Sonata for violin & piano No. 2

• Date: 1927
• Composer: Erwin Schulhoff
• Period: Modern (1910-1949)

Review

In Violin Sonata No. 2 (1927), Irwin Schulhoff gleefully shed his snakeskin of schmaltz. This trim and exhilarating piece employs a welter of new tricks, undoubtedly gleaned from Bela Bartok (whose violin sonatas appeared five years earlier): stunning pizzicatos, strategic dissonance, otherworldly fades, and just enough high-register violin passages to give it a raw edge. ~ Peter Bates, All Music Guide

Albums with Complete Performances of the Work

Title	Date
Complete Violin Works
Composers of the Holocaust
Enescu: Impressions d'Enfance; Schulhoff, Bartok: Violin Sonatas	1997
Ervín Schulhoff Centenary Edition Chamber Music
Erwin Schulhoff: Chamber Music For Violin, Cello And Piano	1995
The Roaring Twenties