1930s Violin Concertos, Vol. 1
Gil Shaham (violin)
New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Staatskapelle Dresden, Sejong Soloists, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Boston Symphony Orchestra, David Robertson, Juanjo Mena
this poignant 1939 work [the Hartmann] gets an edge of the seat performance. Shaham is as convincing in the menacing central scherzo as in the plangent outer movements, and the same qualities... — More…
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$21.75Contents
Barber: Violin Concerto, Op. 14
- Gil Shaham (violin)
- New York Philharmonic
- David Robertson
- Recorded: 25-27 February 2010
- Recording Venue: Live recording, Avery Fisher Hall, New York, United States
I. Allegro
II. Andante
III. Presto in moto perpetuo
Berg: Violin Concerto 'To the Memory of an Angel' (1935)
- Gil Shaham (violin)
- Staatskapelle Dresden
- David Robertson
- Recorded: 13-15 June 2010
- Recording Venue: Live recording, Staatsoper Dresden, Dresden, Germany
I. Andante
I. Allegretto
II. Allegro
II. Adagio
Hartmann, K: Concerto Funèbre for violin & string orchestra
- Gil Shaham (violin)
- Sejong, members
- Recorded: 31 August / 1 September 2013
- Recording Venue: LeFrak Concert Hall, Aaron Copland School of Music, Queens College, CUNY, New York, United States
I. Introduction: Largo
II. Adagio
III. Allegro di molto
IV. Choral: Langsamer Marsch
Stravinsky: Violin Concerto in D
- Gil Shaham (violin)
- BBC Symphony Orchestra
- David Robertson
- Recorded: 8 December 2008
- Recording Venue: Live recording, Barbican Centre, London, United Kingdom
I. Toccata
II. Aria I
III. Aria II
IV. Capriccio
Britten: Violin Concerto in D minor Op. 15
- Gil Shaham (violin)
- Boston Symphony Orchestra
- Juan José Mena
- Recorded: 1-3, 6 November 2012
- Recording Venue: Live recording, Symphony Hall, Boston, United States
I. Moderato con moto - Agitato - Tempo primo
II. Vivace - Animando - Largamente - Cadenza
III. Passacaglia