New. PatKop & Say
Patricia Kopatchinskaja (violin), Fazıl Say (piano)
Awards:
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2026, Editor's Choice
The album opens with Say's Lost Screams Sonata, in which Kopatchinskaja displays her ability to make the violin do unexpected things...This is a moving album with lots of excellent music-making...
New. PatKop & Say
Patricia Kopatchinskaja (violin), Fazıl Say (piano)
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Awards:
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2026, Editor's Choice
The album opens with Say's Lost Screams Sonata, in which Kopatchinskaja displays her ability to make the violin do unexpected things...This is a moving album with lots of excellent music-making...
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For this second album on Alpha Classics (following ALPHA885), Patricia Kopatchinskaja and Fazıl Say are not only an extraordinary performing duo, but also composers. They have recorded Szymanowski’s magnificent Myths and Prokofiev’s sonata, written between 1938 and 1946 amid the violence and fear of war and the Soviet regime— “Every note says something about today” Kopatchinskaja emphasizes… but it is Say’s sonata Lost Screams—written for Patricia Kopatchinskaja—that opens this program: “It embodies the struggles, fears, and silent protests of our times,” explains Fazıl Say.
Patkop’s UniSolo closes the album: she sought to create a musical process without knowing its outcome: “ At the beginning it revolves around the note A — Situations then developed from this that have surprised even me,” explains Kopatchinskaja, who concludes: “Composing opens up your ears and dispels any sense of awe. I feel freer, and regard my works as living beings whom I’ve been conversing with for my whole life.”
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Patricia Kopatchinskaja on 'Patkop and Say'
4th Nov 2026
The violinist talks about her new album with Fazıl Say, on which the two artists double up as both performers and composers.
Awards and reviews
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Gramophone MagazineNovember 2026Editor's Choice
November 2026
The album opens with Say's Lost Screams Sonata, in which Kopatchinskaja displays her ability to make the violin do unexpected things...This is a moving album with lots of excellent music-making to enjoy and think about.
16th October 2026
Each of these works pushes at the edges of what the violin can do, and casts the instrument in a kind of narrative role: Kopatchinskaja, who always looks to play the storyteller, seizes upon these qualities with relish.
