034571178783

Vieuxtemps: Violin Concertos Nos 1 & 2

Chloe Hanslip; Martyn Brabbins: Royal Flemish Philharmonic

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Format: CD

Cat No: CDA67878

Release Date:  01 May 2012

Label:  Hyperion Records Ltd

Packaging Type:  Jewel Case

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  034571178783

Genres:  Classical  Orchestral  

  • Description

    Hyperion’s record of the month for May heralds a new collaboration with the brilliant young British violinist Chloe Hanslip, the former child prodigy famously signed to Warner Classics at the age of just fourteen. Here, she lends her now-mature talents to the second release in Hyperion’s overview of Vieuxtemps’ Violin Concertos and Volume 12 of the burgeoning Romantic Violin Concerto series.
    Henry Vieuxtemps (1820–1881) was a Belgian violin virtuoso who, after the death of Paganini, was widely considered to be the best violinist in Europe. Besides being a brilliant player, he was a remarkably fine composer, as demonstrated in these, his first two concertos. Alongside the memorable violin fireworks, Vieuxtemps here shows a well-argued musical sensibility that straddles both the Classical and Romantic eras as well as the ability to write gorgeous, almost operatic slow movements in the best bel canto tradition.

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Violin Concerto No 1 in E major Op 10
      • 2. Violin Concerto No 2 in F sharp minor Op 19
      • 3. Greeting to America Op 56