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Label Challenge Classics |
UPC 0608917296426 |
Catalogue number CC 72964 |
Release date 04 August 2023 |
"The biggest differences with modern, inauthentic renditions are in the details, partly thanks to the sound of the grand piano used from 1857. Some details sound more transparent and the balance between the instruments is more equal in several places."
Luister, 01-9-2023The biggest differences with modern, inauthentic renditions are in the details, partly thanks to the sound of the grand piano used from 1857. Some details sound more transparent and the balance between the instruments is more equal in several places.
Luister, 01-9-2023
And that is also the beauty of and the fascinating thing about the violin sonatas as performed by Leertouwer and Reynolds: you can immediately taste that not every note has been carefully weighed and varnished in advance. Inspiration can flow freely. The tone of the musical conversation is not fixed, but develops here and now. It makes listening an adventure, in the best sense of the word.
NRC, 18-8-2023
...true to his research, Leertouwer plays the Sonatas differently, giving them an unexpected, lovingly slant. In his reading, applying abundant portamento, I got a feeling as though I was listening to musical love letters.
I recommend that those interested listen for themselves. If I’m totally off the mark, you may well appreciate the way Leertouwer and his duo partner, Julian Reynolds, at the 1857 Blüthner grand piano perform so professionally and enthusiastically their fashion of these Sonatas whilst, maybe, conveying at the same time a glimpse of Brahms’s mindset. It does not replace any of my favourites. Still, I value it highly for what it is: An incomparable and well-researched view into the origin of these war horses of our classical repertoire.
HRAudio, 24-7-2023