Gabriele Carcano & Stephen Waarts - Bartok & Schumann (2018) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

Stephen Waarts’ innate and individual musical voice is establishing him as a firm favourite with audiences. With a voracious appetite for repertoire, Stephen has already performed over thirty standard, as well as rarely performed violin concertos, and is a passionate chamber musician.

For his debut recording Stephen has chosen the rarely played Schumann 1st violin sonata and the Three Romances, and the demanding 1st sonata by Bartok, and his Hungarian Folktunes. He is accompanied by fellow Rubicon artist Gabriele Carcano.

"From the first note of Stephen Waarts’ Brahms G major sonata I was hooked, and within a few bars I was moved to tears" (The Strad)

"Stephen Waarts gave an outstanding debut at the Kennedy Centers’s Terrace Theater…Waarts showed an uncommon, preternatural sense of tonal color and lyrical beauty on the instrument" (The Washington Post)

"Mr Waarts showed himself a technically accomplished and musically insightful artist.." (The New York Times)

Tracklist:
1. Violin Sonata No. 1 in A Minor, Op. 105: I. Mit leidenschaftlichem Ausdruck 08:11
2. Violin Sonata No. 1 in A Minor, Op. 105: II. Allegretto 04:16
3. Violin Sonata No. 1 in A Minor, Op. 105: III. Lebhaft 06:00
4. Three Romaces, Op. 94: I. Nicht Schnell 03:36
5. Three Romaces, Op. 94: II. Einfach innig 03:58
6. Three Romaces, Op. 94: III. Nicht Schnell 04:46
7. Hungarian Folktunes, Sz. 42: I. Parlando 03:35
8. Hungarian Folktunes, Sz. 42: II. Andante sostento 02:08
9. Hungarian Folktunes, Sz. 42: III. Andante 01:50
10. Violin Sonata No. 1, Sz. 75: I. Allegro appassionato 13:18
11. Violin Sonata No. 1, Sz. 75: II. Adagio 11:05
12. Violin Sonata No. 1, Sz. 75: III. Allegro 10:28

Personnel:
Stephen Waarts, violin
Gabriele Carcano, piano