Kay Stern, Dawn Harms, Patricia Helller, Emil Miland - Violins of Hope: Heggie, Schubert, Mendelssohn (2021)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 300 Mb | Total time: 75:14 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Pentatone | # PTC 5186879 | Recorded: 2020
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 300 Mb | Total time: 75:14 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Pentatone | # PTC 5186879 | Recorded: 2020
Violins of Hope presents instruments that were owned by Jewish musicians before and during the Holocaust, representing strength and optimism for the future during mankind’s darkest hour. They have been refurbished by luthiers Amnon and Avshalom Weinstein, founders of the Violins of Hope project. On this album, recorded live at Kohl Mansion, the instruments are used to perform two string quartet masterpieces by Schubert and Mendelssohn, alongside a new composition by Jake Heggie, inspired by the violins’ histories. Schubert’s unfinished Quartettsatz is often considered Schubert’s first mature work and displays a typically Schubertian mix of impetuous agitation and sublime lyricism.