PROKOFIEV; STRAVINSKY Violin Concertos
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Composer or Director: Sergey Prokofiev, Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Igor Stravinsky
Genre:
Orchestral
Label: Naïve
Magazine Review Date: 01/2014
Media Format: CD or Download
Media Runtime: 51
Mastering:
DDD
Catalogue Number: V5352
Tracks:
Composition | Artist Credit |
---|---|
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra |
Igor Stravinsky, Composer
Igor Stravinsky, Composer London Philharmonic Orchestra Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Composer Wladimir Jurowski, Conductor |
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra No. 2 |
Sergey Prokofiev, Composer
London Philharmonic Orchestra Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Composer Sergey Prokofiev, Composer Wladimir Jurowski, Conductor |
Author: Duncan Druce
It’s a similar story with the Stravinsky. In the pageant-like first movement and the energetic journey of the finale, Kopatchinskaja makes use of a remarkable range of bow strokes and tonal colourings to give each episode its own vivid identity, while the two central movements allow her to play gracefully and, in ‘Aria II’, to give a strong impression of improvisation. Throughout both concertos, conductor and orchestra appear to support with enthusiasm Kopatchinskaja’s vision of the music, with many distinguished solo contributions.
Neither concerto includes a cadenza but Kopatchinskaja gives us one for the Stravinsky, as a separate track – a brilliant response to the work’s ambience and atmosphere, in which the LPO’s leader, Pieter Schoeman, joins in. Not to be missed.
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