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2024-03-28 20:01:27
LEBRECHT LISTENS | Recordings Of Ysaÿe, Brahms & Busoni Show Not All Violin Concertos Were Created Equal
Eugene Ysaye and Busoni, contrasted with Brahms, show that not all violin concertos were created equal, demonstrated in two recent recordings.
2024-03-12 12:00:00
Gerald Fenech strongly recommends music by Eugène Ysaÿe on the Avie Records label. '... passionate intensity and inspired brilliance ...'
2023-08-28 03:30:00
Dependent Arising (CD Review)
[…] read that “while Rachel Barton Pine is widely known for her virtuosic and expressive performances of works from the Western classical music canon, she is also a heavy metal enthusiast and performer of the genre. Pine discovered her love for heavy metal as a teenager, and later performed at rock radio stations where she would intersperse her own arrangements of her favorite metal songs by Black Sabbath, AC/DC, and Metallica with works by Paganini and Ysaÿe in order to introduce new listeners to classical music. From 2009–2014 she was a member of the acclaimed doom/thrash metal band Earthen Grave, playing 6-string electric violin. With Dependent Arising, Pine explores connections between modern classical music and heavy metal and showcases her own unique journey within these two seemingly disparate genres.”Later in her CD booklet material, Pine writes that “there is perhaps no classical composer who is more beloved to metalheads than Shostakovich… As […]
2023-08-09 13:24:50
Ysaÿe: Six Sonatas for Solo Violin. Hilary Hahn. Deutsche Grammophon (CD). […]
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