violin
Musical no man’s lands
Two violin concertos fail to inspire
Essential all-embracing warmth
Gidon Kremer: Songs of Fate (ECM)
An epochal violinist
Eugene Ysaye: Solo violin sonatas (Deutsche Grammophon)
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