Viviane Hagner, Martyn Brabbins - The Romantic Violin Concerto 8: Henry Vieuxtemps: Violin Concertos Nos 4 & 5 (2010)
Viviane Hagner, Martyn Brabbins, Royal Flemish Philharmonic - The Romantic Violin Concerto 8: Henry Vieuxtemps: Violin Concertos Nos 4 & 5 (2010)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 325 Mb | Total time: 66:40 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Hyperion | # CDA67798 | Recorded: 2009
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 325 Mb | Total time: 66:40 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Hyperion | # CDA67798 | Recorded: 2009
Hyperion’s Romantic Violin Concerto series reaches volume 8 and the music of the Belgian composer Henry Vieuxtemps, himself widely considered the finest violinist in Europe after the death of Paganini. Listening to the repertoire recorded here, he certainly deserves to be ranked among the most important composers for the violin in the mid-nineteenth century. Vieuxtemps never indulged in sheer virtuosity for its own sake; instead in his concertos and chamber works he brought a more classical dimension to the violin repertoire in place of the technically brilliant variations and fantasies on popular operatic themes that were so popular with audiences.
The Violin Concerto No 4 in D minor, Op 31, which Vieuxtemps composed while he was court violinist in St Petersburg, is an heroic work on a substantial scale. It was described by Berlioz—who was perhaps comparing it with his own Harold in Italy for viola and orchestra—as a symphony with violin solo. In fact Vieuxtemps’s writing for the orchestra is as assured and resourceful, and sometimes as imaginative, as his treatment of the violin, though there is no doubt that the solo instrument remains the leading actor in the drama, reaching heights of stratospheric virtuosity throughout. Violin Concerto No 5 in A minor, Op 37, was written a few years later, in 1858–9, at the request of his friend Hubert Léonard, as the test-piece for a competition at the Brussels Conservatory. The work was, therefore, expressly designed to test the capabilities of (very advanced) student players, but it has maintained itself in the repertoire on its own merits and probably surpasses the Fourth Concerto in popularity. Fantasia appassionata, Op 35, was probably written shortly after the Fifth Violin Concerto, in 1860. Unlike the concertos this is more frankly a vehicle for transcendental technical display, but expertly cast in a single movement of several effectively contrasted sections that achieves a balanced form as well as the exhibition of the player’s prowess.
The young virtuoso Viviane Hagner, a former BBC New Generation artist, acclaimed for her highly intelligent musicality and passionate artistry, appears in her Hyperion debut.
Performer:
Viviane Hagner, violin
Royal Flemish Philharmonic
Martyn Brabbins, conductor
Tracklist:
Henry Vieuxtemps (1820-1881)
Violin Concerto No 5 in A minor 'Grétry' Op 37
01. I. Allegro non troppo
02. II. Cadenza
03. III. Adagio - Allegro con fuoco
Violin Concerto No 4 in D minor Op 31
04. I. Andante
05. II. Adagio religioso
06. III. Scherzo: Vivace - Trio: Meno mosso - Tempo I
07. IV. Finale marziale: Andante - Allegro
08. Fantasia appassionata Op 35
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