Discography

IBS CLASSICAL, 2020. Marc Paquin, violin / Orfilia Saiz, cello

In this album the two great pillars of the repertoire for these eight strings, Kodály’s Duo and Ravel’s Sonata, an explosion of creativity after the dearth of repertoire for this kind of duo during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. In contrast to these two great works, we have chosen three pieces of easier and more emotive listening which, nevertheless, we feel are representative of the different vital issues reflected in their composition; from the spiritual conflict transmitted in P. Vasks’ Castillo Interior to the popular frenzy of I. Xenakis. Closing this album is our own arrangement of Béla Bartók’s Romanian Dances, providing our musical contribution to the repertoire for these two instruments.

IBS CLASSICAL, 2017. TRIO VEGA

Our interpretation tries to match modern instruments with the utmost respect for the articulation and priority of the phrasing, as well as the search for a sound that respects the Viennese style. We have taken advantage of the great sensitivity of our pianist Yasuyo Yano towards this dilemma, as she is a pianoforte specialist confronted daily with this experience. At the same time, the strings use the expressiveness of the bow as an initial phrasing tool, making a «classic» use of vibrato; that is, not as an expressive tool but as an aid for the resonance and projection of sounds.