des Violinenrepertoires ins Rampenlicht zurück: Ysaÿes Sechs Sonaten für Solovioline.

Die 1923 komponierten Sonaten von Eugène Ysaÿe sind eine musikalische Momentaufnahme der damaligen Entwicklung des Violinspiels. Ysaÿe, selbst ein gefeierter Geiger, schrieb jede der Sonaten für einen seiner Zeitgenossen: Joseph Szigeti, Jacques Thibaud, George Enescu, Fritz Kreisler, Mathieu Crickboom und Manuel Quiroga. Das Ergebnis ist eine kreative Liebeserklärung an die Violine, die in den sechs stilistisch einzigartigen Sonaten die technischen und lyrischen Möglichkeiten des Instruments herausfordert und auslotet.

Diese neue Aufnahme der Sonaten reiht sich in eine Sammlung gefeierter Aufnahmen mit Roman Simovic bei LSO Live ein. Bekannt für seine brillante Virtuosität und Musikalität, trat er als Solist mit vielen der renommiertesten Orchestern und Dirigenten weltweit auf und ist seit 2010 Konzertmeister des LSO.

Der Violinist Roman Simovic wurde 2010 zum Konzertmeister des LSO ernannt. Seine Diskografie mit LSO Live wächst stetig, darunter die 2024 erschienene Aufnahme von Rózsa: Violinkonzert – Bartók: Violinkonzert Nr. 2 und Paganinis 24 Capricen für Solovioline aus dem Jahr 2018. Er trat auch mit dem Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra, dem City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, dem Symphony Nova Scotia, dem São Paulo Symphony Orchestra OSESP, dem Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra, der Camerata Bern, der Camerata Salzburg, dem Prager Philharmonischen Orchester, dem Radio Television Espana Orchestra, der Academy of St Martin in the Fields und dem Orchester des Teatro Regio Torino auf.

Er ist Preisträger verschiedener Wettbewerbe, darunter des Premio Rodolfo Lipizer (Italien), des Internationalen Tibor-Varga-Violinwettbewerbs (Sion, Schweiz), des Internationalen Yampolsky-Wettbewerbs (Moskau, Russland) und des Internationalen Henryk-Wieniawski-Violinwettbewerbs (Polen).

Roman ist Gastprofessor für Violine an der Royal Academy of Music in London und leitet Meisterkurse auf der ganzen Welt.

Roman Simovic, Violine

Roman Simovic
Roman’s brilliant virtuosity and seemingly-inborn musicality, fuelled by a limitless imagination, has taken him throughout all continents performing on many of world’s leading stages including the Carnegie Hall, Bolshoi Hall of the Tchaikovsky Conservatory, Mariinsky Hall in St. Petersburg, Grand Opera House in Tel-Aviv, Victoria Hall in Geneva, Rudolfinum Hall in Prague, Barbican Hall in London, Art Centre in Seoul, Grieg Hall in Bergen, Rachmaninov Hall in Moscow, to name a few.

Roman Simovic has been awarded prizes at numerous international competitions among which are:”Premio Rodolfo Lipizer” (Italy, first prize winner and winner of 12 Audience prizes), Sion-Valais (Switzerland), Yampolsky Violin Competition (Russia) and the Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition (Poland), placing him among the foremost violinists of his generation.

As soloist, Roman has appeared with the world leading orchestras: London Symphony Orchestra, Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra, Teatro Regio Torino, Symphony Nova Scotia (Canada), Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra (Hungary), Camerata Bern (Switzerland), Camerata Salzburg (Austria), CRR Chamber Orchestra (Turkey), Poznan Philharmonia, Prague Philharmonia, North Brabant (Holland), RTE Madrid, OSESP Sao Paolo, Academy St. Martin in the Fields… with conductors like: Valery Gergiev, Antonio Pappano, Daniel Harding, Gianandrea Noseda, Kristian Jarvi, Sir Simon Rattle, Jiri Belohlavek, Pablo Heras Casado, Nikolai Znaider, Thomas Søndergård, Nuno Coelho, Jaime Martin, amongst others.

A sought-after artist, Roman Simovic has been invited and continues to perform at various distinguished festivals such as the Verbier Festival, White Nights Festival St. Petersburg, Vadim Repin’s Trans-Siberian Art Festival, Easter Festival Valery Gergiev Moscow, Dubrovnik Summer Festival in Croatia, “Kotor Art” Montenegro, the BEMUS and NOMUS Festivals in Serbia, “Sion Valais” Switzerland, Norway’s Bergen Festival, “Moscow Winter” Festival in Russia, Portogruaro Festival in Italy, “Granada Music Festival” in Spain, collaborating with such renowned artists as Leonidas Kavakos, Yuja Wang, Gautie Capuson, Misha Maisky, Schlomo Mintz, Francois Leleux, Itamar Golan, Simon Trpceski, Janine Jansen, Julian Rachlin, Pablo Fernandez, Vadim Repin, Evgeny Kissin, Antoine Tamestit, Antonio Meneses, Nikolai Lugansky…

Roman holds a visiting professor of violin position at the Royal Academy of Music in London and has an extensive experience as an educator. Roman has presented masterclasses in the US, UK, South Korea, Japan, Australia, Italy, Sweden, Switzerland, Serbia, Montenegro, Israel, as well as at the Verbier Festival where he is frequently performing as a soloist with orchestra, as chamber musician and recitalist.

Roman Simovic has released comprehensive list of recordings, most notable are four CDs directing LSO string orchestra for the LSO live label as well as a CD of complete Paganini caprices for violin solo. In November 2024, LSO live label released new CD with Roman Simovic as soloist, performing Concerto for violin and orchestra by Miklos Rozsa as well as Béla Bartók (Violin concerto no. 2), accompanied by the London Symphony Orchestra and conducted by maestro Sir Simon Rattle and Kevin John Edusei. The next disc which will be released in 2025 is 6 solo violin sonatas by Eugène Isai.

During 2024, Roman performed as a soloist on tour with Sao Paolo State Orchestra (OSESP), with conductor Thierry Fischer at the opening of Musikfest Berlin in the Great hall of the Berlin Philharmonic, at festivals in Edinburgh, Sao Paolo, Granada, Tübingen , Hanover, etc. Roman played the double Brahms concerto for violin and cello with Pablo Ferrandez and Nunho Coelho in Spain and as soloist with Liszt Chamber Orchestra, the Symphony Orchestra of Asturias (Orquestra Sinfonica del Principado de Asturias), etc.

Roman is serving as a leader of the London Symphony Orchestra since 2010.

Roman Simovic plays a 1709 Antonio Stradivariviolin which was generously given to him on loan from Jonathan Moulds.

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