Henze: Violin Concerto No. 2

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Where some composers wear polystylism as a cloak - or mask - with Henze it comes from within a natural response to the musical challenges encountered. Through it all, Skaerved weaves his haunting... — Gramophone Magazine, July 2015 More…

Release Date: 30th Mar 2015
Catalogue No: 8573289
Label: Naxos
Length: 68 minutes

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Henze, H: Il Vitalino raddoppiato

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Peter Sheppard Skærved
Longbow

I. Il Vitalino raddoppiato

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II. Cazenda - Conclusion

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Henze, H: Violin Concerto No. 2

Work length34:54

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Peter Sheppard Skærved, Omar Ebrahim
Parnassus Ensemble of London
Hans Werner Henze

I. Presentazione

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II. Teorema

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III. Fantasia I

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IV. Divertimento

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V. Fantasia II

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VI. Conclusione

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Henze’s Violin Concerto No. 2 occupies a space between the theatre and concert stages. A dramatic work with a rôle for a speaker, it comes from the period of his interest in ‘action music’ and is scored for a large experimental chamber orchestra. Equally Janus-faced, but very different, is the Italianate Il Vitalino raddoppiato, vividly coloured and overtly romantic ‘chamber music’ that looks back to the example of Tomaso Vitali. The Concerto is heard in an archive performance conducted by the composer, and this volume concludes Peter Sheppard Skærved’s survey of Henze’s works for violin and orchestra (the First and Third Concertos are on 8557738).

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July 2015

Where some composers wear polystylism as a cloak - or mask - with Henze it comes from within a natural response to the musical challenges encountered. Through it all, Skaerved weaves his haunting presence as primus inter pares in what can be heard as expanded chamber music. A superb disc.

19th April 2015

This vivid pairing of concertos presents a double take on Henze as that rather rare creature, the musical ironist.

8th April 2015

[The Concerto is] a rich, indulgent mix, typical of Henze’s music of this period, and not everything hangs together. But that isn’t the point...[Vitaliano Raddoppiato] is sometimes acerbic, sometimes achingly beautiful, in many ways it’s the epitome of so much of Henze’s music.

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