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I was completely won over… by Jansen's Britten. Passionately intense in the opening movement, suitably malevolent throughout the Prokofiev-inspired Scherzo and heart-achingly poignant in the... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2009 More…

Release Date: 5th Oct 2009
Catalogue No: 4781530
Label: Decca
Length: 73 minutes

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Ludwig van Beethoven, Fritz Kreisler: Violin Concerto in D, Op.61

Work length40:41

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Janine Jansen (violin), Fritz Kreisler (cadenzor)
Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie
Paavo Järvi
Recorded: 2009-08-02
Recording Venue: Friedrich-Ebert-Halle, Hamburg

1. Allegro ma non troppo

Track length22:56

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2. Larghetto -

Track length8:20

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3. Rondo (Allegro)

Track length9:25

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Britten: Violin Concerto in D minor Op. 15

Work length32:34

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Janine Jansen (violin)
London Symphony Orchestra
Paavo Järvi
Recorded: 2009-07-19
Recording Venue: Abbey Road, Studio 1, London

1. Moderato con moto

Track length9:30

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2. Vivace

Track length8:35

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3. Passacaglia; Andante lento

Track length14:29

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"Whenever a violin repertory piece needs revitalising, there’s one simple solution. Hire Janine Jansen to play it" THE TIMES

Dutch violin star Janine Jansen brings together the great concerto by Beethoven and the rarely heard concerto by Benjamin Britten.

"Two of the greatest concertos ever written" Janine Jansen

Janine records these concerti with two different orchestras to fully explore two very different sound worlds; the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen (Beethoven) and the London Symphony Orchestra (Britten).

Janine has loved and championed the Britten concerto since she first played it nearly ten years ago, and performed both these concerti with conductor Paavo Järvi many times, both in Europe and the US.

The recording of the Beethoven concerto follows the acclaimed Beethoven Symphony cycle form the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen under Paavo Järvi.

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December 2009

I was completely won over… by Jansen's Britten. Passionately intense in the opening movement, suitably malevolent throughout the Prokofiev-inspired Scherzo and heart-achingly poignant in the closing bars of the Passacaglia…

19th December 2009

Thanks to this brilliant recording, Britten’s concerto emerges with its stature much enhanced...[Jansen] rises to its technical challenges, conveys its passionate intensity without exaggeration and plumbs its moods of innocence, restlessness and despair.

January 2010

Janine Jansen has a rare ability to communicate her thought and feelings about the music while appearing to play in a simple, straightforward manner. The small variations of colour, pressure and emphasis that bring this about transmit a sensation of intense inner life. Whereas others may bring a warmer, more sensuous tone to the Beethoven Concerto... this account turns out to be as absorbing and satisfying as any recent recording. The Britten is very well recorded, too. ...Jansen shows the work's more uncomfortable, angular side. The irregular rhythms and sharp contrasts of the central Vivace are... sharply delineated and, towards the end of the concluding Passacaglia, Jansen builds to a painful degree of intensity and desperation.

29th November 2009

Her playing is sensationally good, in the Romantic tradition, and she proves an intense, impassioned advocate for Britten’s still neglected work.

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