There are two reasons why fans of Antonin Dvorák should try this Audite disc. First, there are very few recordings of the Bohemian composer's works for violin and piano, and second, even fewer of these recordings are acceptable. But this disc features two Czech musicians for whom Dvorák's music is as mother's milk and the results are entirely successful. Violinist Ivan Zenaty has both the sweet but focused tone and the lean but intense vibrato that is so suited to Dvorák's string writing, and his interpretations are ...
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There are two reasons why fans of Antonin Dvorák should try this Audite disc. First, there are very few recordings of the Bohemian composer's works for violin and piano, and second, even fewer of these recordings are acceptable. But this disc features two Czech musicians for whom Dvorák's music is as mother's milk and the results are entirely successful. Violinist Ivan Zenaty has both the sweet but focused tone and the lean but intense vibrato that is so suited to Dvorák's string writing, and his interpretations are warmhearted but not sentimental, an ideal approach for the Bohemian master's music. Together with talented and sympathetic pianist Igor Ardasev, Zenaty turns in heartfelt but balanced readings of the big works here -- the sonata and the sonatina -- and intimate but not introverted accounts of the shorter works -- the Ballad, the Mazurek, and particularly the Four Romantic Pieces. Audite's super audio digital sound is virtually transparent, but wholly present. Anyone who enjoys Dvorák's...
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