At the height of the pandemic in 2020–2021, VMMF produced several high-quality audio and video recordings for a remote audience. We are pleased to release high-definition audio from two award-winning performances for sale exclusively on our website. All audio was beautifully captured by Boby Borisov of OOaudio.
Piano Quartet No. 2 in G minor, Op. 45
Gabriel Fauré
I. Allegro molto moderato
II. Allegro molto
III. Adagio non troppo
IV. Allegro molto
Lisa Lee, violin
Liana Bérubé, viola
Tanya Tomkins, cello
Eric Zivian, piano
Produced by Eric Zivian and Tanya Tomkins
Recorded by Boby Borisov, OO audio
at California Jazz Conservatory, Berkeley
The Fauré Piano Quartet was recorded in May 2021 and presented virtually in video format during our July 2021 Festival. The video was awarded Best Streaming Instrumental Ensemble Performance in the 2021 SFCV Audience Choice Awards. The featured artists are: Lisa Lee, violin; Liana Bérubé, viola; Tanya Tomkins, cello; Eric Zivian, piano. All the performers are local Bay Area musicians playing on gut strings and a Chickering piano, 1895, courtesy of UC Berkeley.
String Quartet No. 2 in A minor, Op. 13
Felix Mendelssohn
I. Adagio – Allegro vivace
II. Adagio non lento
III. Intermezzo: Allegretto con moto – Allegro di molto
IV. Presto – Adagio come prima
Anna Presler & Liana Bérubé, violins
Phyllis Kamrin, viola
Tanya Tomkins, cello
Produced by Eric Zivian and Tanya Tomkins
Recorded by Boby Borisov, OO audio
at St. Joseph’s Arts Society, San Francisco