Beethoven & Possinger: Violin Concertos

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Performing on original instruments, the period instrument group L’arpa festante provides a nice and dramatic orchestral exposition … he [Steck] offers a most refreshing take on a well-known favourite,... — MusicWeb International, 18th July 2017 More…

Release Date: 31st Mar 2017
Catalogue No: ACC24320
Label: Accent
Length: 61 minutes

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Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61

Work length44:13

Album only

Anton Steck (violin)
L'arpa festante
Matthew Halls
Recorded: 22-25 May 2016
Recording Venue: Martinskirche Müllheim, Germany

I. Allegro ma non troppo

Track length22:38

Album only

II. Larghetto

Track length11:28

$3.00

$3.85

$5.25

III. Rondo: Allegro

Track length10:07

$3.00

$3.85

$5.25

Possinger: Violin Concerto in G Major, Op. 9

Work length17:45

$4.00

$5.20

$7.00

Anton Steck (violin)
L'arpa festante
Matthew Halls
Recorded: 22-25 May 2016
Recording Venue: Martinskirche Müllheim, Germany

I. Allegro

Track length8:25

$2.00

$2.60

$3.50

II. Adagio

Track length4:11

$1.00

$1.30

$1.75

III. Rondo: Allegretto

Track length5:09

$1.00

$1.30

$1.75

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It is unbelievable that such a popular work in the current repertoire as Ludwig van Beethoven’s Violin Concerto Op. 61 only conquered the concert hall around three to four decades after its composition. The work ultimately gained its popularity through two revised printed versions published in Vienna and in London, which both reveal substantial revisions in the solo parts. The quest for Beethoven’s “original version” proves to be extremely complicated, as Beethoven himself offered up to four alternatives to the soloists in some spots of the manuscript. A study of the different inks and quills used in that autograph has allowed the violinist Anton Steck to propose the new und unusual version recorded here, which thanks also to the use of historical instruments results in a tangible and transparent rendering of a very well-known piece.

In addition to Beethoven’s composition, Steck presents the world premiere recording of the Violin Concerto of the Viennese violinist Franz Alexander Pössinger – a friend of Beethoven who was probably involved in the revision of the solo part of his concerto. Pössinger’s work was written in 1805, just one year before Beethoven’s.

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18th July 2017

Performing on original instruments, the period instrument group L’arpa festante provides a nice and dramatic orchestral exposition … he [Steck] offers a most refreshing take on a well-known favourite, while piquing one’s interest in the coupling. Recommended

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