Credits:

Taishi Sakurai

Description:

This album features two masterpieces renowned as the pinnacle of violin sonatas. The performances here are free from the heaviness and sluggishness often associated with such grand works; instead, they are filled with a vibrant groove and a pulsating dynamism. While possessing a modern sophistication, they are also deeply passionate. It brings out anew the vividness and vitality inherent in these two masterpieces. The B-side features gems from Schumanns songsMoonlit Night, In Beautiful May, and You Are Like a Floweras well as Francks renowned Prelude, Fugue, and Variations. This album invites listeners from the universe of the sonata into a world of rich lyricism.Naxos Japan