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Last broadcast 31 Jan 2009, 09:00 on BBC Radio 3
JS BACH: Violin Concerto in E major BWV 1042 (1st movement)
(c/w Concerto for two violins in D minor BWV 1043; Violin Concerto in A minor BWV 1041; Concerto for oboe and violin in C minor BWV 1060)
Julia Fischer (violin), Alexander Sitkovetsky (violin), Andrey Rubtsov (oboe), Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
Decca 478 0650 (CD)
Voted “Best Newcomer” by BBC Music Magazine in 2006 and acclaimed as “Artist of the Year” in the prestigious Classic FM Gramophone Awards only a year later, 25-year-old Julia Fischer is already being hailed as one of the truly great violinists of the 21st century. Julia burst upon the international music scene at the 1995 International Yehudi Menuhin Competition by taking first prize as well as a special prize for “Best Bach Solo Work.” It is only natural then that her Decca debut disc should feature Bach–this time the solo and double concertos. Julia is joined by the Academy of St Martin in the Fields in these strikingly sophisticated and technically brilliant performances.
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BRAHMS: Violin Concerto in D major OP. 77 (2nd movement)
(c/w Concerto for Violin, Cello and Orchestra in A minor Op. 102)
Vadim Repin (violin), Truls Mork (cello), Gewandhausorchester, Riccardo Chailly (conductor)
Deutsche Grammophon 477 7470 (CD)
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VICTOR HERBERT: Cello Concerto No. 2 in E minor Op. 30 (3rd movement)
(c/w DVORAK: Cello Concerto in B minor Op. 104)
Gautier Capucon (cello), Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, Paavo Jarvi (conductor)
Virgin 5190352 (CD)
Acclaimed cellist Gautier Capuçon presents his third concerto recording for Virgin Classics, following his early disc of Haydn concertos in 2003, and his 2007 recording of the Brahms Double Concerto with his brother, violinist Renaud Capuçon. Here he is accompanied by the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra under Paavo Järvi, the German ensemble’s music director since September 2006.
This release brings together Capuçon’s emotionally-charged reading of perhaps the greatest cello concerto, composed by Antonín Dvor?ák in the USA in 1895. Alongside the Dvor?ák is the comparatively little-known work that inspired it: the lyrical and highly virtuosic Cello Concerto No.2 in E Minor by Irish-born Victor Herbert (1859-1924).
Gautier Capuçon – Dvořák & Herbert Cello Concertos
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Andrew McGregor introduces Radio 3's weekly programme devoted to all that's new in the world of recorded music, including some of the latest releases requested by listeners.
