James Ehnes: Britten & Shostakovich

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James Ehnes: Britten & ShostakovichOpis:Product DescriptionAfter a series of critically acclaimed recordings on ONYX, most recently of the Mendelssohn (ONYX4060) and the Tchaikovsky concertos (ONYX4076), James Ehnes teams up with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra and its charismatic music director, Kirill Karabits, in Violin Concertos by Benjamin Britten and Dmitri Shostakovich. The Britten an early work, was completed in the September of 1939, just as World War II broke out. Britten had already composed 'Our Hunting Fathers' in 1935 (words by W.

H Auden), and this work s ferocious condemnation of political extremism and man s inhumanity can to some extent be detected in the concerto. The barbarity of the Spanish Civil War (the concerto was written for the young Spanish violinist Antonio Brosa), the rise of Hitler s Nazis and the persecution of the Jews appalled Britten. Peace and reconciliation was his credo, as exemplified in the later 'War Requiem'. In the scherzo tuba and piccolos present the listener with an image of the horrifying abyss mankind was lurching towards. The first of Shostakovich s two violin concertos was composed in 1948 for David Oistrakh. It had to wait until 1955 for its premiere due to the ban on serious music by the notorious Zhdanov Conference and Party Decree of 1948. Only patriotic music was allowed. With Stalin s death in 1953 Shostakovich was finally able to exert his artistic freedom. It is a truly symphonic work in scale, grand, dramatic and cast in four movements with a huge cadenza placed before the finale. Only in the finale does the sun burst out in a brilliant helter-skelter coda.

Review**** James Ehnes s sinewy tonal lustre, dazzling technique and Perlman-like ability to soar whenever a decent melody comes along, works wonders in the Britten ... a highly compelling musical journey. --Julian Haylock, Sinfini 6 June 2013James Ehnes is a very fine violinist and there is barley a moment here when his playing is anything but silken in tone and sinuously refined. --Richard Fairman, Gramophone - August 2013Autor:James EhnesNośnik:Audio CDPłyt:Język: English: Published; English: Original Language; EnglishData wydania: 2013-06-03Waga: 0.22 gramWysokość: 0.4 cmSzerokość: 4.9 cmDługość: 5.6 cmConcerto per violino n.1 op 99 (1947 48) in la (opConcerto per violino op 15 (1939)Concerto per violino n.1 op 99 (1947 48) in la (opConcerto per violino op 15 (1939)Concerto per violino n.1 op 99 (1947 48) in la (opConcerto per violino op 15 (1939)Concerto per violino n.1 op 99 (1947 48) in la (opConcerto per violino op 15 (1939)Concerto per violino n.1 op 99 (1947 48) in la (opUWAGA: Kupując produkt na tej aukcji zgadzasz się na wydłużony termin realizacji wysyłki (10-14 dni roboczych). Podany towar pochodzi z zagranicznego magazynu, stąd wydłużony czas realizacji który podany jest obok.