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Christo

#20
June 09, 2007, 02:06:03 PM Last Edit: June 09, 2007, 02:21:51 PM by Christo
Quote from: Bogey on June 09, 2007, 01:59:42 PM
A bit more on this one would be appreciated when you get the opportunity Christo.

From memory, then. Respighi major violin concerto stems from, I guess, 1925 or so (the first one is an early work I don't really care for) and was a failure at its premiere. The composer had high expectations, but was duly disappointed. Yet, even if it's not totally succesful, I think it's one of the cornerstones of his major, 1920s and 1930s style: his very personal brand of '''neo-classicism''', in this case: a rather modal/romantic/neoclassicist version of his ideas about early church music.

But the outcome, the Concerto Gregoriano, is rather beautiful. It reminds a little bit of Vaughan Williams' at his most modal, but is better compared with other attempts by Resphighi in the same direction: especially the String Quartet 'Dorico' from the same period, an passages from his later operas (Maria Egiziaca especially).
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Bogey

#21
June 09, 2007, 02:23:17 PM
Quote from: Christo on June 09, 2007, 02:06:03 PM
From memory, then. Respighi major violin concerto stems from, I guess, 1925 or so (the first one is an early work I don't really care for) and was a failure at its premiere. The composer had high expectations, but was duly disappointed. Yet, even if it's not totally succesful, I think it's one of the cornerstones of his major, 1920s and 1930s style: his very personal brand of '''neo-classicism''', in this case: a rather modal/romantic/neoclassicist version of his ideas about early church music.

But the outcome, the Concerto Gregoriano, is rather beautiful. It reminds a little bit of Vaughan Williams' at his most modal, but is better compared with other attempts by Resphighi in the same direction: especially the String Quartet 'Dorico' from the same period, an passages from his later operas (Maria Egiziaca especially).

Is there a recording that stands out here IYO?
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Mark

#22
June 09, 2007, 04:15:32 PM
Quote from: Greta on June 09, 2007, 03:17:08 AM
The Sibelius should be here as much as I love his other works, but I haven't really connected with it yet.

I beg you: get the Ida Haendel/Paavo Berglund/Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra recording on EMI. It'll connect you for sure. ;)

AnthonyAthletic

#23
June 09, 2007, 04:33:13 PM
Anyone here like the Philip Glass concerto as much as I do?

Not top ten, but it is quite mesmerizingly good  ;D

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Greta

#24
June 09, 2007, 08:52:34 PM
Me! Me! It floored me when I first heard it. It's in my top ten right now actually.

Immediately loved it. The orchestral writing is superb.  :D

Daverz

#25
June 09, 2007, 09:04:50 PM
In no particular order:

Szymanowski 1 (2 is pretty good, too).
Bartok (there's only 1 Bartok violin concerto.  The concerto now called No. 1 was some juvenelia Bartok never intended to be part of his catalog.)
Brahms
Beethoven
Shostakovich 1
Prokofiev 1 & 2
Myaskovsky
Sibelius
Stravinsky
William Schuman
Nielsen
Elgar
Bach BWV 1041-1043
Vivaldi: lots of nice violin concertos
Barber
Martin

Oh, and I like the Glass concerto, too.

Christo

#26
June 09, 2007, 10:06:14 PM
Quote from: Bogey on June 09, 2007, 02:23:17 PM
Is there a recording that stands out here IYO?

Definitely the one with Lydia Mordkovitch, at Chandos.
... music is not only an 'entertainment', nor a mere luxury, but a necessity of the spiritual if not of the physical life, an opening of those magic casements through which we can catch a glimpse of that country where ultimate reality will be found.    RVW, 1948

Guido

#27
June 10, 2007, 02:58:36 AM
I have read somewhere that many people consider the Stravinsky violin concerto the most brilliantly written of his purely instrumental works. Wish I could find the the reference now, but it surprised me somewhat - I didn;t know it was held in such high regard. Must listen again at any rate!

Aside from many of those already mentioned I am partial to Rodrigo's (concierto de Estio).
Geologist.

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violinconcerto

#28
June 10, 2007, 03:17:57 AM
I enjoy most (in order they came up my mind):

Aloyz Ajdic: Violin concerto
Dmitry Shostakovich: Violin concerto No.1
Marcel Landowski: Violin concerto
Stanley Wolfe: Violin concerto
John Adams: The Dharma at Big Sur
Marek Harris: New Angels
Leos Janacek: Violin concerto

and a lot more

Christo

#29
June 10, 2007, 06:33:26 AM
Quote from: violinconcerto on June 10, 2007, 03:17:57 AM
Aloyz Ajdic: Violin concerto

Never heard of, tell us more!
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mahlertitan

#30
June 10, 2007, 06:34:56 AM
Lalo: symphonie espangnole

Bogey

#31
June 10, 2007, 06:35:24 AM
Quote from: Christo on June 09, 2007, 10:06:14 PM
Definitely the one with Lydia Mordkovitch, at Chandos.

Thanks Christo.
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Greta

#32
June 10, 2007, 12:00:29 PM
QuoteLalo: symphonie espangnole

This would be in my list, but I wasn't sure if it counted as a Violin Concerto...

The Stravinsky concerto is one of my very favorite works of his, it caught me the minute I first heard it and has never let go.  ;D

btpaul674

#33
June 10, 2007, 12:49:38 PM
Rautavaara

PaulR

#34
June 10, 2007, 04:26:07 PM
Both Shostakovich one's
Brahms
Sibelius
Mendlessohn (When I'm in the mood for it)
Bruch
Lalo: Symphony Espagnole

quintett op.57

#35
June 11, 2007, 02:42:21 AM
Britten & Sibelius

Harry Collier

#36
June 11, 2007, 04:39:55 AM

In random order:

Shostakovich #1
Brahms
Beethoven
Goldmark
Vieuxtemps #4 and #5
Khachaturian
Britten
Prokofiev #1 and #2
Sibelius
Tchaikovsky

Well, that's 12. Time to stop. But there are plenty more!

Steve

#37
June 11, 2007, 04:40:25 AM
Quote from: Mark on June 09, 2007, 04:15:32 PM
I beg you: get the Ida Haendel/Paavo Berglund/Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra recording on EMI. It'll connect you for sure. ;)

Perlman/Previn, Pittsburg is pretty good too.  ;)

I see that no one has included the Saint-Seans concerti. I would nominate No. 3 for our lists.

Harry Collier

#38
June 11, 2007, 05:56:34 AM
Quote from: Steve on June 11, 2007, 04:40:25 AM
Perlman/Previn, Pittsburg is pretty good too.  ;)

I see that no one has included the Saint-Seans concerti. I would nominate No. 3 for our lists.

I like #3. But no one nowadays seems to play #2 (in public, anyway). It's a fine concerto that Ivry Gitlis and Philippe Graffin (amongst a few others) have recorded.

Rabin_Fan

#39
June 11, 2007, 01:49:35 PM
Harry - I have Ulf Hoelscher's complete St Saens VC set plus extra pieces. Regards - Lee
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