Strangers in Paradise
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RAVEL / ENESCU / YSAYE / PROKOFIEV
Strangers in Paradise
Diana Tishchenko (violin), Zoltán Fejérvári (piano)
[ Warner Classics / CD ]
Release Date: Friday 1 November 2019
This enticing album of sonatas by Ravel, Enescu, Ysaÿe and Prokofiev emerged from violinist Diana Tishchenko's victory at the 2018 Long-Thibaud-Crespin Competition in Paris. 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 Zoltán Fejérvári 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."
"I'm hearing a genuinely distinctive, individual voice which is far from eccentric. The disc opens with Ravel's Second Violin Sonata, which instantly grabs attention with its beauty of tone, polish and range of colours...The folk-reminiscent exoticism of Enescu's Sonata No 3 is another perfect vehicle for Tishchenko's dramatic predilections and vast colouristic palette." - Gramophone
Tracks:
Ravel: Violin Sonata No. 2 in G Major, M. 77: I. Allegretto
Ravel: Violin Sonata No. 2 in G Major, M. 77: II. Blues. Moderato
Ravel: Violin Sonata No. 2 in G Major, M. 77: III. Perpetuum mobile. Allegro
Enescu: Violin Sonata No. 3 in A Minor, "Dans le caractere populaire roumain", Op. 25: I. Moderato malinconico
Enescu: Violin Sonata No. 3 in A Minor, "Dans le caractere populaire roumain", Op. 25: II. Andante sostenuto e misterioso
Enescu: Violin Sonata No. 3 in A Minor, "Dans le caractere populaire roumain", Op. 25: III. Allegro con brio, ma non troppo mosso
Ysaÿe: Sonata for Solo Violin No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 27, "Ballade"
Prokofiev: Violin Sonata No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 80: I. Andante
Prokofiev: Violin Sonata No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 80: II. Allegro brusco
Prokofiev: Violin Sonata No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 80: III. Andante
Prokofiev: Violin Sonata No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 80: IV. Allegrissimo
