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For the Record, Op. 371: Alena Baeva, Isabelle Faust, Turtle Island Quartet, Alberto Bologni, Anzû Quartet
Welcome to "For the Record," Violinist.com's weekly roundup of new releases of recordings by violinists, violists, cellists and other classical musicians. We hope it helps you keep track of your favorite artists, as well as find some new ones to add to your listening! Click on the highlighted links to obtain each album or learn more about the artists.
Violinist Alena Baeva and pianist Vadym Kholodenko.Photos by Marco-Borggreve and Jean-Baptiste-Millot.
Beethoven Violin Sonatas
Alena Baeva, violin
Vadym Kholodenko, piano
Alena Baeva and Vadym Kholodenko present three of Beethoven's most popular sonatas for violin and piano. Baeva, an international violin soloist, and Kholodenko, a Gold Medalist at the 2013 Van Cliburn Competition, have performed as a duo for the last 10 years. The three sonatas featured on this recording (Op. 24 "Spring," Op. 47 "Kreutzer," and Op. 12, No. 3) were composed between 1797 and 1803, a period that brought Beethoven both his first recognition on the European stage and the first signs of his deafness. Baeva performs on the 1738 "ex-William Kroll" del Gesù violin and the pair used the 2020 Bärenreiter edition to inform their interpretative choices on phrasing, ornamentation and tempi. BELOW: Alena Baeva and Vadym Kholodenko perform Beethoven Violin Sonata No .9 "Kreutzer," Op.47.
Mozart : Sonatas for Fortepiano & Violin, Vol. 4
Isabelle Faust, violin
Alexander Melnikov, fortepiano
This fourth and last volume in Isabelle Faust and Alexander Melnikov'e series of sonatas by Mozart. BELOW: Mozart's Violin Sonata in C Major, K. 296: I. Allegro vivace.
Island Prayers
Turtle Island Quartet
David Balakrishnan, violin
Gabriel Terracciano, violin
Benjamin von Gutzeit, viola
Naseem Alatrash, cello
The two-time Grammy Award–winning Turtle Island Quartet returns with Island Prayers, a new album featuring world premiere recordings of works by David Balakrishnan, Terence Blanchard, Rhiannon Giddens, and Jerod Impichchaachaaha’ Tate. Conceived during the early months of the pandemic, Island Prayers emerged from a period of reflection and reconnection. BELOW: the Turtle Island Quartet performs David Balakrishnan's "Island Prayers."
Conversations Without Words
Alberto Bologni, violin
Perry Mears, piano
Robert J. Martin, composer
Italian violinist Alberto Bologni and pianist Perry Mears present "Conversations Without Words," a series of musical dialogues written by American composer Robert J. Martin. Written for solo violin with piano interludes, the work unfolds as a sequence of exchanges — sometimes tender, sometimes teasing — between two distinct melodic registers. BELOW: from Conversations Without Words: "Mischievous Conversation."
Olivier Messiaen: Quatuor pour le fin du temps
Anzû Quartet
Olivia De Prato, violin
Ashley Bathgate, cello
Ken Thomson, clarinet
Karl Larson, piano,
The Anzû Quartet releases its second album, featuring one of the pivotal works of the 20th century, Olivier Messiaen's "Quatuor pour la fin du temps" ("Quartet for the end of time.") The "Quatuor" is presently the "oldest" piece in the repertoire of New York's Anzû Quartet, whose members view the work as a catalyst for much of the contemporary music they perform today. Inspired by the lauded 1976 recording by the TASHI quartet, the group acknowledges that they follow in giant footsteps while digging deep into the original score with a renewed sense of rhythmic vitality, seeking to render Messiaen's pivotal work as powerful today as it was when he first composed it as a prisoner of war in 1940-41. BELOW: the Anzû Quartet performs the "Liturgie de cristal" from Olivier Messiaen's "Quatuor pour la fin du temps."
If you have a new recording you would like us to consider for inclusion in our "For the Record" feature, please e-mail Editor Laurie Niles. Be sure to include the name of your album, a link to it and a short description of what it includes.
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- For the Record, Op. 370: Leila Schayegh, Esther Yoo, Anne-Sophie Mutter, Maiani da Silva
- For the Record, Op. 369: Neave Trio; PatKop; Leonkoro Quartet; Tamsin Waley-Cohen
- For the Record, Op. 368: Trio Wanderer, JACK Quartet, Piatti Quartet, BCOC
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