Irina Borissova & Giacomo Battarino - Vladigerov, Poulenc & Seabourne: Works for Violin & Piano (2019) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist
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01. Violin Sonata in D Major, Op. 1: I. Agitato
02. Violin Sonata in D Major, Op. 1: II. Andante cantabile
03. Violin Sonata in D Major, Op. 1: III. Allegro con brio
04. Violin Sonata, FP 119: I. Allegro con fuoco
05. Violin Sonata, FP 119: II. Intermezzo
06. Violin Sonata, FP 119: III. Presto tragico
07. A Portrait & 4 Nocturnes: No. 1, Portrait (Chopin)
08. A Portrait & 4 Nocturnes: No. 2, Nocturne I (Moon Shadows)
09. A Portrait & 4 Nocturnes: No. 3, Nocturne II (Nothing but Moonlight)
10. A Portrait & 4 Nocturnes: No. 4, Nocturne III (Nightmare)
11. A Portrait & 4 Nocturnes: No. 5, Nocturne IV (Invictus)


Virtuoso duo Irina Borissova and Giacomo Battarino present three composers who each found a personal way to pursue Romanticism. Bulgarian pioneer and father figure, Pancho Vladigerov wrote his lyrical Violin Sonata at the tender age of 15 – a work of tremendous precocity. Initially an “enfant terrible”, during the middle years of his life Francis Poulenc increasingly turned to a melancholy Romanticism. Both strands feature in his striking sonata dedicated to the memory of Spanish poet Garcia Lorca. British composer Peter Seabourne disowned his modernist juvenalia, instead forging a distinctively unique expressive voice, readily apparent in this character study of a troubled Frederic Chopin. With playing of huge energy and poeticism, this release is a real highlight in a Sheva catalogue already blessed with many!

Irina Borissova, violin
Giacomo Barrarino, piano

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