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Ravel, Shostakovich & Kapustin: The Royal Academy of Music Bicentenary Series

Ravel, Shostakovich & Kapustin: The Royal Academy of Music Bicentenary Series

Artist
Roberts Balanas
Siqian Li
cover-CKD664
Label(s)
Linn Records
Genre(s)
Classical
Code
CKD 664
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    Violin Sonata No. 2 in G Major: I. Allegretto
    Composer(s) Maurice Ravel
    Artist(s) Roberts Balanas Siqian Li

    Violin Sonata No. 2 in G Major: I. Allegretto

    08:44
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    Violin Sonata No. 2 in G Major: II. Blues (Moderato)
    Composer(s) Maurice Ravel
    Artist(s) Roberts Balanas Siqian Li

    Violin Sonata No. 2 in G Major: II. Blues (Moderato)

    04:44
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    Violin Sonata No. 2 in G Major: III. Perpetuum mobile (Allegro)
    Composer(s) Maurice Ravel
    Artist(s) Roberts Balanas Siqian Li

    Violin Sonata No. 2 in G Major: III. Perpetuum mobile (Allegro)

    03:44
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    24 Preludes, Op. 34: XVII. Largo in A-Flat Major
    Composer(s) Dmitri Shostakovich
    Artist(s) Roberts Balanas Siqian Li

    24 Preludes, Op. 34: XVII. Largo in A-Flat Major

    02:14
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    24 Preludes, Op. 34: XVI. Andantino in B-Flat Minor
    Composer(s) Dmitri Shostakovich
    Artist(s) Roberts Balanas Siqian Li

    24 Preludes, Op. 34: XVI. Andantino in B-Flat Minor

    01:08
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    Violin Sonata, Op. 70: I. Allegro
    Composer(s) Nikolai Kapustin
    Artist(s) Roberts Balanas Siqian Li

    Violin Sonata, Op. 70: I. Allegro

    07:06
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    Violin Sonata, Op. 70: II. Andantino
    Composer(s) Nikolai Kapustin
    Artist(s) Roberts Balanas Siqian Li

    Violin Sonata, Op. 70: II. Andantino

    04:49
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    Violin Sonata, Op. 70: III. Con moto
    Composer(s) Nikolai Kapustin
    Artist(s) Roberts Balanas Siqian Li

    Violin Sonata, Op. 70: III. Con moto

    06:19
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    Pavane pour une infante défunte
    Composer(s) Maurice Ravel
    Artist(s) Roberts Balanas Siqian Li

    Pavane pour une infante défunte

    05:33
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Total running time: 44 minutes.

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The Royal Academy of Music Bicentenary Series continues with the debut album from Latvian violinist Roberts Balanas, who counts Sir Elton John among his fans. In this album, we see Roberts’s classical side, yet with some unexpected turns.

Roberts Balanas enjoys a wide range of musical interests. Combining his background in classical music with the sound worlds of pop, rock and funk, his solo violin arrangements have amassed millions of views across the web. For his Linn debut Roberts has chosen a classical programme comprising Ravel’s second violin sonata, a highly original and dizzyingly virtuosic work suffused with jazz and blues, Ravel’s celebrated Pavane pour une infante défunte in an arrangement by Louis Fleury, two of Shostakovich’s Preludes Op. 34 (arranged by famed Beethoven Quartet’s first violin Dmitri Tsyganov) and Kapustin’s exuberant violin sonata.

Prize-winning Chinese pianist Siqian Li provides perceptive accompaniment.

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