Akanè Makita, Soloist of the Accademia di Santa Cecilia Rome - Saint-Saëns: Complete Sonatas (2025)
BAND/ARTIST: Akanè Makita, Soloist of the Accademia di Santa Cecilia Rome
- Title: Saint-Saëns: Complete Sonatas
- Year Of Release: 2025
- Label: Brilliant Classics
- Genre: Classical
- Quality: flac lossless (tracks) +Booklet
- Total Time: 03:06:42
- Total Size: 958 mb
- WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist
01. Violin Sonata No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 75: I. Allegro agitato
02. Violin Sonata No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 75: II. Adagio
03. Violin Sonata No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 75: III. Allegretto moderato
04. Violin Sonata No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 75: IV. Allegro molto
05. Berceuse in B-Flat Major, Op. 38
06. Violin Sonata No. 2 in E-Flat Major, Op. 102: I. Poco allegro più tosto moderato
07. Violin Sonata No. 2 in E-Flat Major, Op. 102: II. Scherzo. Vivace
08. Violin Sonata No. 2 in E-Flat Major, Op. 102: III. Andante
09. Violin Sonata No. 2 in E-Flat Major, Op. 102: IV. Allegro grazioso, non presto
10. Triptyque, Op. 136: I. Prémice
11. Triptyque, Op. 136: II. Vision congolaise
12. Triptyque, Op. 136: III. Joyeuseté
13. Cello Sonata No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 32: I. Allegro
14. Cello Sonata No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 32: II. Andante tranquillo Sostenuto
15. Cello Sonata No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 32: III. Allegro Moderato
16. Cello Sonata No. 2 in in F Major, Op. 123: I. Maestosto, Largamente
17. Cello Sonata No. 2 in in F Major, Op. 123: II. Scherzo con variazioni. Allegro Animato
18. Cello Sonata No. 2 in in F Major, Op. 123: III. Romanza. Poco Adagio
19. Cello Sonata No. 2 in in F Major, Op. 123: IV. Allegro non troppo, Grazioso
20. Bassoon Sonata in G Major, Op. 168: I. Allegretto moderato
21. Bassoon Sonata in G Major, Op. 168: II. Allegro scherzando
22. Bassoon Sonata in G Major, Op. 168: III. Molto adagio - Allegro moderato
23. Romance, Op. 67: Adagio
24. Oboe Sonata in D Major, Op. 166: I. Andantino
25. Oboe Sonata in D Major, Op. 166: II. Allegretto
26. Oboe Sonata in D Major, Op. 166: III. Molto allegro
27. Romance, Op. 37: I. Moderato assai
28. Clarinet Sonata in E-Flat Major, Op. 167: I. Allegretto
29. Clarinet Sonata in E-Flat Major, Op. 167: II. Allegro animato
30. Clarinet Sonata in E-Flat Major, Op. 167: III. Lento
31. Clarinet Sonata in E-Flat Major, Op. 167: IV. Molto allegro - Allegretto
32. Caprice sur des airs danois et Russes, Op. 79: I. Poco allegro
A unique collection of the instrumental sonatas by Saint-Saëns, in recent and critically praised Italian recordings.
The perfection of Saint-Saëns’s craftsmanship and the Gallic grace of his seemingly inexhaustible melodic muse were evident from early on in his career, composing as he did in childhood. No less evident was his faith in traditional forms such as the sonata. The works compiled here were composed over the course of half a century, during which time the world and musical culture evolved radically. Saint-Saëns evolved too, but only according to the principles to which he held faith – in tonality, in melodic elegance – throughout his long life and career.
In fact the composer was already 37 when he wrote the earliest piece here, the First Cello Sonata, in 1872. It does not seek to emulate the crowd-pleasing brilliance or wit of many of his best-known works but instead plots a dark, dramatic and often Beethovenian course through the conventional three-movement span. Compiling these sonatas in this way helps us to appreciate how, by the time we reach the First Violin Sonata of 1885, Saint-Saëns had begun to integrate competing imperatives of intensity and elegance.
It is curious that the composer’s later violin and cello sonatas have never achieved the popularity of his initial essays. Indeed, these Brilliant Classics recordings almost have the field to themselves in the catalogue. Yet they are surely underestimated, because Saint-Saëns had an almost endless capacity for reinvention – as he conclusively demonstrated late in life with three-fifths of a planned project to write five sonatas, all for instruments of the woodwind family. The instruments in these three works are scored for by the deft hand of a composer with a lifetime of experience writing for them in orchestral and chamber music settings.
01. Violin Sonata No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 75: I. Allegro agitato
02. Violin Sonata No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 75: II. Adagio
03. Violin Sonata No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 75: III. Allegretto moderato
04. Violin Sonata No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 75: IV. Allegro molto
05. Berceuse in B-Flat Major, Op. 38
06. Violin Sonata No. 2 in E-Flat Major, Op. 102: I. Poco allegro più tosto moderato
07. Violin Sonata No. 2 in E-Flat Major, Op. 102: II. Scherzo. Vivace
08. Violin Sonata No. 2 in E-Flat Major, Op. 102: III. Andante
09. Violin Sonata No. 2 in E-Flat Major, Op. 102: IV. Allegro grazioso, non presto
10. Triptyque, Op. 136: I. Prémice
11. Triptyque, Op. 136: II. Vision congolaise
12. Triptyque, Op. 136: III. Joyeuseté
13. Cello Sonata No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 32: I. Allegro
14. Cello Sonata No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 32: II. Andante tranquillo Sostenuto
15. Cello Sonata No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 32: III. Allegro Moderato
16. Cello Sonata No. 2 in in F Major, Op. 123: I. Maestosto, Largamente
17. Cello Sonata No. 2 in in F Major, Op. 123: II. Scherzo con variazioni. Allegro Animato
18. Cello Sonata No. 2 in in F Major, Op. 123: III. Romanza. Poco Adagio
19. Cello Sonata No. 2 in in F Major, Op. 123: IV. Allegro non troppo, Grazioso
20. Bassoon Sonata in G Major, Op. 168: I. Allegretto moderato
21. Bassoon Sonata in G Major, Op. 168: II. Allegro scherzando
22. Bassoon Sonata in G Major, Op. 168: III. Molto adagio - Allegro moderato
23. Romance, Op. 67: Adagio
24. Oboe Sonata in D Major, Op. 166: I. Andantino
25. Oboe Sonata in D Major, Op. 166: II. Allegretto
26. Oboe Sonata in D Major, Op. 166: III. Molto allegro
27. Romance, Op. 37: I. Moderato assai
28. Clarinet Sonata in E-Flat Major, Op. 167: I. Allegretto
29. Clarinet Sonata in E-Flat Major, Op. 167: II. Allegro animato
30. Clarinet Sonata in E-Flat Major, Op. 167: III. Lento
31. Clarinet Sonata in E-Flat Major, Op. 167: IV. Molto allegro - Allegretto
32. Caprice sur des airs danois et Russes, Op. 79: I. Poco allegro
A unique collection of the instrumental sonatas by Saint-Saëns, in recent and critically praised Italian recordings.
The perfection of Saint-Saëns’s craftsmanship and the Gallic grace of his seemingly inexhaustible melodic muse were evident from early on in his career, composing as he did in childhood. No less evident was his faith in traditional forms such as the sonata. The works compiled here were composed over the course of half a century, during which time the world and musical culture evolved radically. Saint-Saëns evolved too, but only according to the principles to which he held faith – in tonality, in melodic elegance – throughout his long life and career.
In fact the composer was already 37 when he wrote the earliest piece here, the First Cello Sonata, in 1872. It does not seek to emulate the crowd-pleasing brilliance or wit of many of his best-known works but instead plots a dark, dramatic and often Beethovenian course through the conventional three-movement span. Compiling these sonatas in this way helps us to appreciate how, by the time we reach the First Violin Sonata of 1885, Saint-Saëns had begun to integrate competing imperatives of intensity and elegance.
It is curious that the composer’s later violin and cello sonatas have never achieved the popularity of his initial essays. Indeed, these Brilliant Classics recordings almost have the field to themselves in the catalogue. Yet they are surely underestimated, because Saint-Saëns had an almost endless capacity for reinvention – as he conclusively demonstrated late in life with three-fifths of a planned project to write five sonatas, all for instruments of the woodwind family. The instruments in these three works are scored for by the deft hand of a composer with a lifetime of experience writing for them in orchestral and chamber music settings.
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