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Advantages: The Romances; concerto's third movement. Disadvantages: Tempo, pitch and volume quirks in Concerto.
of Masur and Mutter, and notes on Mutter, Masur and the NYPO. Thankfully, unlike her ill-conceived "Four Seasons" CD foldout case, one need not remove the CD booklet here to gain access to the disc itself.)
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVENConcerto for Violin and Orchestra in D major, op. 61 (49'81)
1 1. Allegro ma non troppo (27'09)
2 2. Larghetto (10'58)
3 3. Rondo. Allegro (10'11)
Cadenzas: Fritz Kreisler
4 Romance for Violin and Orchestra No. 1 in G major, (7'11)
op. 40
5 Romance for Violin and Orchestra No. 2 in F major, (8'23)
op. 50
ANNE-SOPHIE MUTTER, violin
New York Philharmonic
KURT MASUR
Live recording
Recorded at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
5/2002
(P) 2002 Deutsche Grammophon
289 471 349-2 (G)(H)
Digital Stereo ...
Advantages: Mutter's eloquence and sensitivity in older recording are enhanced here. Disadvantages: None at all!
As a fantastically talented eighteen-year-old, Anne-Sophie Mutter already awed me with her sensitive and thoughtful eloquence in her 1981 recording of the Brahms violinconcerto (with Herbert von Karajan directing the Berlin Philharmonic). However, there?s an even deeper understanding in Mutter?s reading of the Brahms piece on this newer disc.
This performance was taped live at the Lincoln Center?s Alice Tully Hall, New York City, in 1997. Kurt Masur conducts the New York Philharmonic in particularly inspired fashion. A difference of fifteen years separates the two recordings. In the time between, she married, had children, and then was widowed at a very young age.
When Mutter returned to her instrument, she would bring a greater strength, emotional depth and insight to her playing, lending a maturity and assuredness to her ...
Advantages: Classic Concertos for Everybody Disadvantages: Strings only!!!no woodwind...boo!
prominent.
Thus Vivaldi wrotes sonnets to accompany his music and to establish each thought in his mind.
It is obvious to say then that Concerto is labelled Spring through to Winter, with three movements within each season.
Most form again adopts the ABA construction, a favorite of Vivaldi.
These are as follows:
1: Spring: Concerto No.1 in E Major
Allegro / Largo / Allegro
This I think, is the most well known of the Concertos, and has been used on numerous car adverts and airline adverts. This is what most people remember Nigel Kennedy playing at the very beginning of Nigel Mania!!!!
The string compostion reflects the freshness of spring and depending on what recording you buy (trust me there is loads of
choice!) this normally sells the album, this movement is the most played also by a leading Classical Radio.
2: Summer: Concerto ...
