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Momentum [2]: Korngold, Richard Strauss
Liya Petrova (violin), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Duncan Ward, Alexandre Kantorow (piano)
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No superficial gloss here, which is not to say that she doesn’t make an attractive sound – sure-footed, intensely sweet in her higher register and unfolding the central Romance in long, rhapsodic...
Momentum [2]: Korngold, Richard Strauss
Liya Petrova (violin), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Duncan Ward, Alexandre Kantorow (piano)
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No superficial gloss here, which is not to say that she doesn’t make an attractive sound – sure-footed, intensely sweet in her higher register and unfolding the central Romance in long, rhapsodic...
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The second instalment of our ‘Momentum’ diptych offers a mirror image in two pieces never before recorded together: the young fin-de-siècle Strauss in his last chamber work, and the Korngold of the post-war period, still decked in the colours of Hollywood. The fleeting moment of this reflection is captured in the snapshot of this recording, in which Liya Petrova and her partners Alexandre Kantorow and Duncan Ward combine to make the strings of two masterpieces vibrate in sympathy. A unique élan, a momentum to be grasped.
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- Liya Petrova, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Duncan Ward
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Presto Presents... Liya Petrova
In this latest episode of Presto Presents, violinist Liya Petrova and pianist Hamish Brown perform a selection of pieces inspired by Liya's latest album Momentum 2 (released in March on Mirare).
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April 2025
No superficial gloss here, which is not to say that she doesn’t make an attractive sound – sure-footed, intensely sweet in her higher register and unfolding the central Romance in long, rhapsodic lines. There’s a spacious, unaffected quality about her reading that grows out of her wide-grained, natural-sounding tone.
