Release Date: 18 July 2025
Label: Solo Musica
Packaging Type: Digipak
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 4260123644475
Genres: Classical  Solo Instrumental  
Composer/Series: Paraphrases
Release Date: 18 July 2025
Label: Solo Musica
Packaging Type: Digipak
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 4260123644475
Genres: Classical  Solo Instrumental  
Composer/Series: Paraphrases
Description
The violin, a bowed instrument with four strings, of such perfection that it has focussed the attention of composers from the Baroque to the present day. Apart from the piano, no other instrument has had so many important concertos written for it, from Locatelli and Vivaldi, to Bach, Mozart, Beethoven and Brahms, among many others. It might seem unimaginable that this instrument with its one bow on four strings be able to perform polyphonic works from the piano, Lied and orchestral repertoire unaccompanied, but that is precisely what the great virtuosos of the early Romantic period right up to the modern era repeatedly saw as a challenge in their compositions. Paganini, Ernst and their successors pushed the technical possibilities of the violin to the limit. With this CD we present the most important of these works, which are otherwise pigeonholed as salon or encore pieces. The result is musical gems ranging from practically complete Lieder such as the Erlkonig, to Isang Yun's masterful arrangement of The Musical Offering by Bach.
Alois Muhlbacher; Ensemble Pallidor; Franz Farnberger
Andrea Wiesli
Agata-Maria Raatz; Kurpfalzisches Kammerorchester; Marcin Fleszar
Megan Kahts; Orchester Wiener Akademie; Jeremy Joseph
Fabiola Kim
Zhen Chen; Kurpfalzisches Kammerorchester; Paul Meyer
Lelie Cristea; Maxim Shamo; Swonderful Orchestra; Catherine Larsen-Maguire
Elvin Hoxha Ganiyev
Oda Voltersvik
Nils Anders Mortensen
Rolf Lislevand
Tomasz Ritter
Tim Fain
Ronan Kernoa
Michiaki Ueno
Martin Helmchen