Schnittke, Weill & Takemitsu: Works for Violin & Ensemble

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Full marks to Nimbus for variety. The danger is that three such different composers, combined in a way you'd never expect in a concert, will cancel each other out. Fortunately, the performances... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

Catalogue No: NI5582
Label: Nimbus
Length: 72 minutes

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Schnittke: Sonata for Violin and Chamber Orchestra

Work length17:30

$4.00

$5.60

Daniel Hope
English Symphony Orchestra
William Boughton

I. Andante

Track length2:36

$1.00

$1.40

II. Allegretto

Track length4:54

$1.00

$1.40

III. Largo

Track length5:11

$1.00

$1.40

IV. Allegretto

Track length4:49

$1.00

$1.40

Weill, K: Concerto for Violin & Wind Orchestra, Op. 12

Work length27:47

$6.00

$8.40

Daniel Hope
English Symphony Orchestra
William Boughton

I. Andante Con Moto

Track length9:55

$1.50

$2.10

II. Notturno - Allegreo Unpoco Tenuto

Track length3:21

$1.00

$1.40

III. Cadenza: Moderato - Vivace

Track length3:50

$1.00

$1.40

IV. Serenata: Allegretto

Track length3:39

$1.00

$1.40

V. Allegro Molto, Un Poco Agitato

Track length7:02

$1.50

$2.10

Excerpt, Schnittke: Concerto Grosso No. 6 for piano, violin & string orchestra

Work length13:35

$3.00

$4.20

Daniel Hope
English Symphony Orchestra
William Boughton

I. Andante - Allegro

Track length3:31

$1.00

$1.40

II. Adagio

Track length4:36

$1.00

$1.40

III. Allegro Vivace

Track length5:28

$1.00

$1.40

Takemitsu: Nostalghia, for violin & string orchestra

Work length14:07

$2.00

$2.80

Daniel Hope
English Symphony Orchestra
William Boughton

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2010

Full marks to Nimbus for variety. The danger is that three such different composers, combined in a way you'd never expect in a concert, will cancel each other out. Fortunately, the performances are strong enough – even when heard in close succession – to justify the enterprise, and the recordings are no less successful in the way they capture the intimacy of tone characteristics of all four compositions.
A textual point of some interest emerges in the earlier of the Schnittke works, the Sonata. Usually, the harpsichord functions as the violinist's alter ego throughout, but Daniel Hope, with Schnittke's agreement, has the keyboardist move from harpsichord to piano from the final stages of the second movement onwards. The desiccated harpsichord sound may be preferable in the third movement, but the change is certainly justified in the finale, and adds an extra dimension to a commendably unexaggerated account of this turbulent score.
The early Weill Violin Concerto can easily sprawl and sound too earnest for its own good.
Here there's an appropriate fluency; excessive gravity is avoided. Hope is able to project the required authority, especially in the cadenza, and although some might prefer a more forward placement for the soloist, the excellent qualities of his playing are no less appealing. As for Takemitsu's song of farewell for the film-maker Andrei Tarkovsky, the music is a model of how to balance emotional restraint and expressive warmth, and the performance does it justice.

The Independent on Sunday

An exceptional soloist ... the young star violinist Daniel Hope, who is already launched on a major professional career ... (possesses) real lyrical gifts and an enviably fluent technique. Remember the name

Schnittke, Weill & Takemitsu: Works for Violin & Ensemble

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