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A Great Pairing...

Sébastien Melmoth | Hôtel d'Alsace, PARIS | 03/02/2008

(5 out of 5 stars)

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Menuhin is undoubtedly one of the greatest violinists of the 20th Century; Gould, unquestionably the most virtuosic pianist since Liszt: the two together form one of the most wonderful collaborations ever recorded--this doubly remarkable since Gould was exceptionally original in his conceptions of musical artworks, and his visions were not always taken in by other musicians: this is a summit-meeting of equally-powerful Ambassadors of Art.



The Duo presents us with superlative readings of three fabulous Violin Sonatas by musical nobility:



Beethoven's late G-major Sonata Op. 96, which features a quintessentially sublime set of variations in the Adagio espressivo;



Bach's fourth Sonata, in one of his favourite spicy keys (c-minor) BWV 1017, the prescient texture of which anticipates the violin sonatas of Mozart and Schubert;



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Schönberg's late, ultra-refined dodecaphonic Fantasy Op. 47.



Disc is reissue of Gould Meets Menuhin.



See too:



Bach: Six Sonatas for Violin & Har

Bach: Sonatas for Violin & Harpsichord, BWV 1014-1019; Sonatas for Viola da Gamba & Harpsichord, BWV 1027-1029



Ludwig van Beethoven: The Sonatas for Piano and Violin - Wilhelm Kempff / Wolfgang Schneiderhan

Beethoven: Violin Sonatas (Spring & Kreutzer ) (Kempff and Menuhin)

Beethoven: Complete Violin Sonatas



Chamber Music of the Viennese School

Schoenberg: Piano Works

Music of Arnold Schoenberg

Music of Arnold Schoenberg, II



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