R. Schumann - Adagio & Allegro (CD)

With this new volume in their ongoing Romantic Violin Concerto series, Hyperion proudly announces a new collaboration with the brilliant young British violinist Chloë Hanslip, the former child prodigy famously signed to Warner Classics at the age of just fourteen. Here, she lends her now mature talents to the second release in Hyperion's overview of Vieuxtemps' Violin Concertos. Henry Vieuxtemps (1820-1881) was a French violin virtuoso who, after the death of Paganini, was widely considered to be the best violinist in Europe. Besides being a brilliant player, he was a remarkably fine composer, as demonstrated in these, his first two concertos. Alongside the memorable violin fireworks, Vieuxtemps here shows a well-argued musical sensibility that straddles both the Classical and Romantic eras as well as the ability to write gorgeous, almost operatic slow movements in the best bel-canto tradition.

Track List:

Disc: 1

1. Adagio and Allegro Op 70 for Horn and Piano
2. Nicht Schnell (Marchenbilder Op 113 for Viola and Piano)
3. Lebhaft
4. Rasch
5. Langsam, Mit Melancholischem Ausdruck
6. Zart Und Mit Ausdruck (Fantasiestucke Op 73 for Clarinet and Piano)
7. Lebhaft, Leicht
8. Rasch Und Mit Feuer
9. Lebhaft, Nicht Zu Schnell (Marchenerzahlungen Op 132 for Clarinet, Viola and Piano)
10. Lebhaft Und Sehr Markiert
11. Ruhighes Tempo, Mit Zartem Ausdruck
12. Lebhaft, Sehr Markiert
13. Nicht Schnell (Drei Romanzen Op 94 for Oboe and Piano)
14. Einfach, Innig - Etwas Lebhafter
15. Nicht Schnell
16. Mit Leidenschhaftlichem Ausdruck (Violin Sonat No 1 in a Minor Op 105)
17. Allegretto
18. Lebhaft