Credits:

Franziska Pietsch

Description:

What a lustrous and sensual performance! The mature Peach performs the violin sonatas of Faur, Debussy, Ravel, and Poulenc! Francesca Peach is an enchanting violinist who has been actively releasing works on the Audite label in Germany. This album titled “Fantasque” focuses on French composers and includes violin sonatas by Faur, Debussy, Ravel, and Poulenc! This recording also features Peach’s beautiful tone dripping with lushness, richness, and sensuality. The two performers are Hoss de Solaun, who also performed the Shostakovich and R. Strauss Violin Sonatas on the previous recording. Together with Peach, they play these masterpieces with great skill and emotion. In addition to the excellence of the performances, it is also notable for the high quality of the recording by Audite’s owner and tone-meister Lutger Beckenhof. The beauty of the tones of the two instruments, violin and piano,