James Ehnes-Lalo Symphonie Espagnole, Saint-Saëns Violin Concerto No. 3 (2025) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

Pablo de Sarasate was born in Pamplona, Spain, and became an acclaimed virtuoso of the violin by the tender age of twelve. The child prodigy was sent away to study at the Paris Conservatoire, and Sarasate spent the rest of his life in Paris. In demand nationally and internationally as a soloist, he was the dedicatee of a large number of important concertos by composers ranging from Max Bruch to Henryk Wieniawski. Lalo's Symphonie espagnole was composed for Sarasate, who gave the Paris premiere, in 1875. The work is laid out in five movements and bristles with Spanish themes, rhythms, and influences, which were very much the vogue in France at that time. Also composed for Sarasate, Saint-Saens' Third Violin Concerto was composed in 1880. Written in his usual clear, refined, almost classical style, the work has endured as the most played of his three violin concertos. The album is completed with Sarasate's own fantasia on Bizet's Carmen - a virtuosic tour de force for the soloist, brilliantly played here by James Ehnes.

TRACKLIST

1. James Ehnes, BBC Philharmonic & Juanjo Mena - Lalo: Symphonie espagnole in D Minor, Op. 21: I. Allegro non troppo
2. James Ehnes, BBC Philharmonic & Juanjo Mena - Lalo: Symphonie espagnole in D Minor, Op. 21: II. Scherzando
3. James Ehnes, BBC Philharmonic & Juanjo Mena - Lalo: Symphonie espagnole in D Minor, Op. 21: III. Intermezzo
4. James Ehnes, BBC Philharmonic & Juanjo Mena - Lalo: Symphonie espagnole in D Minor, Op. 21: IV. Andante
5. James Ehnes, BBC Philharmonic & Juanjo Mena - Lalo: Symphonie espagnole in D Minor, Op. 21: V. Rondo
6. James Ehnes, BBC Philharmonic & Juanjo Mena - Saint-Saëns: Concerto No. 3 in B Minor, Op. 61: I. Allegro non troppo
7. James Ehnes, BBC Philharmonic & Juanjo Mena - Saint-Saëns: Concerto No. 3 in B Minor, Op. 61: II. Andantino quasi allegretto
8. James Ehnes, BBC Philharmonic & Juanjo Mena - Saint-Saëns: Concerto No. 3 in B Minor, Op. 61: III. Molto moderato e maestoso
9. James Ehnes, BBC Philharmonic & Juanjo Mena - Sarasate: Carmen Fantasy, Op. 25: Introducción [Entr’acte before Act IV]
10. James Ehnes, BBC Philharmonic & Juanjo Mena - Sarasate: Carmen Fantasy, Op. 25: I. Moderato
11. James Ehnes, BBC Philharmonic & Juanjo Mena - Sarasate: Carmen Fantasy, Op. 25: II. Lento assai
12. James Ehnes, BBC Philharmonic & Juanjo Mena - Sarasate: Carmen Fantasy, Op. 25: III. Allegro moderato
13. James Ehnes, BBC Philharmonic & Juanjo Mena - Sarasate: Carmen Fantasy, Op. 25: IV. Moderato



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