Saténik Khourdoïan & Alexander Gurning – Ysaÿe, Fauré & Saint-Saëns (2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 55:02 minutes | 1019 MB | Genre: Classical
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“French” works (although Ysaÿe was Belgian…) from 1877 with Fauré’s First Sonatathrough to 1908’s Extase by Ysaÿe: that’s what is on offer here from French violinist Saténik Khourdoïan, a regular at the Amsterdam Concertgebouw, the Radio-France Philharmonic the Orchestre de Marseille, Roque-d’Anthéron, the Grange du Meslay, the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence, France-Musique and France-Culture – and we should also mention that she is the first solo violin of the Monnaie de Bruxelles. Her selection shines a light on a whole range of French art which stands resolutely off to one side of the idiosyncratic route sketched out by Debussy: Saint-Saëns, Fauré and Ysaÿe will always remain in the ambit of rigorously-written French romanticism. The Caprice en forme de valse by Saint-Saëns, in its wild transcription by Ysaÿe, gives us a sense of the real value of Saténik Khourdoïan’s undertaking. This is an excellent calling card for a violinist who has still got plenty to say.
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Saténik Khourdoïan – Tchaikovsky: Works for Violin and Orchestra (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 56:45 minutes | 941 MB | Genre: Classical
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Exchanging roles between soloist and Konzertmeisterin, the accomplished young violinist Saténik Khourdoïan here makes her recording debut in an exciting programme with La Monnaie Symphony Orchestra and its acclaimed Music Director Alain Altinoglu. Perhaps best known to the general public for his ballet Swan Lake, the ardently Romantic composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky is also much admired for his concertante works. His Violin Concerto, considered one of the most virtuosic and one of the most frequently performed around the world, was written at a time when he was head-over-heels in love with one of his students, Iosif Kotek, to whom he originally wanted to dedicate the work. The ballet Swan Lake features some of the finest pieces ever written for the violin, some of which have been selected for this album. As an encore after these two major works, the conductor swaps his baton for the piano and joins his soloist in the nostalgic dream of the Valse Sentimentale.
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