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Vilde Frang - Britten & Korngold: Violin Concertos (2016)

Posted By: peotuvave

Date: 8 May 2016 08:56:30

Both concertos on this new disc were written when their composers were in the USA around the time of World War II: the Korngold was completed in 1945, the Britten in 1939. In the course of the 1930s Korngold, an Austrian Jew, had become a prominent Hollywood composer, but could not return to his homeland after 1938; the young Britten, a pacifist, left the UK for New York shortly before the declaration of war in 1939. Both composers had been child prodigies and both concertos are centred around the key of D, the most ‘natural’ key on the violin and the tonal focus for the violin concertos of Beethoven, Brahms, Tchaikovsky and Stravinsky

Composer: Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Benjamin Britten
Performer: Vilde Frang
Conductor: James Gaffigan
Orchestra/Ensemble: Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra

Reviews: Collectors of a certain age may look askance at the packaging (there are no fewer than five photographs of the soloist and no one else gets a look-in), but let the carping end there. These are urgently communicative, potentially transformative accounts of scores which, if no longer confined to the fringes of the repertoire, have yet to command universal admiration.

There are several paradoxes at the heart of Frang’s captivating performance style. Playing with almost intimidating dexterity and polish, not to mention impeccable intonation (it comes as no surprise to discover that Anne-Sophie Mutter was an early mentor), her music-making still manages to project an impression of honesty and naturalness.

First up is Korngold’s escapist confection, and it receives a notably unsentimental reading. This is not to imply that the super-articulate music-making is either cool or predictable. From Korngold’s Romantic patchwork to Britten’s high seriousness (and his obsessive working of scalic material) is quite a leap, yet, with these exponents, there’s no hint of the latter overreaching himself in this extended, bleakly eloquent take on the Prokofiev violin concerto model.

Here then are two ardent performances to complement or even supplant existing favorites.

Tracklisting:

1. Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 35: I. Moderato nobile
2. Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 35: II. Romanze
3. Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 35: IIII. Allegro assai vivace
4. Violin Concerto in D Minor, Op. 15: I. Moderato con moto - Agitato - Tempo primo -
5. Violin Concerto in D Minor, Op. 15: II. Vivace - Animando - Largamente - Cadenza
6. Violin Concerto in D Minor, Op. 15: III. Passacaglia - Andante lento (Un poco meno mosso)

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