Achron: Complete Suites for Violin and Piano
Hagai Shaham, violin
Arnon Erez, piano
Minimum donation: $20
Disc 1: Hebrew Melody; Hebrew Dance; Hebrew Lullaby; Eli Zion; Prelude; Souvenir de Varsovie; Coquetterie; Serenade; Les Sylphides; Berceuse; Dance Improvisation; Scher; Märchen; Liebeswidmung; Canzonetta; Stimmungen Op. 32; Stimmungen Op. 36; Pastels; Stempenyu Suite
Disc 2: Suite "En Style Ancien", Op. 21; Suite, Op. 22; "Quatre Tableaux Fantastiques", Op. 23; "Suite Bizarre - Cycle des Rhythmes", Op. 41; "Children's Suite" (arr. Jascha Heifetz); Pensée de Leopold Auer; La Romanesca
Arnon Erez, piano
Minimum donation: $20
Disc 1: Hebrew Melody; Hebrew Dance; Hebrew Lullaby; Eli Zion; Prelude; Souvenir de Varsovie; Coquetterie; Serenade; Les Sylphides; Berceuse; Dance Improvisation; Scher; Märchen; Liebeswidmung; Canzonetta; Stimmungen Op. 32; Stimmungen Op. 36; Pastels; Stempenyu Suite
Disc 2: Suite "En Style Ancien", Op. 21; Suite, Op. 22; "Quatre Tableaux Fantastiques", Op. 23; "Suite Bizarre - Cycle des Rhythmes", Op. 41; "Children's Suite" (arr. Jascha Heifetz); Pensée de Leopold Auer; La Romanesca
"Shaham is a fiery and striking, playful and elegant virtuoso, conjuring up almost magically virtuosic romanticism." - Helsinki Sanomat
"Nearly heart-stopping technique; exceedingly warm and sensitive tone; one can imagine that [Hagai Shaham] is considered a world star!" - Sudkurier
"The quasi-mystical intensity of Shaham's reading [of Achron's music] throbs like Heifetz's with the ecstasy of ritual declamation. His off-the-string bowings strike sparks, and his rapid passagework glitters; but... he also communicates the mystery of more somber numbers. His powerful tone... intensifies the effect of both the soaring Romantic and the insinuating Hebrew passages..." - Fanfare Magazine
Joseph Achron: Music for Violin and Piano
Miriam Kramer, violin
Simon Over, piano
Minimum donation: $15
Suite "En Style Ancien", Op. 21 (excerpts)
Violin Sonata No. 1, Op. 29
Children's Suite (arr. Jascha Heifetz)
Prelude, Op. 13
Stimmungen Op. 32
Hebrew Melody, Op. 33
Hebrew Lullaby, Op. 35 No. 2
Les Sylphides, Op. 18
"The playing is fantastic. Miriam Kramer and Simon Over play wonderfully together - so wonderfully that in listening I cannot separate 'the dancer from the dance'." - American Record Guide
"[Kramer's] playing is penetrating and hypnotic." - The New Haven Register
"Kramer has a big, passionate tone when it's wanted; a sweet, tender tone when it's needed; and a superb technique all the time." - James Leonard, allmusic.com
