Ilya Gringolts, Peter Laul, Orquesta Sinfónica de Galicia & Dima Slobodeniouk - Stravinsky: Music for Violin, Vol. 2 (2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Time - 76:13 minutes | 1.25 GB
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The relationship between Igor Stravinsky and the violin didn't get off to a promising start: early on in his career the composer stated that he was not fond of stringed instruments, finding them ‘rich in cheap expressivity’. He was also suspicious of virtuoso interpreters – among which violinists were particularly numerous – and their tendency to ‘seek immediate triumphs and to lend themselves to the wishes of the public’. Nevertheless there are in Stravinsky's oeuvre a number of works featuring a solo violin, all of which have now been recorded by his compatriot Ilya Gringolts.