You could be forgiven for thinking that the next Andrew Violette recording would feature the piano. He has, after all, committed his fair share of keyboard music to tape. But you"d be wrong. He has now turned his long attention span to the little violin, and a solo one at that. Clocking in at 107 minutes it dwarfs the competition (Bach and Cage come to mind). And if the thought of nearly two hours of fiddling scares you, then you are in for a treat. Under the youthful Canadian hands of Robert Uchida the journey is a rich and pleasant hike. Like J.S. Bach"s Goldberg Variations (admittedly for keyboard), Violette"s violin sonata comes with an Aria and sets of Variations. The descriptions reference Ysaye, Kreisler, Bartok, and Verdi. One way or another this violin piece stands on the shoulders of history and breaks world records in the process. It sounds like there"s more in the works from Mr. Violette, the habitual self re-inventor: "After I had finished "Rave" I decided to go back to the beginning. In four months I wrote three big pieces for solo instruments: a piece for cello, a piece for guitar, and a piece for violin. Sonata for Unaccompanied Violin is the first to be recorded, masterfully by Robert Uchida who took endless pains to transform this score into something beautiful."