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…you'll be amazed just how well Lazic's transcription works… The ravishing slow movement works unexpectedly well, Lazic's first entry suspending the top line over a warmly flowing accompaniment,... — Gramophone Magazine, February 2010 More…

Release Date: 18th Jan 2010
Catalogue No: CCSSA29410
Label: Channel
Length: 66 minutes

Contents

Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 3 in D major (after Violin Concerto, Op. 77 - arr. Dejan Lazić)

39:38

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Dejan Lazic, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Robert Spano

I. Allegro non troppo

22:08

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II. Adagio

9:19

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III. Allegro giocoso, ma non troppo vivace

7:43

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Applause

0:28

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Brahms: Rhapsodies (2), Op. 79

15:29

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Dejan Lazic
Robert Spano

No. 1 in B Minor, Agitato

9:07

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No. 2 in G Minor, Molto passionato - ma non troppo allegro

6:22

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Brahms: Scherzo in E flat minor, Op. 4

10:58

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Dejan Lazic
Robert Spano

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World premiere recording of Brahms’s Violin Concerto for Piano and Orchestra.

Own arrangement of pianist Dejan Lazic.

Premieres with top orchestras around the world in 2010.

In his extended liner notes Dejan Lazic explains against the historical background why and how he worked on this major project:

‘I started working on this project in early 2003 and completed it in 2008. The violin was always a favourite love, and I continue to hold violinists in high esteem, realising just how wonderful their literature is. Thus far, I have been tremendously lucky to have had many an opportunity to perform with some wonderful colleagues. And it is with a degree of pride that I present – after Bach and Beethoven – the third “great B” in the present arrangement. Is one actually "allowed" to make such an arrangement? With the benefit of hindsight, we know that Brahms made countless arrangements and transcriptions of his and other composers' works. I am convinced these were more than justified; hence, I hope that Brahms himself would not have anything against my idea. What lingers is the rhetorical question of what is a transcription, what makes an arrangement, what may be defined as a new version. The key to this conundrum is that I sought to construct anew the violin part, recomposing the voice in a thorough-going Brahmsian style and adding my own Cadenza. Throughout the piece that was my thought: to imagine what Brahms would do. Of great import is that the orchestral score remains entirely unchanged! With this arrangement - done solely out of respect and admiration for the composer - my main goal was to translate Brahms's unique musical language into a new setting without losing any of its original musical value and, in addition, to give pianists an equal chance to perform and enjoy this wonderful music the same way violinists do for exactly 130 years now.’ Dejan Lazic

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February 2010

…you'll be amazed just how well Lazic's transcription works… The ravishing slow movement works unexpectedly well, Lazic's first entry suspending the top line over a warmly flowing accompaniment, the "filling in" obviously the work of an educated Brahmsian who has a profound understanding of the master's style. No problems whatever with the lilting, gypsy-style finale... and the whole performance (recorded live) gives this fascinating and musically rewarding experiment its best possible shot.

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