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The Music => Recordings & Broadcasts => Topic started by: Alan Howe on Thursday 31 January 2019, 10:24

Title: Johanna Senfter Violin Sonatas Op.26 & 32
Post by: Alan Howe on Thursday 31 January 2019, 10:24
Forthcoming on the Paladino label:
https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/werke-fuer-violine/hnum/8931746 (https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/werke-fuer-violine/hnum/8931746)
Title: Re: Johanna Senfter Violin Sonatas Op.26 & 32
Post by: Mark Thomas on Thursday 31 January 2019, 14:40
I was wondering whether the Brucknerian idiom of her Fourth Symphony would transfer to these works, but it's difficult to tell from the audio extracts.
Title: Re: Johanna Senfter Violin Sonatas Op.26 & 32
Post by: eschiss1 on Thursday 31 January 2019, 20:56
At least two other chamber works of hers have been recorded already - her cello sonata in A major Op.10 and her violin solo sonata in G minor Op.61. They can be heard on YouTube and may give some clue to the answer while one waits for the actual recording (I don't actually know the answer myself...) (Ah, also a recentish CD on Colosseum with her sonatas Opp. 57 and 79 for clarinet and cello (in A, op.57, in E-flat, op.79, respectively. There may be sound samples for this one somewhere too if not entire videos, anyway..)
Title: Re: Johanna Senfter Violin Sonatas Op.26 & 32
Post by: Alan Howe on Monday 25 March 2019, 16:06
The Op.26 Violin Sonata (dated between 1914 & 1918?) is in a post-Brahmsian style; the notes mention Reger, her teacher, but it's not as chromatically complex as his sonatas - to which some would no doubt say 'thank goodness'. Can't hear any trace of Bruckner.
Title: Re: Johanna Senfter Violin Sonatas Op.26 & 32
Post by: Mark Thomas on Monday 25 March 2019, 16:43
I'd certainly be saying "thank goodness", but I'm passing on this one.
Title: Re: Johanna Senfter Violin Sonatas Op.26 & 32
Post by: Alan Howe on Monday 25 March 2019, 17:11
There are no real revelations here.
Title: Re: Johanna Senfter Violin Sonatas Op.26 & 32
Post by: Mark Thomas on Monday 25 March 2019, 18:05
I can't say I've got much from the Senfter works I've heard so far, so I'll see if these become available on Spotify.
Title: Re: Johanna Senfter Violin Sonatas Op.26 & 32
Post by: Alan Howe on Monday 25 March 2019, 20:41
No, I'm underwhelmed too - so far.