Ning Feng - Elgar & Finzi: Violin Concertos - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Ning Feng, together with the Konzerthausorchester Berlin conducted by Antony Hermus, releases the violin concertos of Johannes Brahms and Carl Goldmark. This pairing is particularly apt as these works were both written in 1877, and the composers were dear friends. In Goldmark's lyrical Violin Concerto, Ning Feng plays the original 5-minute cadenza which is seldom heard in it's entirety. Written only a few months after the Goldmark, Brahms' famous Violin Concerto in D, Op.77 needs little introduction. Ning Feng has long been associated with this concerto, having played it when he won First Prize in the International Paganini Competition 2006 as well as First Prize in the 2005 Michael Hill International Violin Competition.

On the 1710 Stradivarius known as the InchVieuxtemps, HauserInch, violinist Ning Feng plays two monumental Russian violin concertos with the Bochum Symphony Orchestra conducted by Tung-Chieh Chuang. In the First Violin Concertos of Prokofiev and Shostakovich, the soloist is confronted with technical acrobatics and many contrasting moods, all of which Ning Feng navigates expertly and interprets in such a way that Inchthe more you listen, the more you want to listenInch, as Gramophone put it. Album Tracks 1. Violin Concerto No. 1, Op. 19~Andantino 2. Violin Concerto No. 1, Op. 19~Scherzo 3. Violin Concerto No. 1, Op. 19~Moderato 4. Violin Concerto No. 1, Op. 77~Nocturne 5. Violin Concerto No. 1, Op. 77~Scherzo 6. Violin Concerto No. 1, Op. 77~Passacaglia 7. Violin Concerto No. 1, Op. 77~Cadenza 8. Violin Concerto No. 1, Op. 77~Burlesque

Born in Chengdu, China, violinist Ning Feng studied at the Sichuan Conservatory of Music and the Royal Academy of Music in London. The recipient of prizes at the Hanover International, Queen Elisabeth and Yehudi Menuhin International violin competitions, Feng was also awarded first prize in the 2006 International Paganini Competition. Now based in Berlin and performing worldwide, Feng is developing an international reputation as an artist of great lyricism and tremendous bravura. This second volume in his series of works for solo violin features works by Bartok, Prokofiev and, Hindemith. Details 1. Moderato 2. Theme and Variations Andante Dolce 3. Con Brio - Allegro Precipitato 4. Sehr Lebhafte Achtel 5. Sehr Langsame Viertel 6. Sehr Lebhafte Viertel 7. Intermezzo Lied. Ruhig Bewegte Achtel 8. Prestissimo 9. Leicht Bewegte Viertel 10. Ruhig Bewegte Achtel 11. Gemächliche Viertel 12. FÜNF Variationen Über Das Lied 'Komm, Lieber Mai'. Leicht Bewegt 13. Tempo Di Ciaccona 14. Fuga 15. Melodia 16. Presto