Power and Delicacy
Eloisa-Fleur Thom and Mark Austin, heard by MIKE WHEELER
'Why isn't it played more often?' was a question many were asking after Eloisa-Fleur Thom and Mark Austin's performance of the Violin Sonata by the twenty-four year-old Richard Strauss (Derby Chamber Music, Multi-Faith Centre, Derby University, Derby, UK, 11 October 2013).
Strauss was on the point of making his breakthrough with Don Juan, and you can sense this at the Sonata's every turn...
Copyright © 19 October 2013
Mike Wheeler, Derby UK
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