This album was recorded in July 2019 and July 2020 at the Liszt Zentrum Raiding.
Interpretation
The performers aimed for a non-pedagogical approach, intending the recording to feel like an intimate and spontaneous chamber concert.
Instruments
One of the violins used for this recording is a 1694 'ex-Benecke' Stradivarius, also known as 'Erlkönig'.
Instruments
Another violin used for the recording is a 1779 Storioni.
Performer Biography
Both performers, Fedor Rudin (violin) and Boris Kusnezow (piano), were born to Jewish parents in Moscow and moved to Western Europe in the early 1990s.
Album & Artwork
The album title, 'Heimat in der Ferne', translates to 'A Distant Homeland' and explores the concept of home and belonging.
Historical Context
The album focuses on Vienna around 1800, a period when composers like Beethoven, Mozart, Jan Václav Voříšek (a Czech composer), and Franz Schubert (a native Viennese) shaped what is now called Viennese Classicism.
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