Hans GÁL (1890-1987)
Sonata in B flat minor for violin and piano, Op. 17 (1920) (25:24)
1. I Patetico molto moderato (9:44)
2. II Quasi allegretto (6:20 )
3. III Adagio molto espressivo (9:20)
Suite in G major for violin and piano, Op. 56 (1942) (12:28)
4. I Preambulo (1:40)
5. II Capriccio (2:28)
6. III Aria (4:11)
7. IV Rondo (4:09)
Sonata in D for violin and piano, posth. (1933) (22:51)
8. I Allegretto quasi andante (9:26)
9. II Scherzo: Vivace (5:32)
10. III Largo con espressione - Allegro poco sostenuto, ma con fuoco (7:53)
Recorded at St.George’s Bristol, England, 20 – 22 April 2009
Recording producer: Simon Fox-Gál
First performance: Margaret Lawson/Hans Gál, Edinburgh, Oct. 1942, May 1943
Other performances: Miriam Wieck/Archibald Bennett, Edinburgh, Jun. 1949, Apr. 1951
Douglas Dickson/Hans Gál, Edinburgh, Nov. 1952
Edna Arthur/Margery Travers, Edinburgh, Dec. 1953
Louis Carus/Wight Henderson, Edinburgh, Oct. 1955
Stuttgart Radio, Jan. 1963
Ian Watt/Gerald Gifford, Edinburgh, Aug. 1963
Sam Bor/Alasdair Graham, Edinburgh, Apr. 1964
BBC Radio, Jan. 1971
Edinburgh, May 1973 (Hans Gál evening)
Charlotte Edwards/Eva Gál, London, Jul. 1985
Annette-Barbara Vogel, Alan Huckleberry, Iowa City, Dec. 2003
Annette-Barbara Vogel, E. Turgeon, London and Guelph, Ontario; Tiffin and Bowling Green, Ohio, Jan 2008
Annette-Barbara Vogel, Juhani Lagerspetz, London. Ontario, Mar 2009
Lisa You/Angela Yu, Backemoor, East Friesland, Aug. 2011
Marissa Guarriello/Svetlana Rodionova, Penn State University (PA), Mar. 2015
Based on the mandolin partita (originally 'divertimento') op. 56a (1935), with the replacement of its Marcia and Gigue with a Rondo (composed 1950).
