ALL ROADS (Shea-Kim Duo)
The Shea-Kim Duo's “All Roads” features composers connected to the musical Mecca of Vienna. Violinist Brendan Shea and pianist Yerin Kim's second album includes music by Beethoven, Schumann, Schnittke, and Beach
In “All Roads,” the duo explores the evolving musical styles and sounds that passed through the cultural Mecca of Vienna. “We wanted to present composers who were connected to Vienna in increasingly distant ways, like travelers along a long road,” they wrote in the liner notes. “One cannot help but imagine generations of people from all different backgrounds living along a road that spans the world, but inevitably leads back to Vienna.”
Ludwig Beethoven’s Sonata for Piano and Violin No. 3 pushes the boundaries of the forms common at the time. Robert Schumann’s Sonata for Violin and Piano No.1 in A minor takes us through layers of precious colors and implosive emotions; Alfred Schnittke’s Suite in the Old Style is an homage to the past with his inevitable sense of humor; and Amy Beach’s Romance is a re-imagination of a genre that was already two centuries old.
Ludwig van Beethoven
Sonata for Piano and Violin No. 3 in E-flat major, Op. 12
[01] I. Allegro con spirito 09:00
[02] II. Adagio con molta espressione 06:37
[03] III. Rondo: Allegro molto 04:30
Alfred Schnittke
Suite in the Old Style for Violin and Piano
[04] I. Pastorale: Moderato 04:17
[05] II. Ballet: Allegro 02:17
[06] III. Minuet: Tempo di Minuetto 03:48
[07] IV. Fugue: Allegro 02:29
[08] V. Pantomime: Andantino 05:26
Robert Schumann
Sonata for Piano and Violin No. 1 in A minor, Op. 105
[09] I. Mit leidenschaftlichem Ausdruck 08:13
[10] II. Allegretto 04:05
[11] III. Lebhaft 05:57
Amy Beach
Romance for Violin and Piano, Op. 23
[12] Andante espressivo 06:10
