FLAC tracks | Classical | 67:56 | 1CD | 287 MbViolin-lovers can relive the magic between Competitions, because 2017 winner Ioana Cristina Goicea’s new album, Recital, was recently released on the Atoll label.

The album includes repertoire by George Enescu, (a nod to Ioana’s Romanian heritage), and music by Johannes Brahms and Franz Schubert completing the offering.

The recording is based on the finale live performance of Ioana Cristina’s 2018 winner’s tour with Andrey Gugnin (winner of the 2016 Sydney International Piano Competition).

Ioana described it as “one of the most intensive, tiring and exciting experiences for me so far.”“I would say this positive pressure made us give everything in that important moment, and hopefully the people listening to our recording will feel it,” she says.

An album is never just the work of the musicians – and Ioana is quick to acknowledge this.

“From the beginning, we [Andrey, myself and Wayne, the producer] just understood and interacted perfectly with each other,” she says.

Tracklist:1. Rondo in D Minor, Op. 70, D. 895 “Rondo Brilliant” 14:502. Sonata No. 3 in A Minor, Op. 25 “Dans le caractère populaire roumain”: I. Moderato malinconico 09:093. Sonata No. 3 in A Minor, Op. 25 “Dans le caractère populaire roumain”: II. Andante sostenuto e misterioso 08:244. Sonata No. 3 in A Minor, Op. 25 “Dans le caractère populaire roumain”: III. Allegro con brio, ma non troppo mosso 08:015. Violin Sonata No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 108: I. Allegro 08:146. Violin Sonata No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 108: II. Adagio 04:397. Violin Sonata No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 108: III. Un poco presto e con sentimento 02:548. Violin Sonata No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 108: IV. Presto agitato 05:449. Violin Sonata in A Minor “F-A-E”: III. Scherzo in C Minor, WoO 2 05:40