Artist: Maria Milstein, Mathieu van Bellen
Title: Sonatas for Two Violins
Year Of Release: 2020
Label: Challenge Classics
Genre: Classical
Quality: flac 24bits - 44.1kHz tracks + booklet
Total Time: 01:03:58
Total Size: 616 mb

Tracklist
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01. Sonata for Two Violins in C Major, Op. 56: I. Andante cantabile
02. Sonata for Two Violins in C Major, Op. 56: II. Allegro
03. Sonata for Two Violins in C Major, Op. 56: III. Commodo (quasi allegretto)
04. Sonata for Two Violins in C Major, Op. 56: IV. Allegro con brio
05. Sonata for Two Violins, Op. 10: I. Allegro molto
06. Sonata for Two Violins, Op. 10: II. Adagio sostenuto
07. Sonata for Two Violins, Op. 10: III. Andante con moto
08. Sonata for Two Violins in A Minor: I. Poco Lento, maestoso-Allegro fermo
09. Sonata for Two Violins in A Minor: II. Allegretto poco lento
10. Sonata for Two Violins in A Minor: III. Finale. Allegro vivo e con fuoco

The setting of this album - two violins without accompaniment - is no ordinary combination, and the repertoire, though encompassing several style periods from the Baroque to the 21st century, is much smaller than that of a more standard duo such as violin and piano.

When choosing a program for this CD, we were adamant to present works which, rather than using virtuosic violin display as a means to an end, are masterworks in their own right, where the virtuosity of writing is a simple tool used to create breathtaking landscapes and thrilling stories. Three different countries and three different universes, though all three composed within less than half a century - the Sonatas for Two Violins by Serguei Prokofiev, Henryk Górecki and Eugène Ysaÿe show with their incredible variety how exciting a violin duo can be.