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Franck - Violin Sonata in A Major / Shostakovich - Violin Sonata Op.134 | Naive V5122

Franck - Violin Sonata in A Major / Shostakovich - Violin Sonata Op.134

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Label: Naive

Cat No: V5122

Barcode: 0822186051221

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Chamber

Release Date: 25th February 2008

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Contents

Artists

Sergey Khachatryan (violin)
Lusine Khachatryan (piano)

Works

Franck, Cesar

Violin Sonata in A major

Shostakovich, Dmitri

Violin Sonata, op.134

Artists

Sergey Khachatryan (violin)
Lusine Khachatryan (piano)

About

This new CD presents two of the rising stars of instrumental performance, violinist Sergey Khachatryan and his pianist sister Lusine Khachatryan in recordings of the Violin Sonatas of Franck and Shostakovich.
 
César Franck’s Sonata in A was written in 1886 and, like his symphony, it is united by a cyclic use of thematic material that connects the movements. It has become one of the most popular chamber works in the repertoire. The Violin Sonata of Dmitri Shostakovich was written in 1969 and is a work of extraordinary intensity. The piano is often an equal partner in the piece and doesn't so much accompany the violin as echo and goad it. The snaking melody that opens the piece was one of Shostakovich's first forays into the 12-tone method of Schoenberg, and the restless and wry feeling it introduces is maintained throughout the piece.
 
Sergey Khachatryan was born in 1985 in Yerevan, Armenia. In December 2000 Sergey won the Eighth International Jean Sibelius competition, and in 2005 he claimed First Prize at the prestigious Queen Elisabeth Competition in Brussels. Sergey performs as soloist with an impressive list of the world’s leading orchestras and has worked with many of the world’s great conductors. Sergey and Lusine Khachatryan give recitals at international venues such as the Wigmore Hall, Carnegie Hall, and the Amsterdam Concertgebouw.
 
Sergey Khachatryan’s debut recording for Naïve of the Violin Concertos of Khatchaturian and Sibelius (V4959) was extremely well received by the press and was an Editor’s Choice in the Gramophone. “His distinctive sound is one that I’m sure we’ll be encountering often” - James Jolly, Gramophone.

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