Gabriel Faure & Richard Strauss – Violin Sonatas – Itzhak Perlman, Emanuel Ax (2015) [HighResAudio FLAC 24bit/44,1kHz]

Gabriel Faure & Richard Strauss – Violin Sonatas – Itzhak Perlman, Emanuel Ax (2015) 
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 00:53:44 minutes | 530 MB | Genre: Classical
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Recorded: September 7-9, 2014 at The Academy of Arts and Letters, NYC

Legendary violinist Itzhak Perlman is known the world over as one of the most recognizable and beloved classical artists today. The 16-time Grammy winning Perlman celebrates his 70th birthday on August 31.
Itzhak Perlman and Emanuel Ax – each winners of multiple Grammy Awards among a myriad of other honors – have teamed up for the exquisite album of Romantic-era masterpieces: the Violin Sonata No. 1 in A Major by Gabriel Fauré and the lone Violin Sonata by Richard Strauss. In addition to this being Perlman’s first new solo recording in over a decade, it is also the first recording by this violin-piano team after years of performing together on stage, and the first time Perlman has recorded these two major sonatas.
Describing the Fauré sonata, Perlman says: “It smells like ambrosia – the essence of French music, a lovely piece. For a violinist, its phrases are a real satisfaction to play, as they’re so rich.” As for the Strauss sonata, Perlman says, “It’s by the young Strauss – emotionally heroic, very appassionato. I like to write stories in my mind about the music I play, to help me with the phrasing. This is a dramatic story – although in the slow movement, I imagine it in a coffeehouse, intimate and warm.”

Tracklist:

Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)
Violin Sonata No. 1 in A major, op. 13
1. I. Allegro molto 09:59
2. II. Andante 06:40
3. III. Allegro vivo 04:10
4. IV. Allegro quasi presto 05:42

Richard Strauss (1864-1949)
Violin Sonata in E-flat major, op. 18, TrV 151
5. I. Allegro ma non troppo 11:07
6. II. Improvisation (Andante cantabile) 07:37
7. III. Finale (Andante-Allegro) 08:29

Personnel:
Itzhak Perlman, violin
Emanuel Ax, piano

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FaurStraussVilinSnatasItzhakPerlmanEmanuelAx201544.124.rar