Andras Schiff- piano
11. - 14. Leos Janacek - Violin Sonata [17'14]
Andras Schiff- piano & Yuuko Shiokawa- violin
15. - 18. Leos Janacek - Concertino [15'35]
Members of the Musiktage Mondsee Ensemble (Andras Schiff- piano; Elmar Schmid- clarinet; Klauss Thuneman- bassoon; Radovan Vlatkovic- horn; Jiri Panocha & Pavel Zejfart- violins; Miroslav Sehnoutka- viola)
Decca 4403132 (recorded July 1992; this USA CD release by BMG on London label 1993)
(flac and scans)
Recording venue: Mozarteum Orchesterhaus, Salzburg
Recording engineer: John Pellowe; Producer: Michael Woolcock
This fairly rare CD was intended to be one of a series of recordings associated with Andras Schiff's Mondsee Festival in Austria. In the event, only a few releases saw the light of day and this one was issued in the USA by BMG in some sort of direct marketing operation. The recordings are actually 'studio' and not made live at the festival.
This recording of On an Overgrown Path preceded his better-known recordings for ECM and the make up of the ensemble appeared to be eminently suitable for Janacek's music. The performance of the Concertino is particularly effective.