Ysaye:
Poeme Concertant for violin and orchestra
Violin Concerto in E minor
Two Mazurkas De salon Op. 10 for violin and piano
Reve d'enfant Op. 14

Eugene Ysaye – Reves: Violin Concerto in E minor • Poe`me concertant (world premiere recordings) Title:

Eugene Ysaye – Reves: Violin Concerto in E minor • Poe`me concertant (world premiere recordings) Composer:

Eugene Ysaye Artists:

Philippe Graffin, violin

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra Jean-Jacques Kantorow, conductor Marisa Gupta, piano Release Date:

9th February 2024 Cat No:

AV2650 Price:

L13.49 (1CD Deluxe ; 32 page booklet) Share: Summary:

The world-premiere recording of the complete Violin Concerto in E Minor by Belgian virtuoso violinist and composer Euge`ne Ysay¨e has arrived! Following the recent discovery of a first movement, further manuscripts which complete the work have come to light – one a full orchestration, others for violin and piano – which were found on opposite sides of the Atlantic. Philippe Graffin’s close collaboration with Ysay¨e aficionado Xavier Falques led to a page-by-page analysis and painstaking reconstruction of the musical puzzle pieces, resulting in this recording of the full, three-movement concerto which displays Ysay¨e’s trademark ardour, intensity and originality.

For reasons unknown, Ysay¨e abandoned his Violin Concerto in E minor in 1885, but some years later embarked on another, Poe`me concertant, which was also recently discovered in manuscript form and is imbued with passion and the love Ysay¨e felt for his pupil Irma Sethe. Their love was mutual but their relationship could not endure, possibly sealing the fate of Poe`me concertant which lay undiscovered for over a century but is now brought back to life with this world-premiere recording.

Philippe rounds out the recording with three Ysay¨e gems for violin and piano: 2 Mazurkas de Salon, Op.10, works the violinist / composer frequently performed and gained popularity throughout Europe and Russia in his lifetime; and Reve d’enfant (“A child’s dream”), which he dedicated to his youngest son Antoine.