Deux - Kopatchinskaja/Leschenko

The Guardian 100

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Also reviewed: Lisa Batiashvili performs Prokofiev, and cellist Matthew Sharp rediscovers Hans Gál

Patricia Kopatchinskaja is a violinist whose performances celebrate the act of living in the moment – something hard to capture on disc, but not impossible. Her recent recordings have seen her shaking up Schubert’s Death and the Maiden with the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, and taking a crowbar to accepted notions of good taste on Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto. Nor is there anything ordinary about this latest CD, a recital with the pianist Polina Leschenko that is a feast of edgy, risk-filled music making.

Related: Patricia Kopatchinskaja: We all need madness in our worlds