339:, piano. Recorded 6 January 1936. A Victor Musical Masterpiece. 78 rpm recording, 3 sound discs: analog, 78 rpm, monaural, 12 in. Victor DM 318 (set: automatic sequence); Victor 16892; 16893; 16894; Victor AM 318 (set: automatic sequence). Camden, N.J.: Victor, 1940. Reissued together with other material. CD recording, 1 sound disc: digital, monaural, 4¾ in. EMI Classics 7243 5 65962 2. EMI Références series. : EMI Classics, 1996.
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form using a refrain whose melody is reminiscent of a bear dance from northern
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is confined almost entirely to material from the first thematic group, but after the recapitulation there is an extended coda that brings together motivic fragments from both groups. The transformation of the material from the lyrical, songlike style of the
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George Enuscu: Sonata No. 3 in A Minor for Violin and Piano, Op. 26 (dans le style populaire roumaine). Christian Ferras, violin; Pierre
Barbizet, piano. LP recording, 1 sound disc: analog, 33⅓ rpm, stereo, 12 in. Odeon S 80749. : Odeon,
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bătrînească" (old men's dance). The second thematic group brings a contrasting atmosphere of sobriety and intensified differentiation of colour, a characteristic that will return for further development in the second movement. The
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Without ever quoting actual folk tunes, the material possesses the authenticity of a sort of "super folklore". The violin is cast in the role of a gypsy fiddle, and the writing for the piano imitates the
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and again a few years later with Céliny
Chaillez-Richez. A performance took place in May 1946 with Yehudi Menuhin playing the violin part, accompanied on the piano by the composer.
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Cosma, Viorel. 1981. "Patriotische
Bedeutungen einer absoluten Uraufführung: Warum ließ Enescu die Sonate 'in rumänischem Volkscharakter' erstmals in Oradea ertönen?". In
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Rădelescu, Speranța. 1981a. "Caractère spécific roumain dans le langage harmonique de la 'III Sonate pour piano et violon' de
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and development into the persistent dance rhythms of the recapitulation bestows upon the movement the overall impression of a two-part
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Ciortea, Tudor. 1968. "Sonata a III-a pentru pian și vioară și unele principii ale creației muzicii de cameră la George Enescu".
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presented in continuous and supple lines in the piano and more hesitantly in the violin. When this material returns in the
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Hoffman, Alfred, and Myriam Marbe. 1971. "Maturitatea: Limpeziri (1919–1926); Mari turnee (1927–1930)". In
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