Brahms - Violin Concerto
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Label: Decca
Cat No: 4785342
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Release Date: 7th October 2013
Contents
Works
Rhapsody no.1 for violin and piano, BB94aRhapsody no.2 for violin and piano, BB96a
Hungarian Dances (21), WoO1 (violin and piano)
Artists
Leonidas Kavakos (violin)Peter Nagy (piano)
Gewandhausorchester Leipzig
Conductor
Riccardo ChaillyWorks
Rhapsody no.1 for violin and piano, BB94aRhapsody no.2 for violin and piano, BB96a
Hungarian Dances (21), WoO1 (violin and piano)
Artists
Leonidas Kavakos (violin)Peter Nagy (piano)
Gewandhausorchester Leipzig
Conductor
Riccardo ChaillyAbout
Leonidas Kavakos tackles a pillar of the violin repertoire in a disc that establishes him as a concerto soloist for Decca Classics.
His first concerto disc for Decca features the Brahms Violin Concerto, for which he is joined by one of the world’s greatest orchestras and conductors, the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig and Riccardo Chailly.
Leonidas is also accompanied by pianist Péter Nagy for Brahms’ timeless Hungarian Dances (Nos 1, 2, 6 and 11) and Bartók’s energetic Rhapsodies – two great composers hugely influenced by Hungarian folk music.
Richly charismatic music in superbly spirited performances by musicians who have this repertoire in their blood.
Sound/Video
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1Brahms - Violin Concerto - I.Allegro non troppo
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2Brahms - Violin Concerto - II.Adagio
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3Brahms - Violin Concerto - III.Allegro giocoso
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4Bartok - Rhapsody no.1 - Lassú
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5Bartok - Rhapsody no.1 - Friss
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6Bartok - Rhapsody no.2 - Lassú
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7Bartok - Rhapsody no.2 - Friss
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8Brahms - Hungarian Dance no.1 in G minor
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9Brahms - Hungarian Dance no.2 in D minor
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10Brahms - Hungarian Dance no.6 in B flat
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11Brahms - Hungarian Dance no.11 in D minor
Europadisc Review
This new account establishes its individuality at the very outset, with a bold and thrusting initial tutti, and the incisiveness of the reading, especially of Kavakos’s playing, really makes its mark here. Though the speeds themselves are not markedly different from other recent versions, it’s the purposefulness of the reading that one registers time and time again, carrying the listener constantly forward. Not that there is any lack of warmth or poetry: far from it. The great transition out of the first movement cadenza (Joachim’s) and the dialogue between orchestra and soloist in the great Adagio are as heartfelt as one could possibly wish. The third movement crackles with high-spirited virtuosity, but there’s also a marvellous delicacy of touch when needed. It’s the cumulative energy of this reading, however, the perfectly judged light and shade of the textures, and the sense of a meeting of artistic minds that mark this new recording as something very special. Chailly and his orchestra – arguably the finest exponents of the central European classical tradition today – match Kavakos at every turn in a performance to treasure, and it’s nice to see the Gewandhaus’s principal oboe, Henrik Wahlgren, singled out for his very special solo in the slow movement.
The coupling is unusually successful: Bartók’s two folk-inspired Rhapsodies in their original violin-and-piano versions, with Kavakos accompanied by Péter Nagy, make an ideal foil for both the Hungarian nods in the Concerto’s last movement and the four Hungarian Dances (in Joachim’s arrangements) that round off the disc. It’s a reminder of the particularly fruitful relationship between popular and classical traditions in the central European repertoire. Kavakos and Nagy between them turn in exceptionally lively and spirited performances, the violin relatively forward in the sound-image, but appropriately and effectively so. Presentation and recording throughout are well up to Decca’s usual high standards.
Buy this for the Concerto, then, but enjoy the coupling: you’re unlikely to regret it!
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