Rudolf Koelman, Sinfonietta Schaffhausen & Paul K. Haug - Saint-Saëns & Glazunov: Violin Concertos (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Front Cover & Digital Booklet | Time - 45:51 minutes | 821 MB
Classical | Label: Challenge Classics, Official Digital Download
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Front Cover & Digital Booklet | Time - 45:51 minutes | 821 MB
Classical | Label: Challenge Classics, Official Digital Download
These two splendid violin concertos breathe the air of Late Romanticism. Well orchestrated and skilfully written for the soloist, they have retained their footholds in the repertoire, even though their respective composers have gone out of fashion. Camille Saint-Saëns’ Third Violin Concerto in B minor had the absolute certainty and conviction of a masterpiece. Saint-Saëns wrote it early in 1880 for the popular Spanish virtuoso Pablo de Sarasate.
Although Alexander Glazunov (1865-1936) was a pupil and lifelong friend of Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, he can be seen as heir to Tchaikovsky’s Romantic, heart-on-sleeve approach to composition.
The A minor Violin Concerto of 1904 is perhaps Glazunov’s most striking work, in fact the sole criticism one might make is that it takes only 20 minutes to play, which means it fits awkwardly into today’s stereotyped classical concert programmes. Like the Saint-Saëns B minor, it was written for a great fiddler, in this case the Hungarian Leopold Auer who was the leading player on the Russian scene.
Rudolf Koelman’s teacher Jascha Heifetz learnt the Concerto directly from Auer. At the St Petersburg Conservatory on 18 January 1914 Heifetz and Glazunov got together to present the Concerto; and the story goes that the almost-13-year-old’s fee was a bicycle.
Heifetz told Rudolf Koelman that he would have liked to record the Saint-Saëns B minor as well, but somehow it did not happen.
Tracklist:
01. Saint-Saëns: Violin Concerto No. 3 in B Minor, Op. 61: I. Allegro non troppo
02. Saint-Saëns: Violin Concerto No. 3 in B Minor, Op. 61: II. Andantino quasi Allegretto
03. Saint-Saëns: Violin Concerto No. 3 in B Minor, Op. 61: III. Molto moderato e maestoso - Allegro non troppo
04. Glazunov: Violin Concerto in A Minor, Op. 82: I. Moderato
05. Glazunov: Violin Concerto in A Minor, Op. 82: II. Andante
06. Glazunov: Violin Concerto in A Minor, Op. 82: III. Cadenza
07. Glazunov: Violin Concerto in A Minor, Op. 82: IV. Animando - Allegro
foobar2000 1.4.1 / Dynamic Range Meter 1.1.1
log date: 2023-07-05 14:29:08
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Analyzed: Rudolf Koelman, Sinfonietta Schaffhausen & Paul K. Haug / Violin Concertos
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR15 -0.24 dB -21.25 dB 8:33 01-Saint-Saëns: Violin Concerto No. 3 in B Minor, Op. 61: I. Allegro non troppo
DR13 -4.46 dB -24.98 dB 7:34 02-Saint-Saëns: Violin Concerto No. 3 in B Minor, Op. 61: II. Andantino quasi Allegretto
DR16 -0.24 dB -22.72 dB 11:00 03-Saint-Saëns: Violin Concerto No. 3 in B Minor, Op. 61: III. Molto moderato e maestoso - Allegro non troppo
DR16 -0.58 dB -24.14 dB 3:52 04-Glazunov: Violin Concerto in A Minor, Op. 82: I. Moderato
DR16 0.00 dB -21.98 dB 6:52 05-Glazunov: Violin Concerto in A Minor, Op. 82: II. Andante
DR14 -7.68 dB -30.17 dB 2:03 06-Glazunov: Violin Concerto in A Minor, Op. 82: III. Cadenza
DR14 0.00 dB -18.75 dB 5:59 07-Glazunov: Violin Concerto in A Minor, Op. 82: IV. Animando - Allegro
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Number of tracks: 7
Official DR value: DR15
Samplerate: 96000 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 24
Bitrate: 2460 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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log date: 2023-07-05 14:29:08
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Analyzed: Rudolf Koelman, Sinfonietta Schaffhausen & Paul K. Haug / Violin Concertos
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR15 -0.24 dB -21.25 dB 8:33 01-Saint-Saëns: Violin Concerto No. 3 in B Minor, Op. 61: I. Allegro non troppo
DR13 -4.46 dB -24.98 dB 7:34 02-Saint-Saëns: Violin Concerto No. 3 in B Minor, Op. 61: II. Andantino quasi Allegretto
DR16 -0.24 dB -22.72 dB 11:00 03-Saint-Saëns: Violin Concerto No. 3 in B Minor, Op. 61: III. Molto moderato e maestoso - Allegro non troppo
DR16 -0.58 dB -24.14 dB 3:52 04-Glazunov: Violin Concerto in A Minor, Op. 82: I. Moderato
DR16 0.00 dB -21.98 dB 6:52 05-Glazunov: Violin Concerto in A Minor, Op. 82: II. Andante
DR14 -7.68 dB -30.17 dB 2:03 06-Glazunov: Violin Concerto in A Minor, Op. 82: III. Cadenza
DR14 0.00 dB -18.75 dB 5:59 07-Glazunov: Violin Concerto in A Minor, Op. 82: IV. Animando - Allegro
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Number of tracks: 7
Official DR value: DR15
Samplerate: 96000 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 24
Bitrate: 2460 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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