Mihailo Trandafilovski – Diptych
Macedonian composer and violinist Mihailo Trandafilovski is a performer-composer in the mould of Telemann, Bartók, Joachim and Liszt. Like them, it is quite impossible to separate his compositional and instrumental imaginations, and he exhibits a swirling yet sold inter-dependence between the energies of each. His contribution to the violin is extraordinary; his violin-piano duos (sonatas in all but name), concerti, violin duos, chamber works and pedagogical works are gifts for audiences and players alike. Previous recordings of his works have attracted glowing reviews around the world.
The mix of chamber and duo works here also, according to the composer, relate to his whole life journey and relationship with the violin.
Top performers include the Kreutzer Quartet, in which Skærved and the composer are the violinists. All works here are receiving their first recording.
Track Listing
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Mihailo Trandafilovski (b.1974):
- Diptych (Violin Concerto No. 2) - I. Dance-Ascent
- Diptych (Violin Concerto No. 2) - II. Song-Rotation
- Duo 1
- Duo 2 (White) - I
- Duo 2 (White) - II
- Duo 2 (White) - III
- Duo 2 (White) - IV
- Duo 2 (White) - V
- Duo 2 (White) - VI
- Duo 2 (White) - VII
- Duo 3
- Fibers AND Coils
Reviews
“This is music that is toweringly confident in the avant-garde trails it lays… like Vivaldi but piled to the ceiling with volatility, scorch-marks and danger. The recording is staggeringly complicit in what Trandafilovski has to say and the musicians (who include the composer) seem completely in touch with the music.
” —Rob Barnett
