Album Description: In another original pairing violinist Hilary Hahn brings together the familiar, highly commercial and long-awaited recording of the famous Sibelius Violin Concerto with the rarely performed Violin Concerto by Arnold Schoenberg. Hahn brings out the romantic qualities of Schoenberg's Concerto--known as one of the most difficult pieces in the violin repertoire--showing why it makes an ideal coupling with the Sibelius--"Hahn didn't merely play the notes, she passionately engaged with them." (The Daily Telegraph on a live performance of the Schoenberg Violin Concerto). As both an acclaimed Sibelius interpreter and a known advocate of 20th-century music in concert halls worldwide, Esa-Pekka Salonen is the ideal musical partner in this project.
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Rating: - Lyrical Schoenberg, Lost Sibelius
This recording pairs two concerti that, despite the obvious differences in tonal language, have much in common: both are large-scale, impassioned and, at times, achingly lyrical works that require technical ... Read More
Rating: - DON'T BELIEVE THE HYPE!!! THIS is POISON!!!
Yes, this is probably the best performance of the Schoenberg Violin Concerto ever recorded. That said, it is still a piece that looks better on paper than it sounds. The constant hype about the work does NOT ... Read More
Rating: - One that grows on you
Schoenberg is an acquired taste. As hard as it is to go from sugary to bitterly dietary food, it is to allow your verbal musical pallette to embrace such harshness and brusqueness into that comfort zone.
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Rating: - Revelatory
The Schoenberg violin concerto is widely admired and widely studied, but it isn't much played, and it's never been much loved. This is partly because of the huge technical hurdles it presents fiddlers, ... Read More
Rating: - What a pair!
Schoenberg wrote two concerti after coming to the U.S., one for violin, the other for piano. The Piano Concerto has had a number of strong advocates over the years, including Glen Gould, Peter Serkin, and Mitsuko ... Read More
- Lyrical Schoenberg, Lost Sibelius
- DON'T BELIEVE THE HYPE!!! THIS is POISON!!!
- One that grows on you