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ARG Reviews of "Viktor Uzur In Recital" |
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In recital, Valentini: Cello Sonata 10
Brahms: Sonata 2
Shostakovich: Sonata
Piatti: Caprice, op.25:5
Viktor Uzur; Vadim Serebrany
Blue Griffin Recording
Recording recitals on location is a potentially hazardous proceeding, between the possibilities of something going awry in the performance and the audience noise. This one works just fine, however, and the intensity of watching people and listening to them makes both players dig in and make the music talk.
The recital begins with Alfredo Piatti’s virtuoso arrangement of baroque violin sonata, played with panache. Then comes the great Brahms F-Major Sonata, played with a dynamic range from grit to whisper. The Shostakovich responds well to this treatment also. The recital ends with one of the Piatti Caprices, played with an impressive balance between technical prowess and bringing out the potential musicality of the piece.
This is a remarkably well-controlled set of performances. The emphasis on precision of intonation and articulation tends to have the listener concentrating on that rather than on the music itself, but the interpretations are geared to the music. It is quite a special recital.
D Moore.
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