Fanfare Magazine has added Sabrina-Vivian Höpcker and Fabio Bidini’s new Brahms: Hungarian Dances recording to their “Not To Be Missed” section with a new interview and review from Jerry Dubins:
“There is no way that Brahms’s original piano four-hands version or his arrangements for piano two hands of these dances could ever achieve the tonal variety and coloristic effects of these Joachim arrangements for violin and piano. Perhaps the various arrangements for orchestra might, but it would be near to impossible to get a large number of players to play with the freedom, flexibility, and flare that just two players—specifically, these two players, Sabrina-Vivian Höpcker and Fabio Bidini—bring to this music. I can absolutely guarantee that you have never heard Brahms’s Hungarian Dances played this way before, and once you do, I take no responsibility for your overwhelming urge to put together a Gypsy costume from your local thrift store. This is a must-hear and a must-have for everyone!”
—Jerry Dubins, Fanfare Magazine
