Wilhelm Petersen (1890 - 1957) Music for Violin and Piano

[John Boyer]

I am happy to report that if you liked the recent Petersen Third Symphony, you will very much enjoy the Coviello disc of his music for violin and piano. 

Wilhelm Petersen: Sämtliche Werke für Violine & Klavier

Like the symphony, it's mostly written in an accessible, high-romantic style.  Only the Op. 11 Prelude & Double Fugue flirts with modernism, sounding like Reger at his most densely chromatic.  Not so the three sonatas and other works, which are much more conservative.

Even if you didn't like the 3rd Symphony, these might be worth investigating. 

Note there is an error with the track listing on the site and the CD for disc 2.  The correct order (from an loose leaf insert included with the discs) is:

Vier kleine Stucke: tracks 1-4
Vier Miniaturen: tracks 5-8
Sonata Nr. 3: tracks 9-11