Composer: Leoš Janáček, Johannes Brahms, Béla Bartók
Performer: Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Fazil Say
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Alpha
Catalogue: ALPHA885
Release: 2023
Size: 1.16 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Janáček: Violin Sonata, JW VII/7
01. I. Con moto
02. II. Ballada
03. III. Allegretto
04. IV. Adagio
Brahms: Violin Sonata No. 3 in D minor, Op. 108
05. I. Allegro
06. II. Adagio
07. III. Un poco presto e con sentimento
08. IV. Presto agitato
Bartók: Violin Sonata No. 1, Sz. 75
09. I. Allegro appassionato
10. II. Adagio
11. III. Allegro
This new recording marks the reformation of the legendary duo of Patricia Kopatchinskaja and Fazil Say. The Moldovan violinist says the Turkish pianist ‘is a volcano, with an indomitable strength and energy’, while he emphasises the ‘freedom’ that her ‘spontaneous playing’ exudes: ‘At each concert, she creates a different character and tells a new story.’ The explosive duo presents a programme devoted to Bartók’s Violin Sonata no.1 (‘a marvel from start to finish, one of his finest works’, says Patkop), Brahms’s D minor Sonata (‘I imagine a feather in flight at the opening of the sonata’) and Janáček’s Sonata, ‘an extreme work, wounded and heart-rending’.