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Title: This is the violin sound that made Paganini seem possessed
Review: Based on the performance, this should be 5 stars, but there is some background noise during the Partita (sounds like breathing). Otherwise, I receommend this CD without further reservation. I simply have never heard any recorded violin with the tone that Kavakos has--and the same is true of his Enescu/Ravel album. It's also pleasant to hear some rare Stravinsky works--I certainly don't associate violin/piano chamber music with him, especially with a baroque sound as in the Italian suite. The highlight is certainly his Bach--we can hope that Kavakos will give us complete sets of the partitas! Of course Nagy is excellent on the piano but not as prominent as in the Enescu/Ravel album.
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