Kopatchinskaja-Say is the first studio album by violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja (1977) from Moldova, and the 16th for pianist and composer Fazıl Say (1970) from Turkey.

Each considers the partnership to be unique and important in their ‘artistic lives,’ and they often comment after concerts about the continued surprise and joy they find playing together.

[1] The album's goal is to emphasize Patricia Kopatchinskaja's exceptional skills as a violinist while Fazıl Say accompanies her on the piano.

The concept was to choose pieces from Kopatchinskaja and Say's concert repertoire, and Say remarks in the album's liner notes that they wanted both “familiar and less well-known pieces.” Say considers the addition of Beethoven an example of the traditional classical music each finds so important, adding that these works are compositions they identify with very strongly.

[1] Recorded at Deutschlandfunk Kammermusiksaal in Köln, Germany, Beethoven's “Kreutzer” Sonata was their first choice for the album.