Sara Ruiz - Fantaisies pour la basse de violle - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Family history and the present rise of intolerance to others belong to the story behind Jack Liebeck's latest album. His pairing of the Brahms and Schoenberg Violin Concertos, recorded with the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Andrew Gourlay, stands as a personal homage to works from classical music's central European heartlands. It also reflects the experience of his Dutch/German Jewish family who suffered at the hands of the Nazis, but in particular his paternal grandfather Walter Liebeck. In 1934 Walter Liebeck, Jack's grandfather, fled the Nazis to find refuge in South Africa. Walter's favorite piece of music was Brahms' Violin Concerto and although he didn't live to hear Jack play, his love of Brahms seems to be in the genes and now felt the time for Jack to record the work with Walter in his mind. Alongside Brahms comes Schoenberg's vast and highly virtuosic Violin Concerto (1934-36), written shortly after Schoenberg's own departure from Germany in 1933. A fitting work reflecting that period, which seems still to have extraordinary relevance in today's volatile world.

The Caravans - Best of [COMPACT DISCS] date 11/10/1998

Pianist Jenny Lin is joined by contralto Sara Couden on this album of Artur Schnabel's Complete Vocal Music, a follow up to her 2019 , Schnabel's Complete Piano Works for Solo Piano. Both artists have received widespread critical acclaim for their prior performances. InchSara Couden deployed her huge and fluid mezzo-soprano to glorious effect in a range of vocal showcases -now tender and probing, now extravagantly athletic.Inch (Opera Chaser) InchLin's artistry is informed by a curiosity as voracious as it is insatiable. She is also a pianist of the first caliber, with a rock-solid, multivalent technique that serves as a richly cultivated imagination.Inch (Gramophone)