Baiba Skride & Lauma Skride - Violin Sonatas & Pieces (2017)

Baiba Skride is a Latvian violinist, raised in Riga in a musical home with her sisters, pianist Lauma Skride and violist Linda Skride. Starting in 1995, she attended the Conservatory of Music and Theater in Rostock, studying with Petru Munteanu. In 2001 she won the Queen Elisabeth Violin Competition in Brussels. She has performed around the world with major orchestras, including the Berlin Philharmonic, the Boston Symphony Orchestra, the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre de Paris, the London Philharmonic, and many others. Among her collaborators are conductors Christoph Eschenbach, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Andris Nelsons, Neeme Järvi, Paavo Järvi, and Mario Venzago, and chamber musicians Bertrand Chamayou, Brett Dean, Sol Gabetta, Alban Gerhardt, Xavier de Maistre, and her sister, Lauma Skride, who frequently accompanies her. Baiba Skride plays a 1734 Stradivarius, the "Ex Baron Feilitzsch," from the collection of Gidon Kremer.

TRACKLIST

01. Violin Sonata No. 2 in G Major, Op. 13: I. Lento doloroso-Allegro vivace
02. Violin Sonata No. 2 in G Major, Op. 13: II. Allegretto tranquillo
03. Violin Sonata No. 2 in G Major, Op. 13: III. Allegro animato
04. Violin Sonata No. 2, Op. 35, FS 64: I. Allegro
05. Violin Sonata No. 2, Op. 35, FS 64: II. Molto adagio
06. Violin Sonata No. 2, Op. 35, FS 64: III. Allegro piacevole
07. 4 Pieces for Violin & Piano, Op. 78: No. 1. Impromptu
08. 4 Pieces for Violin & Piano, Op. 78: No. 2. Romance
09. 4 Pieces for Violin & Piano, Op. 78: No. 3. Religioso
10. 4 Pieces for Violin & Piano, Op. 78: No. 4. Rigaudon
11. Violin Sonata in A Minor, Op. 19: I. Allegro con anima
12. Violin Sonata in A Minor, Op. 19: II. Andantino
13. Violin Sonata in A Minor, Op. 19: III. Allegro