The name Lubotsky may ring a bell. Russian violinist Mark Lubotsky recorded Benjamin Britten’s Violin Concerto under the direction of the composer. While this release is not likely to become as legendary as that Decca recording, there’s still some fine music-making going on here. Mark Lubotsky, along with violinist Katarina Andreasson and cellist Olga Dowbusch-Lubotsky […]
Luigi Boccherini
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Boccherini Op. 5 – Robust Works for Pianoforte and Violin
This release has me a little conflicted. Luigi Boccherini published his Op. 5 pianoforte and violin sonatas in 1768. The works were dedicated to one of the premiere keyboard players of the day, Mme. Brillon de Jouy. She was a champion of the then-new pianoforte, and Boccherini’s sonatas were his first compositions for keyboard. My […]
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Discovering the Classical String Trio
As the Vivaldi Project points out in the liner notes for this release, string trios from the classical era are woefully under-represented in the performing and recording repertoire. It’s not because instrumental grouping’s unusual — there were hundreds of string trios written between 1750 and 1827 (the approximate dates of the classical era). And, as […]