This new album brings Viktoria Mullova together with John Eliot Gardiner and his Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique for a program which couples two of the greatest violin concertos in the repertory: those by Beethoven and Mendelssohn.
Beethoven's Violin Concerto is his only concerto for a solo string instrument and is one of the cornerstones of violin repertoire. It is conceived on a huge scale and must have presented an enormous challenge to the violinist who first performed the work on December 23, 1806.
Mendelssohn was a violinist himself and the E minor concerto is an intergral part of the violin repertory. The concerto was given its first performance on March 13, 1845 when Ferdinand David was soloist. Mendelssohn had agonized over minute details of the work with David yet the final result is one of music of seeming great spontaneity and youthful freshness. This concerto was immediately recognized as a masterpiece and has remained so ever since.
Features:
A Multi-Channel DSD Recording
Musicians:
Viktoria Mullova, voilin
Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique
John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
Selections:
Ludwig Van Beethoven (1770-1827)
1.-3. Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D Major OP.61 (edition G Henle Verlag)
Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
4.-6. Concerto for Violin and Orchestra Op.64 in E Minor
Total Time: 68:17
Beethoven's Violin Concerto is his only concerto for a solo string instrument and is one of the cornerstones of violin repertoire. It is conceived on a huge scale and must have presented an enormous challenge to the violinist who first performed the work on December 23, 1806.
Mendelssohn was a violinist himself and the E minor concerto is an intergral part of the violin repertory. The concerto was given its first performance on March 13, 1845 when Ferdinand David was soloist. Mendelssohn had agonized over minute details of the work with David yet the final result is one of music of seeming great spontaneity and youthful freshness. This concerto was immediately recognized as a masterpiece and has remained so ever since.
Features:
A Multi-Channel DSD Recording
Musicians:
Viktoria Mullova, voilin
Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique
John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
Selections:
Ludwig Van Beethoven (1770-1827)
1.-3. Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D Major OP.61 (edition G Henle Verlag)
Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
4.-6. Concerto for Violin and Orchestra Op.64 in E Minor
Total Time: 68:17
