Rafal Blechacz & Bomsori Kim Faure, Debussy, Szymanowski & Chopin (2 LP)

180g Audiophile Virgin Vinyl Double LP!
Mastered from the Original Masters of Universal Music by Rainer Maillard at Emil Berliner Studios!
Pressed at Optimal in Germany!
First Time Ever on Vinyl!
The two young, excellent artists merge in the playing, the flow of the music and the intimacy make the listener melt into the armchair. This award-winning, highly emotional recording by Rafal Blechacz (piano) and Bomsori Kim (violin) was recorded in July 2018 at the Siemens Villa in Berlin and mastered at Emil Berliner Studios.
Available on vinyl for the first time, the three-sided double LP takes you to unimagined depths with its sophisticated compilation of works by Fauré, Debussy, Szymanowski and Chopin and its outstanding sound quality. A clear recommendation – if you are not afraid of goose bumps!
"It seems that Blechacz has done well to find Kim, too, because there's an audible meeting of musical minds across their exploration of French lyricism and Polish melancholy, heard right from the start of the opening Fauré Violin Sonata No 1. First, Blechacz's picked-out melody sings out brightly with passionate amour from within lucid-textured cascading figures. Then in comes Kim, counterfoiling her equal romance with a clean, supple sound. Engineering-wise, as well, there's a nicely egalitarian balance between the two of them. What does remain constant, is the sheer energy and drive, aided by Kim's sound itself: direct and ardent, with mahogany-hued lower registers contrasting with sweetly ringing, singing upper ones. This all combines to especial effect with the Debussy, in an unusually driven, emotional-ly strong reading of this autumnal work. One of Kim's most effective gifts here is her spotlighting of Debussy's linguistic debt to the Orient; listen in the first movement to how grace-note inflections and sur la touche playing is so very husky and languorous that the parallels with Asian voice flute are unmissable." - Gramophone

Features:

• 180g Audiophile Virgin Vinyl
• Double LP
• Recorded in Berlin, Siemens-Villa, 7/2018
• From the Original Masters of Universal Music
• Audiophile Analogue Mastering by Rainer Maillard at Emil Berliner Studios
• Pressed at Optimal Media GmbH in Germany
• 3 Sides of Music
• First Time Ever on Vinyl
• Gatefold Jacket with Obi Strip

Musicians:

• Rafal Blechacz, piano
• Bomsori Kim, violin

Selections:

Side A
Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)
Sonata for Violin And Piano No.1 in A Major, Op.13
1. Allegro Molto
2. Andante
3. Allegro Vivo
4. Allegro Quasi Presto
Side B
Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
Sonata For Violin And Piano In G Minor, L 148
1. Allegro Vivo
2. Intermède. Fantasque Et Léger
3. Final. Très Animé
Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849)
Nocturne No.20 in C Sharp Minor, Op.Posth
Arrangement For Violin And Piano: Nathan Milstein
4. Lento Con Gran Espressione
Side C
Karol Szymanowski (1882-1937)
Sonata For Piano And Violin In D Minor, Op.9
1. Allegro Moderato. Patetico
2. Andantino Tranquillo E Dolce
3. Final. Allegro Molto Quasi Presto