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

Info for Ysaÿe: Six Sonatas for Solo Violin

London Symphony Orchestra Leader Roman Simovic steps back into the solo spotlight with a new recording of one of the cornerstones of the violin repertoire: Ysaÿe's Six Sonatas for Solo Violin.

Written in 1923, Eugène Ysaÿe’s set of sonatas represent a musical snapshot of that moment in the evolution of violin playing. An acclaimed violinist himself, each of the sonatas was written for one of Ysaÿe's contemporaries: Joseph Szigeti, Jacques Thibaud, George Enescu, Fritz Kreisler, Mathieu Crickboom and Manuel Quiroga. What results is a creative love letter to the violin, challenging and embracing the technical and lyrical possibilities of the instrument throughout the six stylistically unique sonatas.

This new recording of the Sonatas joins a collection of acclaimed recordings with Roman Simovic on LSO Live. Renowned for his brilliant virtuosity and musicality, he has performed as a soloist with many of the most distinguished orchestras and conductors around the world and has been serving as Leader of the LSO since 2010.

Violinist Roman Simovic was appointed Leader of the LSO in 2010. He has a growing discography with LSO Live, including the 2024 release of Rózsa: Violin Concerto – Bartók: Violin Concerto No. 2 and Paganini's 24 Caprices for Solo Violin in 2018. He has also appeared with the Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Symphony Nova Scotia, São Paulo Symphony Orchestra OSESP, Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra, Camerata Bern, Camerata Salzburg, Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, Radio Television Espana Orchestra, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, and the orchestra of the Teatro Regio Torino.

He is a prizewinner of competitions including the Premio Rodolfo Lipizer (Italy), the Tibor Varga International Violin Competition (Sion, Switzerland), the Yampolsky International Competition (Moscow, Russia), and the International Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition (Poland).

Roman holds a visiting professor of violin position at London's Royal Academy of Music and leads masterclasses around the world.

Roman Simovic, violin

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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