Two Violins (2008)

Dmitri Kogan and Marianna Vassilieva are both progenies of Russian families with longstanding connections in the field of music. Dmitri Kogan, for example, is the grandson of legendary violinist Leonid Kogan, and no stranger in associating himself with such projects; his previous disc for Delos paired him with Maxim Shostakovich. At the time of the recording of Two Violins in February 2007, Vassilieva was only 20 years old, but something of a seasoned studio veteran already, as she got her start at age 15 with a disc called ... Read More

Dmitri Kogan and Marianna Vassilieva are both progenies of Russian families with longstanding connections in the field of music. Dmitri Kogan, for example, is the grandson of legendary violinist Leonid Kogan, and no stranger in associating himself with such projects; his previous disc for Delos paired him with Maxim Shostakovich. At the time of the recording of Two Violins in February 2007, Vassilieva was only 20 years old, but something of a seasoned studio veteran already, as she got her start at age 15 with a disc called The Violin of the White Nights. English-language readers may not have heard of that one, made primarily for the Russian market, and indeed, Delos' Two Violins is a disc made with the Russian market in mind and repackaged for the West. Two Violins has a couple of aspects that make it less than attractive; it is rather short at 48 minutes and the recording is a tad over-reverberant and lacks bottom end, though admittedly the violin doesn't produce much weight in the spectrum. However,... Read Less