Richard Strauss & Dmitri Shostakovich: Sonatas for Violin & Piano
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BCA
2019.03.08
"Die Musiker treiben die beiden hervorragend aufgenommenen Sonaten mit größter rhythmischer Präzision voran und schaffen so ein intensives Klangereignis – bei dem man beim Zuhören Gefahr läuft, das Atemholen zu vergessen." (RBB Kulturradio)
"Besides her great musicality, Pietsch is also a colorist, matching different tonal qualities to suit each passage. She unleashes an angry, acerbic outburst in the Scherzo, surpassing anyone I’ve heard before." (Fanfare)
Richard Strauss’s jubilant and romantic Violin Sonata (1888) was written amidst the relative innocence of fin-de-siècle Europe; Dmitri Shostakovich wrote his mournful and bleak Sonata (1968) at the height of the Cold War, in the twilight of his existence. Franziska Pietsch and Josu De Solaun bring new life to two starkly contrasting works that together present a complex and emotional portrait of human existence.