Bartók • Eötvös • Ligeti
Violin Concertos
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'The sense of fantasy and fluidity that Kopatchinskaja draws from the solo part holds you spellbound' Erik Levi
Bartók • Eötvös • Ligeti
Bartók: Violin Concerto No. 2
Eötvös: Seven
Ligeti: Violin Concerto
Patricia Kopatchinskaja (violin); Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra; Ensemble Modern/Peter Eötvös
Naïve V5285 89 mins
For a full review pick up a copy of the February issue of BBC Music Magazine
Audio clip: from Eötvös's Seven, Third Cadenza
Authors
Erik Levi is a journalist and critic for BBC Music Magazine and a visiting professor in music at Royal Holloway, University of London. He is a leading authority on the music of the 20th century, and has written books on the topic of music in the Nazi era, including 'Music in the Third Reich' (1994) and 'Music and the Nazis' (2010). He is also a regular broadcaster for BBC Radio 3 and is on the reviewing roster for International Piano Magazine.