New to YouTube: a recital by violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja and cellist Sol Gabetta, recorded on 26 July 2014 at Saanen Church as part of the 2014 Gstaad Menuhin Festival.
Programme:
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750): Invention I C major BWV 772 (1723)
Iannis Xenakis (1922-2001): ‘Dhipli Zyia’, Duet for violin and cello (1951)
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750): Invention VI E major BWV 777 (1723)
Zoltán Kodály (1882-1967): Duet for violin and cello op. 7 (1914)
1. Allegro serioso non troppo
2. Adagio
3. Maestoso e largamente, ma non troppo lento
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750): Invention VIII F major BWV 779 (1723)
Pēteris Vasks (1946): Duo (commissioned by Menuhin Festival Gstaad and Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival)
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750): Invention XIV Bflat major BWV 785 (1723)
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937): Sonata in C major for violin and cello (1927)
1. Allegro
2. Très vif
3. Lent
4. Vif, avec entrain
Review: Sol Gabetta, Patricia Kopatchinskaja: Sol & Pat
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