4 Strings Only, a Herwig Zack album of solo violin works on the Avie label, combines an unusual juxtaposition of a Bach Solo Sonata No. 2 in A minor with the two solo suites of Ernest Bloch, the Sonata for solo violin of Paul Ben-Haim, and finally the Sequenza VIII of Luciano Berio. While Bach's solo sonatas and partitas certainly inform nearly every subsequent work for solo violin, and while Zack makes a somewhat circuitous argument for the connections between the works on his program, the Bach still seems somewhat out of ...
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4 Strings Only, a Herwig Zack album of solo violin works on the Avie label, combines an unusual juxtaposition of a Bach Solo Sonata No. 2 in A minor with the two solo suites of Ernest Bloch, the Sonata for solo violin of Paul Ben-Haim, and finally the Sequenza VIII of Luciano Berio. While Bach's solo sonatas and partitas certainly inform nearly every subsequent work for solo violin, and while Zack makes a somewhat circuitous argument for the connections between the works on his program, the Bach still seems somewhat out of place here. What's more, Zack's playing of the A minor Sonata is the least successful on the disc. The same muscular, angular, and intense playing that works so well for Bloch, Ben-Haim, and Berio is brought to the Bach with little change. The result may be too brazen and assertive for some listeners. The remainder of his program, though, is truly striking. The contrasts in tempo, texture, and color achieved are not only idiomatic for the composers' wishes, but indicative of Zack's...
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Ernest Bloch; Johann Sebastian Bach; Luciano Berio; Paul Ben-Haim. New. New in new packaging. USA Orders only! Brand New product! please allow delivery times of 3-7 business days within the USA. US orders only please.
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