Marco Rizzi & Roberto Arosio - Fauré & Sinigaglia: Sonatas for Violin & Piano (2026)

The two Sonatas for violin and piano by Gabriel Fauré - Op. 13 and Op. 108 - together with Leone Sinigaglia’s Sonata for violin and piano Op. 44 trace a musical journey spanning the transition from the nineteenth to the twentieth century. They reflect the passage from late Romanticism into the musical language of the early twentieth century, while still retaining the legacy of the great Romantic masters such as Johannes Brahms, Antonín Dvořák, and César Franck.

All this unfolds against the background of a historical landscape that, from the upheavals of the final decades of the nineteenth century - marked by imperial tensions, the Second Industrial Revolution, and growing social conflicts - passes through the optimism of the Belle Époque, only to become vulnerable to the winds of war with the outbreak of the First World War. The period would then see a brief recovery before once again descending into the anxieties that ultimately led to the Second World War and the tragedy of the Holocaust.

Tracklist
01. Sonata No. 1 in A Major for Violin and Piano, Op. 13: I. Allegro molto
02. Sonata No. 1 in A Major for Violin and Piano, Op. 13: II. Andante
03. Sonata No. 1 in A Major for Violin and Piano, Op. 13: III. Scherzo: Allegro vivo
04. Sonata No. 1 in A Major for Violin and Piano, Op. 13: IV. Finale: Allegro quasi presto
05. Sonata for Violin and Piano in G Major, Op. 44: I. Allegro moderato
06. Sonata for Violin and Piano in G Major, Op. 44: II. Adagio
07. Sonata for Violin and Piano in G Major, Op. 44: III. Allegro con spirito
08. Sonata No. 2 in E Minor for Violin and Piano, Op. 108: I. Allegro non troppo
09. Sonata No. 2 in E Minor for Violin and Piano, Op. 108: II. Andante
10. Sonata No. 2 in E Minor for Violin and Piano, Op. 108: III. Finale: Allegro non troppo