Michael Dinnebier - Prokofiev, S.: Violin Sonata No. 1 / Shostakovich, D.: Violin Sonata, Op. 134 (Russian Violin Sonatas) (2008)

Michael Dinnebier’s violin and Angela-Charlott Bieber’s piano are not only highly fluent in French, as could be heard on their debut CD with GENUIN performing works by Ravel and Franck, their Russian is also excellent as well. Their most recent GENUIN release features violin sonatas by Prokofiev and Shostakovich. The taut and expressive quality of the two works dedicated to David Oistrakh are rendered with equal intensity by Dinnebier and Bieber, just as they make palpable the emptiness and sorrowful protest of music composed during the Soviet regime. If you are longing for true Russian poignancy, then this GENUIN CD is just the right purchase.