New Album Releases: BEETHOVEN & SCHNITTKE - VIOLIN CONCERTOS (Vadim Gluzman, Luzerner Sinfonieorchester & James Gaffigan)

Artist:
Vadim Gluzman
Luzerner Sinfonieorchester
James Gaffigan

Genre:
Classical

Total Time:
01:07:24

Record Label:
Bis

Purchasing Links:
CD, MP3, iTunes

Release Date
May 7, 2021

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Product Description: After acclaimed recordings of the great Romantic violin concertos by Brahms, Bruch and Tchaikovsky, Vadim Gluzman takes on the work that in the beginning of the 19th century mapped out a new course for the genre: Beethovens Violin Concerto in D major, Op.?61. With this work, Beethoven rejected the idea of a virtuoso display piece with a largely irrelevant orchestral accompaniment. Instead he presented a symphonic reinterpretation of the concerto principle, with soloist and orchestra becoming equal partners in a texture that is interwoven on many levels. Largely forgotten for several decades after the first performance in 1806, it is now considered one of the greatest violin concertos. However innovative Beethoven was in his opus 61, he nevertheless remained true to the tradition of allowing the soloist several cadenzas. Over the years, a number of composers and great violin virtuosos have proposed their own cadenzas for the concerto, with Alfred Schnittke being one of the more unexpected names. For this recording, Gluzman has chosen to perform Schnittkes cadenzas, as a link to the second work on the disc: the composers Concerto No.?3 for violin and chamber orchestra. To Schnittke, the relationship between soloist and orchestra is quite different from that demonstrated in Beethovens score: It seems to me that this relationship is never harmonically equitable and balanced The soloist and orchestra are in fact adversaries. However they may be labelled, James Gaffigan and the Luzerner Sinfonieorchester nevertheless provide unstinting support to Gluzman in both scores.

TRACK LIST:

1 . Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 61: I. Allegro ma non troppo 2(3:32)

2 . Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 61: II. Larghetto (8:18)

3 . Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 61: III. Rondo. Allegro 1(0:11)

4 . Violin Concerto No. 3: I. Moderato (8:34)

5 . Violin Concerto No. 3: II. Agitato (5:47)

6 . Violin Concerto No. 3: III. Andante 1(0:45)

Beethoven Schnittke Violin Concertos Vadim Gluzman James Gaffigan Luzerner Sinfonieorchester

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