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Joachim - Violin Concertos Op.3 & Op.11 | Naxos 8570991

Joachim - Violin Concertos Op.3 & Op.11

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Label: Naxos

Cat No: 8570991

Barcode: 0747313099177

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Orchestral

Release Date: 28th September 2009

Contents

Artists

Suyoen Kim (violin)
Staatskapelle Weimar

Conductor

Michael Halasz

Works

Joachim, Joseph

Violin Concerto in D minor, op.11 'In the Hungarian Style'
Violin Concerto in one movement in G minor, op.3

Artists

Suyoen Kim (violin)
Staatskapelle Weimar

Conductor

Michael Halasz

About

A colleague of Mendelssohn, the Schumanns and Brahms, the virtuoso violinist Joseph Joachim was himself a composer of note.

His exuberant single-movement Op.3 Violin Concerto from around 1851 was dedicated to Liszt, from whom he subsequently distanced himself. It is a tour de force by a highly gifted twenty year old.

The Op.11 Violin Concerto followed six years later, its Classical three movements frequently coloured by Hungarian inflections, most strikingly in the ‘gypsy finale’ which calls for astonishing technical control, immense stamina and fiery abandon from the soloist.

Suyoen Kim is the Winner of the 2006 Hannover International Violin Competition. “Suyoen Kim plays with the technical brillance and musical maturity that have already brought her, at the age of 18, to the attention of conductors like Kurt Mazur and Seiji Ozawa.” - The Strad

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