BOLCOM Violin Sonatas: No. 1; No. 2; No. 3, "Sonata Stramba"; No. 4. Sonatina. Duo Fantasy. Pastorale. Fancy Tales. Suite for Solo Violin. Ghost Rags: Graceful Ghost Rag * Philip Ficsor (vn); Constantine Finehouse (pn) * ALBANY 959 (2 CDs: 132:40)

Those readers who are not newcomers to Fanfare will know full well how difficult I find it to embrace much that passes for contemporary music. When I can respond as positively, therefore, as I have to all of the works on these CDs, you can know that there is something quite special about them. What is it? I'm not sure exactly. Perhaps it's the sense of hearing something new and different that is nonetheless somehow rooted in the familiar. One does ...

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