Ariadne Daskalakis
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Witold Lutosławski
Complete Music for Violin and Piano
Karol Szymanowski: Myths / Leoš Janáček: Violin Sonata
Ariadne Daskalakis (Violin), Miri Yampolsky (Piano)
Catalog Number: Naxos 8.570987
"The quirky Janáček comes over very nicely in this performance, moulding the whole convincingly structurally...”
Guy Rickards, Gramophone, August 2009
"What a gorgeous tone Daskalakis has! smoothness, personality, variety, and
exceptional control of the bow, all with a depth of emotion that suits the pieces well.
Yampolsky is a perfect match, eating these difficult piano parts for dessert. The
balance and communication between them is perfect. There's not a dull or poorly played moment in this
program. What a treat for the ears this album is!"
"American-born Ariadne Daskalakis, now a professor at the Cologne Musikhochschule, draws a honeyed-tone
from her 1769 Guadagnini violin, subtly colouring the ecstatic moments of Myths... Her playing is technically impeccable
and has the necessary impact for Lutoslawski's Partita... Miri Yampolsky is a robust partner and particularly responsive
to Szymanowski's sensuous colours."
"I warm to the polish in the playing and dynamic drama and tensions between passion and restraint,
songful lyricism, playfulness and fervour. ... Ariadne Daskalakis packs plenty of emotion into the playing, both latent
and more overtly exposed. ... newcomers need fear no lack in quality, either in performance or production, and can count
on having struck chamber-music gold.”