Beethoven & Britten - Violin Concertos
Janine Jansen (violin)
Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, London Symphony Orchestra, Paavo Järvi
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...
Beethoven & Britten - Violin Concertos
Janine Jansen (violin)
Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, London Symphony Orchestra, Paavo Järvi
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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...
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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.
Contents and tracklist
- Janine Jansen (violin), Fritz Kreisler (cadenzor)
- Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie
- Paavo Järvi
- Recorded: 2009-08-02
- Recording Venue: Friedrich-Ebert-Halle, Hamburg
- Janine Jansen (violin)
- London Symphony Orchestra
- Paavo Järvi
- Recorded: 2009-07-19
- Recording Venue: Abbey Road, Studio 1, London
Awards and reviews
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.
