Johannes Brahms - Titanic Records

THE ARTISTS
Russian-born violinist ANASTASIA KHITRUK began her musical studies at Moscow’s Central
Music School and, after emigrating to the United States, made her orchestral debut at the age of
eight. Based in New York, she appears regularly in recital and as a soloist with orchestras in Europe,
North and South America, and Australia. In addition to the sonatas on this recording, she has
received acclaim for her performances of the Bach Sonatas (“she caught lightening in a bottle”), the
Shostakovich Violin Concerto (“masterful”), and the Paganini Caprices (“dazzling”).
DAVID KOREVAAR, professor of piano at the University of Colorado at Boulder, received his
bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees from The Juilliard School, where his teachers included Earl
Wild and Abbey Simon. Mr. Korevaar has formerly served as a member of the faculty of the
Westport (Connecticut) School of Music and as head of piano studies at the University of
Bridgeport. He has performed as soloist and chamber musician throughout the United States, as
well as in Japan, Korea, and Europe. Recordings include CDs of Dohnányi (Ivory Classics), Liszt
(Helicon), and Bach’s complete Well-Tempered Clavier (Musicians Showcase).
THE CLISBEE STRADIVARI
For this recording, Machold Rare Violins — with offices in New York, Zürich, Bremen, and
Tokyo — generously lent Anastasia Khitruk the Stradivari believed made in 1669 and known as the
Clisbee Stradivari, after one Miss Clisbee, who had purchased it about 1890. See Hill, William
Henry, Antonio Stradivari: His Life and Work (1644–1737) (W. F. Hill & Sons, England). In the
words of Ms. Khitruk, “The dark, powerful poetry of the Clisbee Stradivari seemed perfectly suited
to the Brahms Sonatas.”
ANASTASIA KHITRUK
(photo credit: Michael Pochna)
DAVID KOREVAAR
(photo credit: Casey Cass)
THE “CLISBEE” STRADIVARI (c. 1669)