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Do we need another pairing of the Shostakovich violin concertos? The answer is an unequivocal yes when the playing is as sensational as this.
Not just a preternaturally gifted teen, Sergey Khachatryan... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

Release Date: 30th Oct 2006
Catalogue No: V5025
Label: Naive
Length: 70 minutes

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November 2006

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Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 99

Work length38:27

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Sergey Khachatryan (violin)
Orchestre National de France
Kurt Masur

I. Nocturne: Adagio

Track length12:16

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II. Scherzo: Allegro non troppo

Track length6:21

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III. Passacaglia: Andante

Track length14:55

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IV. Burlesca: Allegro con brio

Track length4:55

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Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 2 in C sharp minor, Op. 129

Work length31:47

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Sergey Khachatryan (violin)
Orchestre National de France
Kurt Masur

I. Moderato

Track length13:30

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II. Adagio

Track length10:12

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III. Adagio - Allegro

Track length8:05

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Do we need another pairing of the Shostakovich violin concertos? The answer is an unequivocal yes when the playing is as sensational as this.
Not just a preternaturally gifted teen, Sergey Khachatryan is a real rival to Maxim Vengerov in this repertoire: the Shostakovich No 1 is his party piece as well. Interpreting it with a less unyielding intensity, he too satisfies its demands as few have done since the great David Oistrakh.
Rock-solid intonation is combined with wonderfully sweet tone.
Kurt Masur's accompaniment is characteristic of him. You'll hear the important tam-tam contributions in the first movement, which Rostropovich and/or his sound team fail to clarify, but you shouldn't expect minatory timp thwacks when the third movement passacaglia launches with kapellmeisterish restraint. Masur's lack of theatricality puts the focus on the way the music is put together. One drawback hereabouts is a microphone placement that captures soloistic sniffles, distracting if you do your listening on headphones.
The finale is aptly lighter in style, with a dash to the finishing-line perfectly calculated to win prizes and bring the house down.
Authoritative booklet-notes portray the companion concerto as something of an also-ran, an impression the performance perhaps does too little to allay. There are some exquisite effects but Vengerov, Rostropovich and the LSO take us to another, darker place. In Paris the accompaniment has too much politesse and is backwardly balanced. Strongly recommended even so.

November 2006

Born in 1985 in Yerevan, Armenia, Sergey Khachatryan… is a real rival to Maxim Vengerov in this repertoire: the Shostakovich No 1 is his party piece as well. Interpreting it with a less unyielding intensity, he too satisfies its demands as few have done since the great David Oistrakh. Rock-solid intonation is combined with wonderfully sweet tone.

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