Shostakovich: Violin Sonata Op. 134

Ingolfsson inhabits the balletic world of Stravinsky with as much commitment as the hermetic space of Shostakovich. — BBC Music Magazine, January 2012, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 5th Dec 2011
Catalogue No: AUDITE92576
Label: Audite
Length: 54 minutes

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Stravinsky: Le baiser de la fée (the Fairy’s Kiss), Divertimento

Work length21:52

$5.00

$6.50

Judith Ingolfsson, Vladimir Stoupel

I. Sinfonia [arr. S. Dushkin for violin and piano]

Track length6:53

$1.00

$1.30

II. Danses suisses [arr. S. Dushkin for violin and piano]

Track length4:41

$1.00

$1.30

III. Scherzo [arr. S. Dushkin for violin and piano]

Track length3:17

$1.00

$1.30

IV. Pas de deux [arr. S. Dushkin for violin and piano]

Track length7:01

$2.00

$2.60

Shostakovich: Violin Sonata, Op. 134

Work length32:42

$7.00

$9.00

Judith Ingolfsson, Vladimir Stoupel

I. Andante

Track length11:18

$3.00

$3.85

II. Allegretto

Track length6:29

$1.00

$1.30

III. Largo - Andante

Track length14:55

$3.00

$3.85

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The 'Divertimento' for violin and piano by Igor Stravinsky, written in 1932 as an arrangement of his ballet 'Le Baiser de la Fée', and the sonata for violin and piano by Dmitri Shostakovich, composed in 1968 on the occasion of David Oistrakh’s 60th birthday, could hardly be more disparate: Stravinsky’s work is a spirited homage to Tchaikovsky, based on songs and piano pieces by that composer, whereas the Shostakovich is a profound and mysterious contribution to the genre of the violin sonata. Both works, however, share a preference for an allegorical and deeply mysterious idiom and symbolism which, in Stravinsky’s case, results in brilliant, but also cool, “music on music”, whereas Shostakovich’s piece appears as a form of internal biography. For interpreters performing both pieces for one disc or in the same concert, one of the main challenges and attractions of this combination lies in tracing the cultural, musical and political experiences and values shared by both composers. In this performance, Judith Ingolfsson and Vladimir Stoupel have accomplished that task with mastery.

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January 2012

Ingolfsson inhabits the balletic world of Stravinsky with as much commitment as the hermetic space of Shostakovich.

March 2012

Ingolfsson and Stoupel draw the Bach inspiration out in the deceptively straightforward opening Andante...There is also a less readily identifiable but very Russian sense of energy in the more vigorous dance music....These are both strong, perceptive performances, recorded closely and lucidly, in which the complicated ambiguities in the music of both composers take hold powerfully below the sometimes jaunty surfaces.

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