The Romantic Violin Concerto Vol.16
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Label: Hyperion - Romantic Violin Concertos
Cat No: CDA68044
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Orchestral
Release Date: 28th July 2014
Contents
Works
Missa solemnis in D major, op.123Violin Concerto in D minor, op.8
Artists
Tanja Becker-Bender (violin)BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Conductor
Garry WalkerWorks
Missa solemnis in D major, op.123Violin Concerto in D minor, op.8
Artists
Tanja Becker-Bender (violin)BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Conductor
Garry WalkerAbout
German violinist Tanja Becker-Bender returns to the Romantic Violin Concerto series, having dazzled the critics with her ‘great lyrical force and tremendous sense of drama’ in her recording of the Reger concerto. Here she appears with Hyperion house band the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Garry Walker, in Volume 16: concertos by Busoni and Strauss, each composer’s only example of the genre.
In D major, the key of Beethoven’s and Brahms’ violin concertos, Busoni’s Violin Concerto is clearly intended to continue their lineage - significantly, Busoni wrote cadenzas for both of them - although it never descends into mere imitation. Although it uses quite a large orchestra, it is transparently scored, with plenty of Italianate cantilena for the soloist.
Also included is Busoni’s transcription of the Benedictus from Beethoven’s Missa solemnis, which brings the solo violin to the fore, with instrumental obbligati representing the vocal contributions.
The seventeen-year-old Strauss wrote his Violin Concerto in 1881–2, during his final year at the Ludwigsgymnasium. The work was dedicated to Strauss’s violin teacher Benno Walter (1847–1901), concertmaster of the Bavarian Court Orchestra. The work is fairly unknown on the concert platform - as Tully Potter writes in his booklet notes, Tanja Becker-Bender’s interpretation should win it new friends.
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