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Faces of classical music
2018-10-10 08:07:00
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Violin Concerto No.5 in A major "Turkish" – Gil Shaham, SWR Symphonieorchester, Nicholas McGegan (HD 1080p)
Accompanied by the SWR Symphonieorchester under the baton of the English conductor, harpsichordist, flautist and early music expert Nicholas McGegan, the American violinist of Israeli Jewish descent Gil shaham performs Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Violin Concerto No.5 in A major "Turkish", K.219. Recorded at Schwetzinger SWR Festspiele, Schwetzinger Schloss, in Baden-Württemberg on May 12, 2018.✻Each of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's successive violin concertos is longer and more epic than the one that preceded it, and by the time he reached the last of the authentic ones, the Violin Concerto No.5 in A major, K.219 (the "Turkish" Concerto), Mozart had managed to create something very nearly in line with the instrumental concerto of the next century. Though the piece itself is clearly within the Classical chamber concerto tradition, its scale (better than 25 minutes, usually) and the degree of its technical demands mark the work as something new for the violin. Many pieces with equal or greater raw physical demands had […]
2018-07-09 16:08:38
Israeli-American violinist Gil Shaham performing Mozart Violin Concerto No. 5 in A Major – with conductor Nicholas McGegan and the SWR Symphonieorchester. Recorded live on the 12th of May 2018 – at the Schwetzinger SWR Festspiele, in Germany. GIL SHAHAM | MOZART | VIOLIN CONCERTO NO. 5 IN A MAJOR | NICHOLAS MCGEGAN & SWR SYMPHONIEORCHESTER | 2018 The post NEW TO YOUTUBE | Violinist Gil Shaham – Mozart Violin Concerto No. 5 [2018] appeared first on The World's Leading Classical Music News Source. Est 2009..
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Faces of classical music
2018-03-18 11:08:00
Bruno Philippe & Tanguy de Williencourt interpret Ludwig van Beethoven & Franz Schubert (Audio video)
It gives Tanguy de Williencourt and me great pleasure to present this programme devoted to Beethoven and Schubert, which moreover allows us to continue our exploration of the music of German-speaking composers.When we first broached the idea of making a recording, it seemed apt to us to include the cello transcription of the "Kreutzer" Sonata made by Czerny. An absolute masterpiece in its original scoring, this work is in my view equally successful in its alternative guise. Beyond enriching the cello repertoire with a "sixth" Beethoven sonata, the work is thrilling to perform, notwithstanding its considerable technical challenges.Granted, we could have chosen from among the five canonical sonatas for cello and piano; clearly these are works of genius in their own right, but the power of the "Kreutzer" Sonata captivated me to a much greater degree from the start. Upon discovering the Czerny transcription, I had the urgent desire and […]
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Faces of classical music
2018-03-10 11:04:00
Johannes Brahms & Robert Schumann: Works for cello and piano – Bruno Philippe, Tanguy de Williencourt (Audio video)
Jacqueline du Pré was only 23 when she recorded her heady account of the Brahms cello sonatas. But this new recording trumps that, for Bruno Philippe was just 21 and his pianist, the sonorously named Tanguy de Williencourt, only a couple of years older. Both studied at the Paris Conservatoire and they offer playing of splendidly assured maturity and insight, the two artists finding the requisite serenity for the closing moments of the E minor Sonata's opening movement.From the off, Philippe's approach compels you to listen, to embark on the journey with him, even if the overly close recording catches every breath and every bow sound. True, there are times when I wanted a bit more freedom: in the First Sonata's inner movement and the Adagio affettuoso of the Second, Isserlis and Fournier (in his old Decca recording with Backhaus) find more flexibility and a greater degree of reactivity with […]