L'intégrale de l'oeuvre pour violon et piano

Description

Accomplished performers in a complicit duo, Maria and Nathalia Milstein continue this shared musical journey with a stunning tribute to Schubert's music for violin and piano. Rare and seldom-recorded musical moments, the pieces take on a new color in the sound of period instruments that the duo carefully prepared, offering a version that is as historically informed as it is personal and moving. The Milstein sisters give us a new Schubert! Sparingly distilled throughout Franz Schubert's very brief life, the few opuses that make up the composer's work for violin and piano fascinate and intrigue, writing the episodes of a fragmentary story, yet deeply unified in a mysterious nostalgia. However, for this complete recording, we decided to take the risk of seeking a sound world that best matches what we imagine of Schubert's music, this research leading us to try 19th-century pianos. We thus came across a marvelous Blüthner from 1857. The condition of this 2.20-meter instrument is exceptional—the soundboard having never been replaced, one can say the sound is as it was over 150 years ago. A love at first sight that allowed us to create a unique approach to Schubert's sonority, and which, we hope, will transport the listener in turn.