Richard Strauss: Concertante Works

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It’s fascinating to hear the music of the developing composer brought to life in this dedicated performance [of the Romanze] by Collins…Little’s interpretation [of the Violin Concerto] is wonderfully... — Gramophone Magazine, June 2019 More…

Release Date: 3rd May 2019
Catalogue No: CHAN20034
Label: Chandos
Length: 76 minutes

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Strauss, R: Burleske for Piano and orchestra in D minor, AV85

Work length20:19

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Michael McHale (piano)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Michael Collins

Strauss, R: Duett-Concertino for Clarinet, Bassoon & Strings, AV147

Work length18:37

$4.00

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Julie Price (bassoon), Michael Collins (clarinet)
BBC Symphony Orchestra

I. Allegro moderato

Track length5:53

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II. Andante

Track length3:03

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III. Rondo. Allegro ma non troppo

Track length9:41

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Strauss, R: Romanze, TrV 80

Work length8:30

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Michael Collins (clarinet)
BBC Symphony Orchestra

Strauss, R: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, TRV 110

Work length29:24

$7.00

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Tasmin Little (violin)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Michael Collins

I. Allegro

Track length15:07

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II. Lento, ma non troppo

Track length6:03

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$1.30

$1.60

III. Rondo. Presto

Track length8:14

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The Romanze is Strauss’ first attempt at writing for a soloist and orchestra. The influence of Mozart’s piano concertos, which Strauss was studying at the time, is apparent, not least in the writing for solo clarinet and the orchestral bassoon, and re-visited by Strauss in his final instrumental work the Duett-Concertino from 1947. Like other of his late compositions, this work seems to reject the full-blown expressionism for which we know Strauss best, and reflects a more neo-classical sound. Another early work, the Violin Concerto was first performed in 1882, and demonstrates Strauss’ growing technical skill and developing compositional voice. Strauss ultimately came to distance himself from a piece which he presumably regarded as unrepresentative of his mature style. Many commentators on the works of Strauss have felt that the Burleske was a significant turning point in his development, seemingly pointing the way ahead to the technical dexterity and emotional palette of his later tone poems. Originally written for Strauss’s mentor in Dresden Hans von Bülow, the work was premiered by Eugen d’Albert, in 1890 following von Bülow’s rejection of the work.

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June 2019

It’s fascinating to hear the music of the developing composer brought to life in this dedicated performance [of the Romanze] by Collins…Little’s interpretation [of the Violin Concerto] is wonderfully sympathetic and the accompaniment under Collins is first-class… The Duett-Concertino, Strauss’s final work in the genre, also receives a lovely performance… All four works are superbly recorded.

July 2019

Tasmin Little brings her sweet tone and emotional commitment to this early work in an account that plays on the music’s charm and fleet-footedness.

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