“It is wonderful to hear János Starker in this repertoire. These are recordings made in 1986 (the live Duo) and 1950 (New York City for the Sonata, which was first released on Period Records SPL-510). Gene Gaudette is both producer and remastering engineer for the present incarnation, and what a fine job he does. … How powerful it is when they meet on a unison line; how freely Darvarova’s violin flies over Starker’s grounding pizzicato bass. [Elmira] Darvarova’s violin sings, sometimes sweetly, sometimes with palpable anger; both players bring out the modernity of Kodály’s score to perfection.”
Enormous praise from Fanfare’s Colin Clarke for Urlicht AudioVisual’s all-Kodály release with Elmira Darvarova and János Starker! Links to purchase the CD, download the HD edition, and stream are here.
(Crossposted from Urlicht AudioVisual’s blog.)