Violin Concertos

Album by Felix Mendelssohn & Max Bruch & Salvatore Accardo & London Philharmonic Orchestra & Gewandhausorchester Leipzig & Kurt Masur & Charles Dutoit

Violin Concertos are a set of violin concertos by German composer Felix Mendelssohn, composed in 1822 and 1844-45. They exemplify early Romantic concerto writing with lyrical, song-like solo lines, virtuosic technical demands, close dialogue between soloist and orchestra, and formal innovations such as integrated cadenzas and continuous movement flow, representing a notable development in the nineteenth-century violin repertoire and in Mendelssohn's output.
First released: 2000

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Violin Concerto in E minor, op. 64: 1. Allegro molto appassionato
    13:51
  2. 2.
    Violin Concerto in E minor, op. 64: 2. Andante
    9:42
  3. 3.
    Violin Concerto in E minor, op. 64: 3. Allegro non troppo - Allegro molto vivace
    7:01
  4. 4.
    Violin Concerto no. 1 in G minor, op. 26: 1. Allegro moderato
    8:35
  5. 5.
    Violin Concerto no. 1 in G minor, op. 26: 2. Adagio
    8:41
  6. 6.
    Violin Concerto no. 1 in G minor, op. 26: 3. Finale: Allegro energico - Presto
    7:14
  7. 7.
    Konzertstück for Violin and Orchestra, op. 84: 1. Allegro appassionato
    9:34
  8. 8.
    Konzertstück for Violin and Orchestra, op. 84: 2. Adagio ma non troppo lento
    9:18

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