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The Romantic Violin Concerto Vol.16 | Hyperion - Romantic Violin Concertos CDA68044

The Romantic Violin Concerto Vol.16

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Label: Hyperion - Romantic Violin Concertos

Cat No: CDA68044

Barcode: 0034571280448

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Orchestral

Release Date: 28th July 2014

Contents

Artists

Tanja Becker-Bender (violin)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

Conductor

Garry Walker

Works

Beethoven, Ludwig van

Missa solemnis in D major, op.123
» Benedictus (arr. Busoni for violin and orchestra)

Busoni, Ferruccio

Violin Concerto in D major, op.35a

Strauss, Richard

Violin Concerto in D minor, op.8

Artists

Tanja Becker-Bender (violin)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

Conductor

Garry Walker

About

German violinist Tanja Becker-Bender returns to the Romantic Violin Concerto series, having dazzled the critics with her ‘great lyrical force and tremendous sense of drama’ in her recording of the Reger concerto. Here she appears with Hyperion house band the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Garry Walker, in Volume 16: concertos by Busoni and Strauss, each composer’s only example of the genre.

In D major, the key of Beethoven’s and Brahms’ violin concertos, Busoni’s Violin Concerto is clearly intended to continue their lineage - significantly, Busoni wrote cadenzas for both of them - although it never descends into mere imitation. Although it uses quite a large orchestra, it is transparently scored, with plenty of Italianate cantilena for the soloist.

Also included is Busoni’s transcription of the Benedictus from Beethoven’s Missa solemnis, which brings the solo violin to the fore, with instrumental obbligati representing the vocal contributions.

The seventeen-year-old Strauss wrote his Violin Concerto in 1881–2, during his final year at the Ludwigsgymnasium. The work was dedicated to Strauss’s violin teacher Benno Walter (1847–1901), concertmaster of the Bavarian Court Orchestra. The work is fairly unknown on the concert platform - as Tully Potter writes in his booklet notes, Tanja Becker-Bender’s interpretation should win it new friends.

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