BBT FILM/AUDIO
The Vinteuil Sonata
MARIA MILSTEIN violin (BBT Fellowship 2016)
One of the most famous musical enigmas in literature, the fictional Vinteuil Sonata at the heart of Marcel Proust’s magnum opus, In Search of Lost Time (À la recherche du temps perdu), is the inspiration for a new CD featuring sibling musicians Maria (violin) and Nathalia Milstein (piano). There has been much speculation as to the origins of ‘the little phrase’ that not only bewitched Swann, the protagonist of the novel’s first volume, but also prompted from Proust the most exquisite descriptions of music and the elusive, ecstatic feelings it inspires. Sonatas by Saint-Saëns, Gabriel Pierné and Debussy and two songs without words by Reynaldo Hahn make up the CD and create the spirit of intangible memories and desires.
Two short films, of Hahn’s À Chloris and L’heure exquise, are also released online featuring the Milstein duo, filmed by UNIK ACCESS
Mirare MIR384 UK release date: 27 October 2017
View films here.
Listen to CD excerpts here.
Read press release here.
And congratulations are also in order (see below)…