Violin Sonata in F major, MWV Q26
Violin Sonata in F minor, Op. 4
Violin Sonata in F major, MWV Q7
Violin Sonata in D, MWV Q18 (fragment)

Mendelssohn may have published only one violin sonata (the early Op 4), but that does not signify any lack of inspiration in the others left in manuscript. The F major sonata which opens this programme is a particularly substantial and ambitious work.

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Recorded in St Milas the Martyr, Kentish Town, London, on 19-21 January 2021. Alina Ibragimova performs on a Anselmo Bellosio violin on c1775. Piano: Steinway & Sons.