Bartók, Eötvös & Ligeti: Violin Concertos

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Kopatchinskaja marries consummate technical brilliance and an amazing aural imagination wiuth a capacity to bring completely new interpretative perspectives to some very familiar music. This...may... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2013, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 22nd Oct 2012
Catalogue No: V5285
Label: Naive
Length: 89 minutes

Presto Recording of the Week

23rd September 2013
BBC Music Magazine

February 2013

Orchestral Choice
Gramophone Magazine

December 2012

Editor's Choice
Gramophone Awards

2013

Recording of the Year

Bartók: Violin Concerto No. 2, Sz 112

Work length39:05

$10.00

$12.85

Patricia Kopatchinskaja (violin)
Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra
Peter Eötvös
Recorded: July 2012
Recording Venue: Sendesaal, Hessische Rundfunk, Frankfurt, Deutschland

I. Allegro non troppo

Track length16:57

$4.00

$5.15

II. Andante tranquillo

Track length10:01

$3.00

$3.85

III. Allegro molto

Track length12:07

$3.00

$3.85

Eötvös: Seven

Work length22:57

$7.00

$9.05

Patricia Kopatchinskaja (violin)
Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra
Peter Eötvös
Recorded: July 2012
Recording Venue: Sendesaal, Hessische Rundfunk, Frankfurt, Deutschland

Part I: First cadenza

Track length1:29

$1.00

$1.30

Part I: Second cadenza

Track length0:47

$1.00

$1.30

Part I: Third cadenza

Track length2:55

$1.00

$1.30

Part I: Fourth cadenza

Track length5:44

$1.00

$1.30

Part II

Track length12:02

$3.00

$3.85

Ligeti: Violin Concerto

Work length27:45

$8.00

$10.40

Patricia Kopatchinskaja (violin)
Ensemble Modern
Peter Eötvös
Recorded: October 2011
Recording Venue: Sendesaal, Hessische Rundfunk, Frankfurt, Deutschland

I. Praeludium

Track length3:57

$1.00

$1.30

II. Aria - Hoquet - Chorale

Track length7:13

$2.00

$2.60

III. Intermezzo

Track length2:24

$1.00

$1.30

IV. Passacaglia

Track length7:06

$2.00

$2.60

V. Appassionato

Track length7:05

$2.00

$2.60

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Awards, Gramophone Awards 2013 Disc of the Year: Violin Concertos by Bartók, Eötvös & Ligeti

23rd September 2013

This is the fourth recording by Patricia Kopatchinskaja on naïve; the second in the concerto repertoire. The collaboration with conductor/composer Peter Eötvos and the programme is an intense series of connections. Between Bartok, Ligeti, Eotvos and Kopatchinskaja, there are many links: Hungary, the land of the 3 composers featured; Peter Eötvos was the conductor of the first performance of the second version of Ligeti violin concerto, in 1992, with Ensemble Modern; Patricia Kopatchinakaja and Peter Eötvös have been working together for 4 years, performing several concertos, including those recorded here.

Beyond those connections, this recording features 2 highs from 20th century violin repertoire and the world premiere recording of Eötvös’ 'Seven' which refers to the loss of the Columbia space shuttle in 2003, and which caused the death of all seven of its occupants.

“Between heaven and earth, past and future, I sank for a moment into the Hungarian cosmos and sensed whispers, fragments and signs of living and immortal souls. From light and darkness, dream and wakefulness, music burst forth.” Patricia Kopatchinskaja

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February 2013

Kopatchinskaja marries consummate technical brilliance and an amazing aural imagination wiuth a capacity to bring completely new interpretative perspectives to some very familiar music. This...may well be her finest achievement to date. She is absolutely in her element, drawing on her vast experience of eastern European folk music to create a sound palette that encompasses a staggering range of colours and inflections.

December 2012

Kopatchinskaja performs these three concertos by composers born in Hungary with her trademark panache and the recorded balance gives her all due prominence. The importance of the orchestral contribution can't be denied, however, and there's an impressive sense of common purpose and collaborative zeal throughout.

February 2013

this is playing with real bite … her dynamic range is frequently daring … In Kopatchinskaja, Eotvos couldn’t wish for a more committed advocate for his concerto, completing an absorbing, fascinating release

March 2013

She is clearly the dominant force in these recordings, though Peter Eötvös does not take a backseat in his partnership role. With immediate sound, these impassioned performances grab you from the beginning and never let go.

23rd September 2013

Kopatchinskaja’s recording [of the Bartók] lacks nothing of the bite and raw energy integral to this work, and it is hard not to be drawn into such a vigorous and passionate performance.

6th January 2013

These three Hungarian concertos are all impressive works...Despite the huge technical challenges thrown at her, Patricia Kopatchinskaja plays with a deep and selfless understanding of each score.

22nd November 2012

Patricia Kopatchinskaja is clearly an immensely able violinist, and she projects the Eötvös with wonderful confidence, but her rather brittle style is better suited to the sparkling polyrhythms of Ligeti's work than to Bartók's brand of neoclassicism

12th January 2013

An embarrassment of riches here - it’s hard to know where to start...Kopatchinskaja’s performance [of the Bartók] is gutsy, gritty and astringent...[the Ligeti] is is bonkers, but in an incredibly sophisticated, profoundly musical way...[the Eötvös] is a brilliantly scored yet elusive work.

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