Paul Huang & Helen Huang - Mirrors (2025)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 238 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 130 Mb | 00:43:25
Classical | Label: naïve
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 238 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 130 Mb | 00:43:25
Classical | Label: naïve
Paul Huang and Helen Huang have been exploring the repertoire for violin and piano for now a decade. As a way of celebrating their fruitful and enriching collaboration, they have devised this album as an ingenious game of mirroring. The title of this second album for naïve is not accidental, as the two musicians offer highly diverse perspectives. This new recording focuses first on two sonatas composed by Francis Poulenc (1942-1943) and Sergei Prokofiev (1938-1946) during the second world war of the 20th century, respectively at the opening and closing of this album. Between these two pieces, Spiegel im Spiegel by Arvo Pärt (1978), a page with ethereal lines, a moment of introspection and calm that becomes a space for contemplation and reflection necessary in this otherwise dense and angular programme.