Romantic Violin Concerto Vol.8: Vieuxtemps
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Label: Hyperion - Romantic Violin Concertos
Cat No: CDA67798
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Orchestral
Release Date: 26th April 2010
Contents
Works
Fantasia appassionata, op.35Violin Concerto no.4 in D minor, op.31
Violin Concerto no.5 in A minor, op.37
Artists
Viviane Hagner (violin)Royal Flemish Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor
Martyn BrabbinsWorks
Fantasia appassionata, op.35Violin Concerto no.4 in D minor, op.31
Violin Concerto no.5 in A minor, op.37
Artists
Viviane Hagner (violin)Royal Flemish Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor
Martyn BrabbinsAbout
The Violin Concerto No.4 in D minor Op.31 which Vieuxtemps composed while he was court violinist in St Petersburg, is an heroic work on a substantial scale. It was described by Berlioz - who was perhaps comparing it with his own Harold in Italy for viola and orchestra - as a symphony with violin solo. In fact Vieuxtemps’s writing for the orchestra is as assured and resourceful, and sometimes as imaginative, as his treatment of the violin, though there is no doubt that the solo instrument remains the leading actor in the drama, reaching heights of stratospheric virtuosity throughout.
Violin Concerto No.5 in A minor Op.37 was written a few years later, in 1858–9, at the request of his friend Hubert Léonard, as the test-piece for a competition at the Brussels Conservatory. The work was, therefore, expressly designed to test the capabilities of (very advanced) student players, but it has maintained itself in the repertoire on its own merits and probably surpasses the Fourth Concerto in popularity.
Fantasia appassionata Op.35 was probably written shortly after the Fifth Violin Concerto, in 1860. Unlike the concertos, this is more frankly a vehicle for transcendental technical display, but expertly cast in a single movement of several effectively contrasted sections that achieves a balanced form as well as the exhibition of the player’s prowess.
The young virtuoso Viviane Hagner, a former BBC New Generation artist, acclaimed for her highly intelligent musicality and passionate artistry, appears in her Hyperion debut.
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