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Background:

• The six Sonatas were composed in July 1923. After hearing Joseph Szigeti perform Bach’s Sonata for solo violin in G minor, Ysaye was inspired to compose these six Sonatas. These represent the evolution of musical techniques and expressions of his time, placing high technical demands on its performers.
• Each Sonata dedicated to a prominent contemporary virtuoso violinist, tailored specifically to mirror their individual playing style, technique, and musical personality. Sonata No. 1 dedicated to Joseph Szigeti, No. 2 to Jacques Thibaud, No. 3 to George Enescu, No. 4 to Fritz Kreisler, No. 5 to Mathieu Crickboom, and No. 6 to Manual Quiroga.
• He writes, a violin master "must be a violinist, a thinker, a poet, a human being, he must have known hope, love, passion and despair, he must have run the gamut of the emotions in order to express them all in his playing."

Recordings:

• Sonatas for Solo Violin.
  James Ehnes.
  Onyx.
  Gramophone Magazine (2021): Editor’s Choice.
  Gramophone Awards (2022): Winner Instrumental.

• Six Sonatas for Violin Solo Op. 27.
  Hilary Hahn.
  Deutsche Grammophon.
  Gramophone Magazine (2023): Recording of the Month.
  Presto Recording of the Week (2023).
  Presto Recordings of the Year (2023): Finalist.
  Gramophone Awards (2024): Winner Recording of the Year.
  Gramophone Awards (2024): Winner Instrumental.
  International Classical Music Awards (2024): Winner Solo Instrument.
  Opus Klassik Awards (2024): Winner Solo Instrumental.
  Opus Klassik (2024): Recording of the Year.

• Sonatas for Solo Violin.
  Alina Ibragimova.
  Hyperion.
  Gramophone Magazine (2015): Disc of the Month
  Presto Recordings of the Year (2015): Finalist.
  Gramophone Awards (2016): Shortlisted Instrumental.

• Six Sonatas for Solo Violin.
  Oscar Shumsky.
  Nimbus Records.

• Sonates pour violon solo.
  Thomas Zehetmair
  ECM.
  Gramophone Awards (2005): Finalist Instrumental.
  Gramophone Magazine (2005): Editor’s Choice.

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