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SCHUMAN / BRAHMS, J.: Violin Concertos |
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Composer: |
Robert Schumann, Johannes Brahms |
Artist: |
Jascha Heifetz, Ilya Kaler, Yehudi Menuhin, Takako Nishizaki, Fritz Kreisler, Joseph Szigeti, Isabelle Faust, Ulf Wallin, Benjamin Schmid, Dmitry Sitkovetsky |
Conductor: |
Eugene Goossens, Neville Marriner, Hamilton Harty, Sergey Koussevitzky, Daniel Harding, John Barbirolli, Paul van Kempen, Stephen Gunzenhauser, Cristian Mandeal, Wilhelm Furtwangler, Leo Blech, Derrick Inouye, Pietari Inkinen, Frank Beermann |
Orchestra: |
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Lucerne Festival Orchestra, Robert Schumann Philharmonie, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Orchestra, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Berlin State Opera Orchestra, New York Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra, Berlin Deutsche Opera Orchestra, Halle Orchestra, Bucharest George Enescu Philharmonic Orchestra, Mahler Chamber Orchestra |
Label: |
Naxos |
Catalogue No.: |
8.570321 |
Format: |
CD |
Barcode: |
0747313032174 |
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One of the most popular concertos in the repertoire, Brahms’ Violin Concerto was completed in 1878 and dedicated to his friend Joseph Joachim, whose cadenza is heard on this recording. An essentially lyrical work, the Concerto includes a slow movement of great beauty, which gives way to a Hungarian-style finale of mounting excitement. Schumann’s thoughtful and poetic Violin Concerto was not performed until 1937. In spite of the enthusiastic advocacy of Yehudi Menuhin, who saw in the Concerto a link between Beethoven and Brahms, it remains to this day an underrated work with many passages of great beauty.
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