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Strauss, R - Violin Sonata in E flat major, Op. 18
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Chamber » Sonatas » Violin Sonatas
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Richard Strauss
Renaud Capuçon (violin), Wiener Symphoniker, Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester, Petr Popelka, Seiji Ozawa
The Vienna Symphony is luxurious in the Concerto, against which Capuçon’s poise and precision contrast beautifully. There’s a mournful simplicity to the Sonata and the Piano Quartet channels... —
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Make no mistake, this is artistry of the highest order. In their hands, Strauss's melodic fluency somehow manages to combine rich luxuriance with deftness of gesture. —
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2014, Chamber Finalist
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2013, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 1990, Winner - Chamber
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conjures up this utterly serene state of bliss —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 27th April 2015
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2015
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Shostakovich & R. Strauss: Sonatas for Violin & Piano
Franziska Pietsch (violin) & Josu De Solaun (piano)
Both sonatas receive superb performances from the duo of violinist Franziska Pietsch and pianist Josu de Solaun. The Strauss is played with arresting virtuosity, rich and vibrant tone, and imaginative... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, April 2019
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Chamber Music
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Special offer. Bartok, Strauss & Grieg: Violin Sonatas
Vilde Frang (violin) & Michail Lifits (piano)
Vilde Frang's micro-sensitive responses to dynamic, articulation and phrasing...prove a revelation in the heady opulence of the Strauss, which has never sounded so urgently seductive or expressively... —
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Gramophone Awards, 2011, Finalist - Chamber
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Momentum [2]: Korngold, Richard Strauss
Liya Petrova (violin), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Duncan Ward, Alexandre Kantorow (piano)
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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Special offer. Strauss, R: Violin Sonata in E flat major, Op. 18, etc.
Vadim Repin (violin), Boris Berezovsky (piano)
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... —Purchase product
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Tasmin Little and Piers Lane turn in one of the most satisfying performances [of the Strauss Sonata] I've heard. Their judicious choice of tempos allows the music to breathe naturally. They... —
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BBC Music Magazine, January 2013, Chamber Choice
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