Crossroads: American Violin Sonatas Classical Chamber BIS

Crossroads: American Violin Sonatas

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BI 2545

Crossroads: American Violin Sonatas

Label Catalogue Number:
BIS-2545

Running Time: 01:10:02

Release Date: November 2021
Originally recorded in November 2021

Genre:
Classical
Chamber

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On this transatlantic album, three American composers born during the first half of the last century rub shoulders with two young musicians from Eastern Europe. A member of the BBC New Generation Artists scheme, the violinist Aleksey Semenenko first met the pianist Artem Belogurov at the Stolyarsky Special Music School in Odessa at an early age. Even if their individual careers have taken to different parts of the world, the two still perform together whenever possible, and here they present three sonatas. Of the composers, the best-known is André Previn who composed his Violin Sonata No. 2 in 2011 for Anne-Sophie Mutter. An improvisatory spirit permeates the work which is in three movements with the markings Joyous, Desolate and Brilliant. Tony Schemmer and Paul Gay are both based in the Boston area and share a background in which jazz and classical genres merge. This is reflected in their sonatas, composed in the 1980s and here appearing on disc for the first time.

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Classic Today Recommendation

Artistic Quality 10 Sound Quality 10 Overall Impression 10

Martin Blaumeiser – klassik-heute.de – 15 January 2022

“… These are warm, heartfelt accounts that showcase Semeneko’s considerable technical expertise, given equally distinctive, committed support by pianist Artem Belogurov, and captured in close, generous sound.”

David Kettle – The Strad – April 2022

“… Semenenko and his duo partner present premiere recordings of jazz-influenced sonatas written in the 1980s. The Schemmer is a particularly joyful discovery.” ***

Freya Parr – BBC Music magazine (Brief Notes Section) – January 2022

Performance ****½ Sonics****½

“…all three sonatas are in the realm of ‘extended’ melodious music, by which I mean: No experimental stuff, but thorough craftsmanship, building on proven compositional styles…. BIS has set the scene for some remarkable discoveries. Not knowing any of the three, it was for me like a trip through wonderland. Full of striking detail; offering new vistas at every turn. Their strengths do not lie in delivering ‘shock waves’, but, as I see it, in allowing competent players to shine through carefully laying out an inspiring musical fundament…. exceptionally well thought-through release.”

Adrian Quanjier – HR Audio.net – 9 January 2022

Pizzicato Supersonic

Uwe Krusch – Pizzicato.lu – 23 November 2021

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