Violinist Vadim Repin and his pianist partner Nikolai Lugansky's compilation of three magnificent but utterly different Romantic violin sonatas.
The overtly emotional Franck sonata is the album’s centrepiece, and also the work that the two artists have played together most often. By contrast, says Vadim Repin, the “Janáček is the most intimate and emotional music you could imagine. Then the Grieg is another substance again. It’s somehow like 19th-century Mozart – very truthful, natural writing. His emotions are really direct reflections.” And about the recording as a whole, Repin exclaims: "This is a documentary of two people who perform together and love this music.”
This is chamber music-making on the highest level. Of performing with Nikolai Lugansky, Repin enthuses, “I feel a great connection to his sense of phrasing. It is something I can always be confident to be part of, to follow or to take the idea further. We trust each other.” The two artists’ exceptional chemistry and mutual understanding are clearly audible in this remarkable new recording. ( sursa amazon.co.uk)