The booklet notes for this release on violinist Gil Shaham's label, Canary Classics, provide a basic overview of the Spanish violinist/composer Pablo de Sarasate, as well as information about the performers on the disc. But they don't include information on the "Sarasateada" mentioned in the disc's title. It's a Sarasate festival held in the Spanish city of Valladolid, and some of the album's tracks were recorded live there. Were the other recordings part of the festival, as well? That's unknown, but the performances hold ...
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The booklet notes for this release on violinist Gil Shaham's label, Canary Classics, provide a basic overview of the Spanish violinist/composer Pablo de Sarasate, as well as information about the performers on the disc. But they don't include information on the "Sarasateada" mentioned in the disc's title. It's a Sarasate festival held in the Spanish city of Valladolid, and some of the album's tracks were recorded live there. Were the other recordings part of the festival, as well? That's unknown, but the performances hold together as a single piece of work nevertheless, and despite the presence of two different violinists, Shaham and his wife, Australian-born and -trained Adele Anthony (pictured in a soft-focus profile on the cover). You can certainly tell them apart, but there is an attractive aspect of dialogue between them, and as the final duo-violin piece Navarra explodes in a shower of pizzicati there's a real sense of ensemble at a virtuoso level. Both capture the elegance of Sarasate, who was...
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