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Title: Dvořák/Dabić: Origins Composer(s): Antonín Dvořák; Jelena Dabić Work(s): String Quartet No. 13 in G major, Op. 106; Anzhamanak Performer(s): Akhtamar Quartet Label: Cypres Format: CD / Digital Dvořák’s Op. 106 is one of those late quartets that can make “maturity” sound like a compliment instead of a hospice term, and Akhtamar have the good […]
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Composers: Béla Bartók; Karol Szymanowski Works: Sonata No. 1 for Violin and Piano, Sz. 75; Sonata No. 2 for Violin and Piano, Sz. 76; Mythes, Op. 30 Performers: Frank Peter Zimmermann, violin; Dmytro Choni, piano Label: BIS Catalog Number: BIS-2787 Format: SACD / Digital Recorded: January and December 2024, Robert Schumann-Saal, Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf Release Year: […]
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Frank Peter Zimmermann is one of those violinists who can make seriousness sound like a form of seduction, which helps when the program is Martinů plus Bartók.
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Composer(s): Sándor Veress; Alberto Ginastera; György Kurtág; György Ligeti; Francisco Coll Works: Musica concertante; Concerto for Strings; selected miniatures by Kurtág and Ligeti; Les Plaisirs illuminés Performers: Patricia Kopatchinskaja, violin; Sol Gabetta, cello; Camerata Bern Label: Alpha Classics Catalog Number: ALPHA 664 Format: CD / Digital Release Year: 2021 Patricia Kopatchinskaja has made a career […]
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Title: Bach, Refracted Through Schnittke Composers: Johann Sebastian Bach; Alfred Schnittke Works: Concerto for 2 Violins in D minor, BWV 1043; Violin Concerto in E major, BWV 1042; Invention in C major, BWV 772; Invention in E major, BWV 779; Violin Concerto in A minor, BWV 1041; Concerto Grosso No. 3 Deborah Nemtanu, violin and […]
