Queen Elizabeth Hall, LondonGeorge Enescu, who died in 1955, has long been recognised as the greatest Romanian composer, though a wider reputation as a significant European figure is still regularly withheld. In his performance of the Third Violin Sonata of 1926, the closing item in his recital with pianist Nicholas Angelich, violinist Leonidas Kavakos certainly suggested that this rhapsodic, folk-based piece is a major work of the duo repertoire, its colour and sensuousness bound together with ...
Guardian Music — Queen Elizabeth Hall, LondonGeorge Enescu, who died in 1955, has long been recognised as the greatest Romanian composer, though a wider reputation as a significant Europe... more info