0095115233320

Edouard Lalo: Symphonie Espagnole; Camille Saint-saens : Violin Concerto No. 3; Pablo De Sarasate: Concert Fantasy On Bizet's 'carmen'

James Ehnes; BBC Philharmonic; Juanjo Mena

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Format: CD

Cat No: CHAN20333

Release Date:  07 March 2025

Label:  Chandos

Packaging Type:  Jewel Case

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  0095115233320

Genres:  Classical  Orchestral  

Composer/Series:  Edouard Lalo

  • Description

    Pablo de Sarasate was born in Pamplona, Spain, and became an acclaimed virtuoso of the violin by the tender age of twelve. The child prodigy was sent away to study at the Paris Conservatoire, and Sarasate spent the rest of his life in Paris. In demand nationally and internationally as a soloist, he was the dedicatee of a large number of important concertos by composers ranging from Max Bruch to Henryk Wieniawski. Lalo's Symphonie espagnole was composed for Sarasate, who gave the Paris premiere, in 1875. The work is laid out in five movements and bristles with Spanish themes, rhythms, and influences, which were very much the vogue in France at that time. Also composed for Sarasate, the Third Violin Concerto of Saint-Saens was composed in 1880. Written in his usual clear, refined, almost classical style, the work has endured as the most played of his three violin concertos. The album is completed with Sarasate's own fantasia on Bizet's Carmen - a virtuosic tour de force for the soloist, brilliantly played here by James Ehnes.