Sonata, opus 82
Edward Elgar

Edward Elgar spent the summer of 1918 in the countryside. In August there were reports of the end of the First World War coming soon - this good news boosted Elgar's working power to the point that in just four weeks he had completed a first sketch of his great violin sonata . He noted on this point in a concise manner in his diary: "Write some music". His wife Alice was more enthusiastic: "E. composed great new music, quite different from what he did. ” This superb music now appears in Henle-Urtextausgabe, edited by the British violinist and Elgard specialist, Ruper Marshall-Luck, who exploits the rich documentation - sketches, sketches, copies with own autographs, corrected proofs and the first edition - and this according to all the rules of the art of Urtext.