Schoenberg: Violin Concerto; Sibelius: Violin Concerto
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| Studio album by Hilary Hahn | ||
| Released | 2008 | |
| Genre | Classical music | |
| Label | Deutsche Grammophon | |
Schoenberg & Sibelius Violin Concertos is a classical music recording by Hilary Hahn on violin with Esa-Pekka Salonen conducting the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra.
[edit] Track listing
Schoenberg: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, op. 36
- I. Poco allegro
- II. Andante grazioso
- III. Finale: Allegro
Sibelius: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in d minor, op. 47
- I. Allegro moderato
- II. Adagio di molto
- III. Allegro, ma non tanto
[edit] Unprecedented Success
The album debuted at #1 on Classical Billboard chart for three straight weeks (the first Schoenberg recording to debut at #1).
[edit] Praise for Hilary Hahn’s Schoenberg & Sibelius
“Whether we are Schoenberg friends or detractors, all of us need this recording. For Hahn's hard work, A-plus technique and dedication have taken her far beyond those treacherous, serially ordered notes, spattered over the score like ants in disarray. She's made them her own, found their heart, and reconnected the 12-tone Schoenberg with the late Romantic composer he used to be (and, deep down, always remained). No other recording can beat this disc for richness and clarity of sound, for the soloist's passion, or the orchestra's glow. Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, and they mean every note just as much as Hahn does.
Few recorded accounts [of the Sibelius] have been as empathetic, as Scandinavian, as this. Time and again woodwinds glower through orchestral textures speckled with details usually kept hidden. The colour kaleidoscope is extraordinarily varied and Hahn never appears the American tourist clutching a guidebook. She's embedded, as Sibelian as anyone in her brooding beauty and fervour. Hahn and Salonen's forthright ardour serves both concertos superbly. And the disc is very well recorded. No need to hesitate.” The Times (London)
