Dubbed “another Milstein in the making” by MusicWeb International for his engaging survey of the works for violin and piano by Georgy Catoire (AV 2143), Herwig Zack offers his second recording for Avie, a disc of solo violin works he calls “Essentials,” explaining, “Mastering them involves overcoming musical and technical challenges throughout a violinist’s entire life. They are unique manifestations of musical creativity, peaks of ingenious power of imagination, so immensely rich with ideas, emotions and facets that even after decades of study and many performances every new encounter resembles a voyage of discovery.”