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Prokofiev - Sonatas for Violin & Piano, Nos 1 & 2

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Label: Delos

Cat No: DE3385

Barcode: 0013491338521

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Chamber

Release Date: 5th January 2009

Works

Prokofiev, Sergei

Violin Sonata no.1 in F minor, op.80
Violin Sonata no.2 in D major, op.94a

Artists

Mikhail Simonyan (violin)
Alexei Podkorytov (piano)

Works

Prokofiev, Sergei

Violin Sonata no.1 in F minor, op.80
Violin Sonata no.2 in D major, op.94a

Artists

Mikhail Simonyan (violin)
Alexei Podkorytov (piano)

About

The 22-year-old Russian violinist “Misha” Simonyan makes a striking recording debut. There is little doubt that this album will become a classic in the field of violin playing.

A brief summary of Misha’s sky-rocketing career includes violin study from age five in his native Novosibirsk, a New York debut at age 13 in 1999 at Lincoln Center, a major Russian debut in St. Petersburg at the Kirov in the same year, and concerts throughout Europe, the U.S. and South America. He is the winner of the Classical Recording Foundation’s 2008 Artist of the Year Award. His own musical hero is David Oistrakh.

“Suddenly music that has previously appeared unyielding and unseductive takes on a special magic all its own. Simonyan’s tonal and intonational purity, coupled with a ravishing range of expressive colours, illuminates this extraordinary work [Sonata No.1] with laser-beam accuracy.

“Simonyan proves no less revelatory in the Second Sonata by emphasizing its neo-Classical grace and elegance, and he is matched note for note by the attentive, sensitively balanced pianism of Alexei Podkorytov. If in the First Sonata Simonyan uncovers an expressive warmth one scarcely thought possible, in the Second it is his exquisite poise and ‘cool’ that most impresses. With engineering as beguiling as the performances themselves, this is an outstanding release.” - The Strad