Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Polina Leschenko - Deux: Bartók, Poulenc, Ravel (2017)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 203 Mb | Total time: 52:54 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Alpha | # Alpha 387 | Recorded: 2017
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 203 Mb | Total time: 52:54 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Alpha | # Alpha 387 | Recorded: 2017
For her third album on Alpha, Patricia Kopatchinskaja is joined by a highly talented pianist whose approach to music is as extremist as hers, Polina Leschenko. Together they explore pieces that have many points in common. The Hungarian violinist Jelly dAranyi, grandniece of Joseph Joachim, was a muse to both Bartok and Ravel. In 1922 and 1923, she premiered the two Bartok sonatas for violin and piano and Ravel dedicated Tzigane to her. He wrote to Bartok: You have convinced me to compose for our friend, who plays so fluently, a little piece whose diabolical difficulty will bring to life the Hungary of my dreams; and since it will be for violin, why dont we call it Tzigane? Of course, Tzigane by Patricia Kopatchinskaja, who has been playing and dancing this music since her childhood in Moldova, does not sound like salon music . . .