Dodd's DSD Discoveries

One Remarkable Recital!

Nov 7, 2024 Bill Dodd

Welcome to ‘Dodd’s DSD Discoveries’, a review series from NativeDSD Senior Music Reviewer Bill Dodd. This series focuses on Bill’s latest selections, with new reviews regularly.

Two very talented musicians and five composers in one remarkable recital!

Anna Fedorova, piano, and Dana Zemtsov, viola, are magical together. If you watch the video on this album’s listing you will hear them describe a kind of “deja vu” they feel whenever they are in France. These pieces by five different composers create a similar feeling for them. No, this not a “French” album, but is a program in which these “silhouettes” come together as a single experience.

Anna Fedorova and Dana Zemtsov laughing together

Anna Fedorova at the piano and Dana Zemtsov playing the viola

If you listen to the samples, or simply hear some of the music on the video, I think you will be carried away by the commitment and superb musicianship of these two relatively young artists.

I especially like the works by Clarke and Enescu, but the whole album is excellent.