Last week we announced that the Murasaki Duo’s Duo Virtuoso recording was nominated for the 4th Annual Listeners’ Choice Award from The Violoncello Foundation, and today we’re excited to share the foundation’s announcement that they have won! Read their acceptance speech on the Violoncello Foundation website, and celebrate by saving 25% on their recording when you use the coupon code “WINNER” at checkout today through March 25, 2016!
“The Murasaki Duo is thrilled to be the recipient of this year’s Listeners’ Choice Award. To be picked from such an outstanding and varied slate of nominees is an honor. Thank you to the Violoncello Foundation for promoting interest in all things cello! …”
Read the full acceptance speech at www.violoncellofoundation.org
Duo Virtuoso
Praised by the New York Concert Review as having “an easy virtuosity” and demonstrating “an unusually high level of ensemble playing” in their recent Carnegie Hall appearance, Duo Virtuoso has been enchanting audiences with their stylish and vivacious playing ever since its founding in 1996.
This most accomplished duo – consisting of cellist Eric Kutz and Miko Kominami – serves as Ensemble-in Residence at Iowa’s Luther College, where both are professors. Here they offer this varied and delightfully appealing program, including lighthearted bonbons like Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco’s tongue-in-cheek “Figaro” from Rossini’s Barber of Seville and Bohuslav Martinu’s ingenious and engaging Variations on a Theme from Rossini’s Moses. Earthy Latin flavors abound, thanks to Alberto Ginastera’s rhapsodic Pampeana No. 2 and Astor Piazzolla’s sensual Le Grand Tango. Finally, there’s Johannes Brahms’ timeless masterpiece: the darkly ruminative and complex Cello Sonata No. 1 in E minor.
Captured in rich and pristine sound, these wonderful performances will enchant any lover of chamber music: particularly those partial to music for cello and piano.
