Ries: 3 Violin Sonatas

Ferdinand Ries was without doubt one of the most prolific composers and most significant figures in the musical life of the early to mid-19th century. Composer: Ferdinand Reis Artists: Robert Bachara (violin) & Marek Toporowski (fortepiano) 🎵 Purchase or streaming (Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, YouTube Music): 💎 More Information: 🎬🎮 These tracks are available for sync licensing in videos, films, tv-shows, games, advertising and more. For more information and to request a license go to: In our time, he is known above all as one of Beethoven’s few students, and though we cannot be sure that Beethoven ever uttered the famous sentence ‘He imitates me too much’, the towering figure of Beethoven certainly does cast its shadow over Ries’s wonderful œuvre. Though it’s true that Ries’s musical language owes much to that of Beethoven, with the gift of hindsight we can now fully appreciate the originality of the Ries’s style. Although Ries did compose several oratorios and operas, today we see his music more as an important stage in the development of German absolute music, a key link in the progression from . Bach, Haydn and Beethoven, through to Brahms and Bruckner. This disc contains three of Ferdinand Ries’s numerous sonatas of a type ‘with accompaniment’ (more or less obbligato; in some sonatas of this kind, however, it is even possible to omit the melodic instrument part). The idea behind this format was to ‘fill in’ the decay of the keyboard instrument’s tones with the sustained sound of a violin or wind instrument, thereby increasing the dynamic power of the music and highlighting its important moments. The Sonata in F minor was composed in 1810 and is in many ways very Beethovenian. The two sonatas are numbered by the composer himself among his piano sonatas, so we may consider them essentially piano sonatas with violin accompaniment. Tracklist: Grand Sonate in F Minor for Violin and Piano, Op. 19: 00:00 Largo espressivo – Allegro agitato 10:06 Andante 15:36 Allegro Violin Sonata No. 1 in D Major, Op. 59: 21:43 Adagio – Allegro moderato 30:25 Romance. Andante 35:05 Rondo. Allegro Violin Sonata No. 2 in B-Flat Major, Op 59: 41:34 Allegro 49:31 Mesto – Allegro moderato 👉 Social media links: Instagram: Facebook: TikTok: Spotify Playlists: Brilliant Classics Spotify: New Classical Releases: The Best of Liszt: The Best of Bach: Most Popular Piano Music: Beautiful Classical Music: Classical Music For Dinnertime: Thank you for watching this video by Brilliant Classics, we hope you enjoyed it! Don’t forget to share it and subscribe to our YouTube channel. And visit our channel for other pieces by Reis and more of the greatest composers. We upload daily with complete albums and compilations with the best classical music. #Reis #Sonata #Violin #Bachara #Toporski #BrilliantClassics #ClassicalMusic