Credits:

Patricia Kopatchinskaja and Polina Leschenko.

Description:

She has also won a Grammy Award for her innovative performance on the stunning 2015 release Take 2 with a Violinist (Alpha 211), and for her conducting on the string ensemble album of Schubert's Death and the Maiden (Alpha 265). The violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja has an astonishing talent for rewriting the conventions of classical performance, and her new album is a simple collection of sonata-like works by Poulenc, Bartók, and Ravel. However, the playing is truly exciting, especially the bewitching tone in the Bartók that makes you sigh. The two partners, Leschenko and Argerich, are highly acclaimed virtuosos, and once you hear their unique sound, you will never forget it. Naxos Japan