Beethoven and Beyond

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Dueñas’s performance favours the Concerto’s abundant lyrical qualities. In the magical Larghetto she combines unaffected simplicity with rich sentiment while her account of the ‘Rondo’ is certainly... — BBC Music Magazine, July 2023, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 5th May 2023
Catalogue No: 4863512
Label: Deutsche Grammophon
Length: 99 minutes

Presto Recording of the Week

5th May 2023
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Finalist 2023

Shortlisted - Debut Solo Album
International Classical Music Awards

2024

Nominated - Concerto
Gramophone Magazine

Critics' Choice 2023

Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61

Work length49:38

$3.30

$4.50

$6.15

María Dueñas (violin), María Dueñas (cadenzor)
Wiener Symphoniker
Manfred Honeck
Recorded: 2023-01-27
Recording Venue: Musikverein, Großer Saal, Vienna

I. Allegro ma non troppo (Cadenza: Dueñas)

Track length27:55

$1.10

$1.50

$2.05

II. Larghetto (Cadenza: Dueñas)

Track length9:50

$1.10

$1.50

$2.05

III. Rondo. Allegro (Cadenza: Dueñas)

Track length11:53

$1.10

$1.50

$2.05

Spohr: Concertante in G Major for Violin and Harp, WoO 13: Adagio

Work length4:48

$1.10

$1.50

$2.05

María Dueñas (violin), Volker Kempf (harp)
Wiener Symphoniker
Manfred Honeck
Recorded: 2023-01-28
Recording Venue: Synchron Stage Vienna

Ysaÿe: Berceuse Op. 20

Work length5:11

$1.10

$1.50

$2.05

María Dueñas (violin)
Wiener Symphoniker
Manfred Honeck
Recorded: 2023-01-27
Recording Venue: Musikverein, Großer Saal, Vienna

Saint-Saëns: Havanaise, Op. 83

Work length10:21

$1.10

$1.50

$2.05

María Dueñas (violin)
Wiener Symphoniker
Manfred Honeck
Recorded: 2023-01-28
Recording Venue: Synchron Stage Vienna

Wieniawski: Légende in G minor, Op. 17

Work length8:01

$1.10

$1.50

$2.05

María Dueñas (violin)
Wiener Symphoniker
Manfred Honeck
Recorded: 2023-01-28
Recording Venue: Synchron Stage Vienna

Kreisler: Liebesleid

Work length3:40

$1.10

$1.50

$2.05

María Dueñas (violin)
Wiener Symphoniker
Manfred Honeck
Recorded: 2023-01-27
Recording Venue: Musikverein, Großer Saal, Vienna

Spohr: Cadenza (to Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 61: I. Allegro ma non troppo)

Work length1:21

$1.10

$1.50

$2.05

María Dueñas (violin)
Recorded: 2022-07-22
Recording Venue: Meistersaal, Berlin

Ysaÿe: Cadenza (to Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 61: I. Allegro ma non troppo)

Work length4:04

$1.10

$1.50

$2.05

María Dueñas (violin)
Recorded: 2022-07-22
Recording Venue: Meistersaal, Berlin

Saint-Saëns: Cadenza (to Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 61: I. Allegro ma non troppo)

Work length4:18

$1.10

$1.50

$2.05

María Dueñas (violin)
Recorded: 2022-07-22
Recording Venue: Meistersaal, Berlin

Wieniawski: Cadenza (to Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 61: I. Allegro ma non troppo)

Work length4:14

$1.10

$1.50

$2.05

María Dueñas (violin)
Recorded: 2022-07-22
Recording Venue: Meistersaal, Berlin

Kreisler: Cadenza (to Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 61: I. Allegro ma non troppo)

Work length4:00

$1.10

$1.50

$2.05

María Dueñas (violin)
Recorded: 2022-07-22
Recording Venue: Meistersaal, Berlin

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Recording of the Week, Beethoven & Beyond from María Dueñas

5th May 2023

The 20-year-old Spanish violinist combines a sense of almost childlike wonder with absolute technical mastery on her debut recording of the Beethoven concerto with the Wiener Symphoniker & Manfred Honeck, supplemented with shorter pieces by composers who wrote cadenzas to the work.

María Dueñas presents her highly anticipated Deutsche Grammophon debut album; Beethoven and Beyond captures a towering performance of the Beethoven Violin Concerto, recorded live at Vienna’s Musikverein and featuring the artist’s own cadenzas. The album also includes works by Kreisler, Saint-Saëns, Spohr, Wieniawski and Ysaÿe, with a companion disc of Beethoven cadenzas by the same composers.

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July 2023

Dueñas’s performance favours the Concerto’s abundant lyrical qualities. In the magical Larghetto she combines unaffected simplicity with rich sentiment while her account of the ‘Rondo’ is certainly joyous, but thoughtful rather than rollicking.

Sep/Oct 2023

Dueñas has a beautiful tone, exemplary technique, and strong musical instincts behind her interpretation. Her first entry in the Beethoven includes her own nuanced gestures, and soon the contour of her style emerges clearly. She is a poetic, lyrical violinist who doesn’t rely on throwing her technique across the footlights.

August 2023

The manner in which Dueñas acquits herself is nothing short of remarkable: every technical hurdle surmounted with assurance, no lapses in tone or intonation, the interpretation confident and persuasive...What a player, and what a way to launch a recording career.

5th May 2023

One of the things which makes this recording special is the way she combines a sense of almost childlike wonder and exploration with absolute technical mastery and a firm, supremely confident grasp on the score’s overall architecture. And Dueñas’s own intelligently-crafted cadenzas are entirely of a piece with her overall approach to the score...Make no mistake, she’s a major talent indeed.

3rd May 2023

As soon as she enters in Beethoven’s epic Violin Concerto, you’ll equally know what Dueñas sounds like: warm and robust, blessed with a sunshine gleam that grows more intense as the notes rise. The verve and confidence of this performance with the Wiener Symphoniker and conductor Manfred Honeck verge on the astonishing.

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