Yevgeny Kutik & Timothy Bozarth
Release Date: 06 February 2012
Label: Marquis
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 774718142924
Genres: Classical Chamber Music
Description
The works on this album by Dmitri Shostakovich, Alfred Schnittke, Arvo Pärt, and Joseph Achron were all written amidst the tremendous social upheavals of the 20th century. However, no matter how turbulent, resigned, even angry some of these scores may seem, they each convey a sense of searching for faith - faith in God, faith in the human spirit, faith in art. The featured artists are the outstanding young Russian violinist Yevgeny Kutik, and the pianist Timothy Bazarth.
Alfred Schnittke was a bold experimenter, always pushing musical boundaries, and his Sonata No. 1 is one of his most expressive pieces. The Hebrew Lullaby and Hebrew Melody by Joseph Achron radiate tremendous emotional depth, and convey an intense feeling of longing and pain. Dmitri Shostakovich's Violin Sonata is a monumental and challenging work that epitomizes the unbearable pressure and struggles he endured in the Soviet Union, whereas Arvo Pärt's beautiful Spiegel im Spiegel exists on a plain of mystical and spiritual calm.
Yevgeny Kutik has been hailed for his dazzling command of the violin and its repertoire, as well as a communicative immediacy that harkens back to the legendary Romantic masters. Of his New York City orchestral debut, The New York Times wrote that his violin projected "an old-fashioned rhapsodic style, which was magnified by his rich, sweet tone."
Personnel: Yevgeny Kutik (violin), Timothy Bozarth (piano)
Tracklisting
James Campbell, London Symphony Orchestra & Paul Freeman
The Toronto Consort
Jens Lindemann
Judy Loman
Maxim Mogilevsky, St. Petersburg SO & Vladimir Lande
James Campbell & The Allegri String Quartet
David Greenberg, David McGuinness & Concerto Caledonia
Yevgeny Kutik & Timothy Bozarth
Karolos
The Counterpoints
Narratio Quartet
Danbi Um; Juho Pohjonen
Engegard Quartet, NyNorsk Messingkvintett
Flute Alors
Louise Bessette
Jonas Batstrand, Jorn Fossheim
