PETTERI IIVONEN - THE ART OF THE VIOLIN (180G LP)

Petteri Iivonen The Art Of The Violin on 180g LP

Grammy Award winning Yarlung Records brings fresh musicians to the classical music world using minimalist audiophile recording techniques to deliver sound as close to a live performance as possible. Rather than using recording studios, engineer Bob Attiyeh produces these albums in concert halls famous for their acoustics, including Walt Disney Concert Hall and Ambassador Hall in Los Angeles. Yarlung uses analog tape for 180g vinyl LPs mastered by Steve Hoffman.

Yarlung repertoire ranges from the 11th century through the Baroque, Classical and Romantic eras, with a special focus on new music from the 20th and 21st centuries. Artists include top soloists as well as superstar young musicians at the beginnings of their international concert careers.

Petteri’s affable personality galvanized as much support for this debut recording as did his exceptional talent with the violin. Listen to the colors Petteri employs in the first movement of the Debussy sonata, especially in the flautando sections. Or the extreme tenderness of the second movement of Ysaÿe’s Sonata No. 2. And then compare that with the icy brilliance of the same sonata’s fourth movement after the one-minute mark. Note too the yearning of an entire nation, perhaps the entire Twentieth Century, in the arrival of the Eli Eli theme in tracks twelve and thirteen. (Yarlung Artists commissioned David Lefkowitz to write Eli Eli for Petteri, in honor of Hagai Shaham.) And then evaluate this music in comparison with the titanic Bach Partita, and enjoy the world of color and emotion that Petteri delivers in this final work on his recording. - Bob Attiyeh/producer

Petteri Iivonen The Art Of The Violin Track Listing:

1.  Sonata No. 2 Mov 1 Obsession    
2.  Sonata No. 2 Mov 2 Malinconia   
3.  Sonata No. 2 Mov 3 Danse des ombres
4.  Sonata No. 2 Mov 4 Les Furies   
5.  Cadenze   
6.  Violin Sonata in G Minor Mov 1 Allegro vivo   
7.  Violin Sonata in G Minor Mov 2 Intermede: Fantasque et leger   
8.  Violin Sonata in G Minor Mov 3 Finale: Tres anime   
9.  Sonata No. 4 Mov 1 Allemanda
10. Sonata No. 4 Mov 2 Sarabande
11. Sonata No. 4 Mov 3 Finale
12. Eli Eli
13. Eli Eli    
14. Partita No. 2 in D Minor BWV 1004, Mov 1 Allemanda   
15. Partita No. 2 in D Minor BWV 1004, Mov 2 Corrente   
16. Partita No. 2 in D Minor BWV 1004, Mov 3 Sarabanda    
17. Partita No. 2 in D Minor BWV 1004, Mov 4 Giga   
18. Partita No. 2 in D Minor BWV 1004, Mov 5 Ciaccona