This album is really a treat for listeners on many different levels. First off, it's an excellent live recording; it incorporates all the spontaneity and excitement that comes from playing in front of an audience with the superb sound quality, balance, and intonation that is usually reserved for studio recordings. Next, it's a chamber music performance given by soloists who do not typically perform together -- and it's done well! All too often, collaborations such as this one come across as a battle of musical wills, but ...
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This album is really a treat for listeners on many different levels. First off, it's an excellent live recording; it incorporates all the spontaneity and excitement that comes from playing in front of an audience with the superb sound quality, balance, and intonation that is usually reserved for studio recordings. Next, it's a chamber music performance given by soloists who do not typically perform together -- and it's done well! All too often, collaborations such as this one come across as a battle of musical wills, but such is not the case here. Both works performed on the album possess lucid ensemble playing, unified musical ideas, and tight intonation.The CD also treats listeners to works by two composers who are regrettably under-performed. Ernst von Dohnányi was not only highly influential to future generations of Hungarian composers (including Bartók and Kodály), but also counts Georg Solti among his conducting protégés. His own music is no less enthralling, and the Op. 10 Serenade for string...
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