This enticing album of sonatas by Ravel, Enescu, YsaÃ¿e and Prokofiev emerged from violinist Diana Tishchenko's victory at the 2018 Long-Thibaud-Crespin Competition. Born in Ukraine, and trained in Kiev and Berlin, she has been noted by The Strad for her "power to mesmerize the audience with her large gesture and strong personality". Her musical partnership with the Hungarian pianist ZoltÃ¡n FejÃ©rvÃ¡ri is extraordinarily close and potent. In the words of the French online journal Toute la musique, they are "not two interpreters playing together, but a true musical entity, an artistic fusion... They played as if each note were being created in real time... deploying an infinitely large palette of colours and nuance - the possibilities were inexhaustible."

Tracklist:

Sonata for Violin ; Piano No. 2 in G Major, M. 77: I. Allegretto
Sonata for Violin ; Piano No. 2 in G Major, M. 77: II. Blues. Moderato
Sonata for Violin ; Piano No. 2 in G Major, M. 77: III. Perpetuum Mobile. Allegro
Sonata No. 3 in a Minor, "Dans Le Caractere Populaire Roumain" for Violin ; Piano, Op. 25: I. Moderato Malinconico
Sonata No. 3 in a Minor, "Dans Le Caractere Populaire Roumain" for Violin ; Piano, Op. 25: II. Andante Sostenuto E Misterioso
Sonata No. 3 in a Minor, "Dans Le Caractere Populaire Roumain" for Violin ; Piano, Op. 25: III. Allegro Con Brio, Ma Non Troppo
Six Sonatas for Solo Violin, Op. 27 : No. 3 in D minor "Ballade"
Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 1 in F minor, Op. 80: I. Andante
Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 1 in F minor, Op. 80: II. Allegro Brusco 1
Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 1 in F minor, Op. 80: III. Andante 1
Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 1 in F minor, Op. 80: IV. Allegrissimo

UPC: 190295403911
Label: Warner Classics
Release Date: 7.31.20
Format: CD

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