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Widmann: Viola Concerto
Antoine Tamestit (viola), Signum Quartett
Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Daniel Harding
Awards:
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BBC Music Magazine, May 2018, Concerto Choice
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2019, Winner - Premiere
This is a wonderfully rich and rewarding concerto, packed with inventive orchestral detail. Widmann seems to move between different worlds ion the five interlinked movements, and the slower...
Widmann: Viola Concerto
Antoine Tamestit (viola), Signum Quartett
Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Daniel Harding
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Awards:
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BBC Music Magazine, May 2018, Concerto Choice
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2019, Winner - Premiere
This is a wonderfully rich and rewarding concerto, packed with inventive orchestral detail. Widmann seems to move between different worlds ion the five interlinked movements, and the slower...
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The brainchild of Antoine Tamestit, this recording stems from a long-standing collaboration with his recital partner, Jörg Widmann. Over the course of his new viola concerto, Widmann the composer lets his soloist move freely about the stage, producing fresh orchestral colours within a novel structure: combining humour with earnestness, ferocity with delicacy, Widmann’s unfailing sense of theatre serves to highlight the work’s haunting beauty. Whether embedded in the orchestral fabric or exploring the more intimate pieces on this programme, the violist comes out a hero, hands down!
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Awards and reviews
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BBC Music MagazineMay 2018Concerto Choice
May 2018
This is a wonderfully rich and rewarding concerto, packed with inventive orchestral detail. Widmann seems to move between different worlds ion the five interlinked movements, and the slower passages yield particularly haunting music…From Tamestit’s searing playing, to the tight rapport with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and Daniel Harding, this is an impressive premiere recording.
June 2018
What is undeniable is the commitment of Tamestit as he plays, moves and sometimes shouts his way through a score more distinctive for its gestural immediacy than its thematic content.
