Virtuoso duo Irina Borissova and Giacomo Battarino present three composers who each found a personal way to pursue Romanticism. Bulgarian pioneer and father figure, Pancho Vladigerov wrote his lyrical Violin Sonata at the tender age of 15 - a work of tremendous precocity. Initially an "enfant terrible", during the middle years of his life Francis Poulenc increasingly turned to a melancholy Romanticism. Both strands feature in his striking sonata dedicated to the memory of Spanish poet Garcia Lorca. British composer Peter Seabourne disowned his modernist juvenalia, instead forging a distinctively unique expressive voice, readily apparent in this character study of a troubled Frederic Chopin. With playing of huge energy and poeticism, this release is a real highlight in a Sheva catalogue already blessed with many!

Tracklist:

Violin Sonata In D Major, Op. 1: I. Agitato
Violin Sonata In D Major, Op. 1: II. Andante Cantabile
Violin Sonata In D Major, Op. 1: III. Allegro Con Brio
Violin Sonata, Fp 119: I. Allegro Con Fuoco
Violin Sonata, Fp 119: II. Intermezzo
Violin Sonata, Fp 119: III. Presto Tragico
A Portrait & 4 Nocturnes: No. 1, Portrait (Chopin)
A Portrait & 4 Nocturnes: No. 2, Nocturne I (Moon Shadows)
A Portrait & 4 Nocturnes: No. 3, Nocturne II (Nothing But Moonlight)
A Portrait & 4 Nocturnes: No. 4, Nocturne III (Nightmare)
A Portrait & 4 Nocturnes: No. 5, Nocturne IV (Invictus)

UPC: 8033776712268
Label: Sheva Collection
Release Date: 9.6.19
Format: CD

Poulenc / Borissova / Battarino - Sonatas (CD)