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Boundless: Schubert Sonatinas (Performed on Historical Instruments)

Mina Gajic, Zachary Carrettin

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Boundless is a new album performed by Mina Gajic (piano) and Zachary Carrettin (violin).  It features Schubert Sonatinas recorded in DXD at a Recital Hall at a Private Wildlife Sanctuary in Boulder, Colorado on July 29-31, 2019.  The album was produced by Erica Brenner and engineered by Daniel Shores using the Horus Analog to Digital Converter from Merging Technologies.

In recording these compositions, the earliest revelations of Schubert’s boundless lyricism in his early romantic compositional voice as applied to instrumental chamber music, we sought to pay homage to the original intent as well as the authentic sounds. The Sonatinas, (a posthumous title), were written for music of the chamber, a time of gathering, sharing, and delighting in the discoveries, creations, and talents of others.

The Sonatinas are a revealing view into the birth of Schubert’s romantic voice. Whether the sturm und drang of the G Minor and its Haydn-esque representation of drama, the early Beethovenian poise, manner, and delight in the D Major, or the unabashed dramatic and unapologetic severity in the A Minor, (Lord Byrons Manfred was written the same year!), these works show us young Schubert’s boundless expressive spirit.

The violin is a rare find, built by Franz Kinberg after the Second World War and set up for late Classical and early Romantic historical instrument performance. The gut-strung violin is paired with an extraordinary bow made by John Dodd, London, circa 1800. This pre-modern, transitional bow is a perfect example of the bows still in favor in Vienna at the time the Sonatinas were composed.

The piano is an Érard concert grand, built in Paris circa 1835. It is in immaculate condition, superbly conditioned by Frits Janmaat at Maison Érard in Amsterdam. Parallel-strung, and with dampers beneath the strings, the registers have clear distinction; the action is agile; the rich tonal depth is special.

Mina Gajic – Piano
Zachary Carrettin – Violin

Tracklist

Please note that the below previews are loaded as 44.1 kHz / 16 bit.
1.
Violin Sonata No. 1 in D Major, Op. 137 No. 1, D. 384 - I. Allegro molto
04:18
2.
Violin Sonata No. 1 in D Major, Op. 137 No. 1, D. 384 - II. Andante
04:31
3.
Violin Sonata No. 1 in D Major, Op. 137 No. 1, D. 384 - III. Allegro vivace
03:59
4.
Violin Sonata No. 2 in A Minor, Op. 137 No. 2, D. 385 - I. Allegro moderato
08:41
5.
Violin Sonata No. 2 in A Minor, Op. 137 No. 2, D. 385 - II. Andante
06:00
6.
Violin Sonata No. 2 in A Minor, Op. 137 No. 2, D. 385 - III. Menuetto. Allegro
02:36
7.
Violin Sonata No. 2 in A Minor, Op. 137 No. 2, D. 385 - IV. Allegro
03:54
8.
Violin Sonata No. 3 in G Minor, Op. 137 No. 3, D. 408 - I. Allegro giusto
07:10
9.
Violin Sonata No. 3 in G Minor, Op. 137 No. 3, D. 408 - II. Andante
06:50
10.
Violin Sonata No. 3 in G Minor, Op. 137 No. 3, D. 408 - III. Menuetto
02:48
11.
Violin Sonata No. 3 in G Minor, Op. 137 No. 3, D. 408 - IV. Allegro moderato
05:30

Total time: 00:56:17

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DSL92240

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Digital Converters

Horus, Merging Technologies

Editing Software

Pyramix, Merging Technologies

Mastering Engineer

Daniel Shores

Mastering Room

Hapi, Merging Technologies

Instruments

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Original Recording Format

Piano Technician

Trevor T. Nelson

Producer

Erica Brenner

Recording Engineer

Daniel Shores

Recording Location

Recital Hall at a Private Wildlife Sanctuary in Boulder, Colorado on July 29-31, 2019

Recording Software

Pyramix, Merging Technologies

Recording Type & Bit Rate

DXD

Speakers

Legacy Audio

Release DateMarch 27, 2020

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These are performances full of life and delightfully performed. Hearing them played on straight-strung piano and gut-strung violin adds an addictive vibrancy to the music, and opens new understandings of the interplay that Schubert may have envisioned in composing these works. As in their other recordings (e.g., Confluence in the review above), Gajic and Garrettin play together as if bonded in both mind and heart, they play with utter synchronicity and sympathy even if the music they play is boundless (sorry, couldn’t help myself).

 

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