Dohnányi Violin Concertos Nos 1 & 2
A romantic revisiting… where moments of great originality lift the music
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Composer or Director: Ernö Dohnányi
Genre:
Orchestral
Label: Naxos
Magazine Review Date: 9/2008
Media Format: CD or Download
Media Runtime: 72
Mastering:
Stereo
DDD
Catalogue Number: 8 570833
Tracks:
Composition | Artist Credit |
---|---|
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra No. 1 |
Ernö Dohnányi, Composer
Ernö Dohnányi, Composer JoAnn Falletta, Conductor Michael Ludwig, Violin Royal Scottish National Orchestra |
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra No. 2 |
Ernö Dohnányi, Composer
Ernö Dohnányi, Composer JoAnn Falletta, Conductor Michael Ludwig, Violin Royal Scottish National Orchestra |
Author: Rob Cowan
Turn to the better-known Second Concerto and you’ll encounter leaner textures, stronger themes and a more rigorous structure. There are moments of great originality too, such as the passage towards the end of the Intermezzo where the soloist plays harmonics against glissando trombones and then the finale’s horn-accompanied cadenza. The sombre (and extremely beautiful) Adagio is a sorrowful song indeed, an elegy that seems to reflect both historical and personal tragedy. Dohnányi would never fully shake off the stigma of moving from Hungary to Austria in the last years of the Second World War, even though he personally opposed so much of what was happening in Nazi-occupied territories.
Competition includes a fine version of the Second with James Ehnes (Chandos, 11/04) but there is no currently listed version of the First. Michael Ludwig plays with abundant feeling and JoAnn Falletta directs wholly sympathetic accounts of the two orchestral scores. A satisfying and educative release, one that I would strongly recommend.
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