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Hagner is a marvellous exponent of both works, as she is in the more overt technical show piece of the Fantasia appassionata. The Royal Flemish Philharmonic are thoroughly committed. — BBC Music Magazine, October 2010, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 26th Apr 2010
Catalogue No: CDA67798
Label: Hyperion
Series: The Romantic Violin Concerto
Length: 66 minutes

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Vieuxtemps: Violin Concerto No. 5 in A minor, Op. 37

Work length19:42

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Viviane Hagner (violin)
Royal Flemish Philharmonic
Martyn Brabbins

I. Allegro non troppo

Track length11:18

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II. Cadenza

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III. Adagio – Allegro con fuoco

Track length4:58

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Vieuxtemps: Violin Concerto No 4 in D minor, Op 31

Work length28:56

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Viviane Hagner (violin)
Royal Flemish Philharmonic
Martyn Brabbins

I. Andante

Track length9:36

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II. Adagio religioso

Track length6:18

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III. Scherzo: Vivace – Trio: Meno mosso – Tempo I

Track length4:54

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IV. Finale marziale: Andante – Allegro

Track length8:08

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Vieuxtemps: Fantasia appassionata, Op. 35

Work length17:58

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Viviane Hagner (violin)
Royal Flemish Philharmonic
Martyn Brabbins

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Hyperion’s Romantic Violin Concerto series reaches volume 8 and the music of the Belgian composer Henry Vieuxtemps, himself widely considered the finest violinist in Europe after the death of Paganini. Listening to the repertoire recorded here, he certainly deserves to be ranked among the most important composers for the violin in the mid-nineteenth century. Vieuxtemps never indulged in sheer virtuosity for its own sake; instead in his concertos and chamber works he brought a more classical dimension to the violin repertoire in place of the technically brilliant variations and fantasies on popular operatic themes that were so popular with audiences.

The Violin Concerto No 4 in D minor Op 31 which Vieuxtemps composed while he was court violinist in St Petersburg, is an heroic work on a substantial scale. It was described by Berlioz—who was perhaps comparing it with his own Harold in Italy for viola and orchestra—as a symphony with violin solo. In fact Vieuxtemps’s writing for the orchestra is as assured and resourceful, and sometimes as imaginative, as his treatment of the violin, though there is no doubt that the solo instrument remains the leading actor in the drama, reaching heights of stratospheric virtuosity throughout. Violin Concerto No 5 in A minor Op 37 was written a few years later, in 1858–9, at the request of his friend Hubert Léonard, as the test-piece for a competition at the Brussels Conservatory. The work was, therefore, expressly designed to test the capabilities of (very advanced) student players, but it has maintained itself in the repertoire on its own merits and probably surpasses the Fourth Concerto in popularity. Fantasia appassionata Op 35 was probably written shortly after the Fifth Violin Concerto, in 1860. Unlike the concertos this is more frankly a vehicle for transcendental technical display, but expertly cast in a single movement of several effectively contrasted sections that achieves a balanced form as well as the exhibition of the player’s prowess.

The young virtuoso Viviane Hagner, a former BBC New Generation artist, acclaimed for her highly intelligent musicality and passionate artistry, appears in her Hyperion debut.

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October 2010

Hagner is a marvellous exponent of both works, as she is in the more overt technical show piece of the Fantasia appassionata. The Royal Flemish Philharmonic are thoroughly committed.

July 2010

...the watchwords are care and respect; the orchestra is beautifully balanced and recorded, Martyn Brabbins's direction is alert to Vieuxtemps's delicate romanticism as well as his grand theatrical gestures, and Viviane Hagner...is a most resourceful and spirited advocate.

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