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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 wasworth waiting for: a denouement of astonishing force."
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Reviews
Nominee in Chamber category
ICMA Award Nominations 2019
Nomination for BBC Music magazine Chamber Award 2019
BBC Music magazine – February 2019
"A daredevil double act from PatKop and Polina ... The piano-only Dohnányi arrangement of the Coppélia waltz provides a welcome sorbet in among all this emotion. The whole disc is recorded with clarity and warmth."
Matthew Rye - The Strad - April 2018
Recording of the Month
Performance ***** Recording *****
"... Simply, this is one of the finest, most musically sensitive recordings to have come my way for some time, and the neat title 'Deux' exactly encapsulates the partnerships on display... When the recording finishes I listened to it all over again - it really is that good."
Martin Cotton - BBC Music magazine - April 2018
Editor's Choice - Chamber Section
"... Leschenko not only matches Kopatchinskaja in every mood and approach but is a thoroughly, deliciously equal partner in the overall balance... this album is a properly exciting, life-affirming box of delights."
Charlotte Gardner – Gramophone magazine – February 2018
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