Although they were composed for the same instrumental combination, it's hard to think of two more different works than the violin sonatas of César Franck and Dmitry Shostakovich. Franck's four-movement work is mostly fast, mostly lyrical, mostly blissful, and always beautiful. Shostakovich's three-movement work is mostly slow, mostly dramatic, mostly agonized, and rarely beautiful in a way most listeners would recognize as beautiful. If a young violinist wanted to show his/her range as a musician, a disc coupling the two ...
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Although they were composed for the same instrumental combination, it's hard to think of two more different works than the violin sonatas of César Franck and Dmitry Shostakovich. Franck's four-movement work is mostly fast, mostly lyrical, mostly blissful, and always beautiful. Shostakovich's three-movement work is mostly slow, mostly dramatic, mostly agonized, and rarely beautiful in a way most listeners would recognize as beautiful. If a young violinist wanted to show his/her range as a musician, a disc coupling the two would be the way to do it, and on this Naïve disc, young Armenian violinist Sergey Khachatryan certainly shows his range. With his sister Lusine on piano, Khachatryan creates one of the most ravishingly beautiful performances of the Franck sonata ever recorded. His tone is insinuating, his phrasing undulating, and his warmth almost palpable. But though the work's radiant lyricism is to the fore in his performance, it is the work's passion keeping music surging relentlessly forward. In...
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