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Violin Sonata No. 1 in A Major, Op. 13

Composer: Faure, Gabriel

Gifford, Duncan

Gitlis, Ivry

Jimenez Montes, Ma del Carmen

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Catalogue Number: RSS10401_1

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The phrasing in this music is very fluent; it is compared with Apres un reve, Op. 7. The character of Faure's music is like a dream.

Use of the bow: different bowings in specific passages; the start should not be done always at the frog, but also from the middle or from the upper part. Identification of passages where it not advisable to use too much bow. Bowings are similar to air; they should float without pulling too much. Attention to spiccato.

Use of the vibrato: the vibrato should not always have the same level, and neither is it necessary all the time. The professor explains the natural moments where is more advisable to breath, as singing.