| Label: Onyx Classics Catalog: ONYX4033 Format: CD Maxim Rysanov, violin accompanied by Katya Apekisheva, piano; Boris Brovtsyn, violin; Jacob Katsnelson, piano; and Kristine Blaumane, celloDisc 1:
Sonata in F minor for clarinet/viola & piano, op.120 no. 1
Violin Sonata No 1 in G major, op. 78 (arr. viola Klengel/Rysanov)
Trio in E flat major for horn/viola, violin and piano op. 40
Disc 2:
Sonata in E flat major for clarinet/viola & piano, op. 120 no. 2
Trio in A minor for clarinet/viola, cello and piano, op. 114 Gramophone Editor's Choice -January 2009
This exciting release gathers together in one neat package the two late sonatas for which Brahms’ viola versions have become standard repertoire together with two trios for Clarinet and Horn that are more rarely heard for viola but work equally well. For this recording Max also plays the Klengel arrangement of the G Major Violin Sonata (with a few revisions of his own)
Played by one of the world’s most charismatic violists Maxim Rysanov, of whom Yuri Bashmet declared “my rival has arrived!” Remarkably, Max has been awarded Editor’s Choice from Gramophone Magazine for both his recital discs to date, including Kancheli’s Styx and Tavener’s The Myrrh-Bearer on ONYX (ONYX4023) of which the reviewer said “it was a privilege to review”
Maxim is accompanied by several of Russia’s most exciting younger generation of players. Katya Apekisheva for example recently won an Editor’s Choice for her debut CD of Grieg Lyric Pieces, while Kristine Blaumane has recently been appointed principal cellist of the London Philharmonic Orchestra
Max embarks on a major Brahms tour with Katya Apekisheva and others to coincide with this release with many dates in UK and France in November (please see ONYX website Concert Schedule for exact details). His other regular recital partners are Janine Jansen, Julian Rachlin and Mischa Maisky
For full details of concerts see www.maximrysanov.com and www.onyxclassics.com |