SKOWRONSKI PLAYS! Live in Concert (S:CR-03) Vincent P. Skowronski, violin Saori Chiba, piano Bela Bartok: Sonatine --Skowronski, violin --Chiba, piano Arthur Foote: Three Character Pieces --Skowronski, violin --Chiba, piano Dmitri Shostakovich: Four Preludes --Skowronski, violin --Chiba, piano Darius Milhaud: Le Printemps --Skowronski, violin --Chiba, piano Edward Elgar: Salut d'Amour and Chanson de Matin --Skowronski, violin --Chiba, piano Edvard Grieg: Sonata No. 2 in G Major --Skowronski, violin --Chiba, piano "Vincent P. Skowronski plays with passionate intensity and sincerity, producing an alluringly sweet sound throughout the range complemented by a nicely regulated vibrato that imbues the legato phrases of such as Arthur Foote's Three Character Pieces with a plangent quality that is most appealing. The Bartok Sonatine and most notably the Shostakovich Four Preludes are delivered with virtuoso abandon, while there is an almost Heifetzian quality to Skowronski's use of expressive portamento. Musically speaking, all the works featured on this CD receive deeply felt, engaging performances." --INTERNATIONAL RECORD REVIEW

Voted to the GRAMMY AWARD Entry List Best Chamber Music Performance, 2001. "Concert violinist, master teacher and entrepreneur Vincent P. Skowronski continues his series of SKOWRONSKI PLAYS! recordings with this disc, in which he collaborates with the brilliant young Japanese pianist Saori Chiba her debut CD, in point of fact." "This well-filled disc (nearly 70 minutes) is in keeping with Skowronski's tradition of offering recordings that capture the electric atmosphere of a live concert and was taped LIVE --applause included-- with NO editing. It is obvious to this listener that the Skowronski/Chiba collaboration brings special elan to a group of pieces that the casual concert-goer does not encounter all that often." --DAILY HERALD (Chicago, IL) For audio clips and orders, please click here.

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