from Szymanowski: Complete music for violin & piano (CDA67703) 1 Nocturne: Lento assai [6'07] 11 minutes 40 seconds 2 tracks2 Tarantella: Presto appassionato [5'33] ‘Ibragimova and Tiberghien make a winning combination, both in the sweltering sensuality of the central works and in the more conventional late-Romantic effulgence of the warm-hearted Sonata of 1909 ... ‘[I would] recommend Alina Ibragimova with pianist Cédric Tiberghien as prime representatives of the numinous in Szymanowski's violin chamber repertoire’ (Gramophone) ‘This is a performance that shows Ibragimova's art at her remarkable best; at one moment poised, the next playing with abandon, she is one of the most expressive violinists around’ (BBC Music Magazine) |