Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto & Stravinsky: Les Noces

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The force of personality, conviction and unanimity of intention with which the musical argument is projected completely bowled me over — BBC Music Magazine, 01/03/2016 More…

Release Date: 8th Jan 2016
Catalogue No: 88875190402
Label: Sony
Length: 57 minutes

BBC Music Magazine

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Presto Recording of the Week

8th January 2016

Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35

Work length33:47

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Patricia Kopatchinskaja (violin)
MusicAeterna
Teodor Currentzis

I. Allegro moderato

Track length17:30

Album only

II. Canzonetta. Andante

Track length6:16

$1.30

$1.70

$2.00

III. Finale. Allegro vivacissimo

Track length10:01

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Stravinsky: Les Noces

Work length23:20

$4.90

$6.40

$8.00

Andrey Nikitin, Patricia Kopatchinskaja (violin), Alibek Kabdurakhmanov, Vadim Yashin, Vladislav Osipov, Igor Grishkin, Roman Romashkin, Nikolai Dulskiy, Oxana Pislegina, Alexander Osminin, Artem Abashev, Mikhail Mordvinov, Vasiliy Korostelev (bass), Stanislav Leontieff (tenor), Natalya Buklaga (mezzo-soprano), Nadine Koutcher (soprano), MusicAeterna
Teodor Currentzis

Scene 1: The Tresses (At the Brides's House)

Track length4:59

$1.30

$1.70

$2.00

Scene 2: At the Bridegroom's House

Track length5:43

$1.30

$1.70

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Scene 3: The Departure of the Bride

Track length2:47

$1.00

$1.30

$2.00

Scene 4: The Wedding Feast

Track length9:51

$1.30

$1.70

$2.00

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Recording of the Week, Kopatchinskaja and Jansen perform violin concertos by Tchaikovsky, Brahms, and Bartók

8th January 2016

David enjoys two new discs of violin concerto repertoire, from Patricia Kopatchinskaja and Janine Jansen.

Testament to the versatility and musical command that Teodor Currentzis and his unique orchestra and choir possess, this new album brings together two diverse masterworks from two titans of Russian music. Although they have been acquainted for a long time prior, this recording represents the first musical collaboration between Teodor Currentzis and the exceptional violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja. The instant artistic rapport (an “artistic wedding” of sorts) between these two maverick musicians can be heard in this dynamic new recording of Tchaikovsky’s Violin concerto - one of the most popular works in the violin repertory. Currentzis’ authentic approach to the folk influences in Stravinsky’s music (as revealed in Le Sacre du Printemps) is again very present in his interpretation of Les Noces. This work for percussion, pianists, chorus, and vocal soloists - originally composed as ballet music - is probably one of Stravinsky’s most rarely recorded works. The work is based on a Russian peasant wedding, which the cover artwork references. Exceptional to this new recording is that the MusicAeterna choir members are all native-Russian speakers who bring another level of understanding and authenticity to the work. After her prominent participation in the “Rameau – The Sound of Light” recording, Nadine Koutcher – freshly crowned “2015 Cardiff Singer of the Year” - returns to sing the leading soprano solo part in Les Noces.

Reviews

01/03/2016

The force of personality, conviction and unanimity of intention with which the musical argument is projected completely bowled me over

February 2016

Teodor Currentzis and his Perm orchestra MusicAeterna are on pungent form in the Stravinsky, a worthy successor to their terrific Rite of Spring.

8th January 2016

Their tempi are idiosyncratic, to say the least: often on the fast side, but with occasional moments where it suddenly slows right down for just a few bars, and her playing incorporates all kinds of fireworks – dazzling acrobatic spiccato, adventurous rubato playfulness and more...If you like your Tchaikovsky traditional and sedate then this may not be the performance for you, but if you want to be taken on a thrilling seat-of-the-pants ride by a master virtuoso then look no further!

31st January 2016

[Les Noces] is gritty and intelligent and greatly enhanced by having an all-Russian cast of singers, chorus and players.

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Recording of the Week, Kopatchinskaja and Jansen perform violin concertos by Tchaikovsky, Brahms, and Bartók

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