Strauss, R: Violin Sonata in E flat major, Op. 18, etc.

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Stylistically, Strauss's lyrical Op 18 (1887) sits poised somewhere between Brahms's chivalrous song cycle Die schöne Magelone and Strauss's own Don Juan of the following year.
The finale is... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

Catalogue No: 8573857692
Label: Erato
Length: 52 minutes

Strauss, R: Violin Sonata in E flat major, Op. 18

Work length26:43

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Vadim Repin (violin), Boris Berezovsky (piano)

I Allegro, ma non troppo

Track length10:28

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II Improvisation - Andante cantabile

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III Finale - Andante - Allegro

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Stravinsky: Divertimento (symphonic suite from Le Baiser de la Fée)

Work length19:41

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Vadim Repin (violin), Boris Berezovsky (piano)

I Sinfonia - Andante

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II Danses suisses - Tempo giusto

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III Scherzo - Allegretto grazioso

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IVa Pas de deux - Adagio

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IVb Pas de deux - Variation

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IVc Pas de deux - Coda

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Bartók: Romanian Folk Dances, Sz. 56, BB 68

Work length5:56

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Vadim Repin (violin), Boris Berezovsky (piano)

I Stick dance

Track length1:31

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II Sash dance

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III In one spot

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IV Horn dance

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V Romanian polka

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VI Fast dance

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2010

Stylistically, Strauss's lyrical Op 18 (1887) sits poised somewhere between Brahms's chivalrous song cycle Die schöne Magelone and Strauss's own Don Juan of the following year.
The finale is rich in heroics though not before a seductive 'Improvisation' and the appearance of one of Strauss's loveliest melodies. Anyone familiar with Heifetz's three recordings – his second, the first of two with the late Brooks Smith, is probably the most comprehensively expressive – will have a job adapting to anyone else. No one draws a sweeter, more tender opening phrase, though Vadim Repin, like Gidon Kremer, more or less matches Heifetz in terms of repose.
Repin's feline violin faces leonine support from Boris Berezovsky, whose outsize musical personality draws maximum mileage from Strauss's virtuoso piano writing, though he too is capable of relaxing. His elegant fingerwork is nicely demonstrated in the decorative figurations that dominate the third section of the second movement. Kremer and Oleg Maisenberg are also excellent, but Repin's engagement with the music's lyrical element just about gives him the edge . Heifetz is more 'accompanied' by Brooks Smith than partnered by him.
Echoes of Strauss return for the Adagio from Stravinsky's Fairy's Kiss re-run, a witty Divertimento prepared in collaboration with violinist Samuel Dushkin. Repin's strongest current rival is Perlman, though his reading is perhaps less subtly characterised and, again, Berezovsky's strong-arm pianism strengthens the frame. Bartók's ubiquitous Romanian Folkdances are rather less spicy here than you would expect from someone who has fiddled in gypsy style with Lakatos, but Repin's harmonics in the 'Pe loc' third movement are admirably clean and the final dances are suitably dashing.
The sound is very well balanced.

Strauss, R: Violin Sonata in E flat major, Op. 18, etc.

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