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Violinist Tai Murray can legitimately boast just a third-degree separation from the composer of these solo violin sonatas: one of her teachers, Yuval Yaron, was
In the early days of CDs and digital recording it was always something worth noting when, as a reviewer you heard something that sounded exactly
It’s a cliché to liken a performer traversing a large cycle of works to a “journey”, yet Hilary Hahn’s set of Eugène Ysaÿe’s six unaccompanied
Music may well be demanding but it should always be entertaining. That’s the specialty of Carolin Widmann, who makes beautiful music sound more interesting (see
Much as I’d like to recommend this intelligently conceived and well-contrasted program of mixed unaccompanied violin works, Linda Wang’s uneven performances prevent serious consideration. In
Quite a few violinists have braved the musical and technical challenges of Eugène Ysaÿe’s six solo sonatas on disc, including the Serbian-born Andrej Kurti, who
Virtuosity is the name of the game for this solo recital recording by Maxim Vengerov. Here, virtuosity reigns in both substance–incredibly demanding compositions that would
The two Shostakovich violin concertos hardly suffer from lack of excellent modern recordings, as Ilya Kaler (Naxos), Lydia Mordkovitch (Chandos), Dimitry Sitkovetsky (Virgin), and several
Eugène Ysaÿe heard his younger colleague Joseph Szigeti perform one of the Bach solo sonatas, after which the two violinists discussed the lack of major
The violin gods bestowed numerous gifts upon Michael Rabin during his brief life: an intense, penetrating sonority, a flawless bow arm, and pinpoint intonation. All
