{"product_id":"fiddler-s-blues-822252239928","title":"Fiddler's Blues","description":"Philippe Graffin's virtuosity combined with his skills as a sleuth have led to the world-premiere recording of a \"Posthumous\" solo violin sonata by Eugene Ysaye, an astonishing discovery that extends the Belgian composer's canon of his essential six sonatas for the medium. Philippe unearthed the nearly-completed manuscript in the library of the Brussels Conservatoire, and polished off the final movement in the most Ysaye-esque manner possible. Philippe's penchant for intuitive programming I brought to bear on Fiddler's Blues, combining two Ysaye works- including another premiere, with a pair of folksy, Bohemian-flavored works by George Enescu, another virtuoso violinist\/composer who emigrated from his native Romania and like Ysaye settled in Paris. Enescu was a classmate of Maurice Ravel whose Berceuse sur le nom de Gabriel Faure is an affectionate nod to their teacher at the Paris Conservatoire, whilst his azure-tinged Violin Sonata influences the album's title. Ravel's slightly older contemporary Claude Debussy befriended Ysaye. Whereas Ysaye soared writing works for solo violin, Debussy wrote none. Suggesting how such a work may have sounded, Philippe contributes his own arrangement for solo violin of Debussy's enduring piece Claire de lune.","brand":"Avie","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50522616823891,"sku":"2134781X","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0732\/1937\/5187\/files\/3855435_af0c23c1-2069-485e-97bd-c660bb46de34.jpg?v=1790406738","url":"https:\/\/www.deepdiscount.com\/products\/fiddler-s-blues-822252239928","provider":"Deep Discount","version":"1.0","type":"link"}