Prokofiev - Violin Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 80
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Chamber » Sonatas » Violin Sonatas
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Prokofiev: Violin Sonatas & Five Melodies
RecommendedAlina Ibragimova (violin), Steven Osborne (piano)
From the austere opening bars...it's clear that this violin-and-piano duo is capable of the subtlest interplay. Steven Osborne is the lion, or the demon, that needs taming by Alina Ibragimova's... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 14th July 2014
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2014, Chamber Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2014, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2014
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Prokofiev: Complete Works for Violin
RecommendedJames Ehnes (violin), with Amy Schwartz Moretti (violin), with Andrew Armstrong (piano)
BBC Philharmonic, Gianandrea Noseda
I have not heard such a beautiful performance of the First Violin Concerto since Itzhak Perlman's 1982 EMI recording, and Ehnes enjoys the advantage of a more natural balance with the orchestra...Ehnes... —
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2013, Editor's Choice
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Building a Library, January 2023, Recommended Recording - Violin Concerto No. 2
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a sign of real interpretive strength from the duo… Pärt’s work requires a sort of engagement through detachment at the very least; it gets that here… It’s the sisters’ mode of playing… that... —
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Strangers in Paradise
Ravel, Enescu, Ysaÿe, Prokofiev
Diana Tishchenko (violin), Zoltán Fejérvári (piano)
I’m hearing a genuinely distinctive, individual voice which is far from eccentric. The disc opens with Ravel’s Second Violin Sonata, which instantly grabs attention with its beauty of tone,... —
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Diapason d’Or, December 2019, Découverte
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Presto Editor's Choice, November 2019
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Special offer. Sergei Prokofiev: Two Violin Sonatas; Five Melodies
Bruno Monteiro (violin), Joao Paulo Santos (piano)
Monteiro is a master of the bow. Needless to say, he’s also a master of left-hand fingering technique, which enables him to navigate the double-stopping and virtuosic passages with ease. In... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2026, Nomination
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Paul and Helen Huang aren’t related, but the true teamwork makes better sense than any other performance I’ve heard of the Poulenc Sonata for Violin and Piano, inexplicably heard less often... —
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Given Ugorskaja’s tendency to rapt introspection at leisurely tempos I was initially taken aback by the duo’s focused take on these David Oistrakh-inspired works. The Prokofiev comes first in... —
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2020, Editor's Choice
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Prokofiev: Violin Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 80, etc.
Joshua Bell (violin), Olli Mustonen (piano) & Steven Isserlis (cello)
Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, Charles Dutoit
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This recording reveals her as a major artist…There’s a wealth of detail to savour in these performances…Conunova grabbed my attention from the first bars of Prokofiev’s First Sonata, employing... —
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2018, Editor's Choice
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