BOULEZ, YSAŸE, SCIARRINO, WIDMANN: WORKS FOR SOLO VIOLIN

More Sciarrino here – six caprices written for Accardo and dispatched with winning panache by Widmann. Boulez’s Anthemes is knottier but satisfyingly rigorous, as are Widmann frère’s etudes. These are interspersed with two of Ysaÿe’s solo sonatas, dedicated to Thibaud and Kreisler respectively, and here dazzlingly played. Warm, clear German Radio sound.

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