Shostakovich: Preludes / Prokofiev: Visions Fugitives / etc
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DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH / SERGEI PROKOFIEV / KURT WEILL
Shostakovich: Preludes / Prokofiev: Visions Fugitives / etc
Benjamin Schmid (violin) Lisa Smirnova (piano)
[ Ondine / CD ]
Release Date: Monday 2 February 2015
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Third release on Ondine by the Austrian star violinist Benjamin Schmidcontains fresh arrangements of well-known piano pieces by Shostakovich andProkofiev for violin and piano. Also included is a suite transcribed from KurtWeill's iconic 'The Threepenny Opera'. All the three original works by thecomposers were written during the 1910s and 1920s.
Known for his exceptionally wide repertoire and a great sense of musicality Benjamin Schmid is one of the most versatile violinists of today
"I imagine not every listener will respond positively to this thoroughly unorthodox recital, in which nothing is quite as its composer intended. What cannot be denied is the passionate engagement of the soloist, a big-toned player…[and] an accomplished jazz musician…this long-gestated project has a dangerous exuberance all its own" (Gramophone)
Tracks:
Shostakovich: Preludes for piano (24), Op. 34
Prokofiev: Visions fugitives, Op. 22 (arr. V. Derewianko for violin and piano)
Weill, K: 7 Stucke nach der Dreigroschenoper (arr. S. Frenkel)
