Credits:

Franz Halasz, Jacob Kellermann, Debora Halasz

Description:

Gubaidulinas Chamber Music, Highlighted by Innovative Playing TechniquesSACD hybrid disc. Compared to Sofia Gubaidulinas large-scale orchestral works, her instrumental and chamber music pieces are not heard as often. This album features solo pieces from the 1960s, when she was around 30 years old, alongside her recent chamber music works. The Serenade for guitar is dedicated to Matanya OFee, an authority on Russian guitar music; it is free of avant-garde elements and is a gentle, emotionally rich lyrical piece. In contrast, the Piano Sonata is a twelve-tone work that begins abruptly with internal playing. The virtuosic piano writing is also noteworthy. The two new chamber music pieces feature the eccentric performance ideas characteristic of Gubaidulina. In Repentance, the performancewhich includes dropping a Super Ball onto the guitar stringsappears almost play