Concertos Parlando

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Rest assured, there are no half measures nor any whiff of stale routine here: his is playing of maximum conviction, strong personality and sparky temperament, in which nothing is taken for granted. — Gramophone Magazine, September 2014 More…

Release Date: 20th Jan 2014
Catalogue No: COBRA0040
Label: Cobra
Length: 77 minutes

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Dvarionas: Pezzo Elegiaco “By the lake”

Work length5:19

$1.00

$1.40

Philippe Graffin
The National Philharmonic Orchestra of Lithuania
Robertas Šervenikas

Shchedrin: Concerto Parlando for violin, trumpet and strings

Work length23:19

$4.00

$5.60

Philippe Graffin, Martin Hurrell
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Mikhail Agrest

I. Allegro moderato

Track length7:08

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$2.10

II. Lento Assai

Track length10:46

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III. Allegro, ma non Troppo

Track length5:25

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$1.40

Prokofiev: Five Melodies for Violin and Piano, Op. 35a

Work length13:16

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$7.00

Philippe Graffin
The National Philharmonic Orchestra of Lithuania
Robertas Šervenikas

I. Andante (Orchestration Shchedrin)

Track length2:07

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$1.40

II. Lento, ma non Troppo (Orchestration: Prokofiev)

Track length2:32

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$1.40

III. Animato, ma non Allegro (Orchestration Shchedrin)

Track length4:00

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$1.40

IV. Andantino, un Poco Scherzando (Orchestration Shchedrin)

Track length1:22

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$1.40

V. Andante, non Troppo (Orchestration Shchedrin)

Track length3:15

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$1.40

Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto Op. 35: I. Allegro Moderato

Work length9:33

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$2.10

Philippe Graffin
The National Philharmonic Orchestra of Lithuania
Robertas Šervenikas

Ysaÿe: Violin Concerto Op. 35: II. Ysaÿe Cadenza

Work length9:04

$1.50

$2.10

Philippe Graffin
The National Philharmonic Orchestra of Lithuania
Robertas Šervenikas

Excerpt, Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35

Work length17:00

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$3.50

Philippe Graffin
The National Philharmonic Orchestra of Lithuania
Robertas Šervenikas

III. Canzonetta Andante

Track length6:31

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$1.40

IV. Allegro Vivacissimo

Track length10:29

$1.50

$2.10

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The charismatic and innovative violinist Philippe Graffin, described as “today’s quintessential French violinist” and by the The Times as a brilliant musical “conversationalist”, is at the creative heart of a new release of Russian repertoire, “Concertos Parlando”, or “con- certos with a story”, the first in a series of strikingly individual and fascinating projects for Cobra Records.

Tchaikovsky’s famous concerto is heard here with a different cadenza for the first time; a mesmerising cadenza by the great Eugene Ysaÿe which every violinist will surely want to hear. Prokofiev’s own orchestration of the second of his Five Melodies, a wordless song cycle, is recorded for the first time alongside Rodion Shchedrin’s orchestration of the remaining four, a project initiated by Graffin. The violinist’s artistic collaboration with the multi award-winning Russian composer Shchedrin began when he asked Rodion if he would write a concerto in a similar vein to Shostakovich’s first Piano Concerto with trumpet and strings, but for the violin. The resulting Concerto Parlando, a conversation between a free and gypsy-like violin and an authoritative, cynical trumpet, was commissioned by Philippe Graffin and the Association A Tempo and is recorded live from its world première in london with the BBC Symphony.

Perhaps the true story of this CD is how Philippe Graffin’s inquisitive mind and research successes are constantly finding new gems and broadening the repertoire for the instrument.

Philippe Graffin’s extensive and successful discography began with a recording with Yehudi Menuhin and the Royal Philharmonic orchestra and includes many world premières for a number of in- dependent labels and his idea to record the complete Saint-Saëns concertos launched Hyperion’s Romantic violin series. All have been exceptionally praised with his recording of the Elgar Concerto considered by BBC Record Review ‘a unique recording you might want to file alongside Albert Sammons, and the young Yehudi with the composer’.

Cobra Records is delighted Philippe has chosen the label for this unique recording and the compelling performances augur well for the projects to follow.

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September 2014

Rest assured, there are no half measures nor any whiff of stale routine here: his is playing of maximum conviction, strong personality and sparky temperament, in which nothing is taken for granted.

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