Beautiful. A very polished and interesting harmonic language. I can hear echoes of Delius, French composers and a little bit of Hindemith. This composer needs to be more widely known and this piece more widely known among violin recitalists. All in all solid technique and a very natural, lyricism but punch where its needed.
Absolutely stunning, eloquent and gorgeous. The first two movements have a completely different sound than the third and I agree about the french reference although I think closer to Faure and Lekeu than Debussy or Ravel, high praise considering the two former made my top five all time violin sonatas, top four even. The harmony is robust but does not smother you and a very lyrical sence of melody that I find to be rare with modern violin compositions. When I think of Fritz Kreisler I think how he was attracted to music with pure melody and the desire to speak with every note, I don't know if he ever played this but it sounds like the kind of material he would have been attracted to. The third movement is a definite shift not only in harmony but also rhythmically, I almost want to say kind of a scherzo type feel, kind of choppy and not nearly as smooth as the first two movements, reminiscent of yes Stravinsky or perhaps Janacek violin sonatas in terms of the rythm with a sprinkle of Ravel and Debussy style harmonies. Very enjoyable during both listens, I'm in love with this one and as a real repertoire junky of violin music and hearing it for the first time and never even heard of the composer, I'd say this one is quite a find.
+scottbos68 I'm really happy you like this Scott, you being an expert on violin music. I'm afraid Wertheim was a little too obscure to gain attention of great performers like Kreisler though...
Glad you like this! If you want to read more about Rosy Wertheim and listen to more unknown violin sonatas from the early twentieth century, visit www.forbiddenmusicregained.org. You'll find a short biography of Wertheim and almost 40 other composers from the Netherlands and a database with all their compositions.
Beautiful. A very polished and interesting harmonic language. I can hear echoes of Delius, French composers and a little bit of Hindemith. This composer needs to be more widely known and this piece more widely known among violin recitalists.
All in all solid technique and a very natural, lyricism but punch where its needed.
yeah this should be standard rep FOR SURE
Absolutely stunning, eloquent and gorgeous. The first two movements have a completely different sound than the third and I agree about the french reference although I think closer to Faure and Lekeu than Debussy or Ravel, high praise considering the two former made my top five all time violin sonatas, top four even. The harmony is robust but does not smother you and a very lyrical sence of melody that I find to be rare with modern violin compositions. When I think of Fritz Kreisler I think how he was attracted to music with pure melody and the desire to speak with every note, I don't know if he ever played this but it sounds like the kind of material he would have been attracted to. The third movement is a definite shift not only in harmony but also rhythmically, I almost want to say kind of a scherzo type feel, kind of choppy and not nearly as smooth as the first two movements, reminiscent of yes Stravinsky or perhaps Janacek violin sonatas in terms of the rythm with a sprinkle of Ravel and Debussy style harmonies. Very enjoyable during both listens, I'm in love with this one and as a real repertoire junky of violin music and hearing it for the first time and never even heard of the composer, I'd say this one is quite a find.
+scottbos68 I'm really happy you like this Scott, you being an expert on violin music. I'm afraid Wertheim was a little too obscure to gain attention of great performers like Kreisler though...
Well thanks but I do not consider myself an expert, more like an addict or a junky, I have a dependency problem lol
Glad you like this! If you want to read more about Rosy Wertheim and listen to more unknown violin sonatas from the early twentieth century, visit www.forbiddenmusicregained.org. You'll find a short biography of Wertheim and almost 40 other composers from the Netherlands and a database with all their compositions.
Sounds like Hindemith or Piston, very good!
2set brought me here
120 likes no dislikes
everyone likes this
Now it's 4 dislikes, some people are so audacious
not a bad piece at all. Ive played worse by substantially more famous composers!