K. Szymanowski - Violin Sonata in D minor op. 9 [follow score video]
Live recording from Peabody Conservatory of Music, Goodwin Hall, 2010

1. 00:00 Allegro moderato: Patetico
2. 08:56 Andantino tranquillo e dolce
3. 14:59 Finale: Allegro molto, quasi presto

Violin: Kaya Katarzyna Bryla - Weiss
Piano: Hee-Youn Choue
Re-mix: David G Weiss

"Szymanowski composed Sonata in D minor Op. 9 in 1904, dedicating it to Bronisław Gromadzki, amateur violinist and Elisavetgrad school mate. The piece was first performed in Warsaw by two outstanding musicians, violinist Paweł Kochański and pianist Artur Rubinstein, on 3rd April 1909.

Although a juvenile work, Sonata in D minor already manifests Szymanowski's individuality, especially his melodic creativity and sensitivity to sound. The three-movement work opens with the expressive Allegro moderato. Patetico and closes with an equally powerful Allegro molto, quasi presto. At its heart, however, is the lyrical, subtly coloured Andante tranquillo e dolce, of which Tadeusz A. Zieliński wrote:

"as such it must be the greatest instrumental work of Szymanowski's early period. Only [its] unfamiliarity to musicians accounts for the fact that this wonderful 'poem' in A major did not become a famous and favourite item in violinists' repertoires".

Anna Iwanicka-Nijakowska


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