Shostakovich / Mordkovitch / Scottish National Orc - Violin Concertos - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Shostakovich / Tchaikovsky / Honda-Rosenberg - Violin Concertos [COMPACT DISCS] date 01/01/2004

Since it's foundation in 1985, record tag Ondine has remained true to it's guiding principle an uncompromising devotion to excellence in recorded music. Over the past three decades Ondine has become a prestigious international tag, and in collaborations with many well-known artists and orchestras the tag has been honored with several major music awards. One of Ondine's key missions has been to introduce new audiences to Finnish composers and artists, and some of the country's finest classical innovators can be found by browsing the pages of Ondine's continuously expanding catalogue. Through this catalogue we invite you to join us in exploring this fantastic repertoire! The catalogue album features German star violinist Christian Tetzlaff with virtuoso Romantic concertos by Felix Mendelssohn and Robert Schumann. The Mendelssohn Concerto is one of the most frequently performed violin concertos of all time, with an unfailing popularity among audiences. Also included is Schumann's more seldom recorded Fantasy for Violin and orchestra, which he completed shortly before writing the Concerto. One of Schumann's last significant compositions, the long-lost Violin Concerto saw it's première performance only in 1937, and was hailed by Yehudi Menuhin as the Inchhistorically missing link of the violin literature.Inch Christian Tetzlaff is accompanied on this recording by the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra - whose Artist-in-Residence he became in 2008/09 - and their acclaimed music director Paavo Järvi.

Similar feelings (soaring spontaneity and deeply perceptive intelligence) att end his readings of the Shostakovich concertos - added to which is my growing certainty that this version of No.I (accompanied by the great Mravinsky) is his fi nest.... It was with Mravinsky and the Leningrad that Oistrakh (as dedicatee) gave the first performance... Oistrakh plays as impeccably as ever, and the Leningrad Philharmonic gives admirably vital supportInch (Op.126) Inchtaken as a whole, this is a most rewarding work and gets a most eloquence performance from Oistrakh who plays with his familiar virtuosity and sweetness of tone. Album Tracks 1. Violin Concerto No. 1 in a Minor Op. 99, I Nocturne Moderato 2. Violin Concerto No. 1 in a Minor Op. 99, II Scherzo Allegro 3. Violin Concerto No. 1 in a Minor Op. 99, III Passacaglia Andante-Cadenza (Attacca) 4. Violin Concerto No. 1 in a Minor Op. 99, IV Burlesque Allegro Con Brio - Presto 5. Violin Concerto No. 2 in C Sharp minor Op. 129 I Moderato 6. Violin Concerto No. 2 in C Sharp minor Op. 129 II Adagio 7. Violin Concerto No. 2 in C Sharp minor Op. 129 III Adagio - Allegro 8. Suite from the Film InchAloneInch Op. 26 I March 9. Suite from the Film InchAloneInch Op. 26 II Largo 10. Suite from the Film InchAloneInch Op. 26 III Allegretto