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Deux / Kopatchinskaja, Leschenko

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Details

Composer
BARTOK DEBUSSY RAVEL
Artist
Kopatchinskaja, Leschenko
Format
CD
Label
Alpha
Released
Feb 23, 2018
Catalog #
Alpha387
UPC
3760014193873

About



For her third album on Alpha, Patricia Kopatchinskaja is joined by a highly talented pianist whose approach to music is as extremist as hers, Polina Leschenko. Together they explore pieces that have many points in common. The Hungarian violinist Jelly d’Arányi, grandniece of Joseph Joachim, was a ‘muse’ to both Bartók and Ravel. In 1922 and 1923, she premiered the two Bartók sonatas for violin and piano and Ravel dedicated Tzigane to her. He wrote to Bartók: ‘You have convinced me to compose for our friend, who plays so fluently, a little piece whose diabolical difficulty will bring to life the Hungary of my dreams; and since it will be for violin, why don’t we call it Tzigane?’ Of course, Tzigane by Patricia Kopatchinskaja, who has been playing and dancing this music since her childhood in Moldova, does not sound like salon music . . . After a much-fêted recital at Wigmore Hall in 2017, the Financial Times wrote: ‘In another life, Patricia Kopatchinskaja might have been a rock star. This is a violinist who loves taking risks . . . But the final reward was worth waiting for: a denouement of astonishing force.’

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REVIEW:

The performances brim with personality, individuality, and panache. Every reading here works like a dream; no doubt in part because the three main works’ Hungarian folk roots are a perfect partner to her own Moldovan folk heritage.

– Gramophone

Tracklist 7 tracks

  1. 1 I. Allegro con fuoco 06:09
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Allegro con fuoco
    Duration
    06:09
    Composer
    Francis Poulenc
    Performer
    Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Polina Leschenko
  2. 2 II. Intermezzo: Très lent et calme 05:51
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Intermezzo: Très lent et calme
    Duration
    05:51
    Composer
    Francis Poulenc
    Performer
    Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Polina Leschenko
  3. 3 III. Presto tragico 05:16
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Presto tragico
    Duration
    05:16
    Composer
    Francis Poulenc
    Performer
    Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Polina Leschenko
  4. 4 Coppélia: Waltz (arr. E. Dohnányi for piano) 04:57
    Track
    4
    Title
    Coppélia: Waltz (arr. E. Dohnányi for piano)
    Duration
    04:57
    Composer
    Ernő Dohnányi
    Performer
    Polina Leschenko
  5. 5 I. Molto moderato 08:40
    Track
    5
    Title
    I. Molto moderato
    Duration
    08:40
    Composer
    Béla Bartók
    Performer
    Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Polina Leschenko
  6. 6 II. Allegretto 11:47
    Track
    6
    Title
    II. Allegretto
    Duration
    11:47
    Composer
    Béla Bartók
    Performer
    Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Polina Leschenko
  7. 7 Tzigane 10:09
    Track
    7
    Title
    Tzigane
    Duration
    10:09
    Composer
    Maurice Ravel
    Performer
    Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Polina Leschenko