Isabelle van Keulen, Ronald Brautigam - Shostakovich: Sonatas for Violin & Viola (2006)

This is an album of intense, deeply moving music that is both rich and spare. The Violin Sonata stands out as a rare gem of shimmering beauty; the dance melody of the second movement of the Viola Sonata is an unexpected surprise that contrasts the pensive first and third movements. Imagine yourself deeply lost in thought, daydreaming the day away. That is the feeling of these masterpieces. It is music you will turn to again and again.