szymanowski, karolkarol szymanowski
Violin concertos 1-2; paganini caprices, etc / thomas zehetmair, simon rattle, city of birmingham so

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Szymanowski: Violin Concertos No 1 & 2, Three Paganini Caprices, Romance / Simon Rattle, Et Al

Release Date: 09/10/1996
Label: EMI Classics Catalog #: 55607 Spars Code: DDD
Composer: Karol Szymanowski
Performer: Thomas Zehetmair, Silke Avenhaus
Conductor: Simon Rattle
Orchestra/Ensemble: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Number of Discs: 1
EAN: 0724355560728


Works on This Recording

1. Concerto for Violin no 1, Op. 35 by Karol Szymanowski
Performer: Thomas Zehetmair (Violin)
Conductor: Simon Rattle
Orchestra/Ensemble: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1916; Poland
2. Concerto for Violin no 2, Op. 61 by Karol Szymanowski
Performer: Thomas Zehetmair (Violin)
Conductor: Simon Rattle
Orchestra/Ensemble: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1933; Poland
3. Paganini Caprices (3), Op. 40 by Karol Szymanowski
Performer: Thomas Zehetmair (Violin), Silke Avenhaus (Piano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1918; Poland
4. Romance for Violin and Piano in D major, Op. 23 by Karol Szymanowski
Performer: Silke Avenhaus (Piano), Thomas Zehetmair (Violin)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1910; Poland


Notes and Editorial Reviews

This disc received the 1997 Gramophone award for "Best Concerto Recording".
At the helm of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Simon Rattle consistently delivers inspired and nuanced performances of late romantic works, outstanding in every way. This EMI Classics release of Karol Szymanowski's violin concertos with violinist Thomas Zehetmair is no exception. Foremost are a sense of drama and a care for detail mixed with characteristically bold exuberance and rhythmic drive. Dynamic contrasts abound, and the sense of musical climax is especially satisfying.
Szymanowski wrote his two violin concertos and several shorter violin pieces for his close friend Pawel Kochanski. EMI gives us sparkling accounts of these, highlighting the lush orchestration and the wondrous, disconcerting harmonic landscape which is reminiscent of Scriabin, Strauss and early Stravinsky. Rattle explores the music, probing the composer's shifting textures without ever getting ahead of himself and giving a sense of where the moment may lead and, as a result, providing a real sense of discovery through hard-earned moments of revelation. The pieces for violin and piano showcase Zehetmair's prodigious talents ably accompanied by Silke Avenhaus.

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W. Wendel in stereoplay 11 / 96: »Für Romantiker wie für Perfektionisten, für Interessierte wie für Fachleute ein Muß.«

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