2015 with me saw many,
many new CDs and many, many hours of listening. If I have to pick
just two CDs from all the 2015 vintage, they would be:
Alina Ibragimova
for her recording of the six solo violin sonatas of Eugène Ysaÿe.
These sonatas have been much recorded, and choice is wide,
competition fierce. Ibragimova has more than enough technique, but
she also brings a wealth of fantasy and variety to these six sonatas;
at times, it is almost as if she is improvising the works.
The second CD is Zlata
Chochieva playing the complete Etudes of Chopin. Never a
real Chopin fan, I was nevertheless completely seduced by Chochieva's
playing here, even after I had compared her versions head-to-head
with that of Alfred Cortot.
So two young Russian
women get the 2015 prize. If I'd have allowed myself a third choice,
it would have gone to Igor Levit; a real Russian trilogy!
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