This double CD is the Katok Ensemble's first album and represents the culmination of a two-year, twenty-date tour.
Interpretation
The Katok Ensemble chose to record this album live to capture the interaction with the audience and the constant evolution of details during a performance.
Performer Biography
The Katok Ensemble is variably sized to perform the entire chamber music repertoire, from duets to decets, and aims to preserve the individuality of each musician.
Album & Artwork
The album title, "Le Temps suspendu" (Suspended Time), reflects the Katok Ensemble's aim to transport listeners beyond time and space with the music.
Composition History
Both works on this album, especially their slow movements, were composed during very particular times in the composers' lives, with Schubert knowing he was doomed and Beethoven recovering from a serious illness.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Schubert and Beethoven, though they never met, were both pioneers of Romanticism, using the tools of the past to innovate and create new forms and languages.
Performer Biography
The Katok Ensemble, formed by Paul Serri, is named after Andrei Tarkovsky's featurette "The Steamroller and the Violin" (Katok i skripka in Russian).
