Sep 25, 2016 on this day, in 1966, dmitri shostakovich turned 60, and the evening brought a birthday concert including the world premiere of his cello concerto no. If youre looking for a recording of the shostakovich, vengerovs coupling may be less logical than a disc of the two together, but no one should be deterred from. Order from your preferred classical music cd store. Jul 22, 2015 guest conductor and new england conservatory alumnus joshua weilerstein leads the nec philharmonia and violinist yoojin jang in a performance of shostakovich s violin concerto no. This coupling completely explodes the idea of the second violin concerto being a disappointment after the dramatic originality of no 1. Order from your preferred classical music cd store arkivmusic. Also, marin alsop conducts rachmaninoffs luxuriant. Shostakovichs second violin concerto was written for a birthday, the great soviet violinist david oistrakhs 60th. Find composition details, parts movement information and albums that contain performances of violin concerto no. The piece is well worth singling out for celebration, partly because to my mind it starts to resolve the very real difficulties that confront listeners when they engage with his music on anything more than the most superficial level. Recorded in gothenburg april 2017 with gothenburg symphony and thomas sondergard.
Recorded november 8, 1959 at the broadwood hotel, philadelphia. Stream adfree with amazon music unlimited on mobile, desktop, and tablet. Sergei prokofiev, dmitri shostakovich, mstislav rostropovich, london symphony orchestra, maxim vengerov prokofiev. But anniversary celebrations couldnt be further from this troubled soundworld. Shostakovich symphony no 9 violin concerto no 1 youtube. Shostakovich had completed the first violin concerto as his op. Sensational violinist nicola benedetti returns with a riveting recording of shostakovichs monumental violin concerto no. Shostakovich symphony no 9 violin concerto no 1 soloist. He is known for playing the abergavenny stradivari of 1725 and more recently the venus. Cello concerto no 1 in e flat major dmitry shostakovich. It might not be, because although it would obviously be so under the usual 70year rule, this rule appears not to apply in the case of a good deal of sovietera russian music, so its probably worth checking first. Mar 19, 2012 one of his finest works is a piano trio dedicated to the memory of shostakovich and it too makes liberal use of shostakovichs musical monogram. Shostakovich wrote the work for his friend mstislav rostropovich, who committed it to memory in four. Eugene ormandy conducting the philadelphia orchestra.
Shostakovich s second violin concerto was written for a birthday, the great soviet violinist david oistrakhs 60th. Guest conductor and new england conservatory alumnus joshua weilerstein leads the nec philharmonia and violinist yoojin jang in a performance of shostakovichs violin concerto no. Even then, the soviet regime and its attendant resources were less than thrilled. But his work list suggests two separate versions of the first, the op. In the first concerto he draws the listener into the atmosphere of each movement from the very outset the bleak landscape of the nocturne, the savage mockery of the scherzo, the combination of nobility and worldweariness in the passacaglia and the manic abandon of the burlesque.
Hilary hahn, violin berliner philarmoniker mariss jansons, conductor shostakovich. Orchestra, violin sheet music book by dmitri shostakovich 19061975. The work also includes quotations from shostakovich s own hamlet incidental music, op. I had not heard more than a few of vengerovs performances and master classes on youtube prior to hearing this disc he is a. Guest conductor and new england conservatory alumnus joshua weilerstein leads the nec philharmonia and violinist yoojin jang in a. Stradivari violins of the late 1720s have a certain rugged charm. The passacaglia is a repeating melodicharmonic pattern, usually in the bass. Its mad, virtuoso fiddle music brings the concerto to an unsettling, but thrilling conclusion. The cello concerto immediately hints at the motive in its beethovenianstyle opening, but then realizes it fully with its syncopated second theme, that inverts the motive to cbe flatd. Mstislav rostropovich, to whom dmitri shostakovich dedicated both his cello concertos, once quoted the composer as saying that he had studied all the worlds great concertos for cello and orchestra, and that his favorite of them all, perhaps surprisingly, was saintsaens first concerto, in a minor. This page lists all recordings of violin concerto no. Vengerov on motives in shostakovichs violin concerto no. Shostakovich, dmitry all original works compositions and arrangements of this person are still under in canada, the eu, japan and elsewhere and are thus subject to immediate deletion.
Nov 20, 2017 shostakovich titled the last movement burlesca, an indication that fits the musics darkly comic atmosphere. Leonidas kavakos is performing the shostakovich violin concerto with the lso on 8 april 2015. Guest conductor and new england conservatory alumnus joshua weilerstein leads the nec philharmonia and violinist yoojin jang in a performance of shostakovich s violin concerto no. Vengerovs masterclass on the third movement passacaglia of shostakovichs violin concerto no. As many know, shostakovich wrote two violin concertos. Join classical music only and discover unknown masterpieces, create endless lists, see discussions of your favorite composers on your personalized homepage timeline and much more. Shostakovich violin concerto no 1 benedetti sondergard. Symphonic dances called a breathtakingly daring and original artist by the washington post, violinist nadja salernosonnenberg plays shostakovichs moving violin concerto no. Marin alsop, conductor nadja salernosonnenberg, violin click to learn more. Dmitri dmitriyevich shostakovich 25 september 1906 9 august 1975 orchestra. Together with the bournemouth symphony orchestra and conductor kirill karabits, the dark, introspective shostakovich violin concerto is brought to life in a compelling performance packed.
Certainly no 2, completed in 1967, a year after the very comparable cello concerto no 2, has never won the allegiance of violin virtuosos as the earlier work has done, but here lydia mordkovitch confirms what has become increasingly clear, that the spareness. The magic of silence in shostakovichs violin concerto. Shostakovich violin concerto no 1 benedetti youtube. September 6, 2016 new york, ny shostakovich violin concerto no. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Shostakovich titled the last movement burlesca, an indication that fits the musics darkly comic atmosphere. As with his disc of berg and britten concertos, daniel hope here delivers penetrating and intense performances. Dmitri shostakovich violin and cello concertos a goodmusic. He was still working on the piece at the time of the. His lowest moments came in 1936, when he was denounced for his seamy opera lady macbeth. He was still working on the piece at the time of the zhdanov decree, and in the period following the composers denunciation it could not be performed. The last movements final cadenza is introduced with exactly the same trill as in the final bars of beethovens piano concerto no.
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