Erwin Schulhoff Complete Music for Violin and Piano Brilliant Classics 95324 Bruno Monteiro, violin João Paulo Santos, piano 2016.11.01 |
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Press Reviews A fascinating and rewarding issue. There is no doubting the firm belief in this music that exudes from Monteiro and Santos” performances. This program is both generously packed and very convincing. "Here, once more, is very clear the artistry of both musicians: virtuoso playing, technical command, the profound knowledge of the works. There are no reservations. The Brilliant production team has done well to provide us with this sincerely refreshing account of this particular facet of Schulhoff’s repertoire”. Violinist Bruno Monteiro has a way of dramatically changing the tonal color of his instrument, sometimes note by note, based on the music's character at any given moment. Violinist Monteiro possesses a fine tone and technique… Monteiro does not hold back; he attacks this music with relish, fully understanding its idiom and purpose. “Monteiro's tone is always clean, golden, and vibrant, qualities he maintains throughout the program. Monteiro and Santos make a splendid team, keeping the drama of the piece moving forward with a pulsating, scintillating enchantment”. The works are played with lively spirit and idiomatic sensitivity by Bruno Monteiro on violin and João Paulo Santos on piano. This volume spells out his brilliance. I do recommend it very strongly". He (Monteiro) makes a good fist of it (…) João Paulo Santos does sound at home, he proves an adept interpreter, bringing out every nuance of the music. "Truly inspiring music, invigorating, gaining in depth by repeated listening, perfectly served by our two artists”. “Wide use of mute, sonorities close to irony or harmonically unstable intervals, propitiated by the search for a consolidated modernity, flow with naturalness in the bow of Bruno Monteiro, great connoisseur of these sonatas”. This is a most important record of previously-neglected 20th-century chamber music... |